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2 hours ago, petehinton said:

It’s not been great, but I find it slightly insane if there are people who genuinely do want him sacked right now. 

209 people Pete, that’s a lot of insane people then! 

I’m not saying I agree BTW, but I do understand why people feel that way. 

Lose against Cardiff and it will only get worse for sure. 

54 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Who were the guests? I'm not familiar with them?

My manager, your manager… 

48 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Who were the guests? I'm not familiar with them?

Not sure mate, think I’ve heard one before. 

All sounded overly positive and unbalanced to me. Focussing on next season ignored the here and now issues. 

Anyone listen to last nights? 

The presenter started to talk about topics on here and mentioned people messaging in, but then the two guests ignored all that and started talking about next season! 

Without GT you don’t seem to get anywhere the same level of analysis and discussion. 

1 hour ago, Alessandro said:

Admirable defence of Tinnion, somewhat against the tide, which might tell you something…

Personally I’ve always liked him, but does that mean I appoint him CEO? Absolutely not.

The manner in which he has found himself in this position, absolutely stinks - jobs for the boys of the highest order. 

Does that matter? Well, no, not if he is a brilliant communicator, experienced leader, top negotiator, experienced in business or accountancy, or a former top level player or manager - he is none of these. Not one.

What he’s shown himself good at is working with young talent - that’s where he should be IMO, i’d very gladly have him fronting the academy, scouting players and fighting their cause.

But he can’t do that anymore because he’s buying players that block the pathway (Twine anybody) to save his own bacon.

When I watch him talk in his role, I cringe. It’s awful. The poor guy is out of his depth again (dejavu) and again this will end in failure - will the Lansdown’s ever learn?

I’m sorry “nice guy” isn’t the one fronting the club, negotiating our transfers and building the blue print for promotion. The reality is he is a strawman for the Lansdowns who’ve proved themselves incapable over 20 years of getting it right.

I might going early on this, but there we go - I said when we appointed Holden it will set us back years - Tinnion in this role will set us back more - he will be fired or demoted long before we ever see the premier league and any replacement will need sometime to put it right. And that’s on the Lansdowns more so than it is on Tinnion.

To be fair to Holden he was cursed from the moment he was announced with those ******* posts in the background!

48 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

I'm no happy clapper by any means, but this post smacks of you thinking we should win every game we play.

In what way? I'm just stating what I observed from where I stand, and on those two occasions in particular it's been toxic. 

44 minutes ago, Whitchurch said:

It never gets “toxic” at ashton gate anymore 

I guess that depends where you are in the ground. In the singing section it was pretty toxic for the Boro home game when we went 2 - 2 and at the end of the QPR game last week. 

6 minutes ago, Jose said:

This the same section who unbelievably had a banner for him a few weeks back? 
 

Our fan base as a whole is soft. Always has been, always will be. 

They did, but they also didn’t hold back their disapproval of the QPR game, which is where the in fighting and arguments came from. 

I am sure the S82 lads can distinguish the Anfield win from the current situation. 

45 minutes ago, luke_bristol said:

Perhaps Premier League winner Andy King just isn’t up to learning anything…

Great example, how on earth will someone like King perceive comments like that. 

I appreciate you don’t have to have played professional football to a decent level to be a manager, there are quite a few positive examples, but building a team and culture is surely a lot easier if you can lead by example and experience. 

9 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

Club won’t sack Manning, even if we lost every remaining game. This guy for some reason will get the Scott windfall to spend when we had a more capable manager in charge already. I was hoping if we sacked Nige we would have gone for a proven coach at this level or Europe, think Manning is just an easy, cheap option which allows our former manager and player to make the decisions. 

I’ve said similar elsewhere, I get the impression we could be relegated and they’d stick with him. It will be incredibly toxic at games way before that though so Lansdown may find fan reaction too much not to pull the trigger by close season. Personally I think losing against Cardiff might be enough, and certainly Swansea as well. It was bad enough after the QPR game! 

