RedRoss

Okay so essentially nothing then. Firstly some apparent spats that happened in a previous role over 10 years ago and the way he has articulated himself on LinkedIn. He's apparently the pathetic one according to some on here.

Give me an example of what he has done that is unprofessional.. The fact he left twitter and came back on?

I love the double standards on here. In this topic alone he's been branded a coward, unprofessional, pathetic, childish, a snake and many more things. That's just on here! I would say however divisive and sometimes personal it gets on here, its usually more divisive and personal on twitter or FB. With the anonymity of social media I'm sure he's received horrible abuse from so called fans. He comes off twitter likely because of the abuse when it was at its height after Nige's departure and losing a couple of games and that's a problem? I understand being in a professional football capacity does expose you to unfavourable opinions especially when things aren't going well but that doesn't mean he essentially needs to be a punching bag when fans aren't happy. I would also like to know what has Tinnion done specifically that is 100% accurate (not hearsay) and known that he has done personally that means he deserves any sort of abuse?

https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,3500626,page=12 On their forum they are discussing how they set much more defensive tonight. Guessing Rooney just didn't want to lose that one.

Not the prettiest of games. To be disappointed with a point on the road shows the progress. We could of done better of course, we were sloppy. Should have tested Ruddy much more. However I think there was only one team who looked like they could win and that was us.

Or maybe he'd only been in the job for less than a month and needed some time to get his ideas across. I can't be the only one that didn't expect immediate results/performances when he came in?

I'm with you both. Just highlighting the reasoning others may have to bring this back up. I can understand it that's all. The same energy needs to be given to the overly negative reactionary posts though if they do come i.e dick waving ect because I can't see any at the beginning of this topic.

Isn't that reaction fair game considering the reaction in this topic. You (don't mean you particularly) can instantly moan when things aren't going right but can't accept it instantly coming back when things are going well? I'm not getting too excited with our current run as some, same as I wasn't overly concerned as others when results weren't going our way. However, I can see why there might be an element of dick wavving as you put it because of the outpouring of negatively that spreads on here when results don't go our way by certain posters who suddenly don't say a dickie bird until the next loss.

Now it's just luck..

James on Twitter has uploaded the full game if anyone is interested.

Takes one to know one..

Pretty half hearted praise though. 80% it was Nige's praise again and 20% Mannings even though it's all his with the players. I take your points about what Nige did before but you can't blame Manning fully when he loses and then partially commend him when he wins.

Hopefully not, but it does perhaps provide some context why we haven't been loosening the purse strings as much as hoped by the majority of our fans including me.

Did he? He literally had 6 months left on his contract and we would of paid that up that's all. I wouldn't say that would be 'huge' in the world of football but actually quite small. Plus with Mannings new wages that will be substantially lower than Nige's. I'd imagine we've saved over the longer term depending on how long Manning stays.

Is everyone bitter about them because of Ashton?

It's more the condescending comments of 'tombola' I'm referring too. You do sometimes make good points and I actually agree TGH shouldn't have been dropped. However, you do so without context i.e Manning is working out his best team so rotation will happen because he's literally managed us for a month. During his time with us 80% of the team is the same week in week out partly due to availability. You then follow up with tunnel vision arguments/comments always positioned in a negative way towards Manning. You never seem to provide balance to any of your posts and it completely undermines the sensible parts.

It's embarrassing your blinkered view of Manning just because your permanent semi for his predecessor.

Out of interest have you been to any games since Manning took over?

Broken record.

After browsing this topic in summary: The game is likely to held between Friday night, early Saturday, maybe even 3pm Saturday, early Sunday or potentially Monday. The allocation will be between 6k or 9.3k We will take between 5k or sell it out with 9k plus. The cheapest tickets might be £10 or upto £45 quid. David Moyes may or may not give us a two armed wave.

Same.

We were decent.. Good first half, not so good the second against a very good team. Their only goal was a moment of magic from a player who made his debut for England last year. Let's have some perspective please.

I was definitely one of those grumblers although quietly. The atmosphere at the gate has been tense for years not just on Saturday. He's entitled to his opinion without being called a Bristol Sport, JL sympathiser. I'm not going to get overly sensitive because he said 'get a grip' because I genuinely think he's saying that for the betterment of the club. I do think our fans are too edgy and almost waiting for something negative to happen. Which becomes quite flat when things aren't progressing. Although I do think because we eventually won the game some fans like Math are claiming they new score all along. As if it was inevitable that would be the outcome based on the style of play in those initial 30 mins. I'd say that's a reach, it was key moments for either team that decided that game. Over the long term we may well see more of the same approach and then it'll become alot clearer on what Manning is trying to do.

You really can't have seen him play. He's brilliant.

Re: Mehmeti I would try him centrally in front of Knight and TGH. Maybe I'm clutching at straws because we don't have many options but that could work but could equally be a disaster.