TRL

Just now, Kid in the Riot said:

Well said mate  

Morgan didn't  miss an opportunity at Wimbledon did he? Hope he's eating humble pie tonight. And supports her in the future instead of kicking her.

I've run out of superlatives. 

well having retired with breathing difficulties at Wimbledon she is undefeated in 2 slams, where as Morgan was defeated by a HTV weather presenter, no contest really

Classy lady, incredible stuff.  Looks like she is going to be a proper British winner rather than the plucky loser we herald all the time.

Lets wait for the gutter press and Piers Morgan get stuck into her when she fails to win the next title.  I real hope the British public get behind her.

Both these ladies have kept me entertained tonight, the pace an power of the tennis on show was great  something you tend to see generally when the Williams Sisters are on court.  These two could dominate for the next decade, 

4 hours ago, Davefevs said:

I’ll be amazed if their wage bill is less this season than last.  The players they got rid of in the summer we’re a mix of young, fringe and first teamers….not all first teamers.

 I suspect Sears, Ward, Judge we’re on a decent wedge though.  They’ve just brought in 19 first teamers.  Very different.  I suspect their wage bill has increased significantly.  I wonder how much the CEO is paying himself.  I did hear an awful rumour of £750k p.a.

Colchester are going to have the oldest team in the world judging by that!

1 minute ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

So Pearson’s record as statistically the worst manager in Bristol City’s history continues to worsen, as his win percentage drops from 12.5% to 11.76%.  To put that in perspective, that is worse than Roy Hodgson’s 1982 16-year-olds and worse than Benny Lennartsson, and who would have thought that the words ‘worse than Benny Lennartsson’ would ever appear on OTIB?

I acknowledge that the man has had a distinguished career as a manager, but his inability to inspire the most expensive squad in City’s history to more than two wins last season, and his failure to address our most obvious failings in the second half of last season, i.e. our inability to create chances, let alone score them, leads me regrettably to question whether he is the man to keep us in the Championship, let alone lead us to the promised land.

I could have forgiven him the team’s abject performances under him last season if I could see evidence of a turnaround this season, but so far it is more of the same, i.e. the relegation form that he oversaw last season.

At what point can we legitimately start to wonder if whatever magic was once there has gone?

Benny Lennartson truely did have a bag of shite team to inherit, worst still he was not hired as a manager, at the very least he gave lots of youngsters their chance.  IMHO  he should have stayed.  I would never compare him with any manager other than Cooper, who was kept on where as Benny was dumped.

I would now expect to be seeing something that resembled a Pearson team i.e. hard to beat, unfortunately we are not getting that and with nearly 2.5 seasons ability to create absolutely nothing, then being hard to beat is not going to help if you cant score and have a a soft underbelly.  I am, all for giving people time, but Pearson has  had his preseason, and the same mistakes are being made,  and they are basic footballing mistakes, that is what worries me.  It maybe it his players or someone else's his job is to manage and get coaches to deliver messages and coaching from his mantra, if the basics are not getting through what hope does he have.  yes some of them are not his players, but he should be able to get the message and at least a little bit improvement in terms of team organisation by now.

Hey ho!

1 minute ago, Ska Junkie said:

That's Boro, what about City tho?

**** me, you don't want opinions on city

I think that's' md done vping  I am paying to be entertained.  No urgency, lots of diving and choosing the wrong option, if counter attacking (poorly) and diving around is what is being coached, then I have zero interest, appalling.  Its like watching Johnson or Holden's teams but with added flair Grealish type tumbling. while following thou shall not create or shoot doctrine 

Just now, Lanterne Rouge said:

Have we ever won a penalty shootout?

As long as Lee Peacock isn't playing!

11 different players, says it runs through the whole club, not just the first 11.  Got to be a mental issue which needs sorting.

Weak Weak underbelly

Just now, Lew-T said:

Was it a thigh injury that had Williams sidelined for so long? He hasn’t pulled his thigh again has he?

well they mentioned looking at the thigh and calf in the commentary, but who knows, the fact he went off so quickly would suggest it quite possibly is the same injury.. Who knows

Just now, Davefevs said:

Meant to be ok for weekend

Aye,  the OP just said 2 midfielders out injured, and didn't mention return dates so I was just guessing it was O'Dowda as I can't think of anyone else injured during the season

Just now, Davefevs said:

Who’s the other?

O'dowda I guess

1 minute ago, The Original OTIB said:

Did he pull up, impact or what? Anyone know?

sounds like he went down off the ball, which does not sound promising

Sounds like Williams has injured himself again

1 minute ago, grifty said:

Well at least you got all the details of a conversation that you don't know how it went before coming to a conclusion that NP has thrown Nagy under the bus and then strangely picked him to start in the next game.