Just now, Sir Geoff said:

Thought he'd list the dressing room during the Millwall game tbh. Players arguing with one another, never a good sign.

Fair point mate!

8 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

Comes over as I'm clever, you are not. Feels a bit like Tinnion's "look into my eyes" moment. Take some responsibility man. I suspect quite a few of the players are seeing through the B.S. now (and I don't mean Bristol Sport!).

I know what you mean, he comes across as having a superiority complex, that he knows best and the players aren’t doing what he wants. Can he have lost the dressing room already?

Just now, redsquirrel said:

its not your comment, its the thought of the fans giving him a hard time.

i find it amusing and thoroughly deserved. 

Ah right apologies I misunderstood you. Thanks mate.

FWIW I have heard the point as fact from as good a source as you can get. 

3 hours ago, One Team said:

His club legend status is waivering for sure. He doesn’t go to away games now due to the grief he gets from upset fans. 

@redsquirrel care to elaborate on what’s funny about that comment?

1 hour ago, Dr Balls said:

Lose both the upcoming games against Cardiff and Swansea and this forum will go into meltdown!

By the end of March we could be in that dreadful situation of hoping that we will get just about enough points to avoid relegation and that there are 3 worse teams in this division. Given our recent results against teams near the bottom, I really wouldn’t fancy us in a relegation scrap with Manning in charge. “Mr Motivator” he is not!

Not just here but the ground as well. 

Lose against Cardiff and it’s toxic. Also lose against Swansea and we’ll be calling for his head. 

2 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

He’s a ****.

Pure and simple.

At no other club would someone who had shown complete ineptitude when managing the club be rewarded with a bigger role. He thinks he’s bigger than Bristol City - you see it in the Liverpool celebrations. You see it in his Twitter interactions. Hes not a club legend. He’s a man who was paid handsomely and didn’t want to move house because his personal circumstances wouldn’t allow it.

Brian Tinnion cares about one man. And his name is Brian Tinnion. He showed it in his manoeuvring post Wilson. He’s shown it in the last few years. If he loved the club he’d walk away and admit that he’s incompetent.

But he won’t 

Because he’s Brian Tinnion - club legend

Ian Gay told him so.

****.

His club legend status is waivering for sure. He doesn’t go to away games now due to the grief he gets from upset fans. 

Who are we talking about? Manning? Tinnion? Lansdown? Maybe Downsey?!

Just now, Lew-T said:

Naismith on comms today sounded like a man that won’t be here next season.

He certainly didn’t hold back!

I thought that he was very critical of Manning. 

7 minutes ago, Street red said:

Maybe around that west Brom game i can't quite remember the time scale of when could of been before but he definitely said it.One of the interviews at the training ground I recall.

I thought it was on the radio post match after the Cardiff defeat. He was asked about his position and was very candid.

11 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

I don’t think Pearson would consider coming back in any circumstance - I’d be surprised if he managed again actually, seems content to relax.

I think he would if Lansdown went. 

I jokingly said when Nige was sacked how it would be amazing if he completely replicated his Leicester days and came back after a change of board and got us to the Premier League. 

Highly unlikely of course but also the biggest **** you ever. 

8 minutes ago, Street red said:

Just remember what Pearson said in an interview "They can get rid of me but things won't change" That always stays in the back of my mind.

This is a Nige quote that isn’t quoted enough. We know enough of Nige to know exactly what he meant by this. 

I said earlier in the week lose against Cardiff and expect a toxic response from the fans. On the back of this it’s a near certainty.

That interview is awful. No accountability at all. 

Just now, westonred said:

Pathetic performance again what does Mehmeti bring to the side  ?

A lot of people have praised Manning for playing him, but maybe Nige was right after all?

1 hour ago, JackofromSanJavier said:

For any City in Lanzarote ATM, Justin will be showing the game live at the Owl and Pussycat in PDC this afternoon. Take a phrasebook as it'll be full of Northerners, mind!

Good that, although I think The Dolphin Inn in Costa Teguise is the best football bar in Lanzarote, guy who runs it is superb!