Banjo Island

10 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Come out of next week with 0 points then we could well get sucked into it tbh. 

Serious question pete do you not think we are already in it

2 minutes ago, Bourne End Red said:

Form table over past 10 games……

Ignore the fact we are 13th.

we are only 6 points off relegation zone.

It couldn’t happen….could it….

You bet it could

5 hours ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

Let's be honest, Steve is a nice chap but dull. And Bristol City are quite nice, and quite dull. We need livening up

Everything about this football clubfrom top to bottom is nice and dull

Get this out of his depth clueless pillock gone 

4 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Disagree.  Full of long time supporters who have seen it all, and recognise a downward projectory when they see it.

57 seasons service for me ivor i see it mate

1 hour ago, REDOXO said:

We are awful. Not just rubbish but totally inept. It’s not just about two poor results it’s about performances over a period with the exception of a couple of cup ties and one good performance against Southampton 
 

Mr Manning himself said yesterday that the players are not learning or implementing what he says, this is clear and obvious. 
 

We create little and Conway looks like a shadow of his former self. We have most players back, our bench was as strong as most have seen in years and we are not only rubbish but unable to change a thing. On top of that we are not seeing our kids on the bench even. Absurd when you consider Pearson was criticized inside the club for not playing our youth in front of Andy King. 
 

We are another poor result away from being on the fringes of a relegation battle with the prospect of spending our “nest egg” on players that Mr Manning thinks will learn. The whole thing is insane. You have to have the ability not only to get through to players but coach the players and assets you have and they have. 

Best post of the weekend oxo

4 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said:

I just can’t be arsed with any of this any more. 8 days ago we were talking about a possible play off push, now we’re calling for the manager’s head.

We win a few, we lose a few, we draw a few. Sometimes we manage to win a couple in a row, and we’re all talking us up. Then we lose a couple in a row and it’s all doom and gloom. Right now we are 12th in the table; the very definition of mid-table.

People pick a run of games to support their argument; currently it’s fashionable to pick the last 10 games, because it’s poor and supports the idea that the manager is failing. If you pick the last four, we’ve won two and lost two. Average. If you look over 34 games - the entire season - there are 12 clubs doing worse than us, and 11 doing better. Probably about par for the squad.

It all amounts to quibbling over the details, while the reality is: we are a mid table club, with a mid table squad, getting mid table results.

None of this is a defence of Manning, nor is it an attempt to justify the clearly-unjustified sacking of Pearson. Tinnion and Jon Lansdown clearly don’t have any leadership skills or any natural air of authority to inspire confidence. The “top six” claim is a noose around their necks.

I don’t really know where I’m going with this. But I’m just tired of the constant cycle of vague optimism, then inevitable disappointment and the equally inevitable calls for the manager’s head. Somehow we need to break out of this cycle because it’s so tedious and it’s been the same for years. Pretty much my entire 40 years on earth, in fact.

I don’t really have a point here! I’m just a bit fed up. But I’m really not convinced that yet again blaming the manager is the answer for a club that’s been serving up generous lashings of bang-averageness for decades now.

With lashings of bang average managers

Just now, Bat Fastard said:

The obvious answer is to bring back Benny. Just the chap to help a young manager who appears to be out of his depth.

2 hours ago, nickolas said:

You may joke, but the aimless, slow and boring football is very similar!

Why is it most of our manager appointments appear to have had a charisma bypass operation

4 minutes ago, Capman said:

Problem is if Manning goes who is going to want the job under a clearly dysfunctional board with no vision for the club? An experienced manager will look at the way Cotts and Pearson were treated and say no thanks, so we will be left with another mini Johnson or Manning. 

Dean holden

Just now, blockbrowt1 said:

Another season of mediocrity. What I can't understand is why we sign players and loan them back out when we need them to push for the playoffs at the time. Not impressed with LM appears to be out of his depth. 

Mediocre football from a mediocre manager what a shock

Just now, Andy082005 said:

…although - I would piss myself if it happened. It’s what Lansdown JR and that Weasel Tinnion deserve 

Fans certainly don’t 

I really am worried mate we are a shocking team to watch i just think we are more than capeable of going on a long winless run its giving me sleepless nights this football club drives me insane

Is it possible for us to sleepwalk into the bottom three

1 minute ago, luke_bristol said:

This is absolutely terrible

Grim

13 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Gonna tell us which way you are leaning?

Its slowly slipping into o’drosscol ball

9 minutes ago, Randy Marsh II said:

Hmm slowly coming closer to making my mind up on this manager tbh

I already have

31 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

I might just light up a Castella. 

Wills whiff for m major

14 minutes ago, City Rocker said:

Actually thinking about it, the Nolan sister incident at Torquay was a few seasons later wasn't it? The one when those City lads borrowed a boat from the harbour? 

With a hole in the bottom

3 hours ago, transfer reader said:

Someone on the Saints forum said in their MTD that playing at a tight pitch like Ashton Gate would negatively impact them.

 

Until it was pointed out that the pitch at AG is wider than the one at St Mary's 

He must of read that from the gas manual of facts and figures

What a performance really enjoyable football long may it last

Harry is a goal machine

1 minute ago, Bris Red said:

back in the race for the play-offs 

We are a top six team

What a performance so far come on you reds 

3 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

Is the Play-off final on the Saturday or Monday this year? 
 

Want to make sure I book it off 

What hotel we staying in