redsquirrel

i was dreading this one after watfords demolition of preston, how can a team be so good then bad that quickly,  unless we were superb of course.

just a cautionary worry, if we do keep this up, will sid et al say we dont need anyone else? not that id change any of those today

a tense nervy 2-2 for me today

27 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Stuffed!

me too,settling down to toy story4, will be snoring in 30 mins FACT. (i always wanted to do that)

10 minutes ago, BigTone said:

She sounds like a good woman

shes a diamond mate but she done a degree in food and hygiene and everything has to be just so,you know how it is, she never done one in hoovering so i do that sometimes instead

11 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

My job anyway, 9 of us today.

fair play mate,im not allowed to touch anything,being a mechanic,my mrs reckons my hands will poison everything, including the washing up

18 hours ago, bcfc01 said:

I reckon someone has been on the Christmas Wacky Baccy.

someone was cooking something in coke on the xmas thread

19 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:

Ditto.

They weren't quiet last night when I had to take my Mrs to A&E after she tripped and gashed her head and a broken nose. They advised everyone to go home as there was no chance of being seen until the morning. Off to a walk in clinic now to get her stitched up - A&E will be oversubscribed today methinks.

Anyway, Happy Christmas to all OTIBers, enjoy the day with loved ones and spare a thought for those alone or on the streets.

 

hope shes ok and able to instruct you how to cook the dinner 

12 hours ago, SirColinOfMansfield said:

Sweet Tangerines 3

Sour Grapes 1

blackpool rock 3

bitter lemons 1

i bought a pair of red karrimor trainers ages ago and only wore them to the footy, one of our lads mates commented on them last season suggesting they were lucky as we tended to win when i went with them. that was until the lincoln game and they havent been worn since

6 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Great post no1.

The point scoring we need - is on the pitch.

and we got 6 from 2 games i thought we would get 2 at best. ive got to snap out of it too, no way did i ever think james would get subbed. best off leaving Liam to get on with it,seems he does know what hes doing

1 hour ago, Garland-sweden said:

Happy Christmas fellow reds from a cold Sweden! My heart is warm and hope all of you can feel the same.

merry christmas to you too and Tommy if you are still in touch,

and to everyone on here, we have had a lot to disagree about this year but we still are one as a group of city fans so merry xmas to everyone, especially those that ive been in touch with recently

how many more minutes til it goes yellow?

1 minute ago, pillred said:

All the Mehmeti haters, what now?

hes put my thoughts back in the box

tanner on a tight rope if ref gives easy fouls, hull will know that now

9 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Where is everybody on here ? 

probs forgot and think its tomorrow

49 minutes ago, chinapig said:

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.

Perhaps we should rename it the Lansdown-Tinnion effect.

BJ's barmy army

8 hours ago, Robbored said:

You could always take the vax upstairs for her before you go to work - jobs a good un!

i could but its heavy, anyways,problem solved,she aint getting another henry, i got a wet or dry k'archer and it sucks and blows 

31 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

Tinnion will have a job for life, like Murray. Jobs for the boys FC, as I’ve said surprised Millen isn’t on the board, why not bring back Benny while we are at it. 

dont forget mickey bell,must be a role there somewhere for him

1 hour ago, johnheadbcfc said:

That's got nothing to do with what I said though! 

i will answer your question John, part of my first line read read ' there wasnt a job left for NP as his work was done here.' 

by that, i meant he could go aswell,. apologies if i could have worded it better

2 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

I give her cash these days, I am not allowed to buy my wife presents anymore not after what is known in our house as, "the Dyson incident". 

you are a legend  she did say  last month the vax was getting too heavy to carry upstairs and that she would like another henry

22 minutes ago, robinforlife2 said:

I agree with a lot that Ghost Rider has put to be honest.

I personally find it rather pathetic the amount of Nige threads ranging from a leaving card to how fans want to chant for him every week etc. Nigel Pearson came in to do a job. What was done off the field, was done very well. However, this was not JUST because of him. It was because of many people employed to work towards that remit. Whoever was manager, would have had to work within that remit. On the pitch however, we were poor. We were under achieving and we weren't going anywhere. It was time for a change for one the pitch reasons. People seem to praise Nige for bringing down the wage bill, steadying ship etc. However, do you really think it was Nige chatting to players about lesser term contracts, identifying affordable targets. He even said many times, the coaches done the training not him! People say he blooded in the youth, he had no choice, no manager had any choice, whoever was in the job would have had to have done that. Yet he still turned to Andy King ahead of the youth so many people say he was keen to blood in!

It was not just Pearson who was responsible for the transition, there was a whole team of people. Pearson's number one job was to get performances on the pitch and he failed at it. I really do not get the love in one little bit.

He was part of a team who steadied a ship through tough times, don't get me wrong, but he was not some vital cog that without it all fell apart. Had he concentrated on getting us to play better and get results, he wouldn't have lost his job.

The love in with him is a joke. We won nothing under him, we were bang average and the way he is lorded like he won us every trophy under the sun, because he was relatable, spoke his mind and had the fans backing is somewhat crazy! The fans who idolised him, were hoodwinked, he played up to the board, when he knew the fans weren't happy with the board. He tried to make himself untouchable by having the fans on his side, by calling out the owners and trying to manipulate them into a new deal. He knew he was getting sacked and deservedly so. He just tried to roll the dice by getting the fans on the backs of the owners and on his side, to try and get what he wanted. Yet he was continuously failing to improve us on the pitch. 

His time had come, the board made the right decision to try and progress and improve. If it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't, but it was not going to work under Pearson, so despite many fans on here wanting to fall to their knees and bow to someone who achieved NOTHING here, he was not the answer. There is a chance Manning might be, there's also a chance he won't be and the dice will be rolled again.

if all that was the case, the board should have sacked everyone else first and said there wasnt a job left for NP as his work was done here.

Sorry,but with all due respect, i dont agree with much of that

20 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

I edited my post slightly but agreed. The £3m kicks in year but some have already started spending it. Not us though.

In some ways we trying to belatedly run a bit more sensibly are victims of operating in an industry that is already forgetting lessons. Not perhaps as much as say Barnsley, Rotherham who consistently run within their means especially Rotherham.

pm sent 

anyone else like me not got their misses anything yet?  i will be out there friday running round the shops looking for something to wrap up. 

i remember once,her son gave her a washing up bowl,she loved it, following year i put some marigold gloves under the tree, she was pissy as hell with me for days after

On 18/12/2023 at 19:56, BigTone said:

Sound fab

i like the sound of black pudding ones, where do you get the blood though?

this thread made me try the tesco festive bubble and squeak ready meal tonight definitely nothing like proper frying pan job also severely lacking cabbage/sprouts but there is a strong onion presence which made it most enjoyable with fishcakes,peas and ketchup