Rob k

4 hours ago, Super said:

Steve is a lot more forgiving with Rugby Coaches. How is Lam still in a job?

I just said this to a mate, how longs he got? 

1 minute ago, Super said:

Not really interested by the interview which Is just as well really. Real work starts now and only thing he'll be judged on. Good luck.

Spot on 

10 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

The room almost swallowed him up. Press conferences mean nothing, as can all talk a good game, get those players delivering on the pitch. Intrigued to see what happens. You only have to see the way the assistant behaved on Twitter with Barton to show the difference. Not convinced by him. 

You do realise that wasn’t actually the Chris Hogg you think it is 

59 minutes ago, Harry said:

I think the phrase “last man” is really a short way of saying “it’s a clear goalscoring opportunity”. 
Invariably, if the last man brings you down he’s likely denying you a free run on goal. 
So yes, whilst it’s not ‘technically’ the rule it’s a kinda shorthand version. 
 

In this case, when Knight is brought down there is another defender stood 5 yards infront of him, directly between him and the goal. 
That’s why it’s not denying an obvious goal, for me. 

I Still think it’s a clear goalscoring ‘opportunity’ purely for the fact he can get an easy pass to Conway to knock it in. 

2 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

It wasn’t Romero if that’s what you mean Rob - Bissouma ?

Not Romero , the two footed jump when Sterling managed to just avoid it

God knows what I’ve done with my post, meant to go in and edit it with my original comment to say you were right, they should be down to 9

3 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

Whoever it was with the two footed 

Reece James lucky there too 

4 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

The officials must have. Absolutely ridiculous decisions going on at the spurs/Chelsea game. 

Spurs should be down to nine and yet VaR seems to be ignoring everything. 

Good game tho. 

It’s unreal isn’t it 

Cant stand VAR

Just watching Spurs v Chelsea, it’s worth noting a lot of Spurs fans were very underwhelmed by Ange postecoglou’s appointment. Let’s just give the new bloke a chance shall we and let’s see what happens 

12 minutes ago, Riaz said:

One things for sure, how this goes, for me is down to the Lansdowns.

If we struggle - It will be on them.

We had a good manager - they better hope manning is a good manager for us.

And vice versa to be fair. If this goes well then fair play to them for making the decision.

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

A very simple, but very effective summary.  I’d add that at times we are young / inexperienced / not “game-mature”, which when you look at Alex Scott, he had all three, probably from the moment he made his debut.

FWIW, one of the attributes Nige wanted was runners because he identified that to play in the PL you need to be able to run.  It’s one of the key parts of the recruitment plan, hence Sykes, Knight, McCrorie types coming in.  Once you’ve got that, you can start adding “guile” (to use your word).  Shame we haven’t seen McCrorie.

Whether he was naive to think Scott might stay is open to debate, but he is a big loss, and has not been replaced.

We will get to find out won’t we?  Another week til QPR with Hines, Cisse, Ball, King (?) and Mountain, maybe Fleming (?) doing their stuff.  Hope to see just small percentages.

I think Saturday showed just how much we miss Scott, we desperately need a player in there who can push forward quickly, and spot an early forward pass. 

11 hours ago, elhombrecito said:

You certainly can't argue that there was a defender and goalkeeper covering, but you also can't deny it was a 'clear goalscoring opportunity' therefore, a sending off is correct.

It was a clear goal scoring ‘opportunity’ that was denied by a clinical foul as Conway is right next to Knight for a tap in. 

If I’m being critical - the wall for the free kick, to me, seemed poorly set up, from my seat there was a clear shot on goal. 

1 minute ago, Super said:

Funny if that's true!

Can’t see it behind true if you have any ambition 

20 years ago it might have got hostile but tomorrow will be just like any other game these days. Quiet. Not a criticism either, just the way it is now.

12 minutes ago, Wanderingred said:

Not for me. I’m back on my annual visit to the UK in December, and I’m looking at other games to go to instead.

I’ve been to games that City are not playing - it’s never the same!! I’m as annoyed as the next man with the situation, but it’s not going to change anything. I just hope the frustration is not taken out on the next manager, whoever it is

28 minutes ago, S_C said:

Above everything else, whether you think it was right for Pearson to go or not, the sheer masterclass in weak, wet, PR is truly cause for concern and should inspire little to no confidence in the decision makers.

