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It sounded more like he hadn’t spent time on changing what we do in possession, ie bringing in his new ideas. Didn’t want to overload them with new stuff in 3 days.

And yet he looked down at the ground in his interview even more than Manning! Personally I don’t get too hung up on style - I find the content more interesting. And what was interesting in Tanner’s interview was that Manning made a tweak at half time that made things a lot better down the right hand side in the second half. Manning doing things like that is more important to me than where he looks in interviews.

Perhaps Plan B was sacking Pearson.

I suspect it came down to what Manning saw in training this week. Anyway, I’ve been impressed with TGH and I was surprised when he was dropped to the bench - hopefully Manning has seen his value now. Weimann hasn’t been the same player since his injury - someone else deserves a chance.

I agree he didn’t have much of a chance although when I did see him play he seemed totally lost and out of his depth. I guess it was just too early for him or he was lacking the confidence that he clearly now has.

Still baffling how it didn’t work out for him with us.

The Dicks era is why I’m relatively patient about us getting to the Premier League and I thought Pearson was going to get us there eventually like Dicks did. I still have promotion pencilled in for 2025-26 - so the same length of time in this division as last time and promotion 50 years since last time. Dicks was even younger than Manning when he was appointed (aged 33) so let’s hope another young coach can see us over the line.

No reference to humans thankfully.

Spot on.

First impressions - I like him.

I didn’t want Pearson to go but as others have said he had gone now so we have to move on. I hadn’t heard of Manning until a couple of days ago but having read/watched some of the stuff on here and elsewhere, he clearly fits the bill in terms of what the Lansdowns are looking for so at least they are being consistent (for once). I’ve quite liked the look of what I have seen so far. To be honest none of the other names floating around in the betting have floated my boat particularly. So I’m happy to wish him all the best and I hope it goes well - could be exciting if it does. And just because he happens to be young doesn’t mean he is another McInnes or LJ or Holden. He is Liam Manning with a completely different background and experience. I also don’t buy the view that bringing in a league one head coach is beneath us - if he’s a good coach, he’s a good coach. I see it no different to bringing in a young league one (or lower) player and we’ve seen what they can do - they are not beneath us either.

Just watched the highlights. Imagine being a Swindon fan watching that - going 7-0 down to a non-league side - at home? First non-league team to score 7 v a league team in the FA Cup.

I was there too - it was ridiculous. Brief video here: https://youtu.be/yhg0ddKh5NQ?feature=shared

Spurs imploding.

No problem - he’s got 31 games!

Could just be that we are going about it the proper way, i.e. trying to agree a compensation figure with Oxford. Conversations with Manning would only come after that is agreed and they give their blessing for us to talk to him.

Must admit I knew nothing of Manning until I read his bio earlier. Having read that, as you say, he does sound like the type of person that would fit the bill for the owners based on what they have indicated they are looking for. So I wouldn’t be surprised if Manning was appointed.

Used the forward ticket functionality for the first time today - transferred my wife’s ticket to my daughter - it was easy to do and it worked perfectly which was reassuring.

I think Nige’s issue with Bentley was more that he didn’t command his box effectively - which to be fair Max does pretty well.

Especially as Wilshire played for Bournemouth- twice!

I like him too. Playing a big role already - a lot was going through him today and of course he takes the dead balls too. Did well to get him and he will only get better.

Or more sense if they wanted to act before Nige started to win again

I haven’t ruled out him coming back in some capacity at some point under new owners. He went back to Leicester of course.

Mine updated very soon after the match. Turn auto updates off and on again and that will sort it though.

Having seen the various interviews this week, they obviously think someone can coach this squad to the premier league. Nige is more of a manager/leader - ‘observational’ as he put it himself - than a hands on coach. Hence - in their mind - the reason for the change. No doubt they think that a new coach might do better at unlocking stubborn defences at Ashton Gate etc. I remain to be convinced. I think they underestimate the value of the managerial and leadership skills that Nige brought to the club - what he built won’t just hang around in the air following his departure indefinitely. How easy will it be to attract a coach who is supposedly so much better than the coaches (and I include Rennie in that) who are or were already in the building? Is one new head coach really going to transform this squad? Time will tell of course but, as I say, I remain to be convinced.