Jerseybean

Points per game

Manning 1.12

Pearson 1.20

Holden 1.44

Johnson 1.41

Highlights https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/highlights-ipswich-town-3-2-bristol-city/

15 hours ago, Ziderarmy said:

After todays “performance” the stats now read -

 

Played = 21

Won = 6

Drew = 5

Lost = 10

Points per game = 1.09

Over a 46 game seasons that’s 50 points and relegation. 

Win percentage = 28%

Summary

Top 6 squad (so were told) playing bottom 6 (possible relegation) football 

Thank you Ziderarmy

Has anyone got a points per game record for our last three or four managers (excluding CF)? 
Be really interesting to see how they compare. 

His post match interview not sure if it’s already been posted https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/manning-rues-missed-opportunity/

8 hours ago, DJI said:

Sense of honesty. As people have rightfully said, LM saw this job as a bigger and better step for his career. I am sure he came to us with every good intention. What I think he didn't factor in at any stage was BT involvement. I think he is pulling all the strings at the moment, he can baffle JL with his football knowledge, he can hoodwink academy players with his involvement generally and he can dictate to LM on a daily basis as he can probably opt when to pull the plug. I don't think it's rocket science either that certain players have had enough, they perform in the big games in the hope of a move and could really care about the lower matches as they don't see their futures at lower clubs. Tonight will be a good example I feel. I was of the opinion that NP time was probably up and I felt a young manager with good coaches supporting him might be the answer, what i didn't expect was BT becoming the background manager in what really now is his 2nd spell in charge.

answer. Get rid  of BT now, give LM the chance to show us if he is capable without others interference. See  if he can manage and coach the players in a way that they support him , their team mates and the fans. 

 

Genuine questions 

1 what football qualifications does BT have?

2 what does his job description as Technical Director encompass?

3 who is he accountable to?  

My immediate reaction - a better performance but another defeat. Having led twice we were ultimately undone by some weak defending and an inability to create any chances when chasing the game. If NWs effort had gone in it might have been a different outcome. 

Watched it with two Ipswich fans, which was interesting for a couple of reasons (1) it was available on Ipswich Town TV, not sure how they can show it while Robins TV couldn’t (2) they were genuinely astonished by how many of our throw ins went directly to an Ipswich player!

Anybody got a reliable stream please? 

3 minutes ago, Shuffle said:

So much for Tinnions 2 for every position and a brilliant Jan window when we have 7 subs with 3 of those never starting a game in Championship.  I then look at Ipswich bench and there is probably a minimum of 6 on the bench who would be starters for us.  Every team has injuries but why do we shoot ourselves in the foot and god help us if Dickie or Vyner get injured. 
 

 

Yep my thoughts too.
 

Personally don’t rate AM and think he adds very little and HC is pretty hit and miss. In keeping with quite a few on here I’m hoping for the best, but fearing the worse tonight. 
 

Must try harder to remember the mantra of playing front foot football and being a top end of the table team.

From an Ipswich supporting colleague…

What a time to be a town fan! It's hard to believe our league position 18 months ago. Despite being in the promotion battle, collecting enough points to be mathematically safe from relegation just a couple of weeks ago was still an important milestone in our first season back in the championship.

There are some really obvious parallels between this season and last season:

* We made a really strong start to our campaign.

* A drop off in form over the Christmas period.

* Some really good signings in the January transfer window.

* A run of wins in February have reignited our season.

New signings Jeremy Sarmiento, Lewis Travis, Ali Al Hamedi and particularly Kieffer Moore have been superb in lifting our performances.

 In the past few weeks, the teams around us have dropped points, including an awesome showing by Bristol City against Southampton. Suddenly we find ourselves in 2nd, but there are so many tough games to go.

When Town met Bristol City earlier in the season, City were arguably the better team for big parts of the game, so we go into this game taking nothing for granted.

