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7 minutes ago, robin_unreliant said:

They've been peddling that line for the last ten years. Hope enough ST holders send the message that they no longer believe it will change to make the Lansdowns take notice.

And they’ll continue too I’m afraid mate. Lansdown course is run. We’ll see when they realise that.

2 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Williams more precautionary, could’ve pushed him, but his history has bearing.  Should be available for Leicester.

James due back in the next couple of weeks, assume that will post-break?

Cheers Dave! 

Not our day, gotta start taking chances. I think Twine will help us tick in that regard, and it’s nice to see him back out there, likewise Tanner.

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Williams

Benarous

Bell

Post subs we looked better. It’s another game of had the chances, didn’t take them. Forwards been bad for that this season. Their first goal, disappointing from Max (although do they have an offside player in his eye line?) and the second goal was just poor from the team. Far too easy.

Not a complete disaster of a performance but disappointing nonetheless. Just a case of riding out the rest of this season and going again next year!

Was stuck in our shadow for so long with the gas he changed club that’s the mark of the man!

Two in, one out as we name a full bench. 

Williams is the ‘out’, we’ll wait to hear more, Tanner and Meerholz are in. Tanner back from his injury is good news.

Mon the City ️

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Williams

Benarous

Bell

He’s going to continue giving pre and post match interviews as that’s his job. Not sure we need a new thread with the same people making the same jokes each time. 

2 hours ago, gavlin said:

You can add Max Bird to the injury list as he has been missing from the Derby side !!!

I struggle to keep up with the players we have here

The Lansdown’s tried to lie to us in October. We pressed them for reasons on Pearson’s dismissal and got what we wanted - a lie so glaring that we could throw it back at them. ‘Pearson was fired for underachieving with a top 6 squad’. We got them. Tonight was as good as a concession - he wasn’t fired for footballing reasons. 
 

For me - SL and JL are the root of the problem. But they don’t just run the show - they own it. There is very little we can do.

On Tinnion - he’s a club legend and his work with the academy has been outstanding. The technical director role… a rocky start. But I DO believe he loves the club, wants what’s best for it, and can (hopefully) turn it around. 

On Manning - he was offered a job to lead our great club. A massive promotion from Oxford United, let’s be honest. So he took it. He seems to me to be a football obsessive who will sink all his time and energy into trying to deliver what we all want. The lie the Lansdown’s told meant he was on a hiding to nothing. His start has had problems, but he’s clearly not going anywhere nor is he culpable for the nonsense of last October. I hope we can all come together a bit, the fans, the squad, Manning and his team and go into next season with a bit of renewed vigour. 
 

The owners effed up no end in October. But the squad and LM are here fighting for us now. 

Good thread OP, senior pros are important in any squad but especially in ours given we have lots of youth and we're in a bit of a contentious moment. So this should make for a good discussion.

I certainly like to think Kal will be sticking around, if we can have that season where his availability is high and he's a starting XI player for, say, 75% of games, I think that improves us no end. He's a very intelligent player, a very talented ball-playing defender with a very impressive range of passing. He could be a good start to the new 'leadership' group.

Dickie is clearly stepping up too, so he's another. And his availability has been very good, so he'll be leading on the pitch. 

James, Williams, King... I'd not be amazed if one, maybe even two, signed extensions. 

And then perhaps Manning will add one old head via recruitment. I do think we're in for a summer of high turnover as we leave the Pearson era and enter the Manning era. I'm sure they'd consider one or two senior pros as well as the youth we like to target.

I’m pretty sure the attendance today was in no small part down to it being Sunday, early kick-off and Mother’s Day. Form doesn’t help but I bet we see a significantly busier Gate in our next homer.

It’s a good day. Two back (well Cornick was never out in the end), ended the losing streak, but those Jack *******, and I think played alright! Certainly second half.

Injured:

Tanner

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Benarous

Bell

I think the current mood is fogging some minds. We were not that bad today. We beat the Jacks, stopped the rot, created a good few chances and gave away very few. I’m happy!

Thought we finished the game really well. Started making lots of chances and giving very little away. Think we were the better team and did alright today. 3 points, onwards ️

3 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

What let him spend the nest egg ?

Based on what evidence exactly

As for the last sentence that sums up some of our fans

‘If hes  crap why bother replacing him because we are likely to replace him with crap’

Mind Boggling

Mind boggling is expecting the Lansdown’s to magically become capable and oversee us go up. Definition of insanity!

Back him. He’s had 6 months and a window where the one big player we signed has been unlucky with injury. And the Lansdown’s would screw up the replacement anyway!

Good start to the day as Twine returns to the bench, and Cornick is also ok after coming off in the midweek with a knock. Still 6 points off the drop despite our constant losses shows just how little we need over the remaining games to be safe. Today could go a long way towards that, and give us a much needed smile! COYR ️

Injured:

Tanner

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Benarous

Bell

I think part of the reason we look worse at home/against poorer sides is impatience from the crowd. We didn't really do much first half yesterday but no-one minded as we were against a strong side and were happy to contain them. I think it'd be a good idea to allow them a slow start Sunday, to get a feel of the ball and the rhythm of the game. If we get grumbly they get nervous, and the improved/faster/more aggressive play never emerges.  

8 minutes ago, Kingswood Robin said:

I don't disagree. Even they can get it right occasionally though. I just think Manning is one of those "got it wrong again dad" appointments.

Can see entirely where you and @38MC are coming from. Think I might just be getting a bit indifferent to it all. Long season this

1 minute ago, 38MC said:

I don’t understand how you can say that. Did Nigel Pearson not show you that a manager can stabilise the club in spite of the Lansdowns. 

To say persevering with a manager who is out of his depth will do us no harm is really surprising. 

I agree we are unlikely to progress beyond this league with the Lansdown’s, but Manning has to go because otherwise you’re letting the house burn down 

And what did they do to Pearson as soon as it started to bear fruit…

Whoever the manager is, they will ensure we fail. That’s exactly my point!

1 minute ago, Kingswood Robin said:

There could be 3 or 4 years of harm if the money is spent unwisely. Based on what I've seen, I couldn't trust him with my cheque book.

We’ll be in harms way as long as the Lansclown’s run the show. There frail ego-driven decision making will ensure we never take the next step. Sacking LM would be like cutting the grass when the house is on fire. 

No harm in giving him a proper go next season after a pre-season/some of his own signings. Until the Lansdown’s go the prem is a pipe dream anyway.

If relegation starts to look very on, then we’ll have to change sooner, but shouldn’t come to that.

Medical department got a new shipment of bricks to launch at them last Wednesday so it’ll be a while.

2 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said:

Didn’t Cornick go off with a hamstring issue ?

Oh so he did. He looked bright tonight so makes sense!

Injured:

Tanner

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Benarous

Twine

Bell

Cornick

McCrorie and Williams in the wars, and LM mentioned Pring is still carrying something. But all seemed to come through ok. 

Tanner is just gone. I’ll put up some posters around Bristol tomorrow. Naismith was due back a week and a half ago and I’m beginning to think I dreamt the Scott Twine loan. Otherwise we’re golden!

Injured:

Tanner

Atkinson

Naismith

James

Benarous

Twine

Bell