REDOXO

We had 7 players in the squad at Cardiff who were either U18 or U21s. It was an utterly horseshit decision at a time we were struggling to have a first team squad and were yet only 4 points off the play off places. We are obscenely crap under Manning with far more availability!

Says everything that needs to be said!

Fixed

Yes uninspiring but solid. Not so much now 2/0

Blimey! I’m influential!! Really?

She was wearing a blue dress and a matching hat. She spoke in a very cut glass upper middle class way. Sadly she didn’t bring her pussy or if she did it was well hidden!

I think you over rate my influence NOGBAD. I am neither a decision maker or admin However I personally prefer it!

Peggy Mount bless her. I sold a pair of shoes to Molly Sugden in Peter Lord Guildford in 79!

To help @phantom out bless him! The bloke is brilliant (Phantom) but we need to limit the Manning threads.

I hope they pay you for the overtime!

They are scared to attack, they are scared to move the ball forward, they are scared to lose the ball, they are scared to try something different! They are not scared to pass the ball sideways and backwards and they are definitely not scared of empty seats and stay at home supporters.

Mr Manning and Mr Tinnion! Produce a team that’s not freighted!…….of YOU!!!

Tinnion. This is on you! Manning produce a team that’s not scared to play football or **^^ off!

I am seriously considering going to FGR on the day of the Leicester game. The bloke is simply awful.

As established. Under Manning The Lansdown is the alternative home end, so almost as infuriating!

Superb. I agree under Mr Manning the home end is the Dolman/Lansdown stand. Regarding the South Stand. It’s infuriating that the area behind the goal has huge open spaces unless we happen to be playing Leeds or West Ham. That really is the crux of the matter. How many other clubs have their most vociferous supporters tucked up in the corner and for damn good reason? I simply don’t agree about “standing creates a better atmosphere is a myth” It’s simply not true. There is a reason you stand to sing a hymn or an anthem or any song. You breathe better and your voice casts further than sitting as your lungs are all bunched up thus ratcheting up the atmosphere. The Taylor report and all seating stadia was designed to ratchet down the atmosphere and stop the crushes. However these days are over 35 years on and there is significant difference in football and life in general. I don’t know you and have no idea about you. However did you stand on The EE between 72 and 81? And if so do you really believe the atmosphere was not better?

The utter idiocy of the idea of switching the Home End to the newly covered Open End all those years ago really got on my nerves. I remember attending a supporters club meeting in London at the time and was pretty annoyed. The thought Sags were on the EE in that awful cup for failure still rankles. However the idea that there is no Home End at all is much worse. We play so often toward an empty stand. While offering the likes of <name club here> the ability to simultaneously play towards the away support could only happen at bloody Bristol City.

Yeah that pissed me off too! Then he poured money into the bottomless khazi that was LJ! No parallels with the current situation with a bloke crying for my players at all …Nope!

I’m not so sure about that but we will see. I’m not sure about “sordid” either, but certainly bizarre game! I do have a certain amount of sympathy for SL. I think he has always done what he thinks is right, but often isn’t and has ran out of energy for Bristol City/Sport.

That is the way it seems! its going to be interesting to see how this plays out. For you boys that play with these things, his Wikipedia states he is Academy Director!

Some might say Brian is digging his own hole! I said the other day I was at his first game and the guy fully deserved his testimonial. A right proper shithead as the song goes! I’ve got to say I was pretty fed up with Danny Wilson not even having Leroy Lita on the bench, that was a sackable on its own. But Brian coming in with such huge backing from SL was a bit of a surprise! Fast forward player rebellions, sackings, coaching in Spain, coming back and finding his own path way through the academy and scouting and now an FA Youth Cup Semi you have to say the bloke has his niche. He is without doubt excellent within his niche, however we had a highly regarded CEO recommended by Mr Scudamore fired and it seems replaced by Brian. We were told we were in good hands under Nigel Pearson, who was obviously building a squad under huge injury restraints fired in the weirdest circumstances! Brians fingerprints are all over the massively unpopular decision to fire Mr Pearson and the nuts decision that came before it. Obviously Brian (and others) is feeling backlash on the back of awful performances, booing of a victory and huge amounts of empty seats right at renewal time. ALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF SL! Going on the radio was not a short notice decision made in isolation by Brian. It simply can’t have been as he is now spokesman for the club. (Even Goebbels had a boss!) I would not have wanted Brian to go! I just wanted him to do what he’s good at!! Brian needs to follow direction when it comes to first team affairs, not be the director as he will do what he does, make terrible decisions, because he can!….He is now in a very deep hole of his own digging, which unless something changes quickly is going to effect the bottom line unless he strikes gold down there!

Four month pre season! I can see that.

Fixed!

I 100% agree. We are a passive bunch. We have no home end, yet we have an away end behind the goal. We play in what is often a library and if people get animated there is always someone to tell you what is and is not acceptable. However the outrage on here over the obvious lies and untruths and the employing of an untested league one manager to replace Pearson was greeted with shock overwhelmingly on here but not at the ground. However our natural passiveness has been put to one side now. We play rubbish football and the untruths of those making horrifying decisions are now coming out . To this extent you have a main player in the saga going on radio to make statements excusing Manning for injuries while justifying squads reflecting a run at the FA Youth Cup, thus forcing the current manager to play Andy King a major factor in Pearson being fired! You can’t make this place up. I can remember the last time we were called a basket case club in the press. Here we are again!

Perfect! Just missed the bits regarding Brian’s input and that junior was the driver and probably the Lansdown to which you refer. But Exactly