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  1. I respect your posts Mr P so i will respond. As i said, i have no idea how Mannings tenure will pan out, but the huge negativity that is currently engulfing the club does not help anyone, most of all the management and players inside a toxic Ashton Gate. Manning isn't stupid and he will know what he signed up for after Pearson was dismissed. I just feel he deserves some time. I fully appreciate that i'm swimming against the tide with my thoughts, but i have been supporting the club for 40 years and i have seen many more downs than ups. I just wish we could all get behind the team because it really can make a difference.
  2. I guessed that would be the type of response i'd get... i'll await the rest
  3. Ok, (i know i'm stupid) i'm going to respond. Results and performances under Manning have been VERY mixed, but if we're all being honest, it was no different during Nige's 3 years in charge. I have no idea how things are going to pan out under Manning but he deserves a summer to recruit some of his own players. If after 15 games next season there is no obvious improvement then questions can be asked, but give the guy a f****** chance! He has been on the back foot with many fans since day one, but he's trying his best and deserves our support. Lets get behind the team and support the football club, and not individuals.
  4. Injuries aside, i've not been overly impressed by Naismith and i'm still not sure what Nige's plan was when he brought him in? He's clearly not mobile or physical enough to play as a centre back in a back 4, so i can only think that Nige wanted to play a back 5 all the time? I can remember numerous times when he gave the ball away which led to us conceding, and for the wages he's reportedly on, he's been a bit of a disaster really. His one successful season at Luton appears to have got him his nice final big contract before he moves on a free to Partick Thistle!
  5. I've still got some reservations about Tommy's all round game but there is no doubt that his finish last night was pure quality. I think he will leave in the summer, but goals like the one last night should keep a lot of clubs interested in him and may add a few quid to the fee.
  6. Mehmeti certainly has his flaws but at this moment in time he is the only player capable of creating something by beating his man. I said on another thread that we have lots of honest, hard working players, but you need a sprinkling of magic at the top end of the pitch.
  7. Edgy Red

    Max

    Max has both positives and negatives to his game. The pen save was fairly straight forward and he couldn't do much with the goals. We could certainly bring in a better player in his position but that applies to the 10 players in front of him too.
  8. Dave Smith and Mark Gavin gave me some of my earliest City memories. Proper old school wingers.
  9. He's having a very good season but he's not shown this level in the Championship previously. I would hazard a guess that this is a bit of a one off season for him? He's pushing 30 years old and it reminds me of the Weimann season with us a few years back. If he backs it up with another 20 goals next year then i'll eat my words, but i doubt it.
  10. Thats a very balanced post Dave and it echoes most of my thoughts at present. Sadly, the point you raise about the cohesion in our attacking play, i believe, is down to the lack of quality we have in that area. I'm not sure Pep Guardiola could greatly improve what we currently have. Twine was recruited on loan to help and has obviously been injured, but we really don't have any "clever" players in the final third, or a physical threat as a plan B. I think Mehmeti has some ability, tho he doesn't look ready for the challenge of Champ football at present. The rest are all "hard working" and "honest" professionals but lack the X Factor that we need.
  11. To be fair, Nige regularly criticised individuals and i don't recall many times (if any at all) that he took responsibility for a defeat. If anyone has any post match interviews of Nige where he accepted that his selections/decisions had cost us the result, please post it.
  12. All fair points Mr P... Who knows how things will pan out with Manning but i just feel he deserves a decent crack of the whip. I liked Nige but i was nowhere near as invested in him as many fans appear to have been.
  13. I agree to an extent Mr P but football (and life in general) isn't really like that anymore. We live in a fast paced, now now now society and football managers are not afforded time if results aren't going well. Just look at Sunderland and Millwall in the last week. To be fair, Nige had 3 years in charge which is pretty rare nowadays.
  14. 100% correct... i liked Nige and if he was still in charge i would be fine with it, but the quality of football was largely dire (and i don't mean Mebude). Manning deserves a summer window and a pre-season. If it doesn't work, then so be it, but its not fair to be judging him and writing him off after 3 months.
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