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Zero added minutes, that’s unusual. Decent referee keeping it flowing and decent football too.

He’s superb isn’t he? £8.5m bid from Lazio last month, Plymouth valuing him at £20m. Plymouth look really good.

He’s superb! Got our mention in already too!

Definitely needs to be a museum. I get the point of a digital archive as well but these things need to be seen for real. I wonder if Cotts and Nige will feature in it?! One of the best things on the clip though was seeing Scott Davidson and how well he looks these days.

I agree, and Manning was Tinnion’s appointment, but if he (LM) fails then I’m sure Tinnion and Lansdown will distance themselves from it.

Exactly this for me. We’ve had it in fairly recent times with GJ and Cotts and to a point with Nige under Gould. We couldn’t be further from it at the moment though, in my opinion. Whilst Premier League football would be nice for a bit I’ve actually felt more connected to City in league one than the Championship. Success is great of course, but being part of something meaningful is as good if not better. If we can get that connection and win trophies fantastic!

We also needed to sack a manager with proven success of getting promoted to the Premier League and replacing him with a young, up coming coach who….. on hang on…

I think that’s true actually and representative of most football fans. Thinking about fans of other clubs I know I think we’re relatively patient with our managers actually.

I know what you mean, I find him the same. His interviews are a tough listen for me; he speaks quickly but says little, but ensures he throws in modern coaching phrases like “behaviours” and “principles”. Away from football this style of management is always tough to engage with; straight talking leaders are often the best. Quite what footballers make of it I don’t know, and if it gets results they and we won’t care either. I get what you mean about Nige, quite often I would be hanging on every word as it meant something, even when things weren’t great.

You almost get the impression that’s above the entrance of the HPC!

Well said, lots of fans still don’t get the difference between S82 and the singing section. There are even some groups in the singing section that don’t like S82 at times.

A good post and I generally agree with you but I think they will back Manning regardless now. He’s their man and having made the decision they did they certainly won’t admit failure. Remember LJ (the previous version) took us on our worst run in our history and they still stuck by him with most wanting him out. I could see us flirting with and maybe even achieving relegation and they would still back him.

Some really good posts on this thread, particularly from @Silvio Dante and @GrahamC. The OP is perhaps not the most articulate way of positioning the point but it’s still a good one for me. Likewise I’ve become disengaged since Nige’s sacking. We all saw Lansdown for what he and the situation was and I hope no one forgets it. They’ve jumped the shark for me now though and all that togetherness we had under Nige, even when it wasn’t great, has all gone. I think it will take a change of ownership and leadership to get it back for many fans now.

Agreed and we had a togetherness and an ability to grind out a result. I see none of that with Manning. It’s his possession, behavioural, principle led football that is proving really tough to watch a lot of the time.

Who said on Radio Bristol it’s all about the summer now and planning for that. Great!

Exactly. Sack Pearson for supposedly football reasons and we’re in the same position.

Completely agree, outclassed all over the pitch, thoroughly disappointing game and yet another league loss.

I can’t stand either of these clubs but what a game last night especially the second half. Wolves 1 - 3 down until the 85th minute grab a second, score a sublime goal in the 95th to get the draw only for a Man Utd teenager to grab a winner in the 97th! Whoever you support you live for games like that.

Opening song for the next FBC mate?

Scotland football fans adopted this didn’t they? TBF it does fit perfectly: Oh, yes Sir, Dire Mebude But I need a certain goal Dire Mebude, bude bude, all night long Yes Sir, Dire Mebude If you stay, we can't go wrong Dire Mebude, bude bude, all night long

Knowing Nige like we do laughing I would think as he knew exactly what was going on and what would happen; as did we to be fair. It’s all a bit jarring but Max Bird is a good player so no denying that I think. The deal is another interesting one. Is loaning back to the clubs our new strategy of getting deals done? Not sure where all this leaves the academy now, maybe it’s complimentary. The going back on loan approach is clearly a risk but there is less chance of him getting injured with them than us!

Completely agree. As exciting as this may well where does it leave players like Yeboah?

A really random signing this one! Who knows could be just what we need!

Game sold out now. How many they bringing?

That’s a good shout Rich it’s less busy there and less boisterous!