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  1. In fairness to Manning, and I never thought I'd say that , it looks like he had a similar start with Oxford last year when he took over. 5 dull draws and 2 defeats to nil in his first 7 games. From what he's said about "not working much with possession", it seems quite clear that the only thing he's really bothered about now is working out of possession with his boring, block football. I would assume he's then looking to implement whatever he wants to do with the ball from next season when we can look to strengthen in those areas. I kind of get it, but it smacks of not being able to read the room in the meantime and concerns me how adaptable he'll be in the future when needed. Not to mention that it's almost blind faith that what he will implement over the next pre-season will even work anyway.
  2. No time off. They're all working really hard don't you know. In at 7, out at 7
  3. If I was Nige, I'd be doing everything I can to get to this game in some capacity whether as a pundit, special guest of the away team, or sat directly behind Steve and Jon throwing popcorn at them
  4. No chance. I would imagine though that their budget is somewhat comparable to what we had a few years afo
  5. I think the most frustrating part is just how obvious the answer is. We were already struggling after significant budget cuts and lack of re-investment. Our wonderful owner/chairman/"board" then decided we didn't need any CEO, binned off the most experienced manager we've ever had, got rid of 2 other highly respected coaches and one of the best medical people we've ever had as well. They replace with an absolute nobody and essentially set him up to fail by giving him an unrealistic starting target and virtually no support from above. But hey, at least we beat Swindon under 18s
  6. I think this is actually a really interesting game, far more than it should be given our position as mid table side with the threat of being dragged into a relegation battle now eased. I'm not sold on the narrative that we're actually really good against the better teams in the league, but this match should go someway to showing that a bit clearer one way or the other
  7. Just all nonsense, isn't it? "Don't get too high, don't get too low, emotional etc" more about processes than results yet says he was delighted and that we were outstanding against Swansea. The week before against Cardiff, Mr Don't get too emotional was annoyed and angry apparently. Says he's always learning. "OK so what have you changed after learning about the team?" "Well nothing the processes are still the same, right?"
  8. I thought you were joking about the 7 Southampton mentions
  9. I got to 4:34 til he mentioned Southampton and then had to stop
  10. I'm not sure on what basis we look more solid defensively. We've conceded 15% more goals per game since Manning took over, with only 3 clean sheets in 27 games, two of those games being absolute dross 0-0 draws against the worst form teams in the league at the time.. In 8 of those 27 games we've let in at least 2 as well
  11. Not really. Depends what you mean by negative things. It can be proven that his communication skills aren't that great by just listening to him speak. It can be proven that he isn't particularly literate or professional, given that his own LinkedIn page still lists him as "Tecknical Director" among many other spelling errors. Best case scenario is someone with learning disabilities wrote it for him. Either way it's a bit of a red flag for me personally. Perhaps this is being picky; some people won't be bothered by this at all. It can be proven that he has lied and repeatedly told delusional misinformation. It can be proven that he's revealed undisclosed transfer details. It can be proven that his first team coach, Liam Manning, hasn't improved the current squad, as stated he would, given how awful we've been in so many of his games. I have absolutely no idea how good he is at scouting, or as being a director of recruitment, as I said. I can only go on what we know and can't help be sceptical given the facts.
  12. As I said, I'm not sure it can really be proven from the outside. Which is convenient seeing as he's apparently great at it. There's no doubt that the academy has certainly improved in terms of first team contribution and player sales. How much of that is down to Tinnion is hard for any of us to really know I think. I guess if you wanted proof, you'd need to speak to the players that have been brought through recently and the staff that have worked under him. I don't personally care to investigate that any further, but somebody probably should given its apparently earned him the role he's got now..
  13. Nah. I'm not at all convinced by this whole "great with the academy" stuff either. His communication is terrible and he seems pretty delusional. Those are pretty big areas that I'd want to address in someone running a high level academy. Seems pretty easy to claim he's great at something that can't be proven
  14. Maybe but I'm just trying to imagine if I was in his position, I'd be concerned with the support available to me Probably won't be because most football clubs are also badly run so I guess it's not as noticeable from the inside
  15. If Manning has anything about him, he should be considering his own position imo. Imagine working for this lot
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