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6 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I hope Terriers go down, and then I would be all over Rudoni, forget Twine.

Steady 

Before my time so I never saw him play but his is still a name I seem to know very well. 

So that must say a lot about the man and player.

Condolences to his family.

On 04/04/2024 at 08:31, LondonBristolian said:

Not every manager works at every club. Brian Clough was a disaster at Leeds, Unai Emery has done well in every job except Arsenal, Steve Cotterill is far less popular with Forest and Birmingham fans than us. Neil Warnock did well at Crystal Palace and QPR then badly at Leeds and back at Palace then well at Rotherham and Cardiff. Pearson was great at Leicester than a disaster at Derby. Valentin Ismael got a Barnsley team to the play offs but could not do so with a theoretically stronger West Brom team. Moyes has done well at Preston, Everton and West Ham but struggled at other clubs.

Not every manager job is in any sense the same and few managers would succeed at every club.

Fair enough 

8 hours ago, LondonBristolian said:

That doesn’t in any way imply Edwards would have achieved the same thing had he stayed at Watford though. Not every manager is the right fit at every club. A manager could easily go onto have a successful career elsewhere but it still have been the right decision to sack him where he was. 

A club that plays football matches with eleven players on the pitch at any one time?

What other sort of fit is there? 

From what I see around the place, keeping your shirt on should be a law of the land, not just a law of football.

Just for men. The ladies can do as they please. 

Plymouth 3 City 0

Liam - please follow that up with an interesting and insightful post-match interview without mentioning principles or behaviours 

I’ve just thought of an explanation for all these laughable and disastrous decisions being made recently…

…JL is a secret gashead. 

11 hours ago, Bas's perfect hattrick said:

Has there ever been a less inspiring city manager...?

Also, really annoying he starts every answer with "yeeeahh"

Every answer, he looks to the floor and starts with “yeah….”.

I reckon he’s got some model answers stuck to the floor and picks one at random regardless of the question 
 

In the same way coaches are put on for away games, perhaps the club could put on coaches for home games from places like London where there may be sufficient demand. 

41 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

It's the last 6 which is worrying me:

LLLLWL

And I fear we could be crucified on Good Friday.

At least there might be a chance of a Resurrection Easter Monday.

Well, you've started the Easter puns so all we need to do in the next game is put more crosses in.

At least most of our fans live in one of the best cities in the country. 

Think of the poor b**tards who live in places like Middlesbrough, Luton, Reading or Blackburn.

18 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

 I was no big fan of LJ & get the David Brent comparison, but it wasn’t robotic or monotone.

I didn’t always agree with what he said, but appreciated it wasn’t the same inanity repeated time & time again.

Things are so bad we are starting to sigh nostalgically at the thought of LJ. 

LM is someone who is trying to apply the science of football management. 

Someone like Warnock knows the art of football management 

You probably need a bit of both, but the art comes first as sport is ultimately a human activity. Otherwise you bore the hell out of people.

Mustn’t overload the players 

He is no doubt being paid very well for doing the job he does. He’s not doing it as a charitable gesture. Thus he needs to be accountable and competent or face criticism. 

***kin' L

17 hours ago, Red Billy said:

One of the few moments in the game we actually got to see anyone run at the Swansea defence whilst in some space. They executed the plan whilst not following the principals.

Certainly not the behaviours either

I also quite like LJ actually but the fact that he put ‘periodisation’ in his message suggests he is beyond help in understanding why he gets ridiculed. 

Half-time competition:

Who can come up with the most positive thing about the first half?

1 hour ago, Swede said:

Surprised Colin resigned. Panto season doesn't start for another 8 months or so.

It will start straightaway if he comes here

We’re all pleased when we win. But if the “mental wellbeing” of grown adults is impacted by the fortunes of a football team then that is pathetic. 

I've never known a leader who focuses only on theory, concepts and soundbites who has been successful.

What LM lacks is charisma, gravitas and authority and he can't be 'helped' with those. 

All the great managers and coaches possess those qualities to motivate and drive the squad.

Before we go any further, nobody cares about you finding some obscure website to watch the game or any technical difficulties you've got in doing so.

So do us all a favour and stop boring us with the details.

3 hours ago, fgrsimon said:

Rovers Reserves played at the old FGR ground for a season or two but I don't think they ever used it for a first team game.  

Imagine having as your claim to fame that you played for Bristol Rovers reserves