Big Kieffer Moore and Connor Chaplin, our form players in attack, will be looking to do some damage at Portman Road on Tuesday night. However, we need to work hard to avoid conceding early in the game, something we have struggled with so much this season.

No pay on the day https://www.bcfc.co.uk/city-men-news/ipswich-away-set-for-priority-sale/

No Twine, Tanner or James either 

Here’s a guide to Portman Road: https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/england/league-one/portman-road-ipswich-town.html

Prior to our 1-0 home defeat back in October https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/highlights/extended-highlights-bristol-city-0-1-ipswich-town/ we last played them in March 2019 when it finished 1-1, Adam Webster scored for us before Lloyd Kelly put through his own goal.

They confirmed promotion with 6-0 thrashing of Exeter City at the end of April, https://youtu.be/goV6BzFO4IM

Their nickname “The Tractor Boys"was coined during the club's brief period in the Premier League when the team regularly competed against more fashionable clubs. The nickname is an example of self-deprecating humour referring to Suffolk's agricultural heritage.

Ed Sheeran is a huge fan and sponsor, Town CEO Mark Ashton: "Once again we are delighted that Ed has agreed his sponsorship of the men’s and women’s first-team shirts. Ed has shown his passion and commitment to the Club and the wider community. We cannot wait to continue working with him and enhance our relationship."

Ipswich has its fair share of famous former residents, it’s not just Ed Sheeran locals associate with fame and fortune! Actor Ralph Fiennes was born in the city, who is well known for many films including Schindler’s List, Harry Potter, and In Bruges. Actor and director Richard Ayoade, known for many roles including Moss in the IT Crowd, was also from Ipswich, as well as Hunger Games actor Sam Claflin. A great motivator for any local budding thespians!

The statue of Sir Bobby Robson is on Portman Road opposite the Cobbold Stand where away fans are located. Further along the road, diagonally opposite the club shop Planet Blue, you will find the statue of club legend Kevin Beattie. Diagonally opposite Kevin you will find the statue of another Town great, Sir Alf Ramsey. All three statues are the work of local sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn.

The stadium is just a short, 5-10 minute, walk to the town centre, with shops, cafes and restaurants. The waterfront area is around a 15-minute walk from the ground, with a yachting marina and a range of cafes and restaurants. Note that the only pub that officially welcomes away fans is the Station Hotel (details below). Many pubs and bars in the town centre are strictly home fans only, whilst others are more relaxed – this does vary from match to match though. Just beyond the town centre, 15 minutes’ walk from the ground, is the beautiful Christchurch Park, with a renowned art gallery within the Tudor mansion building.

Head-to-head record

Won: 23

Lost: 30

Drawn: 14

Their MDT: https://tractor-boys.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=1035570

Officials

Referee: David Webb

Assistants: Alex James and Mark Russell

Fourth official: Dean Whitestone

In December striker George Hirst was ruled out with a "significant hamstring injury". The 24-year-old, suffered the injury against his former side Leicester.

In January they confirmed the loan signing of Brighton winger Jeremy Sarmiento until the end of the season. The Ecuador international spent the first half of the campaign at WBA scoring twice in 21 appearances, before being recalled by the Seagulls on 1 January.

They also signed Blackburn Rovers captain Lewis Travis on loan for the rest of the Championship season. The 26-year-old midfielder has made 200 league appearances for Rovers, scoring six goals.

Pubs

The Station Hotel (formerly the Riverside Hotel) is opposite the station, and is the official away pub. It has a garden and TV screens, and up to four beers on pump, mostly from the Greene King stable. https://thestationhotelipswich.co.uk/index.html 2 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8AL

Might want to try:

Isaacs on the Quay, 7 Wherry Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1AS, https://isaaclord.org

The Lord Nelson Inn, 81 Fore Street, Ipswich, IP4 1JZ, https://thenelsonipswich.co.uk

The Dove Street Inn, 76 St. Helen's Street, Ipswich, IP4 2LA, https://dovestreetinn.co.uk

Facts

Clerical connection - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was born in Ipswich in 1475. He started his education at Ipswich School, before moving to Oxford’s Magdalen College School, and then to Magdalen College, Oxford.

