FNQ

11 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Huddersfield look nailed on to me, 1 point from the last 9 available & taken a couple of hammerings.

It’s a funny old game.. when we drew 1-1 at their place I thought that they were easily the worst team that we had played so far… At our place recently we were lucky to get a point as they were easily the better side, that was their one point in the last available nine keeping our unbelievable unbeaten run intact.

Good work again JB… I seem to recall that we signed John Galley from Rotherham back in the day.

I think we’ll smash em… 1-0.

31 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

I’m sure the 3 teams that come down from the Premier League and a few of the top teams in this division that don’t go up will be interested in him. That would be a good step forward for him, a low fee for them and he’d probably double his wages.  I would guess that teams like that are waiting to see what league they are in before offering him anything formal. There are bound to have been conversations. 

Could even be a straight swap with Burnley for Twine.. Both clubs could reason that they have traded £5m rated players?

Good point, solid performance..

Great goal..

Solid first half against a good Norwich side.. certainly holding our own.

5 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

I would agree that there have been some turgid displays under Manning, we are frustratingly inconsistent because when it is good, it is very good.

It just confuses me a little that people say we should never have sacked Pearson because we were great, and it has become much duller under Manning, yet complain when a player suggests we have reverted to a more Pearson style.

I get that people think we shouldn't have sacked Pearson, and I can agree to an extent as he did a fine job getting us through a very difficult patch and he should maybe have had a bit more time but it did feel like our progression had stalled under him a little.

Whether Manning was the right replacement is also a topic for debate, and as yet I am on the fence but feel we have seen enough bright spots to think he will come good in the end.

I also don't particularly like the constant references to 'Manningball' (usually used in a derogatory sense) as though the football he plays is somehow different to a lot of teams out there. And once again, we have already seen that when it is good it is very good. We just need to find some consistency is all.

Wow… I agree about the turgid displays..

However, this wasn’t a Manning vs Pearson thread.

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Will be (pretty much) the case with pretty much every manager at every club.

I find it staggering that people don’t understand the different dynamics of the dressing room.  Quite simply there will always be happy, and always be unhappy players.  Broadly speaking, they will be split into those that are getting regular minutes and those that aren’t.  There will be nuances, e.g. young player, finding his way, may be happy to be on the periphery whereas a senior player finding himself not playing will be unhappy.

There really isn’t a need for much willy waving about comments like these, but by the same token there isn’t any need for people to come up with the opposite - “look at his body language, he isn’t happy” type stuff either.

With a small, tight knit squad like ours, under both Nige and now under LM, there really isn’t much room for players to feel “out of it”, so generally you’ll hear positivity.  The fact that both Nahki and Syko were comfortable to express their positive views and also both referenced Nige too, probably shows what a good culture we have.

 

I know my glass is bone dry and not half empty, but Sykesy talking about how we dismantled Swansea in the old style versus a new Bristol City which we may see after the summer transfer window  doesn’t leave me with a feeling that he’s truly on board or the type of player required by LM for next season. If that’s correct we’ll be in trouble if that feeling is more widespread.

14 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

I didn't read it, that's why I asked.

If we have reverted to how we were playing under Pearson, why are people complaining about the dullness of the football? Reading this forum you would imagine that everything was whizzbangs and fireworks under Pearson, and the club is now on a deliberate campaign to find the most boring form of football possible and to inflict it on us for no purpose.

in his own words..

“Even under the last manager, and I don’t know if this is statistically correct, but it felt like we were good on the counter-attack and a lot of my goals have come from that position and we were probably set up that way; this team has a lot of the last manager’s players in it, so we were used to playing that way - being under a bit of pressure.

“I always think back to Swansea games, and they were proper possession-heavy and we’d always manage to catch them on the counter and that’s the way the team in set up.

“Maybe the new manager, when he gets a transfer window under his belt, will be able to implement the way he wants to play and you’ll see a different Bristol City.

1 minute ago, richwwtk said:

I presume this is something to do with you finding the football under Manning boring and that it is somehow a deliberate tactic? What did Sykes say to confirm that?

 Basically, we’ve now reverted to pre Manning methodology, especially against the top sides, and that Manning can play his own style only when he has the benefit of a transfer window where he can bring in players capable of playing to that style.. How dis you read it?

Well if we get 21,000 vs Rotherham we’ll be doing well..

3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Bit difficult to be critical of the club in those circumstances. They are visiting children with life limiting conditions and we are bellyaching about the lack of a visual press conference............................that would be a bad look.

Can’t argue with that, the work the club does with the community is above and beyond. But not giving a regular weekly update is too much?

