wendyredredrobin

Well done Reading.

Being only 4 points off the drop zone, I'm expecting Blackburn to come here and park the bus for 90 mins and might even get a goal against the run of play. We will probably have 70%+ posession and be unable break them down. My money is on a boring nil nil draw. On the other hand, as we have nothing to play for, other than to perhaps sell a few more season tickets, we might go completely against the grain and try to play some attacking entertaining football, but I wouldn't put money on it as it doesn't mention playing that way in the FW coaching handbook. The only certainty is that we will bring on substitutes at 60 minutes irrespective of whether we need them after 20 minutes, 45 minutes or not at all because it does say that in the FA coaching handbook. I am a little concerned that our back line looked a little shaky without Rob Dickie last time out, so not sure if that can be fixed - perhaps by swapping Roberts and Pring. Who do you play up front? Conway, Wells or both of them?

Do you think we might see Mebude today or was he just signed to make up the numbers and waste a wage on?

If we can beat Leicester and beat Plymouth, then we ought to be able to beat Sunderland. That probably means that we are going to lose then.

Are you sure that's not what they are using for the team bus? Sorry, meant to be quoting the horsebox picture

Perhaps the loan was a pay per minute played deal and after forking out £44 we didn't want to pay any more. Seriously though, it does look like a very odd signing. Possibly not fit enough for the championship or not showing any desire or commitment in training.

It's hard to add up the debits and credits when you have to count with 6 fingers.

First time I ever watched City was at Home Park. Can't remember if it was December 67 or December 68 offhand but it always stirs the memory when we play there. In typical City style, having played extremely well to beat the Foxes on Friday, you can be sure that we will **** it up against the Pilgrims on Monday. Hope I'm wrong and we will see a repeat of the Leicester game though I don't want to see Plymouth relegated.

Ah, I guess it was his first home game then as I didn't go to away games in those days.

Not sure about that but I do remember a similar picture with him and Frankie Prince. I remember Gerry's first game for City when he broke into the team as a youngster. Not often you see a youngster hit the ground running like he did and he was good enough right from the start. He had a lot of great attributes as well as being a destroyer in the middle of the park, he also had a bit of skill, could pick out passes and popped up with quite a few goals too. My favourite player ever to put on a City shirt by some margin, even though there have been a lot of other excellent ones over the years.

Can't believe that we haven't sung that one a few times already TBH.

Sorry, I pressed quote rather than edit.

Well I don't think Mehmeti and Cornflake are any match for the likes of Semenyo or Scott, are they.

It should be, but it won't be. I'm afraid we will be stuck with the cockwomble for the duration. Sell all our best players, replace them with dross then sack an experienced manager who had the support of the fans and replace him with someone clearly way out of his depth. Well that's a £1,000 worth of season tickets that won't be renewing here - and how many others are feeling the same. The club is going backwards and I can't see any signs of this changing for the foreseeable.

Can't honestly say that I am looking forward to another game of Manningball and what will probably be our 6th defeat in the last 7. That said, these are the types of games we seem to do better in so we will probably defend for 90 mins and score in the 5th minute of injury time to take all 3 points.

Whether we ever get a DOF or not, I would like to see someone who understands how to create and score goals as opposed to the 11 behind the ball, defending and keeping it tight at the expense of ever going forwards mentality that we currently seem to have. If this continues, fewer and fewer people will want to pay to watch a mid to lower Championship side playing this style home and away week after week, especially if we end up in a relegation scrap or even worse next season. Our finances will not improve either as we have now sold all of our crown jewels and have nobody left that anyone else would want to pay good money (or any money) for. I'm not sure I've seen the club looking more like a rudderless and sinking ship for a very long time.

Same old. Same old. We need to hear something different and do something different after losing 5 of the last 6. I think Bernard Manning could probably do a better job. Not renewing our season tickets unless he goes. Nobody in their right mind would pay to watch this horses**t.

About as much chance of that than of a meteor dropping on The Mem, I'm afraid. People don't want to watch their team losing every week, especially when they are playing Manningball backwards, sideways hoof up the field and give the ball away for 90 minutes.

Not possible. He used the word 'passion'.

Bill Shankly always told his players to play their football in their opponents half and Brian Clough told his that football is a simple game - all you need to do is score more goals than the other team. I wonder what Liam Manning tells his players because either they don't understand or it's complete bollocks. The words excitement, entertaining, forwards, flair and unpredictability are probably not in his vocabulary.

Whilst we probably have enough points not to be troubling the bottom 3, based on current form, that might not still be the case by the last game of the season. The only thing that makes this unlikely is that those in the bottom 3 are unlikely to pick up many points either. Unlikely or mathematical scenarios have happened before though, like the time the Sags were dumped out of the football league

It's the last 6 which is worrying me: LLLLWL And I fear we could be crucified on Good Friday. At least there might be a chance of a Resurrection Easter Monday.

Who knows if Mebude is any good as we've hardly seen anything of him. Surely he can't be any worse than Mehmeti? It does seem an odd signing though if he isn't deemed good enough to play even if we are probably only paying his wages. Maybe the lad is a flair player and we haven't managed to coach it out of him yet.

Whilst Birmingham sacked Eustace we appointed Useless.