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Now then, that gets the juices flowing!

Prompting a ‘Bristol City’ mention in the Welsh commentary. I knew I could speak Welsh! Got to be said, Bournemouth are impressive. If this is the style we are trying to play, bring it on. … but we’re miles off it.

Assume this is the front-foot attacking football that JL talks about. Key is quick first-time passing and finding space. If only Bournemouth hadn’t nicked our players capable of doing that!

Convoluted route in. Press red button when on BBC channel then you seem to get choice of 3 programmes, press the more/added in the list then go to channels then SC4 I think (the Welsh one), commentary in Welsh but mute. Alex another assist!

I said on his appointment, that I will give him ‘til February before drawing any conclusions. Just hope though, that the Brighton vs Wolves possession bore fest with no quality in the final third isn’t where we are heading with our young, technically-minded coach. That match was abysmal.

Very poor officiating at the end. Blatant red for the dive tackle, which ref initially gave a yellow. Couldn’t see what the West Ham keeper had done apart from triggering the Sheff Utd player to do some aerobatics - no VAR intervention. Bowen was blatantly rugby tackled at the end which the referee and VAR bottled. Then ref blew up for the end of the match seconds after he missed the Bowen penalty when there had to be several minutes left.

He’s bleeding useless. A couple of weeks ago he was getting our score incorrect throughout the match. Same again, this week I think it’s four times today and he still believes we’re losing 0-1, despite Sherwood - who I think has given up with him now - saying 1-1. You would have thought someone would shout in his ear the correct score and for him to correct himself.

The problem is, as supporters, we’ve now be trained over several years by the Club to think we need to be financially smart, prudent, spend-thrift and think long-term evolution, more than short-term revolution. Bizzare now that the Club with this ‘deal’, seemingly, are acting the opposite. Anyhows, all onboard the City Express heading for Europe! Let’s hope reversion back to the ‘LJ strategy’ works with LM (who has any similarities to the former) in charge.

Looks like the concessions marketing team have excelled in selling space beneath the cowshed.

Wasn’t me Ralph! Put mine up at The Ferryboat!

That guy is like Junior Bent on steroids.

Thought the punditry team were excellent tonight, professional, slick and insightful with a good knowledge of our Club. Not often I say this, but bravo the BBC.

Loan, with no option to buy? The Wise Men must have a cunning plan that involves a charge for promotion. The remainder of this transfer window is going to be a ‘splash the cash’ fest then! Only way this deal makes any sense.

I think why yesterday’s result hurts so much, is after the team’s, fans, Club’s performance at West Ham that - at last - we had a collective all acting as one, seemingly pulling in one direction, a new dawn after the Nige debacle… and then the next game we just so passively, lamely revert back to type. All the ghosts of the past against one of our mid-table league rivals. So Bristol ******* City.

Same here. I shout ‘it’s as good as ours’ when the ball goes out for an opposition throw in anywhere in the attacking third of the pitch. Alongside the much under-valued art of chipping the keeper when in a one-on-one situation, I’m still mystified why pro footballers don’t close/chase down throw-ins more aggressively in the final attacking third. Basically, it’s a 50/50 chance of winning the ball in a really dangerous/vulnerable area for the opposition. I’ll have to contact the FA too get it in one of their coaching manuals.

Triggering The Saggies something rotten on Twitter….wot, no Rovers vs Norwich? What with the Scousers declaring they're playing us in the 4th Round just maybe - despite claiming they’re everyone’s second team, having constant sell-outs being better supported than Barca, and obviously the 6th richest in Europe - they’ll realise that their Club is a total irrelevance nationally. Things you love to see.

Yep. Went to both. I think we were the first Club to have the entire bank of seating running along the side of the pitch, as well as 50% of the open terrace behind the goal. Can remember going into work the following day in the Midlands to be greeted by Villa and Blues supporters in awe of our following! Good days.

I can remember an ‘official’ 17,500+ figure announced. Was on one of the dozens of late coaches, so was in the large contingent in their open end. The faces of the Coventry ‘mob’ as they looked through the railings when they saw us coming up the road behind their stand …. think they were staggered by the turnout … they soon melted away into their crowd never to be seen or heard. At the time, the stadium had the partial ‘Jimmy Hill’ treatment. Oddly, their ‘home end’ was divided 50/50 home and away and our side was packed. We had loads in the seating to our right and also at least a couple of thousand in their open end. Don’t think we will ever see Crown Court sessions ending early and schools closing to allow football supporters to travel to an away game! Truly a one-off special.

No. Coventry away we had well in excess of 18,000 - possibly approaching 20,000. Think we took loads to Forest in the League Cup SF too. Always took 20,000 to Eastville, with another 40,000 outside in the car park for any Gas looking in to this thread.

Don’t think anyone has mentioned yet the flick pass to Williams from Knight(?) which was a sublime piece of skill. Bravo that man.

Not viewed the post match analysis, but it appeared to me he made contact which, with studs up, is reckless. Agree, the game is fast and certainly faster than when I played. More speed creates greater risk in term of leg injuries from raised boots. Think the FAs logic is uncontrolled diving into tackles (and once you take your legs off the ground you ain’t got a great deal of control) is just a no, no … and a professional should know if there is contact with studs he’s more than likely going to be sent off. Even with no contact, one might suggest a studs-up diving tackle at speed may well cause a defender to pull out of a tackle giving an unfair advantage to the diver.

If you’re going to dive in then make sure your studs don’t contact the opponent’s leg. Particularly, don’t allow the base of your studded foot ,with your leg at full stretch, to contact the opponent’s standing leg. Having had 30 stitches in a shin caused by raised studs, I can testify it ******* hurts and takes a long time to recover.

To be followed 6 months later by …. he’s had a setback in his recovery. Due to his head being fixed the wrong way round, we expect another 12 months before he’s back on the grass. In 10 years time, after a dozen other players had their heads fixed back the wrong way, Tins at the annual Fans Forum, advises that the Club are considering launching an investigation into why so many players had backward facing heads.

A ‘simple game’, very much a Brian Clough-type view. One of the most successful managers in the history of the game. The modern game does, and the FA coaching badge-types certainly do have a tendency to over- complicate the game and put less emphasis on individual player management. Some with amazing natural talent, for whatever reason, just can’t either process in their heads adaptions to their game or physically implement them. Rashford a classic example - his natural talent wasted by over-coaching/thinking. Anis, I suspect, is the best example from our Club. Recruitment is key. We have in the past often recruited players who have played moderately successfully in one role, and then told them we want them to adapt to play another. Cornick, didn’t Nige say on the day we signed him, we think we can get him to play a totally different role to that he was accustomed? Some players can adapt, others can’t. Back to our recruitment strategy. About time we got it more consistently correct. If we are shopping bargain-basement and want to develop players - then make sure they have the mental and physical capacities to do that.

I’ve ’sat on the fence’ too, but after a 10 or so game block, can start gaining first impressions. I said though, when he was first appointed, it won’t be until February before I can determine the merits, or otherwise, of Manning’s appointment. Like you, unsurprised at where we are at but hoped for better, as you do, the ‘new manager bounce’ and all that. Dream on though, this is Bristol City.