Shauntaylor85

Took my wife and kids to the game last week (she is a season ticket holder at a top PL club). £44 it cost us for a seat in the Lansdown to watch an average champ game. All I will say is she came away saying surely we are all ready for an ownership change. It’s same old same old. Great legacy, not being ungrateful, but it’s time for new blood in BS3 and I’m not talking about the management who I think are the best we’ve had in some time, but will be made scapegoats.

Why can’t I show disappointment as a season ticket holder of over 30 years that we are not investing and maximising an opportunity whilst other clubs are. I don’t think we are a great side to watch, early days but with Conway out and Scott gone, the squad is lacking creativity and goals. We needed a striker before Conway was injured.

May as well give up to be honest. What a joke if this is true. The current squad will not finish in the top half, if anything I struggle to see three worse sides with our lack of goal threat. Big worry, starting to envy Birmingham and their new era.

Welcome and fair play to Piercy, he is very ITK, more than Gregor!

I agree but it’s been so underwhelming. Scott and Conway are a massive loss as is Semenyo and we haven’t replaced any of them.

Are we better off going back to how we played with Andi before in a 3.5.2? I think we will score more goals in that shape and potentially retain a solid shape. Max Vyner Dickie Pring Sykes James Knight Roberts Weimann Wells New striker/Conway Pring or Naismith

We aren’t getting top 6. Nowhere near! Be lucky to avoid bottom 6 at this rate.

It is what it is, let’s see what happens by the end of the window. If we don’t address the core issues of the squad then I seriously question the management at board level and the recruitment team.

An LJ book? I cannot think of something I would sooner use as fish and chip paper! A load of nonsense no doubt! As I said, wouldn’t welcome him back to BS3 ever in any capacity.

It was the progressive appointment interview on Talksport followed by the six week vigorous process to appoint someone who should never have been in the running. I would have gone for a proven manager as did many at the time. Even Alex Neil would have been a better option.

I lost respect for the owner when he did the Tinnion and Millen mistake again with Holden. Still getting over it now! He’s been great for the infrastructure of the club but football decisions on the whole have been poor. Cotterill another who was let go too soon and not backed. Someone else who inherited a mess. LJ was given so much backing it was unreal! He should have been sacked for finishing 11th after being 2nd in the January.

It wouldn’t surprise me if pal Lee is back in charge next summer. Or we end up with Tinnion having his second spell! We need change, and it’s not management.

SL doesn’t see it like that though does he. He appears to think we should be doing better, JL said the same last season. However it wasn’t Nige fault that the previous regime threw money at average players who all ended up going for £0!!

The successful sides at elite level play with the inverted full backs. Look how good Man C and Arsenal used this last season. A lot of Arsenal fans prefer Tierney offensively but Zinchenko was a key part of their midfield playing inside. I am convinced we signed McCrorie and Roberts for this reason.

Commands his box very well. Legend from Carlisle away.

Pring and Tanner have been so poor so far. Pring is a quality player but something is missing. Roberts deserves to start. I’d go with Sykes over Tanner or even a return to 3.5.2.

We need a number one GK, creative mid and a striker, then defensive cover. We need to attack the loan market IMO.

This is it. You take Conway out too and we have lost 3 excellent players at this level and not replaced them (appreciate Tommy is injured and you’ll never realistically get a like for like for the other two). Big 10 days or so ahead, will define the future of Nige. Miyoshi was a class act, Dembele looked dangerous too and always rated Bacuna. Just felt they had a good balance and surely these are sort of players we could do with and could have had an ability to bring in.

I will always respect what SL has done for this club, Ashton Gate (aside from the Atyeo) is a class stadium now as are the facilities at the HPC, but I feel we are a club that needs a fresh impetus and almost overhaul. Chatting to the Birmingham fans on way back they are buzzing with Brady and having new ideas and investment. Makes you wonder if anyone has made a serious play for us. Just feel we are stale at present, it’s same old, same old and fans won’t keep paying £40 to sit in the best seats to watch average football.

Not convinced we need to spend the wages on him, we have Pring and Naismith who can slot in next week, a couple of good academy players coming through, the wages need to be invested in our toothless attack and woeful midfield.

Max is an OK keeper, he did well yesterday with some deflected strikes, but his playing from the back and overall ability to command his box is questionable. He isn’t a keeper who is going to get you up the table, it is probably the weakest we have been at GK for many years. Surprised we haven’t acted on this. The Forest keeper on loan at Luton last year would be perfect. Cardiff also did well to get Runnarson, highly rated by Arsenal coaches.

In over 30 years as a season ticket holder I bemoan the same issue year after year. We are so weak in ineffective in midfield. We have always had decent keepers (aside from current), quality left backs and strikers who have gone for millions, but midfield? We may as well not play with one, I was always desperate to sign Graham Kavanagh, Robert Koren, players who create and score goals, yet same issue now! We’ve got the Skuse, Burnell, LJ, Kilkenny type players, ineffective! Create absolute zero! When was last time our midfield put forward an exquisite through ball for one of our players to run through on goal? Even Scott struggled for goals and assists, but aside from him, Tinnion and Brownhill (and yes I didn’t rate Hartley, couldn’t get that one), I can’t think of any midfielder in the past 30 years who has really dominated and put us on front foot. It needs sorting now. Come on Tinman, you know it’s a weak spot for us.

Tell the club PR channels that….promotion push, a squad capable of challenging, our owner even says our squad is better than Luton Town! When you look at it, we lack anyone who can take the game by the scruff of its neck.

My wife said to me last night ‘why are you all still Pearson in, he doesn’t get results and you’ve given other managers more grief!’ Another mate text me saying ‘time for Pearson to go?’ I’m a big Nige fan but when you look at this season so far it’s reminiscent of Pulis ball so can understand why people outside of the club are asking. When you see clubs like Brighton, Brentford and Luton you do have to wonder if we are just cursed as a club!

Don’t blame you, with what we charge for season tickets and match day (£44 in the SL central) it’s incredibly dire football! Never been so bored in the last two home games.