Phileas Fogg

That salubrious vague question about identity was a complete waste

Difficult to say - but it does feel like in the last 10 years or so long range goals have become more of a rarity, especially higher up the pyramid. I imagine this is probably due to the emphasis on pressing etc You wouldn’t see this frequency of long range goals anymore

The goat curry from ‘Feed the Goat’ is suberb. If they put that into a pie I reckon it would be really popular.

I hope that any manager using jargon isn’t lazily tarred as a ‘Johnsonism’. Pearson was the exception really, most younger British managers speak like this. It’s clearly ingrained during their badges.

Perhaps another way of looking at it is that the club are serious about fostering an ‘identity’ across the club, so more involvement with Tinnion helps to implement that outside of the first team.

I'm enjoying this, it's like the real Robbored has passed away and the admins have fed an AI language model all 41,300+ of your posts to create an incredibly inane chatbot in a very touching tribute.

Are your posts being written by chat gbt?

Agreed. He’s just not very interesting to listen to, but he does have big shoes to fill in that regard. Obviously results matter more - but I do prefer it when we have a manager who I actually want to listen to.

Toney is a great alternative. Annoyingly, Southgate being Southgate I bet he gets frozen out. Two poor results in quick succession and numerous players still undeservedly getting picked. I’ve got a horrible feeling we will waste an excellent tournament opportunity with him in charge.

Good to see the has returned

Personally I don’t think there is as much interest in women’s football (yet) as the relative media attention it receives would suggest. The Bristol City attendance is very good though considering the competition.

Kind of.. I think you’d get a bit more respect if you just admitted you’re the same poster. It’s obvious you are, denying it is just odd.

Cole Palmer is a very interesting player. Nothing like the usual English archetype, more like a Berbatov or Bergkamp which this country don’t seem to produce. I’d like to see him in an England squad soon because he has plenty of je ne sais quoi. Makes it all the more frustrating that Southgate insists on picking Phillips and Henderson for some reason.

I know you haven’t had the easiest time over the last few years by the sounds of things - but I am unsure whether being so active on this forum in such a combative way is the best idea. It seems like you could start an argument in a phone box, and constantly drag decent albeit lively debate into ad hominem insults and accusations. I know you won’t like this, but it feels like you’ve made a decision that you are a victim in every aspect of life and can’t see the between a difference of opinion and a personal attack. I don’t know your personal circumstances, so I’m commenting in isolation on your forum presence. And to be honest, I don’t think it’s a particularly positive addition. A bit of self reflection is needed I think.

I think one interesting aspect of management that Manning will have to consider is how the players will transition from what seems to be a very different style of communication/man management. From what we've seen as Manning, he's clearly a very different character to Pearson. He's easily our most introverted manager since SO'D and I can't imagine he's someone who rants and raves at his players. I've met Pearson and Fleming in the company of a few players and in that context, it's very easy to see who is the boss. Pearson is exactly as he comes across in interviews - confident, gregarious and commands the room. Fleming is similar and he's deceptively physically imposing. Pearson is clearly pretty old school, and the relationship he had with the players felt similar to that of a popular (yet scary) headmaster with his pupils or a colonel and a platoon of soldiers. Compare that to Manning, who's not only a very different style of communicator, but also a fair bit younger.. and it'll be interesting to see how the players react to this. You'd think for most pros that wouldn't be an issue, but we have a number of the first-team squad where this will be only the second first-team manager they've played under. Inevitably this will take a bit of time. This isn't necessarily a criticism of Manning, as maybe the players will prefer his style; but will be interesting to see.

To use your own playbook - stop gaslighting

Yeah, every thread they get involved with seems to descend into accusations and their armchair psycho analysis.

The Artist Formerly Known As Ralph Milne’s Left Foot

He’s incredibly dull to listen to. Least interesting listen since SO’D.

Watch out in there because Pearson might give you this treatment

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Now I think about it, perhaps Pearson‘s very specific nod to OTIB in this tweet was a hint..

A very impressive over-analysis of Mr P’s post.

Because it’s not their place to effectively spread propaganda on an independent fans forum to try and give the illusion that there is support for their actions within the fan base.

You are the ‘Matt Smith is awful’ guy - so if anyone is going to be the authority on criticising posters for making a potentially OTT hasty judgement then it’s fitting it should be you.