Charlie BCFC

I don’t think we’ll only play 3421 next season, but with the lack of centre back options at one point that we had it made sense to stick with it towards the end of the season. I don’t think Sykes has been bad there but maybe his width suits a right wing back birth more?

Would say Sykes is a natural winger but he’s been playing in the two behind the striker. Definitely a pathway there for him

Similarly the team in 6th last season finished on lower points and also its very rare a team go down with 50 points but Birmingham did this season. I’d say this season was a stronger league so to get more points and get top half is still a decent achievement

Granted with the team he ended up with he probably should’ve made playoffs but the team they had first half of the season wasn’t as strong as that. I think it’s harsh but maybe they’re looking at it as they’ll have a lot of money in for Philogene and Greaves, they possibly don’t trust him to spend that and get them where they want to be?

I’d say harsh as he had very few minutes, thought he did ok against Cardiff. Kent and Diony came with a reputation and were given plenty of chances, but were a complete waste of space

Mebude probably would be better on Talksport though

Just because he’s not our player permanently doesn’t mean it’s not deemed as recruitment? Besides our most important players in the run are Roberts as LCB and Knight in the midfield for me (both players we signed in the summer), I like Twine but they have been more consistent. I’ve never said Ashton wasn’t our only problem but as CEO we were going backwards, since that season behind closed doors we’ve progressed in league position every season and we will again this season. Ashton still needed to go

I’d be happy either way regarding James/Williams. James very sensible with the ball and reads the game so well, we’d also massively miss the experience of James and King who would be good to mentor Bird and even Meerholz who could get an opportunity. Williams is a very energetic player with a lot of bite and we’d miss that fearlessness I’m leaning towards Williams but I’ll be happy if either or even both stay

You’ve just listed a player we signed in January as our best player, how is that not recruitment? Player of the season this season and a man who has transformed our defence was signed last summer, I’d even say Knight was top 3. Since Ashton has gone I’d say we’ve had more hits than misses, the summer window after we narrowly missed out on playoffs set us back years and Ashton has to take a lot of the blame. If you think I’m the only one, research what Watford fans think of him

The bottom two have a lot of respect for me, Probert done a good job and that’s been carried on well at City and Gilmartin always came across well on Robins TV and did a good job as one of the academy coaches

You can also say we’ve massively improved the way we’re run now with recruitment being a lot better and since Ashton left we’ve been improving our position year by year. They’ve struck gold with McKenna but the year he joined Ipswich they were very poor, let’s see what happens if McKenna leaves for a bigger club

Because there’s some weird rule that you’re not allowed to praise Tinnion on this forum because of what happened with Pearson mate

Really sorry mate that I have more to life than this website! Well you’ve rubbished lots of people who have had a differing opinion on Manning and then stated people thinking he is “the second coming” when people are just happy with our recent form. If you don’t want to renew that’s your shout but when you post on here every day about how you don’t want to watch us then surely you can’t be shocked people think you’re looking for attention?

You don’t like it when people express different opinions to yours on this forum by the looks of things so you can’t have it both ways.

I’m pretty torn, on one hand he’s given us the balance we needed and allowed Knight to play in midfield which in the system we play in his best position, he has also showed signs of creativity and is clearly Manning’s man. But we’ve wasted money in the past, he’s been injured for most of his time here and he’s only been directly involved in one goal. So I can see both arguments here

You’ve just sparked a sudden desire to go out and buy those crisps now!

Heard someone say they said that and then took up a new job, very weird

I don’t think he’s looked bad when he’s played but he hasn’t got the minutes. Would be fair for him to get a lot of minutes at some point, I think it’s unfair to write him off with the amount he’s played and how old he is. Maybe just taking some time to adapt to men’s football?

Couldn’t believe he didn’t wait till half time, shame as we’re doing really well. Hope the injured lads are ok Anyone know if any relation to Steve Phillips?

This is getting ridiculous even for a Bristol City side

What a weird way to look at things, have a beer and enjoy a rare 6/6 points over the Easter weekend

Out of interest what have they done?

Feel like his kicking has got better due to the areas he’s hitting. Now going shorter and doesn’t seem to be aiming for the touchline when he goes long which he used to do every time

I really like him, technically very good, quick and strong in the air

The one thing I’ll say to that is breaking down teams that sit in has been an issue for years. Yes the manager needs to find a way to move the ball quicker (looks like we did that this week in a clip I saw of training) but the squad is very much set up as a counter attacking side. I’m behind Manning though and hopefully he gets a pre season where he can put his stamp on things and we see performances improve as a whole