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I'd not return to the club for a while if that happened. He is one of the reasons we are in this position, with ffp from his signings. Also his tenure for as much as there were highs, the lows were really bad

He wouldn't come here though, he would wait for better offers than Bristol City

Yeah seeing the names of Robins flying about is hilarious. Why would he leave Coventry for us ? We aren't that good and nor is our squad. I don't see much changing in the long run by sacking Pearson, it's just putting a plaster on a sinking ship

It has also been mentioned that the World is flat by a load of nutjobs, that doesn't mean it's true. You mentioned the autism in a comment about his fidgeting on press conferences like it was a 'thing' when it's not even relevant. What's relevant was what he was actually saying which you chose to ignore and instead make a nonsense reddit type accusation towards our Manager. This board isn't toxic either, posters debate and discuss. I found your comment a bizarre thing to say so I called you out on it, it's not personal. To be honest I find your whining quite nauseating to say the least, you make it seem personal when it's not.

If a player is already thinking of playing elsewhere with a year left, it's pointless pursuing with playing them if their mind is on different things. I find it hard to believe they will want to put 100% into playing for City incase they fear of picking up an injury which will effect a future move.

Accusing our Manager of autism is beyond weird.

It's difficult. When he took over our defensive line was basically camped in its own 18 yard box, we were very deep but this was a big issue as it was effecting how poorly we were going forward. NP has tried to push us further up the pitch and in doing so it has made us more leakier than we would have liked, but on the attacking front we've been far better than when he took over. NP has failed to get a balance so far, I can admit that. The problem is we were because we had no choice, we were a very poor team and had little creativity, so opponents had the run of the play for most of the matches in 2020/21. Like i've said on previous posts, we aren't far away, we are probably 1 or 2 players short of being a decent side at this level.

Stop going then if you are fed up with the results so much. Pearson wont be going by the sounds of things he's planning on the long term and has probably already had discussions with SL about the summer ahead. For the past 40 years this club has bumbled between lower half of Championship and the top half of League 1. We have had a couple of good seasons within that in this League which have cost us in the long run financially. In those times we have constantly fired and hired managers and it eventually led to relegations on every occasion (1995, 1999, 2013). For once this club needs stability due to the financial position it is in so in the long run we reap the rewards, sacking NP would absolutely throw everything up in the air regarding finances and contracts. We have to simply survive in this League whilst being restricted by FFP. Can you seriously name any other Manager who would come in and be able to stabilise this Football Club right now?

I'm out of likes, but words never so true. The decision to appoint Holden at that time has set this club back about 5 years. The whole culture at this club was totally wrong at the time.

You happen to pick out one point and ignore the context. What I was basically saying is although we are not getting the results we deserve, we're not far away, it's small tweaks like individuals making mistakes rather than the whole side playing below par. The Championship is very close and most teams are evenly matched, consistent wins in this league is very hard to come by for the majority (Luton have been the exception to this rule). If you cannot see the progress in our performances this season then I would say you may not go to many games.

Totally correct. We are a better side than we were in February 2021 (Doesnt take much) just haven't been getting the results. We aren't getting hammered in matches, just players making mistakes at crucial moments. I don't think we're far away, a player or 2 missing in our side from being a top half team.

Honestly it was absolutely dreadful. I cant believe we managed to even get some wins in that period. Huddersfield at home I'll never forget was probably the luckiest win i've seen a City side have. The very basics of coaching is coaching a side on how to keep the ball and pass it, we couldn't do either. Ok injuries did not help but the players we had were still more than capable. The coaches were out of their depth

From November 2020 - February 2021 it was probably the worst football i've seen from City since we were relegated in 2013. Literally a bunch of no hopers who could barely string 2 passes together come the end of that bad run. Even having 50% possession in a game would have been an improvement.

HNM - 0 Goals and 1 or 2 assists? I know that's not his only job, but a midfielder of his talent must be showing a bit more than that. Even Nagy grabbed a few whilst he was here. Bags of potential but has never showed anywhere near enough consistency to do well here. Obviously thinks he's too good for City and this level (which he is not). See ya HNM.

Yes, the reaction was over the top and emotional after a disappointing result. What he said about Atkinson was not that big an issue really. Pep has called Kalvin Phillips too overweight to train in the media today, which is far worse and from a world class coach. Then there was the overreaction about how 'rude' NP was to Ali Durden. Another bizarre overreaction. If City want to change as a club we need to get away from this softy softy approach we have to everything and we want players who actually want to be here, so if Atkinson isn't pulling his weight he can rightfully be dropped and if Massengo isn't wanting to sign a contract he can do one too. The club needs to change and that includes the impatient and entitled fanbase

Cry me a river

Great news. He's been very good this season with Conway and if he has reduced his wages just to stay then that says a lot about his character

Nice bloke don't get me wrong but it's because of appointments like Holden that we're in this position in the first place. We really should of at that time gone for a Manager with higher calibre but went for the easy option as per usual

Yet I keep reading on twitter that Holden 'did ok' during his time here as Manager. It was god awful and we could barely muster a shot on target most weeks after our lucky start to the season. Again, a point I made the other day - he fits the smiley smiley happy go lucky kind of manager a lot of our fans want.

They won't lose fans or support, it will just be a case of the super wealthy attending matches and a load of social media influencers. The average fan will just stay at home, sadly. It's what they've wanted for years.

Very interesting. It's not a popular opinion but I genuinely think Infantino could potentially do more damage to Football than Blatter ever did and comments like we could host a World Cup in North Korea backs that up. The guy is obsessed with being in the spotlight and one of his bonkers plans are bound to happen at some point. Just leave Football alone as it is, it doesn't need any more tournament changes.

Popularity by 30 second videos that went viral mainly during the 2018 world cup by doing his silly 'salt bae' routine. How shallow and sad. Also found the 'organised fun' that FIFA had pretty much arranged for the awards ceremony was corporatism gone mad. Just give them the trophy and let them get on with it, why does it all have to be so organised

We were not a very good side in 1986. Previously England didn't qualify for Euro84 and were abysmal at the Euros in 88. English football in the 80s was still obsessed with physicality and height rather than actual technical ability. We were long ball merchants and a long way behind the rest of the World. I'm glad we lost to a 'little squat man' in 1986 as we were never good enough to win the World Cup back then.

Maradona was an absolute genius as well, probably now only 2nd behind Messi as the best ever. The worst thing about England fans are the ones who still go on about Maradona in 86 and can't appreciate his utter brilliance as a footballer.

The culture of a club is massively important to any club and its success. You only have to watch films on Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Brian Clough to acknowledge this. It's not just our fans though, it's within the club - the ownership, the board, the media department. It's all been very cushy cushy for a long time and a club which has been alluded to by FBC podcast as 'pleased with itself'. I massively agree with that quote. So now we have a Manager who calls players out, has called things out at the club for what they are and is slated for it. NP has acknowledged that there are things within the club that are going to need to change in order for the club to be successful in the long run. Realistically we were never going to push on this season in terms of our own issues with ffp. However this summer coming will be a huge overhaul of players leaving and potentially being sold. I think sacking NP before all of this takes place after overseeing this group of players for 2 years would be a huge mistake. The reality is this club was a total mess when he took over and stabilising us into a position where we can still be a Championship team once we are in a better place financially is the most important thing. I have no doubt we will survive this season by the way.