The Journalist

1 hour ago, pillred said:

Not sure about the potential bit.

What’s the saying… if you want to know the future look at the past?

Nothing we’ve done in either our long-term history or recent history suggests we’re a better club to be at than Norwich.

1 minute ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Not only that, he's literally from there and lives there. 

Where does he sign?

If Norwich came calling (massive if) there’s no way he stays here.

His track record shows he’s a career coach and ultimately they’re a way bigger club with way bigger potential. No brainer.

Tottenham have been decent but no way will City be that sloppy again in the second half.

1 hour ago, archie andrews said:

Thought arsenals gd was alot better.. 

Only three better. It would be quite fun to see City go out and actually try to smash a team - they usually play with such control it always feels like they’ve got gears to spare, let’s see them go for it!

Ideal result tonight is a draw, not a Spurs win.

The final day then becomes a shootout for who can score more in their respective fixtures.

8 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

If Premier League clubs didn't want replays then if they are drawn against lower league clubs in Rounds 3-5 the lower clubs should get choice of venue imo.

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.

28 minutes ago, mozo said:

So in Manning's 10 wins, only 2 showed the right intent?

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.

3 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Would argue James has made as much if not more difference? James, Knight and Twine is a nice midfield 3.

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. 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.

1 minute ago, gornagain said:

We are beating a premiership team and all you can do is make a snide comment

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

Just now, gornagain said:

Stfu

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... 

6 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Good first half.

Amazing what a of intent has when we press rather than block.  It’s like a pentagon with the two DMs, both 10s and TC, but importantly the DMs are 20 yards higher than normal.  Why only now are we doing that?

James excellent, Pring too both ways.

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.

On 24/03/2024 at 17:24, Davefevs said:

what a wonderful season of missed opportunity.

They worked so hard to get promoted last season (always hard when it’s only one promotion spot available), and then playing WSL games at AG too.

We can see from the men’s side, SL is bored of it.

Just sell it / give it away and enjoy Le Mare Golf in Guernsey.  Put yourself and us fans out of our / your misery.

 

 

And the worst bit is the big clubs are only going to keep getting bigger and the gap is just going to get wider.

We'll reach a point where the elite women's teams are basically uncatchable just as they are in the men's game.

And we'll look at back at this period and wonder why we didn't go for it.

Standard stuff under this ownership, unfortunately.

10 minutes ago, transfer reader said:

So you'd rather wait then moan they're cashing in on good results.

Lose/lose for the club then.

Not at all, but obviously football clubs can get away with a lot more when things are going well and the fanbase is onside. I'm not talking about a couple of good results, I'm talking about when there's generally a better feeling about the place. Obviously results contribute to that, but it's not just about results. It's about perception and, to use the same word again, feeling.

Just to use an example, if I'm still not being clear enough - Lee Johnson talking about bottles of wine with Jose Mourinho ahead of the Man Utd cup tie was lapped up and loved at the time because the fans were up and things were going well.

If Lee Johnson gives an identical answer to that question during his final season ahead of the same cup tie but when fans are getting frustrated with how things are going and becoming bored of his David Brentisms the reception is completely different.

Edit: Just to add, as @Silvio Dante says, the idea is a dreadful one full stop. But I still think *if* you're committing to it you can pick your moment.

Just now, transfer reader said:

Or perhaps it's just the time the stuff was ready?

If they'd waited for us to win 3 on the bounce the same people would be say it's capitalising on a few good results.

It's a frankly stupid thing for people to give a shit about one way or the other.

I understand where you're coming from but if you really want to run with it, maybe just park the whole thing until the club - or Zak himself - is doing better? When there's a better feeling about the place?

The broader point is as a club we're just absolutely horseshit at reading the room.

1 minute ago, Northern Red said:

It's a bit weird but I'm not getting the outrage tbh.

Surely nobody is actually outraged? It's just funny/weird.

When you think about it... the team 14th in the Championship, off the back of losing six of their past seven games, have decided it's a good time to release a clothing range alongside a solid and reliable but not spectacular mid-20s centre-half.

I mean... what?!