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Not this old chestnut again! NO. You need to up your medication as you're starting to hallucinate and behave irrationally.

Whilst I understand there are issues with JL & BT's inexperienced handling of club affairs, at this moment in time replacing C3PO with Andy King now would bring the club back together short term and sell more season tickets which is ultimately what the club are always aiming for. I except that I, & many other fans are far from happy with how we are being run but in the immediate future it simply isn't working out for the current coach. The player recruitment will go ahead whoever is in charge as that's part of BT's remit. It would be foolhardy to think a preseason will change our fortunes dramatically, it won't. Yes we are under invested but there is nothing to suggest that the current coach can step up and affect and improve our current standing as a football club. Its as simple as that.

Er . . . You would've thought so wouldn't you. Look no further than Pearson, Alexander, Rennie, Fleming & Euell we had it in place. SL even appointed Pearson, so what's gone wrong that we end up with C3PO as someone aptly named him and some bloke with a laptop.

I understand your sentiment but broadly speaking we continually change direction just like a listing ship. We go from an experienced manager and coaching team to a Number two then a head coach arrangement then back to an experienced manager and coaching team then a Number two only to go back to a head coach arrangement again and that's after yet another experienced manager. Its as if our owner and board of directors don't know what they're doing. You can only rinse and repeat so many times before finally realising you keep making the same mistakes and people lose interest. A major overhaul is needed. Something has to change.

Manning's in way over his head. The signs of unrest with the players are there. I've said before, Andy King will transform the club and get everyone pulling together. BT & JL will still be in charge of player pathway & recruitment. Nothing would change there. In fact their ideas would work better. King is intelligent, articulate and has done most things in the game. The most important attribute he has is respect. I just don't see the experienced James or Wells for example, being told what to do by someone who's done nothing in the game. The worrying signs are there for all to see. Sporadic performances, mixed messages, the hardly inspiring jibberish gobbledegook. He has to go.

I watched it all through . . . Well, most of it, I think. I did doze off three times. He is just so uninspiring. He's a cross between Keith Millen and a library book attendant.

I would imagine no one thought of that. Its not on the back of the fag packet which is why its not there. Of course they could use that 36 inch ex rental Granada TV set that's stuck on Babestation. Because of its size seeing any tit action might just have to be what's currently on view on the pitch.

It IS a real concern. Everybody has their own viewpoint, mine is I think he is in way over his head and he knows it. Football isn't a game of chess, its a game of passion, skill and determination, its an entertainment business. Ultimately, those are the ingredients that will bring supporters together, increase attendances and matchday revenue. I really didn't see much of that yesterday. Some of that was due to the dreadful way swansea have in sucking the life out of every game with their possession at all costs borefest mantra. Ask their fans about 70% possession but no shots on target and how satisfied they were. These so called "modern" methodology favoured by all these new up and coming coaches is really flawed without the correct players to play it. I am coming to the conclusion that on the occasion where we play well it is in spite of his tactics rather than the proper application of them. I just cannot see how he can inspire the players. Where is his passion? Others on here that are far more knowledgeable than me can see it, so why can't the club? We now meander to the end of the season, yet another reboot or "he needs a pre season" or "he needs to get his own players in" I just can't buy into it.

With him still in charge it has the feel of the tiny penis era, nondescript. At least with "triffic tone" you could smell gas, this guys so bland you can't smell anything. If you want a reduction on attendances then this possession based borefest swansea style that he alludes to will do it quickly.

A win is a win, to stop the rot. Front foot football? Nope. Something positive in that I did see some influence and in game management from Manning in getting us to be a bit more aggressive in the 2nd half. Lack of any penetration and creativity in the forward areas is a continual theme though. However swansea's continual posession bore fest really doesn't fill me with any enthusiasm for what is instore for us if Manning gets his way. Sykes and Roberts made a difference when they came on. Mehmeti continues to frustrate though. Ball watching and a liability first half & not releasing early enough, to having a big influence 2nd half. There is a player in there.

Not filling the subs bench does limit your opportunities. I am astonished that this goes on. I thought this was basic coaching. There are plenty of good players out there that could do a better job in the short term than some of the youngsters, and you have to include Mebude in that list who seems unable to free himself from nerves.

Only time I saw Ashton Gate La Bombonera style was when Roberts scored in the last minute in the playoffs and the Dolman visibly moved.

