Charlie BCFC

Yeah agree, second half he wasn’t that great

I don’t think he should be starting however I also don’t think he’s as bad as people have made out. Assist today and massively involved in our opener last game, can’t comment on today as I didn’t go but thought first half against Norwich was the best I’ve seen him this season

My personal expectation is top half but obviously the board is higher, Huddersfield for me will go down so naturally I wanted all 3 but QPR were always a managerial change away from looking good and pushing up the table again. When you consider that and the fact that Manning had two days of work with the players I’d say that’s a decent point

Said this before but for me, under Ainsworth they were playing a style that didn’t suit the players they had. The squad was capable of much more and had players who are better in possession but are not physical at all. Players like Chair and Willock suit the style their playing right now perfectly

Yeah I’d agree with 7th to 12th, I’m just looking at that top 6 Leicester, Leeds and Southampton look guarenteed, Ipswich I think will drop off but not quite out of the top 6, Sunderland will make it (even without Mowbray) and I think for the last spot West Brom, Middlesbrough and Hull just look a bit stronger than us at the moment

For Lansdown’s ambition its underwhelming yes but I just think this year is stronger than before. With a couple of additions I think playoffs can be possible but I think we’ll come up short, I’d feel more confident if the quality is similar to last years Championship

I don’t think we’ll be in the playoffs under Manning or we would’ve been under Pearson. I predicted us 11th at the start of the season and I think under both managers around there would be a fair placing

Think the U21 are a weird one to judge as you don’t know what team you’re going to get or what teams you’re going to face in regards to first team players. As @GrahamC mentioned a lot of the regulars are with the first team/out on loan. U18 and U16 however according to Tinnion at the fans forum had some very good results recently and there was one player (could be Meerholz but pretty sure he said 16 years old which he’s not) who had interest from the prem so immediately he trained with the first team last week

Has spent a lot of time with academy teams at the top level aswell so would’ve thought it will happen

Injured

A lot of clubs recruit from other clubs for youth recruitment, Scott being the obvious example but Pring was from Cheltenham. Brighton’s academy is full of players from abroad and from other clubs and that would be the same for a lot of the big 6

Even Pring came from Cheltenham

One of them got an assist it looks like

Bit boring this has turned into another thread around our current managerial situation. For the record I think Duff is a good manager, actually thought he’d do well at Swansea because he did get very good results at Cheltenham and Barnsley. I see him doing well at this level but also the only surprise is he didn’t go earlier

100% yes, think it’s clear to a lot of people I’m behind Manning! But whoever we have in charge, Bristol City is a big part of my life and after the season behind closed doors I won’t take it for granted ever again

Tbf they know their club more than we do, from the outside it looks harsh but results recently haven’t been that great. We’d have gone above them had we won yesterday

I don’t think he comes here, wanted to stay up in the north east to stay with family so was going to only be Sunderland/Middlesborough tbh. Mowbray seems that bit harsher with the side he was building and the fact they got playoffs last season. They must have someone big lined up

Fair point around Edwards but McKenna still took a while in League 1 to adjust to management. First full season his side were relentless and accumulated a similar points total to Cotterill did with us

You might be right, I think we’ll keep a lot and just build on it as time goes on to suit the system. Guess we’ll have to wait and see! I don’t think we’ve completely cut it out but we certainly do it less and keep the ball better.

Oh apologies for some reason thought the linesman flagged that one! Great chance, still stand by that we created more, had more shots, more on target and created higher quality chances aswell

Obviously but the best examples are McKenna and Edwards, Edwards not managed above league 2 before last season but took Luton up to the prem and McKenna doing as well as he has in his first managerial gig. Also the manager with our highest league finish since we last finished in the playoffs? Came from League 1. Actually agree regarding Norwich but don’t with QPR, with their new manager bounce I think we’d have lost. Also Pearson has lost 3 and drawn once when he’s faced Russell Martin in the league, I think we would’ve lost by more but guess we’ll never know

It was poor timing for me and harsh but we have to move on whilst thanking Nige for the foundations he’s put in place. Do think it’s harsh to emphasise on the league he comes from as anyone has to start somewhere, there are some examples of lower league managers succeeding in this league in the last couple of years (after all it’s probably what attracted the Lansdown’s to this appointment)

So we create higher quality chances? Thanks

Can’t recall that but I’d have missed more of ours aswell though as we had more shots, more on target and a higher xG. On the balance of play, we definitely had more

Do you mean the one that was flagged for offside? Tanners own goal doesn’t really go down as a chance but I guess it was quite well worked in the build up