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7 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

I am really not convinced at all by this appointment. Will just sign central midfielder after central midfielder, no width, no pace and power which is what gets you off your seat in football, no plan B….sorry it is boring football! Nigel did not need to be replaced for this! Not going to sell tickets. 

Remind me, what have our last two crowds been? 

2 minutes ago, cityal said:

Having the same issue here

Ditto

2 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

I had forgotten that Chris Woods played for us. 

Understandable, very forgettable he was.

1 minute ago, transfer reader said:

My prediction for the 2nd half is JP mentioning Ralph Milne on 72 mins.

He mentioned the away end being named after him

Already mentioned Glyn Riley 'I'm sure many of you will remember him' - on national TV . 

7 minutes ago, Loosey Boy said:

Makes next Saturday absolutely huge as the run of games after, look to be really tough…..

Also, by the time we go to Coventry, we will know the squad we have for the rest of the season too

We do seem to get more out of what, on paper, look to be tougher games. Let's hope that continues.

What a pointless question - it really doesn't matter what I want. What we all want is to get promoted and win the PL, like Leicester. I'd vote yes to that.

We have no say whatsoever, regardless of what we want. SL will either get fed up and slash the asking price, writing off a huge sum, or he won't. What we want has bog all to do with anything sadly.

6 hours ago, Wanderingred said:

Preston are exactly the sort of team we find it hard to play against. They are spoilers essentially and we’ll need to be patient. I think a draw is very likely.

I thought they played some nice football at AG. Possibly a bit of a harsh assessment of how their current team plays.

8 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Legend, possibly my favourite player of all time (in our best team of all time) & far, far too modest.

An all time great.

Me too, my favourite from that AD team - hence the profile image

40 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

The way we play under Manning is very odd, he’s trying to be too clever, Knight almost playing as a CF or left winger. 

Agree with this. TC is too isolated and I am not convinced Knight is best utilised that far forward. Weimann only seems to contribute when he is played as a striker yet he gets put on the wing.

Just not sure Manning is playing what we have in the way of attacking players in their most effective positions. Mehmeti on the left having to constantly cut back onto his right foot being particularly frustrating.

Frustrating to see Mehmeti unwilling/unable to ever take the FB on down the outside. Constantly cuts back onto his right foot.

14 hours ago, Sir Geoff said:

If you compound it.

Otherwise 1%of 20 billion is the 20 million he puts In each season. It really is just pocket money to him.

Plus, anyone with £2bn can easily earn 5% per annum interest, which is £100m so spending £20m on city is only a bit of the interest, let alone the capital.

2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

“When all of those are all fit” seems a very unlikely basis to plan from.

Naismith’s availability record is poor, Roberts has shown little to believe he’s going to be in contention.

The other two have been unlucky with one injury, that’s where I’d start planning.

It obviously doesn't need ALL of them to be fit. The point was that we are a bit light on defenders currently to play a three, which would allow us to play two up front. However that could change in the near future.

8 minutes ago, sinenomine said:

All of our forwards would perform better in a genuine two, rather than either being isolated or pushed wide in a three. 

Exactly. When McCrorie, Atkinson, Roberts and Naismith are fit I'm hoping to see more of a 3-5-2 as I think our strikers would be more suited to that. Currently we just have too many defenders injured to consistently play this way I suspect.

We should get Conway and Cornick to watch that game to see how to finish a one on one with the goalie. He buried it and made it look easy.

1 hour ago, bcfc01 said:

Agreed.

But Williams has played well when he's come in.

Really? Funny how we all see a different game. I don't rate him and would definitely be letting him go when his contract ends. James is a harder decision but on balance I just feel his lack of pace and energy would mean I'd be looking to release him too. Frees up space for LM to sign players and help the transition to 'his' team.

I think the reality is that we haven't got any forwards who can play as a lone striker and yet that's what we ask them to do. All of them look better with a partner. For me Cornick is what you get when you spend peanuts. You have to blame the Board, not the recruitment team or the player, who clearly is giving 100%.

If we insist on playing this way then we need a different type who can lead the line and is a good finisher.They cost and that's where the Lansdowns draw the line.

1 hour ago, Shelton’s Love Gravy said:

Hung like an elephant with mumps apparently

But lacking in confidence? 

16 minutes ago, Charlie BCFC said:

Got a lot of stick recently but thought for the most part kept a really good winger in Clarke quiet. One of his better performances this season

Absolutely right. Well played young George.

I do wonder if our ex-manager was unpopular amongst the ref community. Seemed a real anomaly.

I also thought young Tanner defended very well against Clarke, one of their best attackers. Had a solid game, despite some of the stick he gets on this forum.

Doesn't this belong in the ex-managers thread mods? So can just be for other people still obsessed with LJ.

Just now, sinenomine said:

Wish we'd stop fannying around with the ball at the back. 

We don't seem to learn our lessons

Alternative is to hoof it and lose possession. We just need to be better at it.

Pretty much the best team available I'd say. No complaints from me.

47 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

Or very wasteful strikers, not taking chances

Are we creating any more chances than we were under Nige though? I think I saw a post saying xG has hardly changed. In which case you can't pin the worse PPG on them, it is more about letting in more goals.

Whether that is down to the changes made by LM or just worse performance by individual players is quite hard for me, as an average fan, to fathom.

1 hour ago, firstdivision said:

My impression of the first half was that the players said ‘let’s go back to how we were playing before LM came in.’ Mind you, it was dire, which is kind of why the board made the change in the first place.
We improved when we started to pass it. Eg lovely move down the right that ended with Knight’s shot saved by keeper to his left. 

Yeah, I do wonder if the players are actually doing what LM is asking them to. Maybe, under pressure, they revert to their comfort zone.

It's not like he can drop them en masse as the squad is too small. Comments by Naismith on RTV suggested what he was seeing wasn't what they did in training. All of which makes you wonder if LM is failing to take the players with him.