Superjack

If they produce a 'warchest' this summer I really will lose my shit. 

10 minutes ago, Robbored said:

I’d be very surprised if Nige took  the Argyle job after saying that the City job was his last in management. I can see him going into punditry tho.

That said Nige lives within a 10 min drive to the M5 and it’s about an hour and 45 mins to Plymouth - my daughter was at Uni there and I’ve done that trip numerous times.

He also has a house in Devon.

5 hours ago, Sir Colby-Tit said:

I've been to the Stadium of Light once. Soren Andersen got a late equaliser I think. Which was nice.

Signed three when we needed two. 

And Soren Andersen was the best. And cheapest.

11 hours ago, BrizzleRed said:

Spot on NU

Regarding the anti Nige mob, I always try my best to view them just as people who have a different viewpoint to me and have completely bought into the bullshit put out by the club hierarchy.  The problem for me is, they so closely mirror the official club line, I can't help questioning if some of them are actually club employees.  It's sad when you get to the point of being suspicious of what may actually be genuine fellow fans, but that's just how bad things have become.  As you say, the fanbase has been divided and polarised and that is clearly down to the shit put out by the club.

The biggest issue for me is my complete breakdown of trust in the club and specifically Stephen Lansdown.  Whilst the club could regain that trust with the right appointments, for me, that can only ever be achieved with Lansdown gone.  We've all witnessed the constant churns of various plans, managers, head coaches and players at this club over the years, with the same outcome ....... mediocrity.  As we all know, the only constant is Lansdown himself.  I've long accepted he couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery, let alone a football club, and his ego and stubbornness will always hold us back.  The cynical, vindictive and downright disrespectful way Nige was treated really was the final straw with me though and finally confirmed this club is in far from safe hands.  At that point, Lansdown went from being just a massively underachieving and misguided, egotistical owner, to being a creeping, controlling disease that is gradually killing this club.   

As has been said many times, we've witnessed City in infinitely worse positions on the field over the years, but in my 60 years of following the club, I've never felt remotely close to the total lack of trust and despair in the hierarchy and I'm ashamed to say, my feelings towards Lansdown are now bordering on hatred for being responsible for that.

1 hour ago, redsquirrel said:

they love it tho dont they, not that long ago,we were going to be in europe by now, we havent even got to dover yet

Give it a few years....

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Prolonging the inevitable might’ve meant we got on a roll?

Which is exactly what they couldn't risk happening.

2 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

Milking my stunning good looks and suspiciously hairy belly for matches? Thought you were better than that SJ 

Well... for reasons that I can't divulge...

... I have to go in disguise nowadays.

Very good news to hear. 

Best wishes to him. 

I have become (self) aware that lately I have been swearing far too much on here (thank the Lansdowns for that), but...

**** cancer!!

43 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

£15m? Ok then..

Paragraphs, mate, paragraphs…

What did it say? 

5 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

Please stop posting photos of me on OTIB x

Yeah. That's not fair. 

I have just posted it as my profile pic on Plenty of Fish though...

3 minutes ago, Red Shadow said:

25th  Floor - Patti Smith Group

This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets 

6 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

It’s designed to prevent this 

Yes. That 'famous' Newcastle fan should be ****ing locked up, never mind booked.

Puts you right off your cider...

2 hours ago, The Saturday Boy said:

Mary's prayer - Danny Wilson

Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens.

19 minutes ago, Super said:

Like who?

I guess I shouldn't answer this.

39 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

We need a charismatic manager before we can hope realistically for promotion 

Ergo...

...we need a new owner.

1 hour ago, 1960maaan said:

The one thing I wonder is, do they have the same level of design ability as someone like Hummel or Castore , if not then that leaves the door open for Jon , which is worrying.

Jon and his crayons?

In all seriousness, it does remind me of a four-year-old bringing you a picture. 

"No!... it's NOT going on the fridge! I don't care if you ARE four. It's shit!!"

5 hours ago, Fordy62 said:

I’d genuinely just be happy if we had a team who performed better than the sum of its parts. I think that’s what was starting to happen under Nige and that’s what makes it all the more annoying. 

Let’s be honest, a team togetherness and over performing is the only way we’ll get out of this league upwards, because as you rightly point out, we can’t compete any other way. 

Exactly. 

But let's rip it all up. 

9 hours ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Some on here will say you know fickle.

Also, what is Pearson’s “parsnip”?
 

Whatever it is, I want to get to the root of it.

I don't think he'd let you.

On 02/04/2024 at 09:53, Numero Uno said:

The problem is that the people who accuse posters of being "Nige Fanboys" are "anti-Nige" themselves and so this debate will never be allowed to settle into a simple "what is Liam doing to hit target" discussion. If Liam shows the same tactical nous and ability to affect a game moving forwards that has been on display for the last two matches MANY DOUBTERS will get off his case. Some won't in the same way that some minimise the situation Nige inherited simply because they don't like/rate him or in a number of cases because he brought in Danny Simpson..........that's the crux of it with more detractors than you might realise.

Anyway, moving on, let's see if Liam can replicate on Saturday against another mob who are ripe for the taking after yesterday. Small steps but ones he needs to be taking.

Bravo, sir.

4 hours ago, KingHillRed said:

And what is wrong with that statement exactly?  I know what I would do if it was my money too - I'd do as I see fit

Even if it didn't work for over twenty years?

Even if in that time, what 'you see fit' and kept on trying to go back to failed. Every. ****ing. Time?

Even if you knew **** all about football?

4 hours ago, Edgy Red said:

But you're just hand picking some positive results/reasonable performances there Sir Geoff, which we can do for Manning too (Middlesbrough x 2, Hull, West Ham x 2, Leicester, Southampton).

What about Nige's home games this season against Preston, Birmingham and Coventry (I appreciate we won 1-0 but it was robbery and Cov battered us. In fact it was going to be shown on Crimewatch that night)

The football under Nige was largely uninspiring and he had the best part of 3 years to build a team. Aside from Scott, Semenyo and maybe Kalas, i don't really think he lost anyone else of note.

I have no idea how the Manning reign will pan out, but he deserves some time and a few of his own signings before we should properly judge him.

I appreciate my post goes against most fans views on here, so please don't get angry with me, its just my opinion CTID

No anger here. An eloquently put opinion. 

I disagree that it was 'largely' uninspiring. Of course, there were poor performances and I am certainly not claiming that it was 'like watching Brazil' as it apparently was under Danny Wilson (I must say that my memory doesn't quite back that up either), and I won't harp on about the constraints that he was under, but he is a 'builder'.

And he was 'building'. 

And we were getting there.

I like this season's kit, although it's probably due to my era as it takes me back to the Jordan team of 1990. 

It does also make us look like forest though.

As a personal preference, I like round necks and hate collars. 

A round neck top of just red and white will always be my preference. No other colours, particularly black, as the last time we had black on the shirt we got relegated. As I knew we would as soon as I saw it.

Used to love the purple and lime for the away kit, but now it smacks too much of Tinnion.

5 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

“Category 2 Group B Under 18 Professional Development League Champions, you’ll never sing that”

Didn't want to make it seem like I was facepalming your post, so...

12 hours ago, Portland Bill said:

Job for Warnock!. 

Or someone else with a house in Devon.

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

The sacking of Nige has been done to death and we need to let it go. That said - his dismissal did create a great deal of anger and frustration amongst the fans which, fortunately these last two wins has eased considerably.

We don't have any option but to 'let it go'.

Unfortunately, that decision and the (real) reason for it was yet another symptom and example of the ongoing cluster**** that is the ownership of this club. 

That, I will never let go until they are gone.