3 minutes ago, eardun said:

There were press conferences this week - a bit different and audio only though as done outside at the Children's hospice. Manning’s previous comment about contracts was that they would start talking to players about contracts from this week - highly unlikely that they would be ready to talk to the press about that yet. 
Manning and Sykes preview Canaries trip - Bristol City FC

Thanks.. missed that. No comments on the forum though, unless I’ve missed them too?

Well I know that I’m viewed by too many as being overly negative.. fair enough I get that too.

But where is the feedback / outrage on no pre game LM presser before our toughest remaining game of the season?

Where is the update on players contracts after LM said last week that discussions would happen this week? 

Where is the forums feedback on Mark Sykes comments in the EP basically confirming what a lot of us have been saying with regard to old style versus Manningball?

Have we all just given in and conformed?

17 minutes ago, Clutton Caveman said:

Do you really think that Tommy is better this season than last?

No not at all, my bad… I think TC will move on in the summer and he will benefit from some development elsewhere. I read the original post as what players can still benefit from development, not what players are currently being developed.

53 minutes ago, mozo said:

I love hearing about other eras of our history, even if they don't include much success!

Not much success??? A lot of us can remember top tier football at Ashton Gate, and for a few seasons we more than held our own. Something a lot of our fans nowadays are unlikely ever to see in their lifetime. (Think about that) Seeing Bristol City play and beat a full strength Man Utd team home and away, winning away at Arsenal in our first game in the top flight.. beating Liverpool, beating Spurs and sending them down I could go on. Now we have Manningball and we’re all supposed to be glasses half full even though we all know our glasses are bone dry.

Perhaps we should play against the cream of the south west to get numbers in and fan engagement… Cheltenham, FGR, Plymouth, Exeter, Manor Farm etc. Can’t think of anyone else that I may have missed.. 

24 minutes ago, The turtle said:

Who can you see currently being developed into something more?

Tommy for sure, just not by us unfortunately.

14 minutes ago, glynriley said:

I'll be keeping a close eye on the friendlies. If we give someone a bit of a turning over in one of them, we'll probably end up with their manager in a few months time...

42 minutes ago, KegCity said:

Have we learned nothing from trying to shoehorn Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes into a side?

Maybe not, but these days we can have five subs and really change, or further strengthen the state of play. What a great position to be in.

5 minutes ago, pillred said:

I wasn't comparing, just merely pointing out to the poster expecting us to beat Huddersfield that Leeds had lost at home to Blackburn, so read my post properly before having a go, it seems to almost annoy you that we have not lost in the last five games because if you think Manning is going anywhere fast you will be sorely disappointed. I think you will also be another poster having to eat humble pie before long just as a few have already started to backtrack. 

And my point was that although given their league position we should be beating Huddersfield at home, unlike Leeds we only had 9 shots vs 13.. Leeds have largely been unlucky, I thought Huddersfield were the better side against us. Unfortunately I think that you’re right on Manning, and if you read my post properly where have I said he’s going anywhere fast? Lucky not to have already gone though in my opinion.

And if I do need to eat humble pie, then that’ll be a good thing for all of us, right?

21 minutes ago, phantom said:

You know exactly what I mean, it's yet another Manning Vs Pearson diatribe 

Wrong, I was 100% in Nige’s camp, but just like Alex Scott he’s now gone and we moved on. If anything it was another Manning vs Entertaining Football diatribe.

18 minutes ago, phantom said:

Do we really have to detail yet another thread FFS!! 

As you’ve just done by the way, if you disagree with a post, view or opinion then why not offer a response? I didn’t use the ‘P’ word and those two games did actually happen earlier this season which is a fair and valid response to the main point of the CNG post.

2 hours ago, Cole Not Gas said:

I will answer. Liam's experience is clearly nowhere near that of Pearson and it cant be for years to come. It certainly doesnt 'trump it' in any way shape or form. I am only referencing Oxford's excellent showing in the early stages of this Oxford season following a summer transfer and training period, so hoping for the same happens for us starting this July.

During that excellent showing in the early stages of this Oxford season we put nine past them over two games. Still one of the football worlds biggest ever mysteries why we then decided to swap our coaching team for theirs???

1 hour ago, pillred said:

Ask the Leed fans how they feel playing a side recently they should easily beat, as the cliche goes there are no easy games in the Championship. 

Leeds haven’t won in their last three games, losing 2-1 at Coventry they had 19 shots to Coventry 11, in the 0-0 against Sunderland they had 12 shots versus 6.. against Blackburn they lost having 19 shots versus 3. To compare our plight versus that of Leeds is as ridiculous as is your support for Manning and the way that he has us ‘playing’. Be honest with yourself at least, it’s been pretty poor and if it were not for Max we would have been humiliated a good few times and he would have been long gone by now.