Mendip City

1 minute ago, Ivorguy said:

The ground is an issue, I agree, the rest can go along with BS
 

 

 

That’s the trouble.  The owner will foolishly think the rest has some value. 
I think he’d have to give it away if he wants someone to take the lot. 

1 minute ago, Ivorguy said:

Please don’t raise my hopes.

Nothing will improve until the Lansdowns go.  Period.  They have had their extended chance and blown it.

Of course there will be a buyer(s), after all doesn’t everyone say we are a sleeping giant.  

There will be buyers, so long as the (currently) awful football club comes with a ground and training ground and doesn’t include an awful rugby team, awful women’s team, basketball team (presumably awful I pay no attention to them), awful manager, awful tech director, awful media department etc etc…. 
Hmmmmn we could have a big problemo. 

23 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

jon lansdown hasnt quite got the same ring to it as mary quant has it?

The surname isn’t far off… he’s a Merry Qunt is he? 

Alex Scott played 90 mins and 2 assists. 

1 minute ago, Glen hump said:

There’s not a lot he can change once the filming has started.

And it’s important to take the emotion out of interviews (and everything for that matter). 

14 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Well. 
 

As, unlike the pre match pressers it’s an in house interview with the club having planned both the questions and the answers, and then had the opportunity to re record it had it not hit the marks they wanted, a better effort than that, particularly in the bit where he absolved responsibility for what happens when the game starts again.

It’s damning that this is their best effort of making Liam look good.

So I was hoping for something that didn’t continue to make him look incompetent. But I was expecting exactly what I got.

I think his lack of progress is due to the media team “overloading him with too much information”. 

1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:

- The large volume of games we’ve not won or drawn we’ve been in them. The culture is good and it’s important to stick together. 

Thanks for the summary, I can’t bring myself to listen but this bit he keeps mentioning, like it counts for anything…. You get zero points for being “in games” and surely being “in games” against teams in your division is a minimum expectation! 

1 hour ago, SydneyCity said:

That’s one step away from “Live, Laugh, Love”.

Or “you don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps”

Or should that be “you don’t have to be family to work here, but it helps” ?  

Thanks for posting. Those were the good old days! But blimey that footage makes me feel old!! 

6 minutes ago, LoyalRed said:

I couldn't see us buying a player from Derby and then loaning him back to them for the rest of the season, but it happened.  I can see the player being extremely demotivated though if Derby to get promoted, he would want to stay with them where they have the momentum.  

He’s in a crazy situation, automatic promotion, crest of a wave, big club…. Or us perennial 14th place! 

19 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Why shouldn't you say it, the majority of city fans have zero interest in the woman's team, and yes, that includes me. I just turn off if they start discussing them!

I’m the same…. No interest whatsoever and no interest in any other Bristol Sport team… but I was cautious as some fans do take a wider interest, which is fair enough. 
 

The actual problem here is that the BS umbrella is too big and none of the components are functioning to their potential…. Right now the men’s team umbrella has turned inside out and it’s hammering down with rain. 

33 minutes ago, One Team said:

I agree. In that format with two professional guests it worked superbly. He sounded like a City fan?

I think the professional guests help. Maybe sling in a few (short) sound bites from fans and you’ve a decent format. I know I shouldn’t say it but having the whole episode on the men’s team was better. Maybe they could rotate? 

2 minutes ago, Show Me The Money! said:

Before appointing Tinnion 

Worryingly you couldn’t rule that out. 
Nor could you rule out a pair of Johnsons… 

Maybe all of them as a dream team. 

Just now, Nomad said:

If they do that it'll be Chris Hogg taking the reigns.....

Outstanding human being 

6 minutes ago, ohhhshauntaylor said:

Where has Ian “leaked” this. I see his tweets are protected again but haven’t seen what he said. 

 

In relation to it, 8 games are pointless, we’ve seen 24 of them under LM to know what we’re getting/going to get- do it now IMO! 

Exactly. They are eight games someone else could be overseeing and breathing some life back into the place. 

35 minutes ago, Street red said:

Plus those clubs haven't got a Bristol sport franchise hanging over there heads with rugby and basketball,That's the difference if he solely concentrated on Bristol city football club instead of being Barcelona then maybe just maybe we would of made it by now.

Yeah how about actually finishing one project…. Neither the rugby or football club have got their potential.  

Owers stated the infrastructure is in place when comparing us with clubs who have gone past us. He was referring to bricks and mortar (stadium and training ground). That got me thinking, it’s not bricks and mortar that get you to the prem (Luton, Bmouth, Burnley…). Is our football decision-making infrastructure anywhere near good enough? We were compared with the likes of Brighton…. Tony Bloom or SL or JL? Paul Barber or BT? De Zerbi / Graham Potter or LM???? Despite all his investment, SL is still doing it on the cheap/employing mates/family when it comes to leadership roles. 

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

I don’t think any of us do, because he seems to use the term completely incorrectly / out of context.

Its one of his stock phrases when he hasn’t got anything he can use to explain better.

And there in lies the problem: incorrect use of the English language in an attempt to sound clever = confused audience (players).  

1 hour ago, LondonBristolian said:

I think the moment where we might have appointed Robins has long gone but it does make you think about the quality of managers who have an association to us vs the quality of manager we have appointed.

David Moyes, Sean Dyche, Gary O’Neil, Mark Robins, Liam Rosenior and Luke Williams all have enough of a connection to make you think, at one time or another, they might just have fancied the job. But they have all been given their managerial breakthroughs by other clubs whereas the inexperienced managers we have appointed have never panned out.

It seems to me - from the McInnes, Johnson, Holden and Manning appointments - that Steve Lansdown is desperately keen to be credited for giving a young manager a breakthrough and getting the kudos for the club seeing their potential. But, time and again, we appoint the wrong young managers whilst legitimately promising managerial talent slips through our fingers.

Don’t forget that other young manager given a break by SL… Brian something or other, Geordie bloke. 

1 hour ago, phantom said:

It's amusing how every time Coventry get a high profile result this thread pops up again 

I expect the Cov forum has a thread on Manning after every high profile result we have…. I’ll check when we actually get one. 

36 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Manning would be that one person that orders tap water and would be at home tucked in bed by 9pm. 

Those are the kind of behaviours you need to process if you want to beat Southampton. 

Fair play to him…. Obviously capable of enjoying the football the way us fans do. Why is this so rare now? So many players, managers, pundits are passive, passionless and seem to take little or no enjoyment from the game. Where’s the fun gone. 
 

Just now, DaveF said:

Would probably get the same from Manning if you met him on a night out.

You are joking, right? 

So…. I’ll try to summarise this, it’s all the players’ fault and the tactics are spot on. 
All the best. 
Liam x

1 hour ago, Spike said:

I'd take him, bloke is a bell end in many rights but despite his age he still knows football and he still gets results. The only issue would be the board would never hire him, he has far too much self respect to be a yes man, he'd speak his piece to the board, they don't like that and he's also never going to be long term which is what the board seem to be trying to put in place. 

Agree with all that, he’d be a common sense solution to the immediate issues… common sense being the problem. 

7 minutes ago, CityCiderEd said:

They took 8pts from 24 at the start of the season and 1 from 15 after we beat them in October......

With 7 years credit in the bank. If he’d started like Manning, he’d have been out, the same as any other manager.