AshtonGreat

There were some good players in that squad

I don't think he's dull or lacking in confidence. He just needs time - admittedly JL etc haven't made it easy for him with their comments. And I'm not worried that we'll get relegated. NP only managed 12 points in his first 15 games and we stayed up. There are worse teams than us in this division.

Well yes, true – I think we can expect a lot more of that!

Closely fought game away to a team who are above us. We played pretty well second half and could easily have got a point

4 actually

Just a reminder that Holden won his first five games in charge - look what happened to him

My point is that you can't really compare Manning's first five games with Pearson's last handful, as there are so many other factors involved - one of which is that Manning has barely had any time with these players

You disagree?

Pearson also had two and a half years in charge. It's not a fair comparison

No, I agree. I still have high hopes that LM will bring some good times to this club, though

For the record, I don't think we'll make the play-offs, and I don't think we would've under Pearson either. I was just making the point that it's hardly a crisis

Five points off the play-offs

He's only been here a few weeks

We still lost them

I think it was five. And they included a home defeat to Stoke and a loss to Cardiff as well

Pretty sure Pearson lost five out of his last seven didn't he?

What I mean is, I don't think it's fair/logical to compare Manning with Pearson so soon

Not really a fair comparison though

Fair enough, but it's an illogical reaction in my opinion

Not yet he isn't

Am looking forward to it. I have a positive feeling about the new guy

What is there to be critical of? He's only been here two minutes

I'd say that's not unexpected considering what's happened over the last week or so, and would definitely put that down to the players rather than Manning. I'm optimistic he'll start to stamp his authority pretty quickly

At least he's got a bit of zest about him

Yeah he seems like an impressive guy. Am looking forward to his tenure