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Just now, Red Exile said:

Surely the answer is that what was - and is - needed is someone with experience of rebuilding a squad and getting it for for a promotion challenge. Pearson has a record of doing that. In so far as he's the right man for the job it's because that's what he's doing. It's not going to work right away, folk seem to have accepted that. The club's in a mess, it needs cleaning up. 

I think that's the answer.

I know Leicester but where else has he done it? 

Just now, Banjo Red said:

This is what I'm saying everyone blaming Pearson but come on these players are awful. There's only a few I would keep the rest pack your bags. You can coach and tell the players what you want if they don't do it what can you do.

It seems like for the moment a small (loud) minority are blaming Pearson. Many still keeping the faith 

2 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

The one thing we have to do, and I keep saying it, is a buy a leader in the window and never have a Goalkeeper captaining the team ever again. How the make up of the squad ended up there just about sums up the leadership (I'm talking above the Manager now) at this club. It's ******* clueless and lacking in ANY football knowledge whatsoever. An Owner who got dazzled by talk of "Clubs in the Bag" and put his 100% faith in Swiss Tony  telling everyone who would listen that the fans got it wrong has literally got us here. It's an uncomfortable truth but it is the truth. We have to take the pain and let Nige sort it out.

This isn’t aimed at you but i have thought it since day one. Probably should start a thread of it’s own. Why do people believe Pearson is the man for us? I am not having a dig just genuinely interested. 

3 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Not arguing with your last point at all, but having seen the winner again, it is blatant.

VAR would definitely have disallowed it.

VAR can get in the bin. Kasey Palmers goal against Fulham get’s ruled out aswell through VAR. Over a season they roughly level out.

Just now, mozo said:

It was a really poor challenge because the ball was rolling to our player anyway. Definite foul for me.

Thats how i seen it. No eyes for the ball just a blatant block. 

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

I don’t recall their penalty shout….can you remind me which players, which half, etc?

James body checked their right back (i think). 2nd half

1 minute ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Totally agree on both points. But when it's not going your way that's how desicions go . Over all pretty impressed with city's performance and I did like Martin and wells  together up front 

There penalty appeal was no way a penalty, ever.

You think if one of their defenders completely checked/barged one of our players miles off the ball in the box you would be saying that. I get seeing a game through rose tinted glasses but thats a penalty all day long

2 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Firstly, it’s a penalty. Their bloke trips Scott, who might tumble theatrically but it’s a foul, so it’s a penalty & if the ref really thinks not, then why doesn’t he book Scott for diving?

So if we score that (not a given with our record, though as we are coming up to a year since we had one in the league then that isn’t based on too much), we are 2 up & I reckon we’d have held on.

Secondly their winner is as clear a handball as you can get, poor by Bentley, we also should have done far better to stop the cross but I can’t believe that it was given.

None of this excuses the result but we could certainly do with the rub of the green in a game at BS3.

They should also of had a penalty so i think they evened themselves out. 

Do all people affected with colour blindness have the same colour clashes? 

Just now, GrahamC said:

Never heard of parachute payments?

They cheated FFP to get to the Prem based on their dodgy Russian money, trust me, it makes a lot of difference.

Makes me glad we havn’t tried it. Knowing city they would go way over ffp and still not get it right. End up with all sorts of sanctions and end up in deep s**t. Lower mid table in the championship seems acceptable rather than that

4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

We'll comfortably stay up.

Bournemouth are way above us though. They should win the league. 

Nige is well-known for liking pace in his teams. He has pretty much none to work with in this current team. I'm excited to see what a Pearson team looks like in 12-18 months. Very different to the current one I bet. 

Not sure he makes it that far. Either from his point of view with this squad and lack of options to sign better more suited players, or from higher up losing patience.

Just now, bexhill reds said:

Yep, looked hopeless as a finisher which is largely his job, had they had a better striker then it would have been 7 or 8. Genuinely their poorest player. Never really rated him, and nothing he did today changes my mind.

Fair enough, all about opinions. 

12 minutes ago, BigAl&Toby said:

How long did it take from Kallas wiping the ball with the towel to Bentley letting it pass through his flailing hands and pick it out the net?

How many crosses did Bournemouth put to the far post before it worked and Lowe got on the end of one?

Bournemouth were nothing exceptional. Even with parachute payments and their stellar signings.

Simply we were woeful. Again. 

The over riding thing for me I guess is how Bournemouth have progressed as a football team over the past few decades, whilst we’ve gone backwards.

Bet Lloyd thanks his lucky stars he made the move when he did.

I would say that is as close to an exceptional championship performance as you will see

2 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

He’s played like that most of the season, seems to have lost his mojo, his first few games under Holden he almost played the quarterback role just sitting behind and making things tick and looked really impressive, this season it looks like he’s stealing a living as a footballer, perhaps not as much as Solanke on today’s viewing, but he doesn’t even look like a league 1 midfielder on present form

You think solanke looks like he is stealing a living as a footballer after today?

Yeah ok would lose. All hypothetical but who do you think we beat playing like that?

6 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Spot on as usual.

Anyone can come out after a game and say where things went wrong. He is paid the big bucks to sort it out whilst the games are going on. Bournmouth would have beat most teams in this league playing like they did today, sadly we lose to every team in this league playing how we did.

2 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

Nice to have an honest post match interview without any bullsh*t or jargon 

 

This gets said after every game. Not that i disagree but it gets a bit boring hearing the same honest assessments. Bournmouth were very very good but i don’t think kelly and cahill will have an easier game all season.

11 minutes ago, bcfcredandwhite said:

Not arguing - plenty of people have said he was offside including the pundits on Quest last night, but didn’t their keeper play him back on from the original save? I thought that if the ball came off an opposition player then you were no longer offside? Van Nistelrooy made a rather successful career from that type of goal poaching. 
Have the rules changed or do I simply not understand them?

I understood it that he was gaining an advantage by being offside and it was the same phase of play. 

Just now, Super said:

Was he not offside?

He was. Exactly the reason i don’t want VAR in the championship. Went mental when i realised it went in and would of had the biggest comedown after 5 minutes of not knowing whats going on only for the ref to point for offside. Long live basic technology free football please

1 minute ago, Sturny said:

I think if he didnt get the ball he would've been. He's got lucky twice  

I agree but that shouldn’t save him. Everything about it was red in this day and age

1 minute ago, Sturny said:

Brilliant first half. Could've done better in some crucial postions but we've created a fair bit which is great. 

Chalobah is lucky as he should've had a second yellow. If we keep playing like that I think we'll win. 

He is lucky to not be off for the first one

Just now, INCRED said:

How the hell have we managed to get away with a win today???

Bentley… simple as that

Bentley might have cost is a point wednesday but he has earnt 3 today! Hopefully

1 minute ago, 2015 said:

Performance was ok I thought, was in control of the game and lack of concentration in 92nd and we **** it up. Play like that every week and we'll be fine this season

Won’t be playing blackpool every week though

2 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

This half Brentford have looked a league above us, which they may well be soon

Should be two