Merrick's Marvels Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Too many been on the beach since back to back away wins at Boro and Swansea. Too many playing like the season can't end soon enough - and the feeling's mutual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Too many been on the beach since back to back away wins at Boro and Swansea. Too many playing like the season can't end soon enough - and the feelings mutual. Too many been on the beach since back to back away wins at Boro and Swansea. Too many playing like the season can't end soon enough - and the feelings mutual. Too many been on the beach since back to back away wins at Boro and Swansea. Too many playing like the season can't end soon enough - and the feelings mutual. Too many been on the beach since back to back away wins at Boro and Swansea. Too many playing like the season can't end soon enough - and the feelings mutual. Too many been on the beach since back to back away wins at Boro and Swansea. Too many playing like the season can't end soon enough - and the feelings mutual. So what you saying then?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, archie andrews said: So what you saying then?.... Funking phone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, j1974 said: Weiman is a Pearson type player, works his socks off even if things are not going for him, likewise Massengo so I could see him staying. The thing Pearson hates is a lack of effort, unfortunately that's about 90% of the squad at the moment. If Pearson stays we will see a completely different side with a much better work rate. Just interviewed on BBCRB: Lacking personal motivation Substandard application I want a performance that is professional, I can accept mistakes Not good enough full stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Too many been on the beach since back to back away wins at Boro and Swansea. Too many playing like the season can't end soon enough - and the feeling's mutual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Banjo Red said: Weimann and Pato maybe bin the rest. Weimann at a push maybe, but for me Pato is the very essence of what this club has become. Comfortable, nice, very little fight, mainly mediocre/below par with occasional flashes of brilliance. Sure he’s a lovely bloke but for me he needs to be gone with a lot of the others, if we want to progress next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Winston said: I'm an old fart so you'll have to explain what you're trying to say using words as this is literally meaningless to me. Innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, lenred said: Weimann at a push maybe, but for me Pato is the very essence of what this club has become. Comfortable, nice, very little fight, mainly mediocre/below par with occasional flashes of brilliance. Sure he’s a lovely bloke but for me he needs to be gone with a lot of the others, if we want to progress next season. Exactly. Pato and COD especially typify our club over the last few seasons and your point is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 What can we expect with half of them out on their ear in a month. Best thing we could do is get rid of them all now, what is the point in having 15 players going through the motions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 46 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: Why is Nigel Pearson beyond any criticism? Is there any other "caretaker" Manager on this planet that would avoid scrutiny? The players have been getting worse not better or even the same. Bloody hell- this makes the Emperor's New Clothes look a credible story. Had an interesting chat with my son who doesn’t get down the Gate much as he plays in the Southern League Prem but has bought every game since his season ended months ago. His view is this problem goes a lot deeper than any Manager and can only be resolved by releasing players. He told me if his team travelled 100 miles and put that first half performance in Nagy, Dave, Wells and, surprised me, Simpson would have got filled in at half time. Exact words. What I do know is that a lad who is 100% City as you’ll meet has decided after that debacle today that he won’t be dipping his hand in his pocket any more. This group of Senior players represent some of the biggest frauds ever to play for the club. What I do expect from NP, from now, is to look at that today and start bombing people out. It’s not about being nice to get performances any more because these bastards simply won’t give them. They let every single Manager down and it seems to me there are too many of you that give them a free pass. **** that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 I have never felt as despondent towards a City side than I have this season. Pathetic bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 57 minutes ago, foghornred said: Today at Coventry we did not perform at all given a goal and gave then 3 , Pearson needs a good clear out and start again, a midfield would help greatly I've heard prune juice is pretty good for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Watching his post-match interview now. He's fuming and has alluded (not explicitly) to people on the beach. "Personal circumstances" dig at the OOC players. He's ####ing pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Thank god so many are out of contract and are off. The only silver lining to this embarrassing mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 On a serious note - this squad is appalling. In an ideal world we should terminate all of their contracts except for Bentley for fraud under the trade descriptions act as none of them resemble professional footballers anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 47 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: Why is Nigel Pearson beyond any criticism? Is there any other "caretaker" Manager on this planet that would avoid scrutiny? The players have been getting worse not better or even the same. Bloody hell- this makes the Emperor's New Clothes look a credible story. Personally I don't think anyone comes away with any credit. The players are a disgrace - I think everyone is agreement about that. But Pearson's management has been virtually non-existent, and that's a major disappointment. It worries me that his record since 2015 has been average at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Nigel Pearson will be gone by next season, it's a matter of when not if for me. There is absolutely no way he and Steve Lansdown will be able to agree on the present prognosis and course of action for the club. That's not to say one view is right and I'm not picking sides, I can just see that for either to save face after this run in, the narrative is going to be wildly incompatible for the other to tolerate. NP: The squad isn't good enough, it's a mess frankly, needs to be completely torn up and started again if you want to move forward SL: Season on season progress, astute signings, club in development, Holden was a mistake but we also haven't pushed on since then If you don't believe it, remember that SL famous loyalty is only proportional to contract and NP doesn't have one so he for once will be easy to dispense with much more quickly. And he will. Personally I'd give everyone out of contract in the summer a free transfer tomorrow. The contract deferrals (demotivating the squad as a weird carrot) was a mistake, but now some need letting go as a grenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Head Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 I decided after the Stoke debacle not to shell out any more tenners to watch BCTV. And I won’t be renewing my ST unless there is some fundamental change at the club, including the CEO, medical and coaching staff, as well as a mass clear out of players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffleflap Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, AshtonGreat said: Personally I don't think anyone comes away with any credit. The players are a disgrace - I think everyone is agreement about that. But Pearson's management has been virtually non-existent, and that's a major disappointment. It