Fuber

Add Lisa Knight as well.

Director of Communication my left foot.

41 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

No, I would broadcast them live on Sky. Just for avoidance of doubt…….

Their egos would love that.

And I'd love Cooper to shoot them down live on sky in front millions, maybe that would humble them - doubtful, but I can dream.

1 minute ago, Pezo said:

Yep, everyone has raised expectations based on what the execs have said and we are clearly falling a long way short of.

I feel sorry for Manning, a job he wanted, a club desperate for him to do well and a level he isn't capable of.

Don't think it's even that at this stage. He's just failing.

7 minutes ago, Top Robin said:

Yes it was poor, but even amongst the numerous negatives there are aways some positives, and they are:

 - We were not outplayed and looked fairly solid in midfield and defensively 

- We restricted them to a couple of chances (yes they scored from one)

- They scored against the run of play

- If we can improve things in the final third, we will be much better

- we have some decent players waiting to come back who should really improve things.

 

Yet if that was NP today you would have slated him.

Joke.

33 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

Indeed, key point. Manning just does not come across as a leader.

Where do you see the next win Dave? Serious question.

I'm not Dave. But I seriously can't see us picking up anything this month, especially Ipswich nor Leicester. At best a point at Swansea, as Williams seems to have turned a corner.

1 hour ago, Barrs Court Red said:

Behave. 
 

it can’t be ruled out, but they’ll pick up a win or two which will be enough amongst a smattering of draws.

 

If you're actually, seriously, telling that to other posters that with our form being what it is, in a league as unpredictable as ours...?

Kindly say that to yourself. In the mirror.

1 minute ago, Robinsfan said:

"Recruitment, squad-building, strategic decision-making." All of these things mainly done by CEOs and directors of footballs, not the head coach. Where I was leading with my idea is that the club needs to have a general idea and fit to their squad building irrespective of manager. That is what Brighton have and you can see that every time they've changed head coach they've only gotten better. I can see we are attempting that at least now finally catching on late as usual. Which is why I'm fine with the sacking of Pearson and while I'll be fine with the sacking of Manning (if he doesn't turn it around) we shouldn't be signing players to fit a manager we should be signing a manager to fit our style of play and style of recruitment and even as Pearson has left we've been signing players that seem to match what we've been doing the past couple years. Our Project should be bigger than a singular manager just like Brighton, Brentford, and Fulham have all successfully implemented.

I mean sure.

But do you trust our board with the project of that breathtaking scope, decision making, common sense?

16 minutes ago, Robinsfan said:

Posted this in another thread but the one reason I’ll defend the Pearson sacking is because it was the right idea and if come 10-15 games into next season (or this season ends in a disaster) it isn’t working with Manning sack him. We have always been a club that gives managers too much time we did it with Lee Johnson, we did it with Pearson, we did it with Holden. You don’t get promoted off of “longstanding managers” Coventry had their chance last year with the best player in the division Gyokeres and blew it too a team that had their manager for 6 months who was a clear and obvious improvement over Nathan Jones from practically minute one. Same with Nottingham Forest. There’s a reason if you look at how long managers have been in the job in the championship it’s absolutely tiny. It’ll be obvious from the first couple months if a manager has got it or not.

 

It’s obvious with QPR and Cifuentes for example, if you look at the form table since he came in QPR are 10th. Not bad for team some labelled one of the worst in championship if they stay up and get the right signings this summer they’ll be pushing playoffs. Ainsworth would’ve had them 24th. They were and are in an infinitely worse position than we were when Pearson, Johnson, Manning and Holden all got their jobs. So what’s the difference?

That's a point I fundamentally disagree with. It can be an indicator - sure, but much of that then comes down to other skill-sets longer term, I.e. Recruitment, squad-building, strategic decision-making.

Farke (Norwich), Wagner (Huddersfield), Frank (Brentford), Hughton (Brighton), Jokanovic (Fulham), all promoted two-three years into tenures after slow starts in their first seasons of clearing deadwood.

I can't wait to hear Ians mental gymnastics for this one.

Going to be like a yoga knot on top of a pole vault at the circe-de-soleil.

1 hour ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

I’d even have Johnson back over this

What if that was the plan all along? 

Someone hire a plane with a banner. That'll get BBC attention.

On a serious note - I'd love it if Section 82 all wore NP masks.

1 hour ago, MelksRed said:

This club have never heard of Due Diligence. 

Cheapest option all the time. When they spend they then don't give the financial support to take a run at it. 

 

I'd actually disagree in this instance. It's not even the cheap option - there was no logic to this one, so actually just outright ego and stupidity.

14 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

Anticipate a battering here but I’ll post my thoughts anyway. 
 

We should keep him. LM is going poorly - let’s have it right. We’ve lost to three teams with worse squads than us on the spin. Criticism is more than fair and us, as paying and long-suffering supporters, are qualified to give it.

But.

- These are not his players. They don’t suit his style. His one ‘big’ signing in his mould is injured (an ongoing issue here that long precedes LM). He will need the summer.

