The Journalist

I like this idea - I think getting rid of replays makes a lot of sense, but from R1 onwards the team in the lower division getting to choose whether the game is played home or away would add an interesting element to it. If it’s two teams in the same league the tie just gets played as it was drawn.

Has anyone ever taken their shirt off to celebrate, ran around like a lunatic waving it above their head but have another identical shirt on underneath to try beating the system? Feel like that would be a mildly amusing celebration but surely been done already.

That’s clearly not what I said or even intimated, but also I think you know that. We’ve been good this weekend and Manning deserves real credit for that. Hope you enjoy the rest of your Easter Weekend after back-to-back wins.

Would agree with all of the above - but I maintain the biggest difference has been the intent. Playing 20 yards further up the pitch against Leicester, going after the ball, closing people down, putting tackles in, playing at pace... All far more important than any personnel or formational change IMO.

Well done all. That's much more like it. We've been dreadful in recent weeks - slow, ponderous and negative - and it's been really tough to watch. Loads of us have felt really disillusioned about the direction of travel and worried about the future under Liam Manning if that's the route he wanted to take us down. This weekend, however, we've felt much more like the Bristol City we've all been watching over the past year or two. Now I just implore us to stay along that path. Make the odd tweak, by all means, but we're a squad full of pace, aggression and running. Play to our bloody strengths and you'll get the best out of them - as this weekend has shown! One other thing... Liam Manning's subs in both games have also largely made a really positive difference. So much for not being able to have an impact during the game, eh?

Well done all. Forget about the results, two much more positive performances. That's more like it.

Missed the first half an hour, which was no bad thing by the sounds of it, but I've enjoyed watching us again today. Much more intent, much more pace and purpose. This is the Bristol City I remember from earlier in the season. This is the Bristol City Liam Manning needed to tweak, not rip up. Please keep going with this!

Unpopular opinion = Harry Kane is a far better player than Erling Haaland.

If we play with that intensity and aggression every game Liam Manning won’t have any problems. But we haven’t been. We’ve been powderpuff, we’ve been negative and we’ve sat off teams. Often poor teams and in front of our own fans. And our level of intensity and aggression has nothing to do with the opposition, that’s down to us. We won’t always get it right and that’s fine. But he has to learn from today. That is on him.

They're a Championship team and just a bit of fun, innit? I've already posted more than once in this thread about how well we're playing compared to recent weeks. Ultimately, this is an internet forum and you're swearing at people. Hope you enjoy the rest of the game and have a good Easter weekend. x

Excuse me?

Brian will be talking about this game for weeks.

Dare I say it, Manning's changed the game a bit here with his subs...

Posted this inside the first 10 minutes: "We're a much better team when we actually try to get the ball back off the opposition rather than just letting them have it. "Clearly playing about 20 yards higher up the pitch already." It was clear immediately there was a complete approach/attitude change to recent games.

We're a much better team when we actually try to get the ball back off the opposition rather than just letting them have it. Clearly playing about 20 yards higher up the pitch already.