One Team

2 minutes ago, sglosbcfc said:

Dear Nigel

Sorry to write again so soon, just wanted to update my letter -

Three of the worse teams in the division have now beaten us, the manager is throwing players under the bus and the players are fighting among themselves....please, please come back.

Love

Jon

So are fans. Literally. 

**** me what have you done Lansdown. The world was yours and you ****** it. 

Just now, Mr Popodopolous said:

Yeah the togetherness has disintegrated. The togetherness of team, fans etc together off it, the cohesion on it.

Agreed mate. Literally people fighting each other at the final whistle. It’s shocking and all on Lansdown. 

Record listeners tomorrow. People are pissed off.

He looks and sounds like a PE teacher who’s been asked to do double maths. 

**** off you charlatan and take Lansdown with you. 

We are absolutely ****** right now. At the end of the game people were literally at each other’s throats arguing about the position. Any togetherness we had under Nige has eroded. 

I’ve seen enough. Go. 

Might disrupt the Welsh getting here?

26 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Good album Fevs!

24 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

 

The prodigal sons return?

I can see the social media video now, “Unfinished Business”! 

45 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said:

Would SL move JL aside if he felt he wasn't achieving enough for the club?

LM shouldn't be stumbling anywhere! Is it LM's plan or BT's?

BT should hold his hands up and admit he got it wrong…I'd have far more resect for him if he did that, and JL too

Weirdly it would be a way of getting back some credibility and support from fans; that is, if this continues that Manning leaves and they admit they got it wrong. Not that I’d trust them to replace him with the right person mind you! 

I don’t think many people would expect much, if anything, out of the Ipswich game mid week but tomorrow and the next home game against Swansea are crucial for Manning IMHO.

Win both and he will win some favour. Lose one or both but play well and perhaps some muted discontent and praise. Lose one or both badly and it will be quite toxic.

33 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Even Ian Gay said give him until October. Don’t know if it was his own opinion or the inside track from Tinnion, but that interview makes me think the endgame is closer than many suspect - he clearly is under pressure from somewhere, whether that’s internal or from reading the forum etc and reacting who knows.

Re STs I will be renewing come what may. Yes, I’m a lemming. But it was my club before it was Lansdowns, before it was Tinnions, before it was Mannings and it’ll be my club when they’re long gone. 

According to Lansdown it’s his club! 

Seriously though completely agree with you. We will be here long after those muppets have gone.

5 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I think I posted pretty early in his reign that we hadn’t done due diligence on Liam, nor he on us. Everything that’s transpired since confirms that appears to be the case. We saw young progressive head coach who plays youth on the tin - but it was mislabelled.

Essentially he can play one way. He needs his players to do so. Even then it appears he struggles when other managers counter him.

That interview yesterday, even if you ignore the “1 in 20” was very red flag territory. Even if he adapts the rest of the season to the squad, he’s going to want to go to his way in the summer - and we don’t have the funds for a total rebuild - so we’ll have wasted the next 12 and be back where we are.

It’s a total mess. We have a coach who doesn’t fit the squad who has got the job based on a two month run of form with a squad set up differently. We have severe doubts over whether he can make it work long term, and he appears naive in game.

The question is this: If you accept he can’t get it out of this squad, and needs his players, are you prepared to give him the 2-3 years and significant funds he needs to fully reshape the squad (with no guarantee he’ll get it right)? Or is it cheaper, and better, to admit you got it wrong and bomb him out?

Great post! 

Just now, Northern Red said:

But they're not, are they?

Sorry how do mean?

17 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

Don’t like his approach at all. But comes across like someone who knows that even if he finishes 21st he will keep his job. 

Yep, he knows he’s safe with Lansdown whatever happens this season. They are in for a shock if we lose Saturday and then again against Swansea. 

2 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Point taken though that seems to contradict him saying he wouldn't change the way he works. There could be a subtle difference I suppose.

Agreed on Piercy, he's excellent.

Wish he’d replace GT.

So much to unpack there and thank you @Silvio Dante for the summary. 

Some seriously concerning statements from Manning for me, particularly the rose tinted view on how things were, not being adaptable and always right and “makes me laugh” comment.

He won’t be laughing if we lose against Cardiff. 

21 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Heyyyyyy. I’m on Monday.  Apologies in advance!

Good to hear Fevs some sensible balance rather than the RobinsTV output of late.

Given that we booed Marlon Pack and Aden Flint, two club legends in my opinion as part of that double winning team, I fully expect Fam to be significantly booed. 

And there we go, scores the equaliser. Not good enough for us though!

1 minute ago, Barrs Court Red said:

No doubt asking for tap water. 

Having checked with Tinnion first!

22 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Goal Yeboah!!

Through on goal, rounds the keeper and slides into an empty net 

Is that Manning and Hogg at the bar with their back to him?

Great start for the lad!

Under Nige I thought we were starting to see some development of an academy player into the first team.

Has Manning actually played him? 

13 hours ago, REDOXO said:

Pearson turned Semenyo into a 12m premier league striker. There was a bloody thread on here pages long about how he wasn’t one

He gave Scott his debut and nurtured that kid to a 25m windfall

He turned Pring into a first team player. Improved his engine and stopped loaning him out

He resurrected Vyner from nowhere.

Turned OLeary into a championship keeper with stats as good as anyone
 

He took on a club bloated with crap players got rid of the shite and gave contracts to those that were any good. 
 

 

He brought through and gave debuts to countless of our youth team and got shot of those who were never gonna make it. All the while being staved of the money LJ pissed away and facing a points deduction. 
 

Most know it some want to rewrite history. However it’s exactly what it is history. Here we go again a Lansdown whim on finding a young coach with no experience with players in this division let alone at least one maybe two with a premier league winners medals. 
 

Its all so Bristol ******* City. 

This post needs to be pinned to the home page for future reference!

1 minute ago, Mendip City said:

 

A strong character who knows the game and knows what he’s doing… it’ll end badly. 

GT has had Lansdown on toast before!