Clutton Caveman

I think this is a good point. Some coaches excel in League 1 or 2 as the standard there fits with their experience. When you move up a league or 2 the tactics are more advanced, the players are more talented but also more egotistic and the game is far faster. I think that to some extent Cotts fell into this category. As much as I truly admire and respect what NP did for us, I always felt that his experience was formed 20 years ago and tactically he was very basic and old fashioned. As such we became very easy to play against particularly at home where we have to make the running.

What club in the Championship would be a good investment by any normal return on investment criteria?

Seems to me that with such a threadbare team we have stayed competitive mainly by pure hard work and effort The players clearly bought into NP because he consistent, honest and had their backs. So now he has gone with some of his team. Our board have shown just how clueless, disloyal and weak they are. Those that have stayed have lost their credibility by supporting the owners. So what exactly will the players be playing for on Saturday. Their places? Not really as we only have about 14 fit players The Club? When they consider how such a hard working and straight manager has been treated, I doubt it. The Crowd? If the focus is on Lansdown out the atmosphere will be pretty toxic. Not being beaten by the bottom team? They won last week so it could happen again Our only hope is that they rise above the situation and play for each other out of respect to their sacked coach. I wonder if Vyner and Pring would sign new contract today?

Body language was awful, like he was reading a script with SL stood behand him. So we get a coach and tell him how he has to play. Good luck with that message

Typical son of a rich father. Promoted Waaaayyyyyyy beyond his ability

I hope SL read this

Based on previous experience I would be surprised if we have a new manager by January. After the first few genuine candidates say thanks but no thanks, 6 weeks of silence and being told this an important decision so we should be patient and then he will probably appoint Flemming or Tinnion.

Doing a pretty good jobs with the kids though. I suspect this is his level.

The crazy thing is.... for all of our anger and disgust, if 8 weeks from now we have a new manager and are winning with a more entertaining brand of football, all of this will be forgotten but nobody will say "the ownership got it right" This is not a forecast but more of an observation of the fickle nature of football supporters.

I don't think they need any hounding. If they could get a decent bid for the mess that is Bristol Sport they would sail off to Guernsey and Bermuda with a huge sense of relief and a big smile on their face

Conway cannot play in that position. Must be Cornick up front with Conway in for Bell

He is just too predictable. He always has to come inside onto his right foot and all defenders know that

For me there were a few big differences between us and Ipswich last night. a) they had 2 central midfielders with real football intelligence and they ran the game. In his pomp, James could do the same but now he has to pace himself. b) when they broke, the rest of the team busted a gut to get up and give great passing options. When we broke too often our player had no decent passing options so either lost the ball or had to go backwards. c) When an Ipswich player was in received the ball he almost always had 3 decent passing options. Apart from when we have our tails up like having just scored, our movement off the ball is poor and has been for a long time. As such we frequently have to go back or hit it long d) Ipswich had a centre forward who could hold the ball up and bring others into the game. As much as I like Conway this is not his game. He is too small and needs a centre forward to play off. Having said all that, our shear effort and great mentality meant that we were always in this game and with a little luck (which we probably used up against Coventry) we could have nicked a draw. With a fully fit squad and our determination, we could be a shout for top six but back in the real world where players do get injured we will do well to finish in the top half. Imagine what NP could do with a squad and budget that LJ had.

I think the press normally gets an early sniff and love to print rumours. As there is zero in the press my feeling is that the door is open but there are no customers.

One Nigel Pearson. Everyone knows it and would join in. Its essential what ever we sing is loud, so no clever little numbers please

They don't join in because we know the tune but not the words. If you want 2000 singing sing simple songs that everybody know

I was amazed that Coventry fans made the game feel like home game with virtually no response from either the South Stand or the end of the Dolman. Granted the game started badly but surely that's when the team need support the most. It felt flat from pre-match until approx 75 minutes. I think it would be great if we dropped the clever little tunes like the song for Cornick and got some simple old fashioned songs going that more can join in with. As it is AG is far from an intimidating place to play and feels more like radio 2 on a Wednesday afternoon.

I think that Wednesday night is the perfect chance to send a message to the owners and create a massive show of support for NP. Lets have some great and simple chants and keep them going all through the game. Some decent banners would be good too

Sorry I stand corrected

I really wonder how you would go about marketing BCFC to potential buyers. Firstly the deal is complex due to the Bristol Sport situation. If BCFC was separated I guess Bristol Sport would still own the stadium and we would effectively ground share with Bears. Most owners like to own the ground because it gives them fixed costs, additional income and an asset to use to secure finance. So lets review, on the plus side: a mid table Championship team with a very good academy, excellent training facilities, reasonably young team on fair wages good fan base with potential to grow. On the negative side, very complex structure to unravel. Hasn't made a profit for ever and relies on selling best young players to stay on the right side of FFP, no CEO in place, pricing probably does not reflect the product on offer and is based more on its potential. For me the biggest negatives are the complexity of Bristol Sport and an owner who seems happy to wait whilst the club ticks over.

For me Foden is still all about potential in an England shirt. He so far has not reached the sort of level he has for his club. Also Kalvin Phillips is not the answer in midfield. Too negative and a lose canon likely to get wound up and sent off in big games. Apart from that I thought we were great. Bellingham is just so talented but also so committed. Future Captain for sure.

I just don't get it, when we play lower grade teams we adopt walking football pace. Clearly the Aussies wanted to defend deep and when we need 30 passes to get over halfway just plays into their hands.

So 777 are now pillars of society?

From my soapbox, I refer to the new owners of Everton.

Play without fear. 3-5 results all the way to league 2