- The same idiots still own the club. The next appointment will also struggle - they struggle at appointing managers.

- He’s got over 3 years of contract left. So has his assistant. We’ve sorted our money issues, let’s not piss all that money away now.

- This will be the least popular one. We showed some signs of progress today. We nicked the ball high on about 4 occasions, that’s our best avenue of attack and we saw signs of it. I actually think we were the better team today. They scored one set piece, and their keeper had a solid game. Today was better, albeit against a low bar.

 

We’re safe this season. Some will say we’re not but we are. 9 points AND 9 places clear. 6 more points from 11 games will do it. 
 

The problems lie above his head, and until they’re gone, we will always fail at this level. No amount of chopping and changing managers will change that fact. And even if they do finally get it right and appoint a man to take us forward… we know they’ll sack him anyway. 
 

 

Bold I disagree with. We can't take anything for granted in this Division in the slightest. Politely.

8 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

I think you have all completely missed my irony.

I made it clear ages ago I want the Lansdowns to go, but their fan club trot out Tan (who as many have pointed out has twice got Cardiff to the Prem) as some sort of reason we should stick with our clueless owners.

Only just saw this - please put /s next time. 

Just so I don't look like a bit of a pillock.

34 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Be careful what you wish for, you could have Vincent Tan..

You mean actual PL football during an tenure as owner?

All for the flak Tan gets - but he's achieved much more at Cardiff than SL has here in half the time.

17 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

….just joking lads 

He’s absolute pony. Completely clueless 

Get him gone 

You cheeky sod. Made I laugh - needed that.

8 minutes ago, Johnr1986 said:

But why do they want a yes man surely they want a man who is good at his job which tinnion isn’t! . 
If it’s down to wages give me Pearson,Fleming & Euell over tinnion manning and whoever his assistants are! 

But they like Tinnion.

It's become evident over his years as owner that SL prefers people he likes over actual competence. The only time they happened to be both was GJ. Meanwhile Cotts wasn't his appointment.

Just now, Johnr1986 said:

Totally agree why he had so much credit with the lansdowns is baffling 

He's their yes-man. End of story.

Just now, Northern Red said:

You going to do this every week?

I don't mind. More entertaining than what I just watched.

Passion - Gone.

Optimism - Gone.

Culture - Gone.

Feel like sh**, just want Nige back.

5 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

 It the (deservedly so) meltdown on here, but the result today. I couldn’t go, little girl was born 2 days ago, but to be honest I would have been reluctant to go anyway. It was so predictable. Anyone who thought anything else would happen today are deluded.

Some good news at last - congrats Ivan.

If you don't mind I'm going to avoid mentioning football.

4 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

I'd prefer energies were focused on the real problem at the club and it most definitely isn't Manning

He certainly isn't helping. About as flexible with his approach as 4-feet thick concrete.

4 hours ago, RedRock said:

Erm. Is it just me or are things - unusually for OTIB - getting a little hysterical on here? 

Had an excellent game against Soton and decent performances against Premier League opposition in the Cup. So we can’t be that far off. Yes, followed by absolute tripe against two teams fighting for their lives, but some perspective maybe? 

It is indeed frustrating that we have to watch Anis and Harry be given second, third, fourth chances and predictably not taking them. The January transfer window yet again doing nothing to improve us, Tommy’s performance curve flattening out and TGH being anonymous but let’s get to the International Break before we start pressing the panic-manic button.

A win today, point at Ipswich and victories against Swansea and West Brom will do nicely.  
 

Yours Optimistically. 

This is why supporting this club made me a pessimist.

Just better for my sanity, to be honest.

On a similar vein, Monsieur can't spell can toddle of into the sunset, the snake.

Anyone involved in the scheme or the decision to get NP sacked as well. JL for enabling it, etc.

That is all.

We just want someone competent running the show. Step back and let them get on with it.

12 hours ago, cellist said:

He doesn't come across as easy to warm to, and that is exacerbated by the last two results/performances. If he was winning games I dare say we would be warming to him - we'd be saying how ruthless and focussed he was, confident in his own ability, measured, detail orientated, tactically astute, young and up and coming etc. Some would see through it, but football fans will be taken in by pretty much anything as long as the team is winning. But when the chips are down, all the sound bites come across really badly.

To those who say he reads the forum - clearly not enough or he'd have dropped the word "behaviours" from his vocabulary by now!

Not sure about that. Didn't work for LJ. For me at least. 

Bullsh** is Bullsh**.

1 hour ago, Barrs Court Red said:

I thought he looked miles away when he’s played - which is fine, he’s a youngster.  
 

So a loan move to play more mens football is good, however I don’t think the ways he’s been thrown in, and then dropped like a hot potato wont be great for his mindset. Especially as Medube looks like no obvious improvement. 

I actually thought his work rate and pace were an asset, and unlike Bell he actually has some proper acceleration to beat his man.

He's 17 - this smacks a bit of how Morrell was treated imo, especially when we're low on wingers no the former is out for the season.