Major Isewater

3 hours ago, Simon bristol said:

think we all know the reason why we never manage it.

1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:

The Adam Murphy thread brings into focus once more just how bad our communication is. But it doesn’t need to be like this, and telling the truth doesn’t make you look stupid. Just off the top of my head, how much better would it have been if communication was the following:

Murphy

Instead of:

”He’s doing a long pre season”

Say: (my assumed position here)

”When he performed his medical it was a deal we still wanted to do but there were some concerns - although not ones we expect to be long term - if the players right you take the gamble like Bournemouth did with Scotty. We’re just making sure everything is fully right medically and well then target for him to be fully in the swing of things for next season”

Medube

Instead of:

”He didn’t play due to work permit issues”  (now known to be a lie)

Say:

”For whatever reason it didn’t work out for him in Belgium. However it’s only six months ago that he was a great prospect in Man City’s academy so we’re loaning him to see where he is, and to see if it’s a deal we want to do longer term”

Targets

Instead of:

”We hope to be ten points better off”

Say:

”We want to be around the playoffs. It looks unlikely to happen this season, but it’s not far away in real terms so we expect that although it’s difficult to be top two due to parachute clubs we want to be right in the mix below that next season”

Performance

Instead of:

”Everyone was happy three weeks ago”  and “We played well in 19 of 20 games”

Say:

”The Southampton performance was the level we want to be at, and we probably haven’t been at that enough. The challenge is we need to get there every week and although I think in most games there have been signs, they haven’t hit that consistent level for 90 minutes often enough. And that’s the challenge for the staff and for the players, and it’s one we’ll meet”

Obviously this doesn’t have to be exact, but how much better would everyone be feeling with a bit of truth, professional communication and acknowledgment everything isn’t awesome? It’s not even that it’s a difficult thing to do or makes them look worse!

A job in comms awaits you Sir. 

Totalitarian states. 
Big Brother . 
Lying and doing it often enough that people finally believe it as the truth.

On 08/03/2024 at 13:06, Dollymarie said:

 

Random I know, and probably a bit niche because I’m short! 

I can lend you a few quid til Friday. 

2 minutes ago, Robbored said:

If the Lansdowns changed managers every 5 mins as Watford do - how happy would we as fans be?

It would depend on the RESULTS. 

1 hour ago, PFree said:

Thought I should add a sensible contribution for a change, perhaps we each take one of these along and hold it up when Leicester are giving us a right royal stuffing shortly?

 

‘ L ‘ for Lose? 
‘ L’ for leather ? 
 

On 23/02/2024 at 10:37, TV Tom said:

When I think of Torquay I think of over-turned police-cars, the Nolan sisters and boats !!!!

Reasons to be cheerful , 1,,2,3…

1 hour ago, Galley is our king said:

does matter when you have to choose between the game and your 90yo Mother (mum won obviously).

Header in the 95th ? 

It’s clear that the most successful coaches , Gardiola, Klopp, Ferguson , Clough… don’t /didn’t have emotions. 
Frankly give me Warnock over these identikit AI generated modern coaches. 
Football isn’t Science homework it’s meant to be about romance, hope , despair, derring do, joy and letting off steam in communion with your mates . 
Who dares wins Rodney . 
 

30 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

The only reason I would disagree with that is because the mob we were playing were bloody awful too. Both sides deserved to lose, good for us we showed that one bit of quality in the game and didn't. What that game proved is that had we chosen Luke WIlliams instead of Liam Manning we would be having exactly the same conversations!!

9 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Manning learning on the job  

What a horrific thing to have to admit.

Visons of his coaching manual on his wife’s back. 

3 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

New TV deal will be an extra £2-2.5m I thought. Decent but not ground-breaking.

And as it’s more or less the same for each Championship club it just means that the overheads /wages will go up . 
I doubt we will be any better off and can’t see the club reducing ticket prices so , as we were really. 

1 hour ago, 1960maaan said:

So a big strong, pacy striker , well we know they are ten a penny .

He’s already in the building, Seb Palmer Holding, he will fire us ten points further than this season. 
Exciting times. 
 

30 years of watching the likes of Bournemouth, Luton, Wigan … pass us by . 
Well done Brian. 
 

2 hours ago, Numero Uno said:

Don't forget "Gav" the clown who said we were looking to get promoted this season............................

Who’s he when he’s at home? 

8 hours ago, Harry said:

Yes yes yes. 
That was the bit I forgot to add to my post earlier. 
He regularly takes 4, 5 or 6 touches before moving the ball on. 
Watch the best midfielders in this division, it’s all 1 or 2 touch. Occasionally 3. 
Generally the best CM’s in this league take 1 touch to control it and manoeuvre the ball where they want it, and the 2nd touch to pass. It keeps the play uptempo. 
TGH slows the game down like no CM I’ve seen before. When he does the 1 and 2 touch stuff he’s fine, but more often than not it’s 4,5 or 6 touches. 
It bugs the bloody hell out of me! 

Perhaps he’s under instruction to slow the game down and play the safe possession ball ? 
When he arrived he added positivity to our midfield and his set pieces were miles better than any other player. He was however criticised for his lack of consistency but this is his first full season as a first teamer so it’s to be expected. He’s not the finished product and he’s gone backwards under Manning ( like the majority of our lads) . I still think he’s a good footballer . 
 

3 minutes ago, Harry said:

As @Davefevs will know from our WhatsApp chats, I’m not a big fan of TGH. 
He’s a player with decent technique but I don’t see much more than that. 
He’s not very quick. He doesn’t tackle well (he’s often easily manoeuvred past and resorts to attempting to grab or pull or soft fouls). He often switches off in terms of defensive positioning (there’s been a few goals conceded from this lately). He gives the ball away very easily too often - there’s been a few incidents lately where he’s not played the easy pass in an attacking position and the opposition have broken away and had a chance or a goal). 
His set pieces are kind of okayish. Not brilliant but acceptable. 
He occasionally sees a good forward pass but it’s all too rare and he’s mostly just a very ‘safe’ passer. 
 

Think about this - West Brom were willing to pretty much swap a 22 year old academy product for a 34 year old ageing Weimann. 
I think there were some who suggested that West Brom sold because they needed the money - but what’s £1.3m? They could have made that sort of money up in numerous different ways. 
Ultimately, Corberan plays a high tempo style and TGH simply didn’t fit. Corberan was happy to sell. 
I personally don’t see TGH as a regular in any other top 12 team in this league. Sorry. I think we could have spent that money better. 
He’s not a ‘bad’ player by any means, but he is rather ineffective and just very ‘meh’. 

He has potential but he’s still very inexperienced at this level and the new coach has clearly changed his game and not for the better. 

4 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

For me Conway has fallen off a cliff.

That’s got to effect his game . 
 

2 minutes ago, Loosey Boy said:

Swap with Twine? Would make sense….

How did Twine play today ? 

As the great Maurice Chevalier once sang ‘ Thank heavens for Dickie’s goals ‘ 

I’ve been arguing with Mrs Isewater about watching the football… she says I ought to. 

1 minute ago, WeAreThePigs said:

Boos incoming 

1 minute ago, TV Tom said:

The boos should at least wait until we are losing, it's hardly going to help the team

Why wait? 
 

1 minute ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

https://sports-10.com/bristol-city-v-swansea/

You bastard. 

2 minutes ago, Twizzle said:

Mr Lansdown, there’s no one here,  what don’t you understand? 

Lots of City disguised as red seats.