ashton_fan

He was definitely limping but didn't want to come off, maybe that's why Nige wasn't happy

Best start in Div 2 since Bristol City in 1905/06 when we won the league with 30 wins in 38 games .. according to Sky

Tins had always said he gets on well with Nige, I think this is just guesswork at play and shouldn't be taken as gospel

I like Nige and can appreciate the ways he has improved the club, but if I was in SL's shoes I'm not sure I'd give him a new deal at this point, I'd want to be more certain of our league position towards the end of the season. Team results have been inconsistent and although we moved up to 8th with our win yesterday we were close to being 16th or 17th had Coventry been able to shoot straight, it's too early yet to envisage where we're likely to end up. There's no reason to rush since Nige isn't a young up and coming manager who other clubs are likely to poach or tempt him away, he's generally seen as difficult to deal with. He's not improving his chances of a new deal by talking to the Press about perceived incompetence at Board level, that usually only ends in one way (I think it may have been affected by his recent illness). If he wants to stay it's quite simple, if we're still in say the top 8 in March then I'm sure he'll be offered, say, a 12-month rolling contract but if we're entrenched in the bottom half as in previous years then I think SL will go for a change. Although most people on here want him to have a deal now, that's on the back of a win, if we'd lost yesterday then that would have been four defeats in five and opinions would be different. I hope he does well and is given a new deal, there's no point in changing for the sake of it like they do at most other clubs, but we have to show we can challenge in the top half at least.

It happens. Most of my mates who never missed a game when they were younger stopped watching football live long ago. Usually due to family commitments or some just prefer a game of golf on a Saturday. They'll still watch matches on TV but that's about all.

On reflection I think he scored the equaliser to make it 1-1 before the second own goal after City had dominated possession following Millwall's early strike. I think Cash was in goal as you said.

Gordon played in this game in 1966

I remember him playing at Millwall in that game where we lost 3-1 and scored two own goals (Merrick and Rooks I believe), embarrassing it was on Motd but Spiring scored our goal and had a good game from memory putting City back in the game at 2-1 with ten minutes or so to go, then they scored a third walloped from about 20 yards.

This is old news, has been discussed on here and in the Post a few years ago

Isn't Jon making his own fortune with a property business in the Bahamas? Would you give that up to come back here so you can get given stick like his dad has done on OTIB?

We were stuck in League One when he took over, now an established Championship team, he wants to sell the club due to his age, he needs to ensure he can hand over to a new owner in an organised way as he can't go on forever!

Hindsight's a wonderful thing. Most of those appointments looked ok at the time and were welcomed by the fans. Virtually all managerial appointments end in failure at some point in any case.

I remember what it was like before he took over, stuck in the 3rd division, 10k gates, hardly any young players coming through, stadium falling apart and no decent training facilities. This is the first time we've been established at this level since the 70's, gates have doubled and we have brilliant facilities. Some people have short memories.

I remember not so long ago when we were in L1 we played our final game of the season there when they were celebrating their promotion to the Championship and I envied them

Not everyons thought it was that obvious: REDOXO Members Posted 19 hours ago Yes the nest egg comment came across to some like it’s he his building his own nest egg. A bloke with a couple of billion really doesn’t need to build it for himself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re the nest egg I think SL's looking at the longer term. At his age a serious health issue can happen at any time. The club currently relies on him buying shares worth say £15m - £20m to balance the books each year, he can't give more than a certain amount due to FFP rules. Say for whatever reason one day he's physically unable to run the club then I imagine Jon would take over on a temporary basis until a new owner is found (that's why SL is already looking) , however I would be very surprised if Jon would be willing to sub the club millions of pounds to keep it going like his father has done. The club has to able to pay the players wages for this interim period without any help from outside potentially, if it can't then a points deduction and probable relegation would result (as happened at Wigan, Reading etc). Hence the need to reduce the wage bill and have a "nest egg" to pay the wages for, say, a year or so until other arrangements can be made. If he spent say £5m on another player the nest egg is considerably reduced and the wage bill will go up by about £20K per week (£1m per annum). I can see the logic, everyone else is thinking about the here and now whereas he's looking at the big picture/longer term.

Steve L's comment about the nest egg clearly related to the Club's finances not his own, he's already got more money than he knows what to do with! It's funny how when we won NP gets the credit but when we lose it's SL's fault. We've always been a selling club, I remember Chris Garland being sold to pay for the Dolman in my early days of watching City, you can't stop players moving if they want to play in the top league and we need the money to balance the accounts.

Looking at their summer signings they should be doing better, Daniel Johnson usually a thorn on our side, not taking this one for granted

Looking at the Burnley forum seems he did ok. Described as 'lively' 'can pick a pass' 'can tackle'

It may be because the software for OTIB has been updated and a parameter has not been set correctly? Otherwise, you could try compressing the photos so they are smaller files, there seem to be loads online but some charge for the service, this is an Adobe one that I think is free although you may need to register (I haven't tried it myself): https://www.adobe.com/express/feature/image/resize

We defended pretty well but were a bit wasteful in possession and didn't make the most of some promising situations, could have had a draw with a bit more quality. We seemed scared of losing the ball and were making rash passes, not at our best I would say.

In the games I've watched Leicester are prone to giving the ball away when playing out from the back so we may get some joy there. One advantage we always have is that fans of other clubs always expect their team to beat City, regardless of our league position!

Looking at that game we were about the same position in the league as we are now but the standard of football is much higher now, probably due to better pitches and facilities, there is so much more money in the game now. The only thing that's probably worse is the atmosphere!

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. At the time I can't remember people saying we shouldn't give all this money to LJ, there were times when it was close to working and we were in the top six, who was to know at that time that COVID was around the corner and that we wouldn't quite make it? SL gave us a chance but it didn't work, doesn't mean it wasn't worth trying

By the time someone gets to interview it means their overall record is better than most of the other candidates (who don't get interviews) so at that stage the person who does the best interview generally gets the job.

LJ has never gained promotion but never been relegated either so may be a good fit for this one. Managed to keep us up when he first came and things were looking a bit dire.