Taking what now feels like a few steps back following the Halloween horror show of this mornings attempts to placate the fanbase, whilst in my opinion it was the wrong decision to make the change, it’s the hopeless mismanagement in the aftermath that is the overriding concern.

It had been clear for some time that Pearson was doing the dirty work, laying the foundations for his inevitably more user-friendly successor. He wasn’t going to get a new deal, bar some miraculous top 6 campaign which, however much the club try to convince otherwise, was never the expectation. With that being the case, now seems as good a time as any to rip off the band-aid.

After being pretty frustrated and disillusioned with the situation on Sunday, I’d sort of made peace in that it was the wrong decision at the right time. He isn’t getting a new deal, they’ve struck opportunistically when, they at least, believe pedalling a results line will wash. They’ll back the new guy in January. They’ll have to. For all the anger and disappointment, it wasn’t going to be a thing beyond this season, I don’t agree with it, but let’s move on.

There was a window of opportunity this morning. The chance was there to come out, tell the truth, and at very least pay respect to both Pearson in words and fans in sincerity, even if neither of those were in agreement with the course.

We’d like to thank Nigel for all the hard work he has put in, both on and off the pitch, having joined the club during an incredibly testing time financially and tasked with overhauling the playing squad. After discussion with Nigel, in which it was clear our views did not align, we have taken the difficult decision that Nigel’s contract will not be renewed at the end of the season and have decided it is in the best interests of the club and all concerned if we now part ways.

That’s not hard. So why is it?

The fact that it is, the fact that they’ve crammed the Ladybird book of Super Soccer buzzwords - ‘Passion’, ‘Aggression’, ‘Front-foot’, ‘Youth’ et al into the nonsense of this morning, in the hugely wayward and arrogant belief that fans would swallow it actually, for me, shows genuine disrespect and disdain.

I guess I’ve always been a Lansdown makes bad decisions but provides stability and infrastructure which we should be grateful for, rather than Lansdown provides stability and infrastructure which we should be grateful for but makes bad decisions, kind of voter, but to have the gall to not only dispense of the man who answered your self-inflicted SOS, but to then roll out the nonsense of this morning, quite simply fans deserve better from the club.

and that’s it in a nutshell - once you start going down the route they have your in trouble. If they had just said what you have, then people can still disagree with the decision but i bet the backlash would have been less extreme 

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Let's be honest, it's going to be a LJ/Dean Holden type of appointment isn't it? Hence the head coach comments. 

Unfortunately it's going to be a poisoned chalice for the new head coach. The fans don't want him, the players don't want him, but we'll have to suck it up having him. 

He will always be compared to Pearson. If the board gives this guy money to spend then the talk is going to be about why wasn't Pearson given that money. 

Unfortunately for the new guy, Pearson is always going to be the elephant in the room. 

I'll try my hardest to back the new guy but it's not going to be easy as in the immediate future I'll feel as if he doesn't deserve to be here.

 

 

Said this to a mate yesterday. You almost want the real man in place after the next manager as if they get off to a bad start, which is entirely possible with our injuries, the fans will go after him as a way of getting at the board. 

1 minute ago, luke_bristol said:

The only consequence that impacts them will be less money. SL is a money man, a deservedly successful one. Let him see the consequences in an Excel tab.

They already have the majority of the money - go to the game Sat and for once AG should let them know how you feel

3 hours ago, Super said:

Waster should retire. He's an embarrassment to the sport.

Doubt he will whilst he’s  picking up 50m a time 

Just now, Super said:

Ffs.

How many phases did they go back for that then? Thought they could only go back 3

1 hour ago, Northern Red said:

Ah good, it's TGH's turn this time.

He was possibly our best player the other night, but you lads crack on because I know you have to have one.

I thought he was fine today 

Just now, Northern Red said:

Ref had no idea what was going on towards the end, basically reacting to what the players were telling him.

I’m not go to pretend i know anywhere near as much about Rugby as some of the posters on this thread but that ref had no idea what he was doing come the end 

5 minutes ago, Ziderarmy said:

How’s that not an elbow? 

Because it was against an England player so it’s fair game….

Just now, Kid in the Riot said:

No

- I’ve just seen it again!! God knows how it’s not been penalised