worries me that his record since 2015 has been average at best. But he is more likely to attract decent players to the club than say another league 2 up and coming manager. Get him in now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Just now, Olé said: Nigel Pearson will be gone by next season, it's a matter of when not if for me. There is absolutely no way he and Steve Lansdown will be able to agree on the present prognosis and course of action for the club. That's not to say one view is right and I'm not picking sides, I can just see that for either to save face after this run in, the narrative is going to be wildly incompatible for the other to tolerate. NP: The squad isn't good enough, it's a mess frankly, needs to be completely torn up and started again if you want to move forward SL: Season on season progress, astute signings, club in development, Holden was a mistake but we also haven't pushed on since then If you don't believe it, remember that SL famous loyalty is only proportional to contract and NP doesn't have one so he for once will be easy to dispense with much more quickly. And he will. Personally I'd give everyone out of contract in the summer a free transfer tomorrow. The contract deferrals (demotivating the squad as a weird carrot) was a mistake, but now some need letting go as a grenade. I don't see him being here either. Its a shit show down there and he'll want too much free reign to put it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Waffleflap said: But he is more likely to attract decent players to the club than say another league 2 up and coming manager. Get him in now Yeah I wanted Pearson and I'm not given up on him yet. I'm just saying his management so far has been disappointing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, cityloyal473 said: I don't see him being here either. Its a shit show down there and he'll want too much free reign to put it right. If that plays out SL might find there will be a few thousand not anywhere near AG to be seen either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRobin Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 “Too many senior players have no personal motivation” ”we’re relying on youth players to perform” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffleflap Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 Just now, AshtonGreat said: Yeah I wanted Pearson and I'm not given up on him yet. I'm just saying his management so far has been disappointing I dont think anyone can get a tune out of this lot. Its a right old bloody mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, Olé said: Nigel Pearson will be gone by next season, it's a matter of when not if for me. There is absolutely no way he and Steve Lansdown will be able to agree on the present prognosis and course of action for the club. That's not to say one view is right and I'm not picking sides, I can just see that for either to save face after this run in, the narrative is going to be wildly incompatible for the other to tolerate. NP: The squad isn't good enough, it's a mess frankly, needs to be completely torn up and started again if you want to move forward SL: Season on season progress, astute signings, club in development, Holden was a mistake but we also haven't pushed on since then If you don't believe it, remember that SL famous loyalty is only proportional to contract and NP doesn't have one so he for once will be easy to dispense with much more quickly. And he will. Personally I'd give everyone out of contract in the summer a free transfer tomorrow. The contract deferrals (demotivating the squad as a weird carrot) was a mistake, but now some need letting go as a grenade. Whilst I have to admit I am disappointed we haven't kicked on more under NP, if SL gets rid then that's enough for me for a little while. Another self-imposed break from following this mess of a club would be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 punk Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 season tickets on sale next monday , we usually sell 15000 with the pandemic and the woeful state of the playing squad how many will renew ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Numero Uno said: Had an interesting chat with my son who doesn’t get down the Gate much as he plays in the Southern League Prem but has bought every game since his season ended months ago. His view is this problem goes a lot deeper than any Manager and can only be resolved by releasing players. He told me if his team travelled 100 miles and put that first half performance in Nagy, Dave, Wells and, surprised me, Simpson would have got filled in at half time. Exact words. What I do know is that a lad who is 100% City as you’ll meet has decided after that debacle today that he won’t be dipping his hand in his pocket any more. This group of Senior players represent some of the biggest frauds ever to play for the club. What I do expect from NP, from now, is to look at that today and start bombing people out. It’s not about being nice to get performances any more because these bastards simply won’t give them. That let every single Manager down and it seems to me there are too many of you that give them a free pass. **** that. Been chatting with my lads, we have a pair of STs between the three of us. None of us live in Bristol. We are, as a family, back where we were in the Millen/McInnes/SOD years...despondent, underwhelmed, reluctant to commit to long journeys to watch journeymen players churn out depressing performances. As of this evening we're probably not going to renew our STs but instead move to paying on the day. It won't be hard to get a seat if performances like this continue! But if City rip up trees as they did under Cotts we'll aim to be at the front of the queue each week. I've been an interim manager in my time, interim managers don't hire and fire and plan for the long term, they lack the authority to make far reaching changes of the sort needed at City. SL needs to commit to NP ASAP or find an alternative. This is a very Lansdown shambles, leaving dedicated regular supporters scratching their heads trying to work out WTF is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 If SL does not give Pearson a contract and a free hand that will be the final straw for me in his mismanagement of City. Really bad days ahead, IMO, if Pearson goes. Another incompetent yes man will be appointed and hey ho down the divisions we will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Olé said: Nigel Pearson will be gone by next season, it's a matter of when not if for me. There is absolutely no way he and Steve Lansdown will be able to agree on the present prognosis and course of action for the club. That's not to say one view is right and I'm not picking sides, I can just see that for either to save face after this run in, the narrative is going to be wildly incompatible for the other to tolerate. NP: The squad isn't good enough, it's a mess frankly, needs to be completely torn up and started again if you want to move forward SL: Season on season progress, astute signings, club in development, Holden was a mistake but we also haven't pushed on since then If you don't believe it, remember that SL famous loyalty is only proportional to contract and NP doesn't have one so he for once will be easy to dispense with much more quickly. And he will. Personally I'd give everyone out of contract in the summer a free transfer tomorrow. The contract deferrals (demotivating the squad as a weird carrot) was a mistake, but now some need letting go as a grenade. The sticking point may be the clause that requires him to say at regular intervals how wonderful the Lansdowns are and what a great support Ashton is. At least that's what seems to have sealed the job for Holden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Chappers Posted April 5, 2021 Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 So the problem under Holden was good players badly managed, but the problem under Pearson is that it’s poor players well managed, despite being the same squad of players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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