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6 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Got any evidence of that? Seems odd to me that BT could make that kind of decision.

Genuine question . Are you stupid ? Can you really not know how it works. I’ve said to you once already . HE IS IN CONTROL OF ALL FOOTBALL MATTERS. JL has admitted he knows nothing about the game . He takes his advice from tinnion . Manning is 100% tinnions appointment . A young inexperienced coach that can be manipulated . He will tow the party line that Pearson wouldn’t 

12 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

No harm in giving him a proper go next season after a pre-season/some of his own signings. Until the Lansdown’s go the prem is a pipe dream anyway.

If relegation starts to look very on, then we’ll have to change sooner, but shouldn’t come to that.

No , he’s not up to it . Neither are the board. Why let him get some players in only to sack him & someone else got players they don’t want. 
all our experience is leaving. We’ll be left with a young squad , a young out of his depth manager & an incompetent board & technical director . We will get relegated if he stays next season 

3 minutes ago, Fpcity said:

Yeah such a faint touch it was hard to tell in real time. 

If there was VAR it would've been overturned no doubt. 

It was 100% a penalty 

13 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

This is what we’re reduced to now. We’ve lost our fourth game in a row to a club who’ve just spent four years in League One, but it’s OK because “we gave it a go”. So what if it felt different. It felt different against Southampton and we’ve lost every game since then. I have zero faith in Manning now, and even less faith in the people that put him there.

Meanwhile Ipswich join the long list of clubs that emerge from the depths of lower league football and pass us on the way up.

Sick of this club.

8 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Always going to be more of a game to get at them , so I didn't expect it to be a one sided drubbing .
Decent performance , but you have to question a few things .
He said Pring was carrying a knock , it looked like it . Why not switch to Roberts after they went 2-2 . At least he's fully fit.
Is Sykes fit ? Looked off the pace and I wonder if it's another throw of the dice getting him on.
Why wait so long to bring Conway on , could have used fresh legs earlier.

They are in a better place than us, had more impact from the bench and signed 2 strikers in Jan . Annoying because of what could have been , we had other chances , but probably better than many would have expected. 

Big game Sunday now. 

Only thing I would say re Sykes. Cornick was feeling his  hamstring & waving to the bench just before the change 

2 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Sykes, McCrorie, Pring, Gardner-Hickman and Knight had shockers tonight. 

Feel a bit harsh saying this as he was out so long , but I don’t see anything in Mcrorie. For a big lad he loses a lot of personal battles. On the ball he runs into trouble & he’s nowhere near the defender Tanner is 

1 minute ago, Tim Monaghan said:

No, I agree they have put a shift in, but their decision making has been so bad. Vyner needless challenge. Pring reckless challenge. Sykes weak. 

So you say they’ve been gutless & weak but also say they’ve put a shift in

Just now, Tim Monaghan said:

This is nothing to do with Manning tonight, sorry. You can say that about the last 2 results, but this one’s on the players. Gutless and weak. 

Nothing gutless & weak that’s bollocks . No challenge by TGH for their second & Mcrorie loses his header for the third. 

10 minutes ago, BarnzFM said:

Painting BT as some kind of evil genius is a bit of a stretch 

True. He ain’t no genius 

19 minutes ago, Br1stolCityBoy said:

If he started Saturday then he’s ok to go again. Preferably down the right this time. As I said this manager is clueless!

It doesn’t work like that these days . It’s all about building players fitness levels up gradually 

Just now, Br1stolCityBoy said:

Why isn’t Sykes starting down the right. Clueless!

Probably because he’s coming back from injury & he started Saturday 

6 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I quite like him but it’s a very obvious thing that he does often - and to be fair he does it at pace, but it does narrow the game and cede the flanks 

Easy to defend against . Jury still out  as I’m not really sure what manning sees him as either wing back or right back. 

1 minute ago, Silvio Dante said:

“We struggle against high press”.

So we play our slower forward.

Genius.

