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Unfortunately for us fans, players also have ambitions and it is hard to blame someone for accepting an opportunity to accept a life changing pay rise.

Not clever, not funny and not grown up!

I just missed Atyeo but my best pick for a legend is John Galley but there have been many players who will forever have a place in my pantheon - and they all played for Bristol City! We all take different things from our passion for the club. BTs passing ability and his goal against Liverpool rank him very highly in my opinion. His service and dedication to the cause has further burnished his star.

Of course we could also argue that he will probably be brought into the first team next season and it will MAKE him.

Sorry about the lack of dredging through hundreds of interviews, that is beyond my meagre technical skill. Of course it is debateable, which is why we are debating it!

Ideally a business should be run is a way that eliminates wasteful spending. Of course this relies on judgements by decision makers who sometimes seem to know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Otherwise Nige would still be the manager - in my humble judgement.

I do not think he is a failure. I like his accent, it is the same as Mickey Bell - another of my heroes.

Listening to player and other interviews interviews over the years, many people have mentioned Brian Tinnion and his influence in a very positive way. Of course there are lots of influences in building a player but I believe that Brian Tinnion is pivotal in terms of Bristol City. The fact that he is not always great at expressing himself is not particularly relevant in my opinion. He can clearly make himself understood in football circles. The fact that is is exposed in terms of his public speaking skills is a reflection of the directors, who clearly value his input but do not look after him as they perhaps should.

I believe that his main job is to assist with recognising which players are diamonds in the rough and spotting how we can recruit and improve them. He has to talk to the public because we appear to be understaffed in certain areas. Surely we should be prepared to cut him a bit of slack and recognise that he is a great football man.

We all deal with people who are not always good at expressing themselves but we can still see that they have great quality. I believe that Brian is a bit like that. And I was joking about the foreign language!

I agree with your post but I am prepared to make allowances for any shortcomings in Brian's communication skills because I have a high regard for his overall contribution to our club. Judging by his accent he was clearly brought up speaking a foreign language, so it must be hard for the chap.

I think the bean counters will be of the opinion that a PR person would be an expensive luxury. I reckon that they could get a more enthusiastic following with better communications, but what do I know?

It is a game of opinions, and I think he is doing a good job and has done a good job in the past - both as a player and running the academy. I think it also likely that the lean and mean management structure is an artefact of the bean counters who run the club. Brian has become the scapegoat. Unfairly in my humble opinion.

Of course I know that. But many realise that Brian Tinnion is a very important part of that process and are prepared to give him a degree of credit for his input.

You sound perfect for the job!! How many young players have you recruited, nursed through the academy into the first team and then on to the Premier League?

He actually joined in January. Assuming it takes him a few weeks to settle into a new country, he may have been doing his pre-season work for 8 weeks or so. Tins said that he was just about ready, so maybe we can expect him to play in an academy or U21 side in the next week or so. We also don't know if he had any small injuries since he started. Hardly a cause to start criticising Mr Tinnion.

I thought he said that he was the best YOUNG player in Ireland. I stand to be corrected but that might explain why the 18 year old player has not been pushed straight into the first team to save our season.

I simply made the point that Tins was part of the team that recruited players. Of course others had input and the final decision was made by the manager of the day. Maybe some transfers were less wonderful than others, but to single out Tins for all the blame seems a trifle unfair - that is why I pointed out that the whole thread was a pile on with Tins as the victim. People on here seem to delight in minimising his contribution to our club. I reckon that it is more significant - in a good way, than many realise. Of course he also has to act within the constraints of the budget and his board of directors. We clearly disagree on his value to the club.

It is a team effort and Tins is part of the team. Nige used to say that he did not negotiate transfers, so that must have been the remit of either Tins or one of the directors. Of course the point of this thread is to pile onto Tins.

Ah - but consider the DNA!!

Recruitment is a process and we have analysts as well as Tins and the manager of the day, who has the last word. Nige regarded Mehmeti as his maverick. Of course, Tins gets the blame because it fits the pile on narrative.

Mehmeti shows flashes of real class but I have always been concerned with his lack of pace. Given the size of fees in the transfer market, if he doesn't work out he can probably be sold without much loss or even at a profit. Taken "in the round" with young recruits like Stokes and Murphy, Tins is clearly trying to get value for the club. The Lansdown family reigning back on their already huge financial input and financial fair play rules are probably the driving reasons for the approach chosen by the club and being executed by Brian. He deserves recognition for the value that he has brought the club. i find this pile on sickening for someone who has served the club in different roles so diligently for three decades.

Reading some of the posts on the subject of this pile on, and it seems that nobody realises that Brian is operating on a budget and to instructions given from above. He seems to have generally achieved good value with his signings and they are being employed within the pay structure set out by Jon and the bean counter. Brian has leveraged substantial value from the academy to supplement our low cost recruitment policy. I would expect that Nige and his team were paid more than Liam and Hoggy. This all serves to show why he is highly regarded by the owners and why we should all cut him some slack and appreciate the job that he has done in the circumstances.

It seems that you would be happier supporting Oxo. Good luck with that,

It seems t me that whatever Brian said in the interview, people have mentally condemned him. I thought he was open and passionate and gave us some interesting insights. He is not a politician but is clearly passionate about our club and maybe, after some mature reflection, people will see that he has helped to bring good players into our club and has generated enormous value with his efforts. I hope he stays because we will find it hard to find a more devoted and enthusiastic football person to be our TD. Thank you Brian, I appreciate your efforts and achievements.