Has to be a much improved front foot performance and a win to halt the slide. Nothing less. I am asking a lot but having put up with so much 5hite with top six squad bull from the top, behaviours and being turned over by by dross. Yet again I will be looking at his in game management. I am looking for passion, purpose and motivation. All words that you wouldn't associate (currently) with our head coach, but if he reads this on OTIB, I hope he has a word with himself.

Surprised Colin resigned. Panto season doesn't start for another 8 months or so.

Exactly the point Dave & others far more knowledgeable than me like Silvio Dante & Spudski have come to the same conclusion. He's just not the right fit. The performance last night was probably more down to the players will to succeed rather than his coaching credentials and when he had the opportunity to apply them, he didn't or couldn't. A summer transfer window won't make any difference, it will just make it worse.

It all points to poor in game management yet again. He may blame the players for not making the right decisions on the pitch at certain times but not deploying Roberts to help Pring or use the experienced of Andy King is mind boggling and niave. Again to set up yet again with two subs short is also crazy even if it was a couple of U21's the squad experience would be immeasurable. It is yet another indication that he is way out of his depth at this level. I remember Cotts doing it to spite the owners for being rebuffed on signings before shortly getting the Spanish archer. One can hope.

I glazed over with an umpteenth "behaviours" several months ago. I find his press conferences as inspiring as the players listening to his prematch team talk. He would be far more interesting if he was talking about 2 - 6 -0 bogies and getting the latest numbers from Didcot railway station.

With clueless in charge I just cannot see anything other than a home win.

Math Withers is usually very supportive & looking for the positives but if even he is seeing exactly the same as the rest of the fanbase then one would hope that the club's hierarchy are seeing it too. For me, its the players, they are not buying into this Manningball ethos. Without this belief, how on earth can they perform on matchday? Who knows he might be successful elsewhere but one thing's for certain he will not be a success here with his one dimensional without a forward line textbook methods.

I was booing the hapless twit, not the players. He's the problem and the reason we HAVE to get rid NOW. The players simply are not buying into his methodology. It can only go one way and that's why he has to go NOW. Performances have dipped and we are starting to fall away with this worrying trend. There is nothing he can do to affect this slide, so in effect, as a coach he cannot inspire others and do his job. We've seen it before with LJ towards the end of his reign throwing subs on in the hope it will turn & now we are seeing the same signs like we train the players and its up to them to express themselves. So he's already starting to blame the players. What folly it was in trying to implement a complete change of playing style mid season, that shows how inexperienced this bloke is. Manningball is DEFINATELY NOT the quick front foot pressing game that BT advocates. He is way out of his depth. Its gone beyond who gave him the job in the first place, Manning & Bristol City just isn't the right fit. Accept it and move on. The important thing is to stay in the Championship. Get shot before its too late and get Andy King on a caretaker capacity until the end of the season and review it then. Overnight the fanbase & players will unite and we will all start pulling together again and get out of this mess.

His taxi fare

It isn't a good idea. He's out of his depth, lost the players, in game management at this level is poor. League 1 is his level. In general, City fans are level headed but most can see right through his bluff & if the fans can see through it then I'm damn sure the players can.

Let's hope for Manning's sake as much as everyone else that there is a debrief meeting today and we have a similar outcome to when we last played Cardiff and it will be all hail the new king, Andy King, until the end of the season. That would galvanise the club and fans and get the collective spirit back into the club which has been eroded away since his unfortunate appointment. All of the negativity towards the hierarchy and more importantly Manning would dissappear overnight. That's the only logical outcome.

That's Manningball. He likes his wide men to play on opposite sides so they can cut in and be more dangerous. It also allows the one forward to . . . er take a pass at 100mph or receive any pass with his back to goal. It also means that the said wide player carries the ball with his favoured foot on the INSIDE making it easier for the opposition to tackle. That's clever and no opposition coach would pick up on that.

This is what happens when the owner takes his foot off the pedal and takes advice from his son who's only credentials are that he's the son of the owner, nothing more and that also includes the loans manager/part time chief executive. I can't understand why he couldn't leave the football side to the experienced team he employed in the first place. It would leave him to concentrate fully on the Sporting Quarter development and ultimately selling. He must regret the decision to let his son make important decisions now.