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Ease the pressure? No, not really, if anything it’s worse as the losing run continues and Swansea becomes a huge game. Granted it was an improvement over the previous three games.

If you take all the emotion and relationships out of it I find it amazing Lansdown can’t see what’s been common in the successful managers of the last 20 years. Still he thinks the way to progress is a young up coming manager who is, perceptually at least, a yes man.

That last paragraph is worst case scenario for me. Give him the summer, spend some money only to then sack a few months later and we go into yet another rebuild. If we lose Sunday we may be better off replacing before the summer and starting again then.

Other fans seem to perceive him as the English Pep in waiting. He may well be successful at some point; it just doesn’t feel like it will be with us.

Is the Swansea game the turning point then? A positive performance and a healthy win and we don't look back? Or another loss at a whimper and an atmosphere more toxic than we've seen in years? It feels to me its going to come down to that. The following games are harder for sure and whilst there isn't really such a thing as a must win game, this feels like one.

Post of the night for me, one for FBC @headhunter I think!

It was certainly an improvement on Saturday and we played well at times, but lets not kid ourselves, the concentration and defending was woeful. We were out done second half by an in game management master class from McKenna, a coach of the like we can only dream of right now.

I'm not sure I'd ever say this out loud but I have this season wondered if Mark Ashton wasn't actually the problem.

I am as critical of Manning as anyone but that was an improvement on Saturday against clearly a better team and manager. Second half we played reasonably well at times, but defensively clearly was woeful. For all that though 4 losses on the bounce is dreadful. Lose Sunday and the Ashton Gate crowd will make the decision for Lansdown!

Yep, another loss but they don’t see the issues.

A masterclass in coaching and in game management from McKenna though, after a poor start the subs changed the game.

FFS! We are so Bristol City!

Superb from Sykes and lovely from Tommy. A nice **** you goal that!

Oddly this is turning into Mehmeti’s best performance.

That’s why they are near the top, absolutely lethal.

Great play and goal, well done lads. We did say it’d be so Bristol City if we won this!

What you get with no egg chasing on it!

Don’t forget the principles!

There is a Mr Munnings in Trumpton, close enough?!

So Pring has an injury he has to manage?

Same as Saturday?

Indeed Fevs. I have been very reliably informed he was.

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It wasn’t him on his own but he was a key part of it.

I can’t imagine anyone would want to see us lose 7 - 0, but even if we did I don’t think they would sack him.