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POOR OLD ................Ipswich............Ha!!

Lord.......can you please find us striker, who knows how to put a football into a space 24 ft by 8 ft on a reasonably regular basis?   All applications to Ashton Gate Bristol..............Amen 

Conway will eventually become a quality striker, scoring goals on a regular basis, but not yet?   All we lacked today was a fox in the box, but it wasn't to be.  But well played City, you were close, but no cigar?

47 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

I thought we were very very good tonight. Played good football, looked sharp and outplayed a premier league team.

But my god… forwards, stand up. As another poster says, our defence is amazing. Feels like we’re wasting it!

One day we will get it right?  We either seem to have an excellent defence and an ordinary forward line...or we score goals , but the defenders are not keeping clean sheets?   As i say..........One day we will get it right?

52 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

Semantics, or definitions I guess. It’s a shot on target, so it’s a shot.

Let’s not get into the ones that bookies have avoided paying out on that they didn’t class as “shots” 

Quite honestly i am bored of this now.........there really are some sad people around?

8 hours ago, Super said:

I don't disagree with the last bit. My point was if everyone was available he wouldn't currently make Liverpool's bench.

He's waIting for the call from Xavi to save their season!

I  genuinely wish Cotts all the luck in  the world.......and hope he keeps football's   only Vegan football club in the Football League.   What he achieved for that One magical season at Ashton Gate should never be forgotten....because,   for that 2014-15 season we ruled that League!!  It was a great feeling!

2 hours ago, Back of the Dolman said:

I like to think my teammates knew what to do in those circumstances without me telling them.

For betting purposes a header will be classed as a shot on target

So in your football career...up front or at the back....you never once heard someone shout......"Head it"   ?   You realise your unique?   Ha!      Anyway, Whatever, seems like i've started a pedant's paradise?

3 hours ago, 2015 said:

Massive loss for English football imo.

Get him in the England job ASAP.......Before he is snapped up by the hordes who will want to employ him?    Wishful thinking of course?

5 hours ago, MarcusX said:

Are you saying a header isn't a shot?

It's a question of semantics..............you can call it whatever you like.   But when i played football, if a high cross came over.....I never heard anyone shout "Shoot it " ?   

5 hours ago, FNQ said:

You obviously studied him and see things differently then? In his one game for us while learning to fit in with his new team mates, and in addition to making that EFL team of the week, he’s already scored more goals this season than Joe and is now level with TGH, Anis and Harry. He is a better player than what we’ve got and therefore is the type of player that we need. Turn that frown upside down

What frown?.........i was making the point that he scored with a "HEADER" and not a shot........so they couldn't have studied very closely?  I want us to sign him permanently, but am concerned that we might not be able to?

12 hours ago, FNQ said:

Well done indeed.. there’s a lot of midfield talent to compete against up there in the top end of the championship ️. Quite a debut..

They obviously studied his display in detail? ........Apparently he found the back of the net with one of his two shots?   Liquid football?

On 21/01/2024 at 13:44, Sheltons Army said:

Dean Holden off to Saudi as Steven Gerrards Assistant !

Yep  Salim Holden has  sold his soul for the Saudi Riyal..............6 months there,  should set him up for life financially, i hope he manages to find an attractive camel?

17 hours ago, Edgy Red said:

What are the wages like out there?

You need a wheel barrow?

3 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

When LM first jointed I posted a few times that I didn't think JL and BT quite knew what they were getting with LM. 

To a lot of us it was quite clear that in this moment in time, he didn't quite suit what we have here. Others assured me that it could be fine. He would adapt to us etc. 

I think there has also been an element of he didn't realise what we had here either. 

To a certain extent I think he has adapted so credit for that. He's admitted publicly that he's had to role back on the information he gives the players. 

Whilst I wouldn't want to see LM sacked at this current moment in time, I suppose I'm of the view of being quite sceptical about allowing him to overhaul this squad. The squad is decent. It shouldn't need an overhaul. 

My worry is we overhaul the squad to suit Manning and then that still doesn't yield improvements and then we look back and think oh ****, we ripped up a decent squad for nothing. 

You say the squad is 'Decent'?   All that decent will get you is a ongoing mid-table position......unless we take a certain calculated gamble on recruitment, tactics and show some ambition, all we will ever be is a Decent Championship team languishing for ever in a mid-table mundanity.   I believe that City and Manning did plenty of research, and knew exactly what was forthcoming, and am pretty certain they have a cunning plan ( Just like our celebrity supporter... Baldrick?), whether it works is another matter?   LM is here for the long haul, and unless disaster strikes, he is not going anywhere, and i will continue to support him and my club.

Just to let you know, despite what was stated on your podcast, and an Easy mistake to make?     Watford's Asprilla is NOT in anyway related to Faustino Asprilla, the former Newcastle forward............apparently Asprilla is quite a common Surname in Colombia?

1 hour ago, Robbored said:

Of course there have been the odd success but by enlarge signings from the lower leagues fail to flourish.

Btw - wasn’t Scott part of the academy as was Semenyo? - correct me if I’m wrong.

Dave F.....has just told you you are wrong....and then you ask am i wrong? Doh!       

4 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

As a few others have said, the appointment of Manning wasn’t to undertake an overhaul…where have you got that from?  It was to build upon what was here, and improve what was here by “coaching on the grass”.  If you hold that belief, then that’s your interpretation and not what was said, and I’m not talking about the “top 6” type comments, which were wrong.  

