Marina's Rolls Royce

Just now, bexhill reds said:

I think his old man was a fairly regular itk  poster towards the end of his time here

Yep- he was a regular and good chap- never got involved even when Wes was being slagged off in Vyner fashion.

Just now, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Ridiculous shout. Burns was a squad player when he left and to be honest was a consistent league one player let alone the level above. He’s got better as he’s got older. Fair play to him. 

2 minutes ago, Wade Wilson said:

Sold him for £400k though didn’t we? Cheers Mr Tinman, what a deal. 

In 2017 BT has about as much influence on who got sold as the tea lady. He was pretty much derided by most on here- not good enough etc.

2 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Oh dear.  Burns made a difference

You've never said that sentence before

1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Haha, if you want to live your life through peoples reactions you carry on mate

3 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said:

Anything less than a win and the thread is very much alive!

I guess it is for all the face palms about 7-0 !

1 minute ago, Fordy62 said:

We’ve gotta be due. Surely. 

New to City are you?

Come on you Reds.

You know you can keep it to less than 7 and really screw @formerly known as ivan's thread.

1 minute ago, DownendRed said:

Rather than Steve/Jon “The Profit”…

Which accounts have you been looking at? Steve/Jon: the thumping great loss.

5 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Mehmeti is awful. 
 

There I did it. If he doesn’t perform now, he never will. 

Worked for me

1 minute ago, Shuffle said:

So much for Tinnions 2 for every position and a brilliant Jan window when we have 7 subs with 3 of those never starting a game in Championship.  I then look at Ipswich bench and there is probably a minimum of 6 on the bench who would be starters for us.  Every team has injuries but why do we shoot ourselves in the foot and god help us if Dickie or Vyner get injured. 
 

 

Bloody Mark Ashton

3 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

I did say probably. I didn't say he said he had.  What has revisionist history close to your border have to do with it?

Russia!

4 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

I meant he looked at our record with loan players and saw how many injuries there were. He did say about not developing other teams players, I remember that.

He said the latter not the former. Revisionist history is also close to your border!

Just now, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

That's probably why NP didn't want loan players, he knew they would get injured after a couple of games and then out for God knows how long.

Alternatively he might have said that he didn't want to develop other people's players and perhaps that's true to some extent.

1 hour ago, Galley is our king said:

This really cracked me up!

Hopefully in a good way as opposed to a "cracking up" type of way.

57 minutes ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

What if we lose 0:8?

I'll be devastated. Lose by 1-2 just  peed off , 3-5 generally angry, 5-10 apoplectic. Fortunately the latter is a rarity.

Shall we have this conversation every time City have a match so we can all play anti-Manning Bingo?

1 minute ago, Fuber said:

He got to resign simply due to the fact of being SLs friend.

Manning won't get that allowance.

If that's what you believe.

3 minutes ago, Fuber said:

Tinnion getting sacked for GJ.

Tinnion resigned- it's all well documented .

His resignation did , however, bring in a period of great fun (mainly) and an 'almost' moment.

If you think LM will resign or be fired in the next 24-48 hours then you may well be disappointed.

@Ivorguy you've found a kindred spirit.

As far as losing 7-0....

If we were in the same league as the gas AND had absolutely nothing to play for AND it guaranteed that gas were relegated AND all our players celebrated every goal conceded by lifting up their shirt revealing a 'gas are going' down t-shirt whilst hi-fiving the fans then YES. In all other circumstances NO.

16 hours ago, Superjack said:

Blame your precious overlords for my anger.

No thanks

16 hours ago, Galley is our king said:

What about the madness of sacking Pearson in the first place?

What about the madness of replacing him with someone who has no experience in the championship either as a player or coach?

What about the madness of having two people in charge of the club with no experience or qualifications to be in such a position?

What about the madness of not even seeing what's right in front of people when they attend games?

Get rid, all three of them and replace with people who know what they are doing....

And what about the madness of your entitled expectation?

15 hours ago, RollsRoyce said:

Then create a thread of your own instead of moaning about others. What do you want to talk about?

Pearls before swine.

15 hours ago, Capman said:

So are you saying that the changes in management we have seen in the last 12 months have been good and the club is going in the right direction? 

In entirely my opinion  the dismissal of Nige was done for the right reasons but not exactly for the ones stated. I don't know whether LM is taking us in the right direction as it's too inconclusive but in the past three matches it hasn't felt like it yet in matches v WHU Forest, Boro and Southampton it did for me and most.

Every signing in every department carries the risk of failure and the hope of success.

14 hours ago, cidered abroad said:

I wonder how you can be so sure that we're unlikely to drop into the bottom three.

Continue like we are and it's a cast iron certainty that we'll end up in the relegation dogfight.

And while the Blades are getting hammered this evening, we could be on the end of a very similar situation tomorrow.

I really do hope that doesn't happen. I never want City to lose in any match, whoever the opposition are, football or tiddly winks and however much I believe that we need to change this head coach for a manager with the skill and experience to pick us up.

Continue like we are and  lose every single match then of course we're in a relegation battle, win every match and it's a promotion battle- neither are likely to happen.

14 hours ago, Ivorguy said:

I don’t think anyone is anti BCFC; after all everyone is a fan.

What people are anti is the manager who is demonstrably failing, the larger entity of Bristol Sport, and the owner and Board.  They, including me, are anti because we care about long term viability of the club we love

If you were married to BCFC- it'd be living in a battered wife refuge

12 hours ago, David Brent said:

You are allowed to create your own topics of discussion if you would like. 

as are you- it's called a forum and not everyone needs to comment by starting a new thread when they can utilise an existing one to make their point. More posters should try it. It's like having the Judean Popular Front and the Popular Front of Judea.

2 minutes ago, Superjack said:

**** off. 

Don't read it.

There are 22 threads on page 1 of OTIB. 14 of these are anti Manning or anti BCFC. Even the Dicky player of the month opens with a 'Titanic' reference.

You have a lot of anger towards someone who appears to be stating the bleedin' obvious.

6 minutes ago, IAmNick said:

Yeah fair, I'm not sure I can ever remember wanting City to lose, but I can sort of see the logic in it.

I can't see the logic.

In the past two decades SL has never been trigger happy and never sacked a full time contracted manager with less than 25 games in charge. As it stands ( and things can change either way) we are not in the relegation zone and unlikely to become so. People wanting us to lose so that LM gets the chop is silly and ,for some, seems to be a matter of proving they were right at any cost to the club. IMO, of course.

Just now, IAmNick said:

If he thinks that's City's greatest chance of success why is it so mad?

I'm not sure I agree by the way, but just wondering.

I cannot explain why losing is a good thing hence mad. Then again the OP has a decade of negativity behind him so maybe it's no surprise?

29 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

Do you still want us to lose tomorrow?

3 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Yes if it means we can avoid relegation, for a victory will be largely meaningless in the grand scheme of Manning’s lack of ability to coach/manage.

Well- there we have it. A victory against Ipswich will be largely meaningless and you'd want BCFC to lose for the greater good. Madness.