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Is Sykes injured?
I guess he must be. Because in what world does the worst player in our squad get picked ahead of the best?
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Mehmeti is awful.
There I did it. If he doesn’t perform now, he never will.
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22 minutes ago, Monkeh said:
I disagree with some of this, but that's not to say this is an excellent post,
We've had many managers over the last 20 years, we've had success we've had heartbreak, there has been on constant throughout,
The ownership, when you've changed everything and nothing seems to take you to that next level, then it's time to look at the ownership model,
Thinking purely in business terms, there is a monopoly at the club, monopolies are never a good thing in business,
If lansdown really wants to deliver success, the he needs to leave the echo chamber, bring in new shareholders have more voices on the board,
Only when that happens will the club move forward,
As for manning, he is just lee johnson, the similarities are there for all too see, except johnson did a good job compared to manning
In fairness Lee Johnson was given about a billion pounds. And that’s my biggest fear here…
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2 minutes ago, Fuber said:
Disagree.
His lack of flexibility is purely down to him.
Would be willing to back him if I saw some gears turning, some adjustments - we saw it with NP trying out multiple systems to find what suited the squad.
He's just a crap manager.
I suppose I’d suggest they’re two different arguments. Mine being that it’s not really his fault that he’s been put in charge. I’m not saying he’s not a crap coach, just that he shouldn’t be here.
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In my 35 years of supporting City never have I seen a manager set up to fail quite so badly by the top brass. I said it at the time of his appointment that he’d been dealt a poisoned chalice and it’s playing out exactly as I hoped it wouldn’t.
So let’s try to remember that none of this is Manning’s fault. He took a lucrative job that none of would have turned down and none of us can blame him for taking. I’m sure he and his team are trying their very best.
Fortunately I lost my mojo for Bristol City when Nige was sacked. I saw it before with Cotterill and history has repeated itself. I say fortunately because I find myself really not caring too much about our games, how we’re performing etc. I find it sad I feel like this, but it helps eliminate the problem of the City result ruining your weekend - which I suspect is how many of you feel right now.
But I suppose my main point is try not to get on Manning’s back. It’s not his fault.
I’m grateful for the investment the Lansdowns have made, our new stadium is brilliant and we’re in a really good place off the pitch. But I think we’ve definitely run our course now, and with my very best wishes it’s time they sold up and left. And if they wouldn’t mind taking their mate Bri with them at the same time, that’d be ideal. They’re getting the comeuppance they deserve in spades. Completely out of their depth.
I suppose you could sum up my feelings on them the same way they dealt with Nige. You feel the need to gamble on something new, yeh, it could well be worse, but it’s probably worth the gamble.
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4 minutes ago, IAmNick said:
Sack or keep?
How is that a yes/no question
Like talking to the wife!
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4 minutes ago, willy bedlock said:
I'd rather have little lee back, and that is saying something
Get ******.
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I’m stuck at a kids party. I’m guessing it’s the standard sort of display, but can someone entertain me by telling me how Mehmeti is playing?
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1 hour ago, ashton_fan said:
I have to say when he played for us looked very ordinary, I don't think anyone was too upset when we let him go. Hindsight's a wonderful thing!
Which of the 108 minutes he played did you think he looked poor in?
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Just now, Big C said:
but for every Sammie Szmodics there is a Hakeeb Adelakun
Oh Christ. Another one I’d banished.
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16 minutes ago, Scrumpys Dietary Advisor.. said:
I was thinking exactly the same as the OP
He was never given a chance and I do remember the usual short sighted comments on here from a few saying he was nothing to write gone about, which of course you can tell from 30 seconds on the pitch (3 appearances in total)
At least someone in our organisation had the insight to get him on books but then the usual behaviour kicked in...
108 total minutes in the league.
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Deserved that.
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1 minute ago, LondonBristolian said:
Yes - but if we had kept Szmodics then how would Kasey Palmer or Marley Watkins have got game time?
I had forgotten about MW!
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Good job we never gave him a chance. Not a single ******* chance. Pretty sure he’d be our best player now.
Oh well… I guess, like Ayling, he can’t have been doing it in training.
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The Lansdowns are incapable of admitting they’ve made a mistake, so never gonna happen.
They’ll just try and buy themselves out of it. Again.
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Just now, robin_unreliant said:
He may be a great guy but McCrorie isn't up to much on the pitch.
I disagree. I think he’ll be a fine player.
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I’ve got a positive;
JET has signed for Kidderminster Harriers.
I live near Kidderminster.
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I’ve got the Sheffield Wednesday commentary team. I pity anyone who has the same.
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1 minute ago, ProfitInMyPocket said:
Maybe I should say harmless instead of likeable
Perfect.
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1 minute ago, 1960maaan said:
On the positive side, with that one cross Mehmeti has done more in two minutes than he's done in the previous 45 games.
Edited for accuracy.
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4 minutes ago, ProfitInMyPocket said:
Remember when we used to have one of the best defensive records in the league? Look so brittle now.
Been bailed out by a wonder header by Knight.
We were told when LM came in he wanted to instil patterns and behaviours to the team.
Do the same things over and over until it works. And looks like we've been found out again. Going to be a tough second half, gotta go for it.
Thrown away the high press and endeavour for something we just aren't and won't be. Going to have to change half the squad to play the fluffy possession football.
They are fighting for their lives and putting in what's required. Our season has been over for a while now. No way near the finished article.
When we play the basketball end-to-end high press football and put our opponents under pressure I enjoy watching it. But it seems that the head coach doesn't want us to play that way. He reverts to type with the patterns and behaviours and these are the performances we get. So flat.
Manning is a likeable guy but for me personally his football isn't.
Manning is a likeable guy? Now I’m not going to disagree per se, but he’s pretty low down the list of guys I’d consider likeable.
Nige was a likeable guy, Manning? I’m not so convinced… too robotic.
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Definite foul In the build up there.
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Worth mentioning that when we win, things are all excellent and we’re on a playoff push.
When we don’t win, we’re stagnating mid table and the season’s over.
The truth is probably somewhere in between.
But no one wants sensible. We’re ******* going up!
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Ipswich Town away match thread
in The Havanatopia Match Day Archive
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We’ve gotta be due. Surely.