I think you missed where I said I was betting, not that I was in the know.

Pearson says Nagy came to him privately.  Add to that the way it was announced, it all seems very odd.  But I guess people can see it any way they want. It just seems very a very unprofessional way to announce someone wants to leave, considering all we hear from Pearson is how professional he is.

Just now, Big C said:

If he wants to go surely the more people who know about it the better

Depends, Did Nagy go to him privately to say he wanted to leave but wanted it kept private, or did he go to Pearson privately and say let people know I want to leave.

I am betting option 1, but even if it was option 2 you would have thought it would have been controlled through the club media department, rather than blurted out in a answer to a question about a current Bristol city player.  So I think option 1 was the reality.

Doesn't sit easy with me and I doubt if it is the case that it was option 1 that team members can trust the manager when they approach him privately.

Screams of throwing someone under a bus to me.

9 minutes ago, Big C said:

When asked as to whether the decision to leave him out was related to injury or a tactical decision, Pearson said : "Adam Nagy is fine."

The City manager then added: "But he has expressed a wish to leave and it’s more important to play players that want to be here."

Pearson said Nagy had expressed his desire to leave "privately" and confirmed the club are yet to receive any bids for the former Bologna midfielder who's under contract until next summer.

good the players can trust the manager to keep something private... private.  Bad form from Pearson, how do other players trust him now?

1 minute ago, Marco the red said:

The point is he SHOULD be a sitter for us. City have used him as a CAM and a wide attacker FFS he has been woefully managed by multiple managers.

Exactly this. I am sure Johnson bought him for the right position. He played him there the first few games. Then the coaches got their hands on him!

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

He is a sitter……for Hungary!

For City, he’s a runner, who allows himself to be sucked to the ball in an ill-disciplined way.  That’s a generalisation, as he has qualities too.  He’s rarely played the same way for city as he does for Hungary, albeit very different systems….which makes me continually question his suitability for City / Champ.

Agree. But thats not his fault, that is the coaches. When played in the correct position doing what he does best he has looked fantastic. Unfortunately our managers/coaches seem to think they know his best position!

2 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Completely disagree. Nagy is a runner not a sitter. His biggest attribute is his stamina which gets him around the pitch for 90 minutes.

He hasn't, and would never be able to dictate a game of Championship football, partly for the reason you state - his lack of physicality, and also his limited passing range, lack of vision, and lack of contribution in both boxes. 

Pack, on the other hand, did have those attributes. I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying he dictated many games for City  but he is certainly a much more effective Championship operator than Nagy. 

Dsagree to an extent, he is a sitter  a great reader of the game who plugs holes that creative players try to pass through, what I do agree with is he used his pace and his athletic ability to do it. 

He can pass the ball around effectively to team mates, although does not have that raking ball that people may associate with the position he plays in.

For me he is a deep lying breaker up of play type player who spring the counter attack  very quickly, plugs the hole, feeds the likes of a bakinson, who gets the ball forward quickly.  I think (but I was never 100% sure) this is the game Johnson wanted to play but never really got it working. Unfortunately I don't see this type of player working in a Pearson team, I don't think it's the football he wants to play.

1 hour ago, Edgy Red said:

There are lots of things that go on behind the scenes that us fans don't see and it may well be the case that Nagy found it hard to settle and we never saw the best of him.

However, i still fail to see what his main strengths are as a central midfielder? He hasn't got the passing range to dominate a game, he doesn't score (many) goals and he struggles physically. He runs around alot but give me £15k a week and i would run around alot!

I hope we can move him on and use the money for an attacking player which is desperately needed

For me his assetts are 1. A very good engine 2. The ability to position himself himself defensively.. one of those players that didn't need to run about all over the place making tackles he had tbe ability to plug holes and make interceptions through intelligent positional sense and very quick initial burst of pace.

Personally I think he is massively undervalued and brings something to the team many don't see, that said I think his particular talents are better suited to European football.  But if used properly and using his strengths I think he would and should of been a great player for us. Using him on the wing or as an attacking midfielder just seems plain ignorant on part of the managers and coaches.

King and James bring so much experience, calm and confidence to the midfield, dominating much of it, its a great holding area that our attacking players can grow confidence from, he is hoping it stays that way.

5 minutes ago, Maltshoveller said:

Loads of LH fans on here i see!!!

His fault end of

 

Aye looks like it judging by the time penalty and ex drivers commentary.

Didn't really matter though did it. He finished first.

Karma is a bitch, how many accidents has verstappen caused inthe past because of his aggressive unpredictable driving. He has improved it has to be said but what goes around comes around.

Glad he is okay, it would have been better watching a full race, but judging how Hamilton's car reacted to turbulent air I'm not sure he would have taken him.