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I guess we may never really know, but I reckon it all stems back to Swansea at home in the league when RA was selected to play but then pulled out an hour before kick off with ‘sickness’.. whether Nige was pissed off at the late notice / didn’t believe it / lost trust / suspected RA was just not up for it, who knows?? We do know though that Nige won’t mess about if a players loses his trust. Maybe Rob got the kick up the arse and the time to reflect that was needed? Also need to consider if Nige was just being an unjustified ***** on this or any other similar issue then that would have had a knock on effect and impacted the morale on the rest of the squad and ultimately their on field performances.. we’re not seeing any of that.

Great result tonight away to Swansea for Nige (this is the NP thread) and with half a dozen academy products featuring. Shame we can’t all park our agendas and get behind him and the team and push on together..

Should read.. That’s because they both have two teams. We just have the one.. OTIB..??

Good job again JB ?? 3-1 to us.. we owe ourselves a performance against this lot, for me it was our worst performance (and we’ve had a couple) of this season up at their place. COYR’s

I thought so too.. but only noticeable for me in the second half. I thought that Swansea bullied and intimidated us when we had the ball before half time, something I’m sure Nige hammered home during the break. We were so much more up for it after half time. We need to take this mindset into Saturdays game from the off.

Agreed, but given HNM was offered a contract do you think that there’s a third player still to join TK and CM?

It’s on Paramount Plus here in Australia.. I had to sign up for a 7 day free trial, but it’s good, every single tie available to watch. Even got to watch the highlights of the sags losing to Boreham Wood ? At a push I know, but it would be rude not to include Boreham to JB’s list ?

Wow.. the only time you’ve cried at a City match.. I do it frequently albeit watching from afar, Birmingham away this season I was inconsolable for days.. ?

Wally might snap us up, merge us with the sags and relocate the whole thing to the mem… rugby and all.. NP could become the wife beaters assistant.

As you say, a real issue for many seasons not just Nige’s era.. When fans regularly leave in droves before the final whistle, and the ones who do remain boo the team off of the pitch perhaps we’re creating an environment for our own demise… it’s got to effect the players, especially young defenders.. massive pressure and feeling of self doubt / dread being heaped on them every time they’re lacing up their boots before a home game.

Seriously you are friggin boring.. out of interest when have you been happier supporting the City in the last 20 or 30 years… assuming that you’re that old? What previous manager should we be aspiring to?

Millwall game live on BEIN Sports in Australia ?

It’s all been a bit flat this year, both on and off the pitch.. but one thing that has been consistently good are our match day threads.. great work JB. ???? 2-0 to us.. we’re going to bounce back.. Happy New Year everybody..

“Rancid cheesewater”… ????

You think we’ll score 5 against West Brom.. Good man ??.. and Merry Xmas

Merry Xmas BT.. living here in Port Douglas. I was also working down at Cairns… at the airport for about 8 years.

Merry Xmas from Far North Queensland…

Big game for Beale on Thursday up against the canny Lee Johnson… wonder if Ryan Kent will be trying that little bit harder to prove something to both managers ??

It’s tight, no doubt.. although this season after the same number of games we’ve scored 6 more goals and conceded 2 less. Also interesting to see that Readibg have scored 6 less than us and conceded the same amount yet are 1 point off of the top 6. to be on a par with last season after 30 games, we need to pick up 7 more points, score 9 more goals and concede another 22 in our next 8 matches.. hopefully we can better than that?

Great write up again JB… 3-1 to us, we’re better than them. Didn’t we sign John Galley from them back in the day?

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/i-hope-she-s-still-with-us-socceroo-dedicates-win-to-ill-mother-in-law-20221201-p5c2rc.html The win was especially special for Bailey.. thoughts with him and his family.

More like the equivalent of 23 penalties being awarded against us in a season.. We’re not allowed to have any..

More than good enough for Iran, but Stones and Maguire look a dodgy combination to me.

Well, don’t get me wrong, I hate them and him with a passion, frankly wish they would just fold… but, in fairness he would have sat in a few decent changing rooms over his playing career and have would have been mentored by a few good managers. It’s not just the words that are written it’s also and more importantly the verbal delivery of the message.. with his playing reputation he probably made a few of those ragged gas heads feel about 5 foot 3 tall before they went onto the pitch.. they didn’t do bad. He’s entitled to enjoy this one.