RedZepperin

What are you insinuating, David?

When all the truth comes out about Nigel Pearson's departure, the final story might not be quite the Disney film that some people are expecting, full of heroes and villains. Maybe, just maybe, Jon Lansdown is not a bumbling buffoon, perhaps Brian Tinnion is not actually an evil schemer and, possibly, Nigel isn't the ideal employee everyone would want to have working for them.

New material needed for slagging off "the hierarchy".

Not wishing to be a pedant, but is there such a thing as a little exodus?

The other bloke (Toby?) just finished the programme by sayings "We'll be back on Saturday for Bristol's trip to Norwich". Odd.

The preference of those who were a lot closer to him was to try somebody else. If LM had performed as well in the league as in the cup, we would not be having this discussion and City-related social media would be a much less unpleasant place.

Was NP really behaving in a way that suggested he would cooperate in an "orderly transition"?

They do, which is why he said "aim" not "expectation".

The easier option was to renew his contract. They would have saved themselves a lot of flak. They thought that getting someone else in would be better for the club. The CEO, who had been in the job for what, weeks? just said what he thought was the right thing to say at the time. It reminds me of when Bernd Schuster was managing Real Madrid and, when asked whether they could beat Barcelona in the next game, he said that was "impossible". He was sacked a couple of days later.

If he said anything else, he would have been pilloried and rightly so. How we have gone from this glib comment to a general feeling of entitlement to promotion is simply baffling.

Not "we promise to get promotion this season".

They promised promotion this season?

I think the "top six" idea is over three years. NP didn't manage it and they doubted he would achieve it if he was given three more. They took a punt on LM but did not promise top six after a few months.

Excellent stuff from David. It could be titled "A Nerd's Guide To Beating Bristol City".

The podcast is great to listen to, particularly the first few minutes, and Ian's lack of love for Big Nige is refreshing. They make it look very easy but I'm sure it's a lot easier to do a crap podcast. Keep up the good work and thanks for the effort.