TV Tom

8 hours ago, Fordy62 said:

In all the years Nothing I’ve ever seen of Phantom would ever lead me to believe that he’s in any way a bull shitter. He’s a forum stalwart and if he says something then it’s either true, or he’s mistaken. 

What I will say however is the influx of new members who appear to share the same down trodden opinion of Nige is bizarrely coincidental - almost like something is going on. 

The paranoia on this forum is getting worse.

Judging by the the people i spoke to on Saturday the majority seemed in favour of Pearson going but were appreciative of the work he had done, there are many many City fans out there who have a different opinion on the Pearson saga than some on here seem to have, accept it.

9 hours ago, BCFCGav said:

It is a good read, that forum of theirs. Dickie (via QPR), Atkinson, Sykes, Manning… it’s lovely to be the poachers, not the poached

 

Throw in  O'Dowda as well

3 minutes ago, One Team said:

Personally I think the arrogance is in the board room rather than here on OTIB. It’s there where they believe we should be a top championship club and getting promotion. 

And what’s wrong with that ?  

2 minutes ago, Evs said:

The Kieran McKenna who was at Manchester United for about 5 years including 3 as assistant manager when they finished second in the Premier League before moving to Ipswich so its a slightly more impressive CV than 2 years split between MKD and Oxford. The Lansdown's have taken a huge gamble and it feels very much a yes man appointment but as Nige says lets get behind OUR TEAM.

McClaren has been in and out of Man U for donkeys years but has done **** all as a manager

9 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Depends how you wanna look at it. Rob Edwards had never managed league 1, McKenna had never been a manager…

Carrick, McKenna, Schamacher,  Dahl Tomasson, Rosinior to name just a few have all done relatively well in their first managerial posts 

9 minutes ago, stortfordred said:

Surely some mistake. Rather have Kasey Jones. Already got a song for that appointment:

Kasey Jones hootin  and a rollin

Kasey Jones you never have to guess

When you hear the tootin on the whistle

It’ll be Kasey at the throttle of the Bristol C express

 

Some would probably say that we've already got "fireman Wally and the rest of the crew"

3 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Someone who is a clear upgrade or an equivalent level to NP but younger.

Manning is younger but has a lot to prove.

So you don't have a name then

1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Not knocking Manning, good luck to him- he'll need it!

This is underwhelming though. Albeit not unexpected.

Who realistically wouldn't of been underwhelming in your eyes ?

Excellent news, well thought of in the game, looking on their forum the Oxford fans to a man are gutted, time to rally round and get behind our new bright young thing.

Oxford are to us what we are to Bournemouth, their fans must hate us

1 minute ago, cityred2000 said:

Opinion would definitely change. Taking a risk and it paying off has to be respected - however it's exactly that, a risk, which means if it doesn't work then they're going to be up for a lot of scrutiny!

We've been watching dross football for about five years now so i'm all for taking a risk  

We have a new odds on favourite with Manning at 8/11,  Lampard at Evens

I'm ready for the out-rage on this forum because whoever the board appoint the majority on here will be against it and will drip into melt-down again

1 minute ago, TDarwall said:

I know the stories about transfer disagreements but I'm not sure that's the whole story.  

I was massively excited about the Coppell appointment, but right from the start, something didn't seem right, he never really seemed up for it. The fact that (as far as I'm aware) he's never managed since, suggests to me that whilst falling out with SL may have been a contributory factor, in truth, Coppell fall out of love with the managerial lark.

Everyone at the club and all the fans were badly let down by Coppell

3 minutes ago, glynriley said:

 

You're a bit late mate...

Haha, serves me right for not reading the preceding 45 pages of drivel  

19 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said:

Frank says relax 

Frankie goes to Withywood

Just now, TV Tom said:

Still 6/4 with Skybet which is a massive difference, obviously the bookies are as much in the dark as we are

Apologies, bet Victor is 6/4, 1/4 with Skybet

2 hours ago, Nugget said:

I know they keep changing but must be a fair wedge betting on him as hes favourite now at 1/4 

Still 6/4 with Skybet which is a massive difference, obviously the bookies are as much in the dark as we are

22 minutes ago, Rob k said:

20 years ago it might have got hostile but tomorrow will be just like any other game these days. Quiet. Not a criticism either, just the way it is now.

20 years ago and more we were smashing the windows of the old players changing rooms under the Williams if we weren’t happy!!!!!

No more heroes ?

3 minutes ago, Capman said:

I wonder if there will be any kind of protest against the board. There is a lot of anger online but we are all being very Bristol like about it. Complain on the forum but don’t actually do much else. 
Would be nice to get a minute’s applause for Nige at some point at the game or maybe a silent protest against the board at half time. 

I remember the windows gett

4 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Hard to establish credibility after a comment like this.

Plymouth at home a few weeks ago? Win at Swansea?

Not sure how often you watch us, but this is a fairly stupid remark.

Relax, it was said slightly tongue in cheek

3 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

He didn’t “buy” him.

He was a free agent.

It was a mistake though & a player I would have preferred had never played for us.

However even Alex Ferguson signed a lot of duds in his time & when compared to LJ (how long a list do you want?) or even Holden’s brief spell (he signed Chris Brunt, who was arguably worse than Simpson) it was very minor.

I read an article recently regarding Man U's worse ever signings and Ralph Milne came in at number 4, some real dogs below him as well, AF said that Ralph was his worst ever signing  

Just now, Sir Geoff said:

Except he didn't buy him did he.

ffs, ok, he signed him he didn't buy him 

7 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Ratified by Lansdown. Nige or any other manager cannot just go and sign the players they want to without Steve knowing or approving. Your moral ownership argument is shown to be questionable so you blame Pearson but the Owner gets away scot free. Steve was totally conned here and had no say in the matter....is that correct? He could easily have said "I understand why you want to bring him in Nige but you need to go and find a different experienced player I'm afraid".

I give up 

3 minutes ago, johnheadbcfc said:

Millwall away this year for me

Had a good day out that day, football was usual poor fare but result was excellent