Kid in the Riot

The joke is both were in the fourth tier more recently than us too. Swansea as late as 2005.

This is our 40th season spent consecutively in tiers 2 and 3. 21 seasons in tier 2 and 19 in tier 3.

Tinnion. But the man that really should be going is the one that cannot be sacked - Steve Lansdown. If he was in any way accountable he'd have been sacked years ago.

Worse. If you look at Ipswich's wage bill and transfer spend in McCarthy's last couple of years, it was bottom 3. He was doing a good job keeping them midtable each season. To prove my point Adam Webster was on £4.5pw there and we near enough trebled his wages.

No, not in the modern game with how club's are set up now. Nige couldn't do it and there aren't many old school "manager" types like him around, in any case. Tinnion won't be appointing that type anyway. It'll be another young un that they can exercise control over. One that will be used to working in a professional environment, not "owner's son & friends" amateur hour.

Maybe in the short term, Dave. A new man may be able to deliver a few more points and a more attractive style of football. But medium-long term the club will not succeed with the current set-up. In fact, even with a better man in the head coach role, I predict we are now seeing the early signs of regression which could start to get worse rather quickly unless something fundamental changes.

Our January transfer window looks more disastrous with every week that passes. Shambles.

Absolutely. Until there is fundamental change elsewhere at the club, who the head coach is will make little difference. As long as Tinnion remains in that role, the new head coach would only be someone of Manning's ilk anyway.

Absolutely love to see it mate. Best non league club in this area to follow!

Superb attendance and I'm guessing Luffers wasn't celebrating down the touchline as usual. Farmy army! Farm looking OK for the play offs

OK mate, as a little taster then this is Janelle Monae on her TV debut on Letterman. If you like rock and hip hop then you should have no problem appreciating this performance. One for @Lew-T as well as plenty of soul and a bit of funk on show too. Plus her dancing! I saw her at the Academy years ago and, like I say, one of the best all round artistic performances I've ever seen.

Haha yeah exactly mate! Not Nineteen Forever has been your most played song on Spotify for 11 years running right

It does come down to what you like and I've got a pretty eclectic music taste. You strike me as someone who probably likes male rock/indie bands and so are unlikely to find an eclectic line-up of much interest.

Not at all. Janelle Monae and Little Simz are two of the best live acts I've ever seen. PJ Harvey is literally one of the best female artists the UK has ever produced. SZA is great, and a huge act in the States. LCD Soundsystem imo one of the greats bands of the 21st century so far. And Kiwanuka also looks superb live. Absolutely all elite imo

Think Noah's has to be an early contender for OTIB's restaurant of the year I've been invited to the soft opening of this new Mexican place at the weekend. It's where Burger Joint used to be. https://condesabristol.co.uk/

Nothing on the Pyramid? SZA, LCD, Little Simz, PJ Harvey, Kiwanuka and Janelle Monae all elite.

Alex Scott could.

Rather and shit clap would hands my in

A fish rots from the head down

3 nil Taunton. Ross Stearn screamer. Must be a sobering night for Torquay fans.

Yes, fair point. Though I expect partly due to Jon too. Looks like Warburton did the original restructure, then became manager, and then left due to philosophical differences over a new restructure that wouldn't have given the manager a veto over potential transfers. He still had a very successful time there taking Brentford from L1 to the cusp of the Prem. His communication skills and analysis are excellent imo.

He didn't even have much of a pre-season with the players as he came in right at the end of the summer. Very impressive. Agree, put simply, someone like O'Neil would not be given the chance to be the best version of himself here because of the incompetent set-up. We're setting people up to fail, time and time again.

As I posted a few weeks ago, every club in the Championship has a CEO apart from us, Sheff Wed (in ownership turmoil) and bottom-of-the-table Rotherham. My question to Steve and Jon would be, "what is it about the internal structure at City which makes it unique in not requiring a CEO?" Because that's the line they've taken. Apparently because we have Tinnion and Jon, we don't need a CEO. The internal structure is strong enough without one. I mean, WTF.... I feel embarrassed enough typing it out, christ knows how embarrassed they must feel.

Comfortably six figures. Mark Ashton was on over £300k pa and whilst I doubt they're paying Tinnion that, it may not be a million miles off.

Yes, and with that experience and nous, young and inexperienced members of the team can really flourish. Gary O'Neil had never taken charge of a football team until 2021 and not a first team until August 2022 - 18 months ago. He might be named Premier League manager of the season, and he did a pretty bloody good job at Bournemouth last season too.