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Well he’s had four games and two of them have been two of the most boring I’ve ever had the displeasure of having to watch, (and the first half hour against Middlesbrough was no better). If you go down Ashton Gate tonight I’m sure Dickie and Vyner will still be there rolling the ball to each other at walking pace. Mind numbing football.

Fair play that was a high octane, thrill a miniute afternoon of entertainment. What an absolute steaming pile of shit.

A genuinely mental comparison, but still, luckily I voted remain which apparently means I can crack on wanting Lansdown to sell up ASAP.

It was fine, almost all of our performances this season have been fine. It’s a fine squad. We were doing fine under Pearson. The utter deluded garbage spouted by the club has made some people believe we should be expecting more than fine. We’re organised, we’re competitive and we’re spirited. These things shouldn’t be taken for granted when before Pearson we had none of these. But if you don’t have enough quality on the ball or enough ability in the final third then you’re never going to be any better than fine. In a strange turn of events, most of the fans seem(ed) perfectly content with that, but the genius football knowledge that run the club lied that we should be doing better. The crying shame is that we had Scott and Semenyo at a time when the rest of the team was often so lacking. Those two into this team now and we could potentially break into the top six.

This also crossed my mind!

It started appallingly and it's literally managing to get worse.

HAHAHAHAHAHA Someone has actually wished them all the best and received a round of applause, And we've now instantly moved back onto singing sections. This is beyond parody.

I reckon someone should ask another question about singing sections.

'Do you prioritise cups or the league', what the **** am I watching.

As ever, when it gets down to it, all the vast majority of fans ever seem to care about is how many players can be signed in the next transfer window.

My word, these questions. Abysmal.

Of course it would be absurd to ‘judge’ Manning after two games (although a performance as crap as QPR will no doubt see some irrational ‘judgements’ this evening), however, and this is no fault of the man himself, no City manager I can ever remember deserves less time or patience before being ‘judged’. I expect to see the results of his ‘on the grass’ coaching quickly on the style of play and I have been told by our Chairman that we were underperforming under Nigel Pearson, so the expectation is that we challenge for the playoffs under this manager. Usually managers take over this club because the results are dreadful, relegation is a concern, the team barely have a shot let alone a win, the squad is unmotivated, the crowd has turned, there has been a breakdown between manager and players, the manager has simply lost the plot.. Not all of these may apply, but some of them will do and we all know the atmosphere around the club when a manager leaves. None of this was the case with Nigel Pearson. None of those sorts of messes need cleaning up. Because Nige (in time) cleaned them all up from what he was left with. It is as good a situation to take over this club that I can ever remember. The squad is small without any deadwood expensive, useless players needing to be removed, the players are fit, spirited and motivated, and the team is in touching reach of the playoffs. Therefore there are none of the excuses that usually apply to new managers, none of the time required to sort out the mess of the previous bloke. So therefore there is far less patience or time. If sacking Nigel Pearson and appointing Liam Manning was the correct thing to do, the evidence should be with us quickly, not necessarily today or this week, but much sooner than usual for any judgement on a new manager.

Yep, utterly ridiculous. A sport trying its absolute best to eat itself. The picture of Travis Head going around it’s a shame he didn’t play though, that would have been entertaining.

It was yesterday.

Davies signed for us a year before Fielding did.

Ok, nice to correspond.

Pissed up, hungover or stone sold sober, David Noble was still absolute class.

Yeah but apart from it being 17 goals in 1 season rather than 11 goals in 2 seasons you have to say it’s wonderfully accurate analysis that we’ve all come to know and love.

Total farce, not often you’ll see me agreeing with Max Verstappen but he’s absolutely spot on about this freak show.

He has to play for me, it may be overly simplistic, but I just think we are always a better team with in it. Personally I’d have him at centre half, which would mean a harsh decision to drop either of Vyner or Dickie. If his way into the team is in midfield I’m not bothered though, he just has to be in the team as far as I’m concerned. Really don’t wish to criticise as he’s only been here five minutes, but I really did find it mad that Naismith didn’t get on at QPR. A game so lacking in any sort of quality was crying out for his ability, confidence and ambition on the ball.

Naismith has to play for me, we’re a much better team with him in it. It’s incredible harsh on whichever of Vyner or Dickie has to make way, but for me it should be Naismith next to either of them. Obviously he doesn’t deserve any criticism as he’s only been here five minutes, but Naismith not getting on on Saturday in a game as poor as that made absolutely no sense. You could have brought him on in about five different positions and his ability and ambition on the ball would have improved the dross on show.

Correct. Should be ignored.

Absolute garbage as ever. There is absolutely no lack of effort, spirit or motivation in this squad. They give absolutely everything they can and that in part shows in our very good goals against record. There is however a lack of creativity, flair and imagination in the final third. None of this will be solved by anyone ‘working harder’.

Life must be a joy being that much of a sad ***.