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On 18/11/2022 at 17:12, chinapig said:

I would imagine for starters that a contract requires players to get clearance from the club ahead of media interviews, which Ronaldo didn't do here.

There may be "bringing the club into disrepute" type clauses among other things.

No doubt we'll find out the legal details in due course but given some of his other actions I suspect he may have breached his contract in multiple ways.

United are said to have taken external legal advice and I doubt they would start the process without being very confident in their position.

I would also presume he broke his contract by refusing to play 3mins at the end of the game which has always been done to use time up but he refused so that should be enough. 

1 minute ago, Numero Uno said:

The Wells pen was stonewall tbh. Committed performance, should have taken all three today but defensively the standard has been set today against a side who will be right up there. Can’t fault the effort or the performance today.

Think nige got what he asked for and the players he trusts gave him a committed performance well done and Andy King did better than I was expecting so good solid point.

3 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

Wonder if Atkinson is not fit, not surprised Klose is nowhere near the team

Who is going to win anything  in the air ?? Can't believe klose not in if Atkinson unfit. 

1 hour ago, Rossi the Robin said:

Listening to the weekly pre match press conference it would seem he knows he isn’t going anywhere, but need a result 

I thought he showed a little bit of feeling the pressure on our results. He is doing what was asked to cut costs etc very well but it seemed to me that although he knows he has done a decent job on all the past club issues and what was asked of him  its time the results turned and I thought he came across like he knows It.

1 hour ago, Curr Avon said:

Fantastic. This guy lives and breathes Bristol City and we’re blessed to have him.

Plus his oohs and aaahs on Robins TV are legendary.

Thanks for your brilliant work Sir Brian.

Agree actually a legend in our own lifetime. 

11 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Vyner was moved out from central defence and hung out to dry by Semenyo who was way too high up the pitch. 

Spot on Semenyo was around 60 mtrs from where he should have  been Vyner had quarter of the pitch to try and cover .

Just now, westred1 said:

Very good half.

The press from the front has been excellent.

Well done lads can't argue with that  

Just now, Ecko said:

Tommy has looked sharp all game. Good management from Pearson keeping him fresh with those rests.

Excellent first time pass from Wells knew exactly where conway was going they do work well together 

6 hours ago, Robbored said:

Defending corners/set plays is a long-standing issue and earlier in the week the  squad spent the entire training session working on defending them and it seemed to work reasonably well at the Baggies but then in the next fixture the same issue is back - no surprise that Nige was so frustrated. 

Question is - other than working hard on defending them what other methods are there? Every City player has an opponent to mark but clearly they’re not doing their individual job - who was supposed to be marking Loum?    
 

I imagine defending set plays again will be a priority this week at Failand, particularly near post where Loum scored a free header from.
 

 

Thing is though robbored they don't have a player to mark they just so say defend a zone which allows un marked runners the freedom to run at them.

27 minutes ago, aa_bcfc said:

Blimey based on the responses I’m surprised anyone bothers to listen to the podcast. For what it’s worth I enjoy listening to it and must be the only one. 

It's good to listen to other people also fans who are just as entitled to their views as anyone on here.i for one agree with lots and disagree with lots .that's what it's about 

5 minutes ago, Maltshoveller said:

More to do with the players than NP

Beginning to wonder now I'm a pearson in but he seems to be struggling to get the right format and seems to just throw all the subs on randomly to try to change outcome. 

11 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

What has been noticeable imo since he has been back in the side is our high pressing from the front has dipped considerably. Tommy made a big difference in that respect when he came on today.

Agree I have posted before that as good as he can be he is difficult to get into a set disciplined system he is an off the cuff type better suited to a 30 min tare up second half.

6 minutes ago, RedM said:

I didn't really notice in the first half but certainly for much of the second half Pearson was sat down. Curtis and ? were doing all the touchline stuff. 

Pearson was either bored, run out of ideas or couldn't give a toss. Maybe all three. 

He does seem to look lost when change of tactics required during games and usually does a wholesale change rather than a tinker. I believe he said he wasn't a coach but a manager at one-point a while back. 

7 minutes ago, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Was really hoping (thinking) we were going to see some real consistency from Semenyo and a proper breakthrough season. Bit underwhelmed at the minute. 

