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I agree. Was going to start a similar thread myself. My doubt is not necessarily just around Pearson either. I know he has a very difficult job on his hands and that he has done a great job behind the scenes in terms of bringing everybody together, but I'm starting to have a little nagging doubt around what is happening on the training ground. What really frustrates me is that whilst performances have been slightly better than last season (lets be honest, the only way was up), after 28 games and a pre-season behind him, I STILL have no idea as to what sort of team we are trying to become. What do we spend each day working towards? You look at most teams in the Championship, and you know what you are going to get whether it is high intensity, high press, physical/direct, looking to moving the ball through the thirds etc.....but City under Pearson, I STILL have absolutely no idea. It's like it's just left to the players. We are just so passive. It's still seems like we are going out with no game plan at all and no long term direction of working towards a consistent way of playing. I'm by no means saying that this should be in place now, but there should at least be some signs of what sort of team we are trying to become. How can you even recruit properly if you don't know what you want to be? Pearson has stated on a number of occasions that he see's himself as somebody who "Manages people", and not necessarily someone who coaches. That concerned me a little the first time I heard it. The team have lacked direction and intent on the pitch for so long, so with the same people coaching (other than Fleming), we probably shouldn't be surprised that we are seeing the same failings on the pitch.

Bakinson is one of the only “Passenger” type players left at the club and the sooner he’s gone, the better. Nothing worse than seeing a player seemingly “shattered” and unable to track back/get goal side but suddenly seem to find their legs when attacking. You’ve got to be exceptional to get away with that, and he definitely isn’t exceptional. I can’t believe his team mates let him get away with it tbh.

If we had another Semenyo on the other side, who could gain so much territory with ease, take opponents out of the game with his running, brush full backs aside, we’d be laughing. 2 years ago when he came on in a home game, I slaughtered him because he looked disinterested....but this season, he’s one of the few positives for me. He’ll go on to better things if his mentality is right. Strength, pace, touch. An absolute nightmare for defenders. Well played Antoine ?

It’s about so much more than just watching the game for me, I’d have no interest at all In going and probably won’t until we are back at full or near to full capacity.

LLLDDLLL We've scored what, 5 goals in the last 8 games? Haven't scored more than once in any of them. Have had the least shots at goal in the entire division! It's quite shocking really. What an opportunity we had with the break to regain some confidence, get people fit and mount a push for the play-offs. Wasted.

Yep. I’ve defended him but he deserves everything he’s gonna get after the selection today. Bonkers. Completely bottled it IMO. Signs a quality left back on loan from Chelsea.....Picks Pisano cause he’s taller. We’ve got to keep believing in what we’re doing he said.....

I’m truly astonished if he’s playing Pisano at CB after Tuesdays showing. He looked completely lost and completely uncomfortable in that position. Didn’t know which way to turn, where to be and struggled to deal with the physicality of the Plymouth forwards. And what the hell has Eliasson done wrong?

I’m not quite sure what some people expect from a mid-table Championship team that has just sold over £25m worth of players but I was happy enough with the performance. City completely controlled the game away from home and if it wasn’t for a ridiculous 3 minute spell of sucidal defending, I think we’d have won. Tempo could have been better first half and we certainly lack the threat and presence of Diedhiou but there were some good performances. Bolton defended well and in numbers making them hard to break down. 2 teams make a game btw, some people don’t seem to get that it’s not just City that dictate the flow of a match. Bolton must have committed about a foul every few minutes today. Surprised at some of what I’m reading. Maybe my expectations are lower than others this year.

It's a good point for sure and really pleasing to pick up another away clean sheet. If we beat Bolton (which I don't think will be as easy as some seem to think), it will turn todays good point, into a fantastic point. COYRs.

Seen plenty of their fans on Twitter giving us praise for our football (particularly start of 2nd half) and the fact that we went there for the 3 points.

Wigan have kept 4 clean in their last 6 games. Our goals have dried up somewhat - can't think why! 1-0 Wigan.

Sounds much like our game against them!

Can we beat Rotherham? Of course. Should we beat Rotherham? Not so sure...... Aside from the fact we are usually crap up there, they've taken 4 points from their 2 home league games and 2 of their 3 away defeats were at Brighton and at Villa. Hard to gauge just how good or bad anybody is at this stage of the season. I'd be happy with a point.

I think they'll go up personally. At least SL will have his stadium relatively full for one game in the season.

Apparently we Are playing 4-4-2 but El Abd is at right back? Genuinely feel sorry for the guy, we seem very good at destroying well regarded players.

Well if it is 3-5-2, let's hope Bryan surprises as much in centre midfield as Wagstaff has at wing back. Agree with an earlier post, it would be easy to switch formations with that team which is as well as keeping players fresh, is probably a big reason behind it.

2nd half as a back 4 was much improved. El Abd and Flint looked a lot more comfortable.

Let's be honest, JET's miss (Gaping goal and hits the 1 defender between him and the goal, 18 yards out with time and on his left foot) was almost as bad as Baldocks header. The problem today and for a lot of this season, is not just his misses but the timing of them. If he misses them when it doesn't matter (2-0 up) then nobody cares or remembers but the trouble is, they always seem to be when it matters. Fair play to the bloke, so many players would have gone hiding in the second half but he kept going and kept getting in the right positions.

Strange. Thought he looked excellent on the ball and was certainly bettter than Flint who got given the run around by the youngster they had up front. He was at fault for the first goal but we shouldn't have been playing a right sided player in that position anyway IMO - and to be fair, the pass was inch perfrect.

Quality signing, the type this side has been missing for some time and I guess that spells the end of Fontaine.

Pemberton out? 0% win rate as City manager, how anyone can last this long with our track record I don't know.

Depends if the players are feeling better, poor things. If the day "drifts by without any work going into it" again then we could be in for a right hiding!!!

Stunned to be honest and not sure how I feel about it. Reminds me a little bit of when John Ward went. We wait until there are signs of improvement and a couple decen results before sacking him. Lets hope it doesn't end up the same way. I was beginning to get fed up to be honest but was still hopeful it would work out. It wasn't the results or performances that were getting to me, it was the negativity I felt he was bringing. Team selections, constant concern about how good our opponents were, the limitations of our team and players......he was basically digging himself into a deeper hole.

Not for me. A shiny new Stadium with all the added benefits would have been great and my preference but this is a very good "next best thing" IMO. I won't be at all disappointed if/when we re-develop Ashton Gate.