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9 hours ago, The Saturday Boy said:

Twistin by the pool - Dire Straits

Snooker Loopy..Chas & Dave.

On 22/11/2023 at 13:44, Davefevs said:

Failand Inn after training finishes?

Dave i haven't read much on here on your view on Manning. i can see your keeping your powder dry but beside the fact that it was shit that Pearson was sacked, do you think he's a decent appointment?

Not talking about the next 5 or 6 games or weather he gets a couple of quid in January do you think he's a good fit?

2 hours ago, downendcity said:

Can't think why they are going up the leagues then? 

Beesands pitch in the South Devon League is very much like that, maybe not quite the slope .

If you had the misfortune to play there in Jan or Feb it could be a ****** freezing with spray coming in from the sea.!!!!!

1 hour ago, ralphindevon said:

And guaranteed Premier League champions.

I would swap Plymouth Parkway for Buckland Athletic (Newton Abbot) I went to watch them yesterday, they’ve come from next to nothing and now have a great set up, excellent clubhouse with good food and drink. And they won 12-0 

Played against Buckland back in the day at their old ground Homers Lane. they even held the Herald Cup Final there ( South Devon League) for a few years.

1 hour ago, ralphindevon said:

And guaranteed Premier League champions.

I would swap Plymouth Parkway for Buckland Athletic (Newton Abbot) I went to watch them yesterday, they’ve come from next to nothing and now have a great set up, excellent clubhouse with good food and drink. And they won 12-0 

Millbrook seem a tad out of their depth having shipped in 76 goals in 12 games losing the lot!!!!!!

8 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

First thoughts are that a home defeat against Cribbs is something of a surprise.

I saw from the team sheet that it was quite different to our usual U23 line up.

Any particular reason, or was it an U18 as someone suggested earlier?

No surprise really if it was an u18 team. Cribbs in the top 6 Southern league south .

Is Obviously the new You know.?

Any score update?

33 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said:

Baseball, basketball, american football, football you name it I watch it. Idk what my nationality ever has to do with it but gets brought up enough. Probably the insecurities of old blokes who have only ever gone as far as Benidorm or only deviate from football when the darts are on  and yea uncle ain’t a bad footballer I’d probably listen to his opinions over 99% of this forum 

As for you Joe give it a rest, coming across as looking down your nose at people **** all wrong with Benidorm or Darts.

Don't make yourself look a ****.

Thing is Liam Manning is going to be our Head Coach for at least 12 months. He will only be sacked then if were in the bottom 3.

So arguing about his selections and style of play after 3 training sections and 1 game is madness.

I'm a fan of Nige loved his honesty and integrity but he's gone,let's give the new guy a chance.

It's gona be a long ******* season on here with the bile being posted let alone long season on the pitch.

1 hour ago, Renaissance Williams said:

Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones

Third finger left hand...The Pearls.

1 minute ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

But that wasn't the conversation- you just created it. It wasn't about how much LJ spent v LM- it was about track records. Check the exchange- if you want to discuss LJ's spending v LJ then just repost one of your previous. LM has spent nothing yet and I was discussing Liam.

Really? So if someone is 100% negative regarding the club, the owners and the new Coach - I should let it go? Nope- ain't gonna happen but , hey, get yourself a few likes.

NP has gone. Get over it/yourself and welcome Liam Manning.

good god you think i want a few likes? you haven't seen my thoughts on Manning.

Carry on mate pretty sure i'v made one comment on Pearson's sacking.

Feel your boots and check it out,you seem to have a history of that.

2 hours ago, Offside said:

Killed By Love - Alice Cooper

Killing me softly..Roberta Flack.

10 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

At some point you may really shock people and say something positive or perhaps even relevant?

Time you let it go .Getting as bad as fans craving Pearson coming back.

Unless you really enjoy these petty spats?

Came across pretty good to me. 

Anyone that thinks were getting top 6 this season or Lansdown,Tinnion believe that are in cloud cuckoo land.

Unless it's a total disaster the man's here next season.

The year MK got to the play offs i can remember their last league game that season. Away to Plymouth with Argyle needing to win to make the play offs.

MK won 6/0 or 6/1 at Home Park with a master class of football.

If  Manning can bring that style of football to Ashton Gate that would be something to look forward to.

1 minute ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Schumacher at least has a promotion on his CV and a good start to Championship life. 

What does Manning have on his CV? 

That's my point would you have accepted him before he got his side up? Manning could well do the same this season if he stays at Oxford.

Then is it in your mind acceptable ?

