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Neither do I. Wasted a bit of the nest egg on him I fear.

McCrorie really frustrates me by constantly falling over. He's like a kid's robot with a broken gyroscope.

Wasn't Twine supposed to do that??

Quite. Knight with one or other of them. Take Williams off for Mehmeti and put Knight back there imo.

Think we are missing Zak's control at the back.

Interesting. Would never have guessed it was them in a three. I was assuming it was GT,HR,CP but couldn't see who would be LWB.

Think they sold a few tonight!

Roberts playing well.

He also wanted to sign Mehmeti at Oxford. Not great signs imo if we are allowing him to spend the nest egg.

Guess we'll find out if it does second half.

I'm beyond reading posts that suggest that SL brings in some top, experienced football executive to run the club. We all know that's the root cause of our under performance on the pitch. We also know he won't do it. Feels pretty depressing at times. Then I remember all those years stuck in L1, wishing we could just be a solid Championship club. Helps me get it in perspective.

Or the one on Sykes today!

Odd call there?

Htf is that not a pen Keith??

I prefer a manager who focuses on setting us up to play to our strengths. Chopping and changing to match the opposition is the wrong mindset imho. So fine by me if this shape is gonna suit us. Whether Liam will actually start doing this remains to be seen.

You are King Charles? Proper celeb supporter, move over Baldrick.

Sky saying we are 3421 with Tanner RWB. I like him as a defender but he gets a nosebleed over the halfway line. Going back to everything going down the left then.

Trouble is, the Lansdowns have already made it clear they won't get proper football experts in to run the clubb and probably don't have a clue which manager to appoint. So no guarantee it will get any better.

Isn't Tanner the obvious RCB? Can't see him as a WB. But then who plays RWB - Sykes would be the obvious choice there. I'm puzzled.

England tipping it between three of them all stood together in Belgium's penalty area and losing it. Big lump down the field and goal scored. Sums up the problem with our 'modern' coaching for me.

Is that correct though? Fans who POTD pay considerably more. The upper Lansdown is the typical place for the bigger games and it can be £35-40 per seat, which is a decent premium over those all being sold as ST. I get it that the average POTD will be less than if we had 100% ST holders as you have to include the empty seats in that calculation. If we are up there though and are playing well, getting close to full, I would think the total revenue increases if there is a lot of POTD.

Maybe if it's true Manning will stop playing not to lose and actually try to go for it. Might as well go down fighting. Maybe not, just wishful thinking that we might get some entertainment.

I don't think we are talking about not understanding management here. What he totally lacks is any of the traits of a leader. Something Nige had and understood. I don't think Liam has studied leadership, too busy working on the grass. Fact is the whole club has overlooked the importance of leadership. We have absent people at the top and incompetent people below them in this regard. We are truly rudderless and it will catch up with us next season if nothing changes.

Just look at the players we sign to understand why it is so boring to be a City fan. When did we last splash any cash on an exciting young goal scoring striker? Last time I can recall a signing anything like that was Famara. OK he wasn't a world beater but at least the anticipation was there he might be another Kodjia. Fact is Steve won't spend the money and wages required to get these kind of players in. The plan is to get them cheap from the academy. No ambition, no exciting new strikers to get you off your seat. All stems from Lansdown I'm afraid.