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1 hour ago, Superjack said:

We have a 'head coach'.

And that is a part of our problem 

Rotherham are down but in name.  That leaves two places to go.  Suspect Huddersfield won’t make it, but suspect Sheffield will.  So we do need a win tomorrow so as we can breathe more easily.  What worries me most, other than our failure in front of goal, are the things coming from Manning.  Thus my message to the players in front of a home crowd is: PLAY FOR THE SHIRT, and give everyone something to get behind.  Hope in that context James may be fit enough.

After Manning’sPress Conference I have an awful feeling I know the answer

9 hours ago, GrahamC said:

He’s been our manager for 4 months.

Results in that time certainly haven’t been great, so I don’t think how the under 18s play is really a big priority for him at present.

He is not the manager.  He is the Head Coach of the first team

6 minutes ago, TDarwall said:

I just said elsewhere, it's pretty much the perfect opponent for us. Early in LMs reign I would  have been confident but we have clearly regressed somewhat reverently.

 

Just love your use of the word ‘somewhat’

If you remember back to when Nige arrived he expressed concern about players’ fitness.  We seem to be slipping back into old ways under Manning.  I really don’t like the sidelining of the Academy players under Manning.  Worried re summer recruitment, as should he still be here, god forbid; will we recruit, as in the recent past, too many have been’s and never will be’s.

1 minute ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

You've missed nothing but more of the same: anything remotely positive about anything BCFC seems to signify that you must be BS/gas/troll/deluded.

Oh no not riding that old hobby horse again

5 hours ago, transfer reader said:

Just like you wanted.

Oh please try and understand what I was saying, rather than continuing to snipe.  Not a good look

Re the title of this thread.  
 

It isn’t the only thing about Bristol City that doesn’t work 

Simply the wrong guy.

He must at some level know this himself

He must go and by next Monday if not sooner

Do you really think any of those would make up for our failing manager?

11 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Imagine.

Imagine we’d not lost the last three and we’d gone to second in the league and matched them for most of the game. There wouldn’t be any real negativity. The negativity, quite understandably, is driven by wider factors. But tonight, in isolation, wasn’t horrific.

I think until we went ahead Manning got it spot on. The first half was boring as hell, but contained them. This led to frustration from Ipswich and we reacted well - we could have been two up easily. What was totally noticeable though is how much better we were when attacking at pace. Real lesson there.

I do go with that after we went ahead that McKenna managed the game better than Manning. Our second was great but a bit against the run, and not even making a disruptive sub when things were drifting last ten is a big no no.

I said pre match that what happened changed nothing. It really doesn’t. It was better, but similar concerns remain. If Liam was a 4 last three games he’s a 7 tonight. But the aspects that drive that grade down are still there.

Not hanging him in isolation and 2/3 good tonight. But it’s still not enough.

Yes but in the real world we did lose the last three.  Now number risen to four

2 minutes ago, Tomo said:

An improved performance tonight...

But it's 1.09PPG since Liam arrived.

Fingers crossed for Sunday.

Fingers crossed won’t help

A new manager would

10 minutes ago, The turtle said:

2034

After we lose at home to Dover Athletic 

4 defeats in a row with poor defending.  Do we have a defensive coach.  Surely not Mountain as Manning seemed to be saying a few days ago

 Manning really has to stop this run of defeats and very very soon

I was hoping when it went 2-1 we would at least take a point

I remain unconvinced by Manning.  The players rose to Sky cameras perhaps?

14 minutes ago, transfer reader said:

You must be delighted

Please read my earlier reply rather than try and make silly points

Just now, Bedred31 said:

We’re not terrible, or hopeless, or disinterested. We’re cursed- and that feels a whole lot worse.

No not cursed, simply not good enough

8 minutes for City to redeem themselves

Oh City City why do you put us through this WHY?

Come on City

Warmley!  Warmley!

Wow, just wow

Mad mad 

Why the …… can we not hold a lead

Oh dear dear

 an we get a third?

Good goal.

Wells is just too small for a lone striker

Sykes is quality

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