 

I really don’t get that with mcrorie . If he was left footed I could understand him cutting in. I really don’t get a right footed right back cutting in on his weaker foot & running into traffic 

Just now, RollsRoyce said:

Much as I want Manning and Tinnion to move on, I never want City to lose. So, we seem good at upsetting the form book, and did well against WHU and Forest, plus battered Southampton. So, I am going for a 1-1 draw. Knight to score. 

Difference being prem clubs give you time on the ball . We won’t get that tonight 

13 minutes ago, Robbored said:

This reminds of “smoke and mirrors” scenario - how do any of us know how much Tinnion was involved in Nige’s departure? is he being scapegoated? Was he involved at all?

The bottom line is that none of us know what goes on within the AG hierarchy. It’s a secretive set as it is many professional football clubs.

Oh get a grip man . He’s the bloody technical director. In other words overseeing all football matters . Of course he was heavily involved 

Put £5 on 7-0 at 50/1 

6 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

People often say that, but as the 99% owner, Lansdown had to approve Dawe's recommendation, so in that sense, yeah, he was appointed by Lansdown. 

Not his choice though 

Why isn’t that idiot shut down . Why is he even tolerated on the podcast. He chats complete bollocks but thinks he’s the sage. He’s a know nothing now it all . Why encourage it 

1 hour ago, NickJ said:

Danny Wilson

Good manager, 48% win ratio for us. I personally felt pride watching his team from 2000-2004 which often had 5 Bristolians sometimes 7, playing attractive football.

Castigated for the play off disater, but it was one mistake and he was steadily building and improving each season.

Persuaded by Brian "trust me on Tins" Tinnion that Danny was a wrong un. What might have been.

 

Gary Johnson

Good manager, good apppointment.

Victim of his own nepotism which Lansdown should have stepped in and sorted but didn't, culminating in that incident at Plymouth.

 

Steve Coppell

The coup that never was. Allegedly realised the owner would be a meddler and left with his bags before even unpacking them.

 

Steve Cotterill

What can you say. Don't need to. Except, shafted. Should have been supported but by then nepo boy was on the horizon and Crayon Boy was his mate, and so it came to pass that a managerial imbecile with a win rate of 37% in the 3rd division was showered with gifts in the Championship.

 

Nigel Pearson

Achieved different things in different ways. On paper, given mediocre results, unprecedented support from a fan base that recognised what he was doing and had done. Treated disgraefully, replaced though by a manager who apparently would get the most out of our "top 6 quality" squad.

 

And so now Liam Manning.

Didn't want him, hard to warm to him. And yet. Win rate of 48% at Lommel, MK and Oxford. 29% for us. Why? Is the step up too much? Has Crayon Boy put too much expectation on him? Will he come good?

Is there hope?

 

Steve cotterill not appointed by Lansdown apparently but by Kieth  Dawe . So imo he can’t take credit for him . His legacy on the pitch has been a failure 

19 minutes ago, Fjmcity said:

Haha it’s been said before mate.

but look at this little topic - how lovely, a witch-hunt 

Can’t you see there are genuine , serious concerns. I really can’t be bothered to list again the football mistakes that family has made. I’ve done it  so many times I’m bored with it. But with over £200m spent . Don’t you think , with the right football men around him we would have done better ? The constant fawning over the lansdowns by some is ridiculous 

1 minute ago, Robbored said:

We don’t have enough points yet - need at least two more wins from 11 games and I can’t see where they’re coming from.

Another loss at Portman Rd on Tuesday it’ll be squeezey bum time.

Squeaky ?

16 hours ago, lenred said:

Still think we already have enough points as we are but that’s not a defence of the ******* shitshow being served up. 

Don’t think we’ve got enough points at all . Most of the teams below us are gaining some momentum . Our next for games are Ipswich , Swansea, West Brom & Leicester . Can’t see much of a return from that lot 

16 hours ago, italian dave said:

Who then? 

@Fjmcity judging by his last post 

6 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

I agree with all that - shouldn’t we put who’s coaching them, NP and Manning? 

Look where we finished mid table mediocrity for a few seasons now. 

It’s the bloody owners riding roughshod over all of this . That’s where the attention needs to focus