Tinnion even commented that recruitment would continue along the path of what they had been working to for the past two years.  There was nothing wrong with the players.  Tinnion said the fans were more than happy with recruitment.  We were.  He wasn’t suggesting ripping it up

Will players come and go?  Yes, that’s natural, but not an overhaul.

So, Manning should be starting to see his methods playing out on the pitch.  Will his on the grass coaching be completely ingrained yet?  Nope, but these aren’t hoofball merchants suddenly being asked to play a completely different way.  They are modern players who have been groomed in academies, they have been taught the basics.  Manning should be fine-tuning.

Nigel Pearson didn’t have 5 windows to recruit what he wanted, he had 4 windows of wheeling and dealing, compromising to keep a competitive squad on a dwindling budget.  This summer was his first window of trying to get players to fit what he really wanted.  Even then he was constrained.

And he left Manning with a good squad to push-on.  That is the key point.  This wasn’t a 2-3 year rebuild.

Manning has come in and done ok, but as it stands we are slipping a bit further away from where we were trending.  That can be recovered though.

Yes a good squad, that was sitting 15th, BUT he did have major injury issues.   I meant more of a tactical overhaul, and not changing the playing staff? , but i do see a number of players leaving in the summer., and players that he prefers coming in.   I just believe that Manning is being criticised by a lot of posters, when more patience needs to be shown?   My assessment of him will come in March/April.  As you state at the end......"Can be recovered though ".....I think it will get better given more time and patience, and as the cliche goes.........I see a half full glass and not a half empty one?

7 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Why did that need to be done? Why should I blindly accept that? There is zero guarantees that tactics and system being overhauled etc will lead to long term success. Why do we have to change to suit Manning? Surely it should be the orher way around?

There is zero appetite from the majority of our fanbase for another rebuild. We've just been through 3 years of that. Manning was hailed as the guy to get the best out of THIS team. 

I do have concerns that if Manning can't get the best out of the current squad which is a decent squad and the best he has ever managed, can he really deliver long term success? 

Other managers go into clubs and can deliver straight away, this was Mannings brief and currently he is failing that brief. 

Of course there will always be comparisons for two reasons, the way Pearson left the club and because there has been no tanglible improvement with better squad availability. In fact it could be argued we have slightly regressed. We're now 6 points off the play offs and that's off of a team that we were above! That's quite a swing. 

You don't have to blindly accept anything? , but i try to support my team whoever the manager is?  Of course there are no guarantees of success, what ever you or anyone else thinks of NP, we were 15th in the table when he left.  I thought NP did a great job in clearing out the deadwood and sorting out our finances, and i would have been happy for him to stay.   But he is not coming back, so i will give LM  a chance, and not constantly moan about things....and personally i believe that after 13 games, it is too early to judge.     Instead  of constantly criticising, I prefer to watch some great football, like last Tuesday, and give the guy a chance?

51 minutes ago, RollsRoyce said:

Who said we are changing our whole approach of playing? How do you know that? That is completely at odds to what has been said, and the expectation that Manning will make a promotion push this season. This is a big change, have I missed something? Apologies if I have, but I have not picked up on this big overhaul. Did Tinnion mention it at the senior reds meeting? 

In any case, what approach brings long-term success? 

If i knew what brought long term football success i would be manager  of Manchester City?   Of course there are no guarantees, but LM is attempting to bring long term success with his approach and tactics, whether he succeeds, we will have to see?   If you have not seen any difference in our set up   approach, and tactics since Manning came in, and took over from NP then I Am not sure what you have been  watching.  As regards overhaul, until there is a summer window.....he can't really overhaul our playing staff yet?

Our system, tactics and style of play are being overhauled for long term success, LM cannot just snap his fingers and change our whole approach of playing overnight?.   It needs some time and patience.  The constant comparisons between a manager who had a number of windows to recruit and one who has hardly had one is irrational.  NP was a great bloke who was poorly treated........but he's gone.

4 hours ago, Davefevs said:

I can’t believe how a couple of Nige-moaners have suddenly become Liam-moaners and Nige-luvvers!  I think they just like to moan about the current!

Some posters on here should apply for the UK Moaning Olympic Squad.  So much negativity and blind criticism.  It is sad, from people who call themselves "Supporters"?   13 games compared to Two and a Half years?  I liked NP, but we have a new manager now, who needs our backing, instead of people setting up their own agendas as to why everything is a terrible failure.  Patience young Jedi's, give it some time?  13 Games is No time at all..... and far too soon for so much defeatism.                 

On 17/01/2024 at 19:18, phantom said:

Walked in past the Atyeo statue last night, I noticed the KFC by that end was closed 

I haven't eaten there in years, but wondered how long it had been closed for? 

I heard that Champ Kind is gonna take over the premises and open a branch serving "Chicken of the Cave" ..........  Whammy!!   Can only be an improvement on KFC.

1 hour ago, bpexile said:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch 

What's Robbie Williams doing in the middle?

4 hours ago, weepywall said:

We visited it about 3 times for a FA Cup replay many years back before penalties decided the outcome..was almost tempted to buy a house there as I seemed to spend so much time there

I went to all 3 of those games, and myself and my mates all thought that Steve Claridge was outstanding for them, and we all thought he would make a brilliant signing for us.............wonder whatever happened to him?  Hmmmm?

 Jordan you really are a tosser.............Rich?, but still a tosser.