Semenyo not a starter 

32 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Given midweek performance makes sense 

Good to see pring on the bench

3 hours ago, JoeAman08 said:

Because they are comparable to the Premier League not the championship. There are still decisions you have to make for financial reason which you can’t really say for the top level of football. It is pretty simple either way. There is a limit on spending and once you get close you can’t spend more. 
 

Again, you have taken a comment and twisted it to something it is not. I said it it was Holden and Johnson and we were say 15th would you be saying they haven’t had money to spend so it is ok? I don’t think anyone would. 
 

I have no issue with praising NP. Go for it. All I ever said is I have enough questions that I am saving any praise for another day. Which should be a normal forum comment but on here you have to go with the popular opinion. Is what it is. 

I am focusing on the negative because the thread was a praise thread. If it was a negative thread I might have pinpointed some positives(unlikely ) but yea just defending my thoughts on him. If I made a list of pros and cons on my feelings about NP the lists would probably be close to equal. I am undecided on him. Most are convinced. 

 

No not go for it as in spend money. Go for it as the squad will likely be worse off next summer. 

 

Idk it seems as if he’ll blindly persist with some and change others after one subpar performance. I have said chop and change probably wrong term. I don’t think he is solving the problems in the right way. 
 

For example, Brum away. It was predictable. He needed to use King in an emergency against Coventry. Ok fair enough and it worked out. It should have been a one off but he put him out there again and we got humbled. Then for the next game he made 4 changes when it was probably as simple as bringing Klose in. Then we are poor against Millwall and there are more changes. So what was it? Why was it good enough for Preston but not Millwall? Why not just say it is a bad day at the office and give them another go?
 

You can’t play the same lot for 46 games I get that but there does not seem to be any formula to it. You can see a Sykes Dasilva or Weimann be off it for 4-5 games in a row and play again. Then you can see a Wells or Conway off it for a half and they are hooked. This team that played last night, I’d like to see them pretty much unchanged for a bit to see if they can grow into it more. Not 3 changes if it is a loss on Saturday. I don’t see how you can get any cohesion when you are in and out.

agree with a lot of your points

9 minutes ago, 2015 said:

A good response after Saturday's shambles. Felt very comfortable in the 2nd half, we maintained excellent discipline.

Sykes, Vyner, James, Klose were fantastic tonight

I believe nige has enough clubs in the bag even though squad is small all being fit to do well I think as tonight he has to tweak system when needed and not be stubborn or rigid well done and nice to hear him positive after

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7 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said:

I liked the ref, thought he was decent

Great shout thought he was excellent 

Just now, eardun said:

What a brilliant result - and a great start to a holiday for me! Managed the game really well - showed real championship nous. 

Yep and sķy reporter at game was very complimentary about us good comments.

1 minute ago, Super said:

This is good!

Am I actually seeing city playing the game out properly  

1 minute ago, Ivorguy said:

Just wow

This is certainly an Improvement on Saturday

COYR

Wells definitely makes the attack better he doesn't seem pacey and often his touch is off but he definitely makes our attack more potential.

10 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

     My guess is
 

                   Max

       Vyner. Klose. Atkinson

Tanner. Scott. James.  Pring

             Weimann

        Semenyo. Wells

Could easily be wrong on Pring though

Would be quite happy with that pring a cert for me conway first pick before Semenyo though and let him loose after 65 mins 

2 hours ago, spudski said:

Underlining my exact same thoughts Harry. Glad it's not just me seeing it that way.

Me too

5 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

He was supposed to be the bargain of the season when we got him, but he hasnt lived up to expectations,,, to weak defensively, pretty much zero goal threat, or assists and doesnt really influence much. Similar to palmer then.  Seeing as we are so poor defensively, giving pring a go would seem a no brainer

It would indeed.Nige says he has a small squad and yet seems to have regular fall outs and  basically tries to show who's boss by banishing players from the squad cutting his small squad down further, Pring has not been near squad which is crazy. 

14 hours ago, maxjak said:

I don't get it..........JD Silva has had game after game to prove he can contribute and cross the ball to a reasonable standard, and has failed dismally?  Pring gets his first run out of the season, and is dismissed as useless before he has had a chance to even show his worth?  i think he needs a couple of games to bed in, and get the opportunity to dislodge a very very average JD Silva

Pring is a threat getting forward and a great crosser of the ball.he is quicker and taller than desilva so overall I would say he would be a better fit.