16 minutes ago, ray savino said:

Know very little about this guy but need to give him a chance obviously. Let’s hope the powers that be have really done their homework on this one and he is the real deal. I liked Nige for his forthright views and whilst the board probably won’t admit it, I reckon some of those things will have hit a nerve with them. They might show a bit more nous going forward. 

I always said in previous posts over the past year that I could see Nige being the person to steady the ship, put some foundations back into what was becoming a mess of a club after the Ashton / Johnson / Holden regimes. But it seemed more and more clear that he was never going to be able to work with the current ownership longer term.

Over the last couple of weeks, despite liking and appreciating Nige, I was kind of glad he was going, more to do with that fact that it was plainly obvious that he was never to be given a longer term deal. What I am also glad is that this really puts the onus on the ownersip to own their decision and recruitment decision in this case. I don’t wish them to fail, quite the opposite I want it to be a blinding success. It might show that they have really thought about what they want for this football club for once. The proof as they say is in the pudding, so let’s hope it was all lip service to the fans.

I was never a huge LJ fan. He was a decent coach, but the fact that with probably more financial backing and support than any manager since I started supporting City since 1966, his teams always seemed to blow up by the last third of the season when in promising positions. I was never convinced with his apparent man management particularly it appeared with some young players. Nige did appear good at this aspect. Also I got the impression that BT wasn’t particularly aligned with LJ and their views of young players development. 

So is this Manning guy another Johnson Mk 2? Well he’s young and can put a PPT deck together, and has a nice turn of “modern” football phraseology for a start. However, where I think it is very different at the moment is that he is not a known personality to Lee Johnson. It all felt a bit too comfy cosy with LJ and SL and to me, to the detriment of the professional decision making in the club. Manning is coming here with no Bristol City baggage and just the reputation as a promising coach.

As someone else said, Eddie Howe had to start somewhere, likewise Corberan, McKenna, Carrick etc. Just maybe for once this bloke might be the fit for us at the right time.

And that final thing is that classic saying, right person in the right place at the right time. With most managers at our level, there is a bit of hoping all the stars align at a club for them to be a good fit. Let’s hope this is the case with Manning because I want to get back to feeling like the club really does have a tangible plan. As much as I was disappointed about the nature of NP’s dismissal, I do think we’ve got to give the guy a fair chance. Has he got to get promotion this season? Don’t be daft, despite the stuff the board said, that was just a load of PR  guff to justify the Board’s decision to the fans.

I’ve actually come around to the idea that this might be an interesting appointment, and he’s got plenty of time this season to show what he can do with this squad of players. 

One final thing. What do people think of the chances of SL loosening the purse strings and getting in Twine as our playmaker on loan in Jan, with a view to a perm at the end of the season? 

Great post. Amazed how many are against this appointment.

Seems a lot are finding it hard to get over the treatment of Pearson. I never wanted him sacked but he's gone aint coming back.

How many would take Schumacher now? A lot i would imagine but the same people would have turned the nose up 9 months ago.

Manning seems to me just what we need now, could go tits up , usually dose but hay let's see what the man has got.

May not be an exciting appointment but i'm not disappointed with it.

Looking forward to hearing what he has to say.

4 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

I’d like Robins. Zero chance of that tho. 
 

I fear we’ll end up with Rowett. 

Of the likely contenders Eustace is growing on me. Young enough will have confidence in himself to do a job.

Unlucky to be sacked by Brum so has a point to prove.

One choice for me.

Gary Megson.

Pick up the pieces ..Average White Band.

7 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Will we? 

I'll be behind the football team. He'd need to win me around on his own merits and not look to take credit for the work Nige has done here. 

IF it is Eustace, in my mind there is always going to be the suspicion that he was part of the process that saw Nige kicked out of the door.

 

You think? why would he do that and in what way was he to partly be blamed for Nige's sacking?

Would you think that for any appointment?

anyway good luck John you will need it as head coach of our club.

There is no doubt whatever has happened you start with a clean slate and 99pc of our fans will be behind you.

Unlike the disdain most feel for the owner.

13 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

(Sigh) It was an analogy.

How the eff do we know whether Eustace is good or bad or better or worse than Nige before he's even appointed? 

It's speculation. It's bitterness. It's silly.

If he has the job then he's our Manager and should have at least one game before spleen venting.

IMO ( and that of James Piercy) BCFC are a very attractive club and a really great opportunity for the new man. It seems like some think the football world should shun the job in sympathy for Nige.

You know that it really has nothing to do with who's appointed. Most just gutted with Pearson getting sacked,ok not you i realise not you.

As for the new manager be it Eustace or no i'm quite prepared to give the new man a good 30mins to impress .

7 minutes ago, Finley_Smith10 said:

 

So not a done deal then?