Show Me The Money!

6 hours ago, Monkeh said:

I'd argue JCR did a decent job here and wasn't on massive wages ether

I remember him being all step overs and little else. Signed when Johnson senior’s term was going sour

2 minutes ago, Superjack said:

It'll be Tinnion until the season's end while they conduct a 'rigourous process'.

Before appointing Tinnion 

Forest’s excuses are weak as rules are rules but you can understand the frustration for any team going up the prem and trying to stay up. Sheffield Utd and Burnley showing what tends to happen if you don’t try and compete financially.
 

I’m an Everton fan as well as City so I’d obviously prefer them to go down over Everton, but I get why some fans would think Everton should go down. They pissed away a lot of money trying to chase the European dream buying lots of players after every manager sacking (A warning to us who have done similar but on a smaller scale and narrowly avoided breaking FFP ourselves).

I could take Everton going down if it would help them reset and get there shit back in order but the big worry for Evertonians is that if they go down they will go into financial meltdown.

Plus you don’t want to be in the Championship or league 1 for that matter with a 52,000 brand spanking new stadium

They really won’t want to be finding Man City of being guilty as that brings the whole premier league management into question if the multi premier league champions are found to have been cheating and all the implications that would follow around that and Champions League etc.

 My guess is they will do there absolute most to not find them guilty of most of those charges and just give them a slap on the wrist

Be very interesting to see what excuse they’d give from BT up if they did decide to pull the trigger in the next few weeks. 
 

The problem would then be with no likely changes happening to the football hierarchy. Who could they possibly recruit that would remotely placate the fans. The answer by the way is not Warnock.

 It needs BT(Feel a little sorry for him as he does love the club) and JL to step aside and for a proper experienced CEO and director of football.

Chances of that happening?

No chance is he being sacked anytime soon after them making such a big thing of getting rid of Nige and bringing in there self described super coach who can manage this top 6 squad.

Would be far too much egg on JL and BT’s faces for them to sack Captain Mannering so soon. They’ll double down in the summer and pray to the footballing gods for a miracle turnaround.

6 hours ago, Sir Colby-Tit said:

I have always thought that being an Everton fan must be incredibly dull.

We are quite similar in a lot of ways in terms of spending money for very little return on terms of success

Replacement for Max then?

Really good manager, would fail here though. 

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

West Brom are normally very organised, they don’t get transitioned on easily, but maybe we will lull them into a false sense of security this afternoon.  They are a team that grind you down and build pressure.  They are a bit of a different team to anyone else in this division.

Okay, I’m basically saying I’ve no idea how this will play out, but Corberan is probably the best coach in this division!

Best coach after wonder boy Liam of course 

1 minute ago, eardun said:

It will be Monday 16 February 2054 - Premier League Monday night match!

Medics!!!!

 They’ve escaped again

Don’t worry if you’re likely to have croked it, by then the technology will be there to bring you all back to life as holograms so you’ll be able to take in the special occasion. Lucky you!

59 minutes ago, BigTone said:

Sounds like a plan but will need to include digging me up so I can participate.

Done, we’ll get Harry Cornick to prop you up. 

So following on from the celebrating the 30 year anniversary of beating Liverpool in the FA cup I wonder what the club are already planning for the 30 year anniversary of us beating Southampton in 2054.

- Special memorial kit made up of all Junior Lansdown’s doodles

- Parading Harry Cornick at half time

- Playing back some of Liam Manning’s press conferences on the big screens pre match to get the crowd going

They must be full of these and other ideas right now.

Roll on Saturday 14th Feb 2054 and book your tickets now!!!!

PS. i know the game was actually on 13th February. The 14th Feb would be the next typical match day. That is if it isn’t an international break in which case it could be a later date.

PPS. Yes, I did actually search for a 2054 calendar

PPPS. No, I haven’t been drinking but I am going to bed

1 hour ago, MarcusX said:

I'm not happy with how we're playing or how he's setting us up, and I wouldn't be upset if we sacked him now - other than looking like a basket case like Watford / Birmingham / Stoke etc

However, if he's staying, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt over the summer and see what he can bring in and do with this team and re-judge him after the first dozen or so games next year.

I think he's failed the first test - can he get more out of this current lot? No, clearly not, if anything several players have regressed under him.

Second test is accepting this isn't his team, and whether we like it or not it's going to need change of personnel to play his way, so given a window and a pre-season what can he do... if after 10-12 games we're still playing this shit, boring style and also not getting results then it might be time to act.

That is very likely what the fans are going to have to stomach. I do feel for Manning as he is getting extra short shrift from a large amount of people on here I feel based more on anger at those above him.

What doesn’t help him is his lack of any real personality that would appeal to fans. Even LJ had a little bit of the cheeky chappy about him. We lost most weeks under Benny back in the day but we still liked him.

1 minute ago, Barrs Court Red said:

I only remember him for :

1) being a Welsh international 

2) going to prison 

Which was his lowest point? 

2 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said:

In hindsight they weren’t great but you’re absolutely right, Bridges and Stewart were exciting signings for L1 given their pedigrees. 

The City curse of turning good players into piles of poop

10 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said:

Well, 2 out of 3,yes. 

To be honest I don’t even remember Partridge

7 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

Anyone who signs Dave Partridge, Marcus Stewart and Michael Bridges in the same window shouldn’t be in charge of transfers 

To be fair if I remember right most fans were excited by these signings

And for those watching don’t forget your matchsticks for propping your eyelids open

Don’t forget “being brave”

I’m not usually a manager basher after a game and this is something I’ve been thinking about for a while and what concerns me with Manning is the way he talks in his press conferences and if that’s the way he talks to players he doesn’t come across as aspiring at all.

 For me being a good manager is more than just having a good coaching methodology. Character and passion to inspire your players to want to run through walls and work to become better players and a better team. A tough comparison but you look at the truly successful managers like Klopp, Guardiola and Alex Ferguson, they all ooze passion and charisma. Manning just doesn’t seem to offer any that the fans can see and bond with that players also would. Nige obviously isn’t in the same league as the names I’ve mentioned, but I believe his charisma, personality and attitude had turned around a club that was slowly heading back to league 1.

I so want a manager character to go along with his or her (why not) coaching know how.

Mangotsfield United are replacing there main pitch with an Astro pitch