Red-Robbo

Incorrect on #2 - I can't wait to flush the collected turds currently governing this country around the political U-bend. As for #1, there's a lot more speculation about this on social media than there is in "old media". People love a good conspiracy, even if it makes no sense, which is why I've heard pointless speculation about this down the local boozer. Gossip on social media has driven the media stories.

Being an old fart I remember our Division One days!

He was great in Carry On Screaming...

This is true, but then most fans say things like "I'm a Liverpool fan from Essex" or "I'm a Man U fan from Bedford" etc. I'd rather have the delightful self-conferred sense of superiority that comes from supporting your local club - no matter how shit they are.

Yes but - as I remarked to a companion when they beat us at home early in Gary J's reign - however well they do, whatever they celebrate, it won't mask the unspeakable sadness of having to live in Luton....

Some of the most boring games I've watched have been premier league clashes or internationals. Some of the best games I've watched have been non-league - Bath City beating Torquay 4-3. Wells City beating Burnham to take the Somerset Senior Cup. Higher level might mean higher skill but it doesn't necessary mean more exciting football. Cotts (and Danny Wilson) probably delivered some of the most exciting football at AG in recent years, but at third tier level. That doesn't mean we should give up the dream of a return to the top flight and meekly accept possible relegation in order to be "a big fish in a small pond". But it does mean, it would be nice if we played exciting football as well as at least maintaining our Championship status. We're a dull side currently, but that doesn't make us a dull club. Underperforming is the word.

But I've never seen us play in "Division 5"

Doesn't help to be losing 4-1 to clubs like Tonbridge Angels. They are still a full-time professional club. Can see that changing next season, and it would be forced on them if they we're in the Southern League.

He cunningly chose a store that has gone kaput.

Ah, but Arrigo Sacchi, Villas-Boas, Brendan Rogers etc etc.... Surely, it's only a matter of time before LM helms AC Milan?

I'm not sure having brief spells in the top flight in the last 30 years makes a club "not dull". Reading are a dull club in a dull town with a dull stadium and could yet drop into the bottom division. What we are, is the consistently most underperforming club in the land, given some of the advantages we should have.

Hey! Let's not mock the Eastern Counties Premier League. Prem experience, see. (Joking aside, there are a number of successful managers who never made it as professional players. Liam Manning does not appear to be one of that number)

He can play a bit. Wrong sports though.

He's still worth £1.2bn. We could play to an empty stadium and he can still make money elsewhere faster than he'd lose it on BCFC. It's the ego that will be hit, not the pocket.

Working with Australian media groups at present. They all use Vale. It surprised me as well.

Not Raheem Sterling. He has two.

I'm getting the fear!

I understand Hitler wouldn't come out of his bunker after losing 7-1 to Swansea the Russian Army.

Neither were. It's a myth that Hitler was.

There are other clubs with elements of that set-up, but we're unique in having all together. The lack of an experienced and forceful CEO is a big issue for us. It's allowing the club to spiral into relegation candidates and promises to undo all the forward momentum. It's hard not to think of Tinnion as the Grima Wormtongue to Lansdown's King Theoden.

Harsh! He was twice in the Suffolk Premier Cup final for Leiston (wherever that is??) and had the backbone-building experience of losing one of those 8-0 to Ipswich Town Reserves.

You'd have to keep him away from the white lines however....

This is true and there was a lot of discontent when Pearson arrived and things seemed to get worse than under Holden. NP did make some clunky moves in his early days here (eg: bringing in sloth-paced wifebeater Danny Simpson) but I think the slightly more clued-up fans realised that with Pearson it would be a slow burn: he'd rebuild totally and set up a footballing philosophy. And that wasn't a job he was allowed to finish. Why Pearson was cut more slack after appointment is that we could see the direction of travel under DH - freefall - and we knew Pearson had achieved, and achieved mightily, at a club that had been a bit similar in the past. That isn't something we can say about Manning.

Isn't going anywhere fast. But go he will. Eventually we'll be entirely or part sold and even if the latter, there's no way any investor is going to accept the club structured as it is. On the original question, I went Tinnion. Manning's a huge flop, but it was the dead hand of Tins who led to the situation in the first place and if he's in place, his "football know-how" could lead to us appointing an even worse manager after Liam Manning. Liam Fox probably.

It is, and it is with me. That said, I never criticise those who don't renew or have an ST or give up watching for whatever reason. It's not military service: it isn't compulsory. I've seen us with worse managers and worse players in worse leagues. But that's just me. Four generations of Robbos have been going along to watch City (and maybe Bristol South End before that) and to moan and gripe about us but have occasional moments of great elation. I will continue to go. This year, I'll postpone renewing for as long as possible.