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Big win for Plymouth.  Looks like 2 out of Hudds, Sheff W and Brum going down now

BTW - I think the poll options should have been split further:

Back - I'm confident he is the right man for the job

Back - I'm not convinced but don't think it is the right time for a change

Sack

I don't see the point in changing again now when we have nothing to play for (and realistically you would be looking at a caretaker anyway).  I would suggest reassessing in May.

It won't happen though as it would make the board look bad.  So they will double down and give him money in the summer.

2 minutes ago, Andrew_V1 said:

Unbelievable performance! Please can we stick to counter attack we are so much better this way…

Nice to end another teams long unbeaten run as well

Challenge is though can you break down the weaker teams if they park the bus.

Excellent result.  Should kill off any lingering worries about being sucked into the relegation race

Woohoo! Not the prettiest game but excellent battling

Board getting some stick from the pundits - need to spend more money

6 minutes ago, cityexile said:

Decent bit of pressure at the end there.

West Ham ping the ball around nicely and their press is a worry, but we are obviously well in it. West Ham have managed to miss some real chances, so would not put my mortgage on us seeing it through, but clearly we are making a real game of it, which is all you can ask.

We need to try and get a second, if we are to win the game. Don’t fancy us hanging on to 1-0 with 20 mins left

Need to hold on to possession for a bit and regroup at half time

Everton fans keep moaning about how badly they've been treated but as I see it they have been very lucky. If the FFP penalty had been applied last season, then they would have been definitely relegated instead of Leicester.

If you take the on-pitch points and pro-rata, you get:

Everton = 49 points

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Luton = 30 points

Burnley = 22 points

Sheff U = 17 points

so even with a 10 or even 12 point deduction Everton ought to stay up moderately comfortably.  The only thing that might cost Everton is if they firesale players in Jan.

There's also Forest who pro rata to 38 points.  They would be more at risk than Everton with a suggested 6-point penalty.

Good signing

2 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Fair, I just looked at an app (FotMob) that was already showing their game as being on the Tuesday.

Good point about TV (although looking at the list of draws I'll be surprised if either Bristol-based game is chosen).

Current replays are:

Everton vs. Palace

Wolves vs. Brentford

Rovers vs. Norwich

Eastleigh vs. Newport

Brum vs. Hull

Bolton vs. Luton

Blackpool vs. Forest

City vs. West Ham

I'd hope we'd be a top pick currently, especially as West Ham are the highest placed Prem team left (although that will change if Pool/Arsenal draw),  I suppose they might put Eastleigh on as a NL team but wouldn't get as good ratings.

1 hour ago, bcfcnick said:

I think it was a big mistake to raise promotion expectations and, by implication, the current league position as the reason for the disappointing sacking of Nigel Pearson. It was a red herring in my view and not necessarily delusional.

Manning does have a big opportunity though to reshape the squad in the summer because I am fairly sure James, Weimann, Williams and King's contracts won't be renewed.  They will all be on a decent amount.  I think there was a bit of confusion about spending in the summer as the wages budget was hit as opposed to the transfer fee budget and one of Nigel's objectives was not to have too big a difference between first-team wages. He definitely wasn't complaining about the lack of budget which shows how unselfish he was and that should have been appreciated by the owners.  

In terms of other players,  I hope Conway signs a new deal otherwise bids will be looked at. He's a confidence player and needs service as he is potentially a prolific scorer but presently he wouldn't attract the interest Semenyo and Scott did.  Ross McCrorie will make a more dynamic full-back although Tanner's is impressive defensively.  I'd love to see a fit Benarous as I think he is a real talent and from what I have seen a great attitude with a desire to succeed.  I can see Mehmeti being moved on. Sometimes lower division players thrive and sometimes they don't and it shouldn't stop us looking at talent from lower levels.

In short, there is surprisingly a lot of scope to reshape things to Manning's desired way to play in the summer with contracts expiring, injury returns and some astute signings.  

I would love for someone to pin down JL or Tinnion on the top 6 expectations.

If you look at the championship on transfermarkt. They have us 20/24 for the value of our squad.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/championship/startseite/wettbewerb/GB2

By that metric, we are overperforming to be 11th.

Poor game.  Might have won if we'd started with the team that finished.

Looking a bit better in the last 5 mins

Well Manning has a job on at half time.I suppose at least we aren't losing

18 minutes ago, Top Robin said:

Pathetic and disrespectful poll after 1 day into the job

The intention is not to be disrespectful. We all know that every City manager will leave at some point.

The intention is to gauge how well people think he will do and then we can use it as a benchmark to judge actual performance. 

Personally, I was sad to see Nige go but will give Liam a fair hearing 

I was originally thinking just over a year, based on the fact that we will likely sell some of our better players next summer and not replace them, but I've changed my mind to 3-5 years, based on the fact that the Lansdowns will be seriously under pressure if this appointment fails,so they'll have to splash the cash a bit.

A win is a win I guess.

Wednesday gave it a good go and credit to their fans.

Need to hold possession as we were doing 10 mins ago.

6 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

I think Cornick should come on for Conway, he's getting nothing against that lump of theirs. 

I'd like us to try 2 up top, especially as they are likely to park the bus if it's 0-0 with 20 mins left.

A phrase has been going round in my head all day that is normally said about departing managers but applies very well to the owner:

Steve Lansdown has taken this club as far as he can and it's now time for a change, if we are to make progress.

7 minutes ago, George Rs said:

I don’t understand this lacking ambition bollocks for this start to the season. In recent history sure but saying it now is a disservice to nige and his players.

We sit 2 points off play-offs with 8 (potentially now 10) first team injuries. After finishing 14th last season and losing the best player many fans have seen in a city shirt. 
 

No we aren’t Ipswich or Luton fair enough. But get a grip. The season isn’t dead and buried yet. 

The good news is that there are no more midweek games until 29th Nov and that 2 of the next 3 games are against sides in the relegation zone. Hopefully by the time we get to the end of November, we'll have some players back.

One thing that puzzles me with the Euros - how have Albania suddenly got so good?  Beat Czechia 3-0 last night and topping their group.