Famed as King Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Wolsey rose through the Church’s ranks to become Archbishop of York in 1514, and then a cardinal a year later.

Doing the rounds - St Lawrence Church, Ipswich, houses the oldest circle of church bells in the world. Known locally as Wolsey’s Bells, they were cast in the 15th century – meaning their sonorous chimes would have been heard by the young Cardinal himself.

Cutting it fine - The world’s first commercially available powered lawnmower was built in Ipswich. Produced in 1902 by agricultural machinery manufacturer Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, the machine was driven by an internal combustion engine.

On the rails - In a further display of engineering prowess, Ipswich’s Ransomes and Rapier constructed China’s first railway. The Woosung Road, which opened in 1876, carried passenger trains through the city of Shanghai until its dismantling by the Chinese just a year later.

Voyage’s end - St Clement’s churchyard, Ipswich, is the final resting place of naval architect Sir Thomas Slade. Most famous for designing HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, Slade has also lent his name to a stretch of Australia’s Queensland coast.

Admirable Admiral - On the subject of Lord Nelson, the Admiral himself was appointed High Steward of Ipswich from 1800 to 1805. He numbers among only 24 men to have held the office since 1557.

On the ball - Two successful England’s football managers, Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson, have both managed Ipswich Town FC.

Under Ramsey’s stewardship from 1955 to 1963, the club rose from the third to the top division – defying the odds to become 1961-62 Football League Champions. Robson, too, led Ipswich Town to some significant victories during his 13-year tenure. These include beating Arsenal to win the 1978 FA Cup, and claiming the UEFA Cup just three years later.

Novel location - Charles Dickens visited Ipswich several times, and used the town as a setting in his 1836 novel, The Pickwick Papers. Landmarks that feature in his work include Tavern Street’s former Great White Horse Hotel, and St Clement’s parish.

Artist’s retreat - Sudbury-born artist Thomas Gainsborough moved to Ipswich in the mid-18th century. While living in the town he earned a living through portraiture, but also created a landscape of the reservoirs at Holywell Park.

Making the grade - In 1991 Ipswich’s Willis Building, designed by Norman Foster in the 1970s, became the UK’s youngest Grade I listed building. It retained this accolade until 2011, when London’s Lloyd’s building obtained the prestigious listing status at just 25 years old.

11 hours ago, bearded_red said:

There’s a lot of truth in this of course, Liam Manning isn’t the biggest issue at Bristol City and sacking him won’t change much in regards of what is holding this club back.

However, the garbage mind numbing football is on him. The players looking shells of themselves is on him. The complete boredom at Ashton Gate is on him. He’s a mood hoover.

The whole thing is just weird. It’s like some sort of experiment on how to make football as sterile as possible. I keep hearing and reading how we ‘struggle to break teams down’. As far as I can see we don’t even try and break them down!

He needs to be sacked.

I used the word ‘sterile’ too yesterday immediately after the game in the MDT. My sense is those who are led tend to reflect some of the characteristics of their leader, LM comes across as sterile, robotic, lacking in charisma and dull all of which our style of play has become under him. 

So while I acknowledge the OPs point that he was set up to fail the nature of the failure seems to me to be down to his persona and attributes.

Sadly our hierarchy won’t be doing anything, anytime soon to address the miserable situation they have created. How long was it between LJ being called out on here and him actually departing?  

Player ratings: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-player-ratings-cardiff-9138154?utm_source=bristol_live_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Bristol+Live+-+BCFC+Newsletter_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=eda3a0ce-34ec-4a85-96cd-ae68727a6b80

the ‘biggest bit for me’ was he looks and sounds like a bloke who is ill at ease and doesn’t  know what to do about it.

1 hour ago, Downend2005 said:

If Liam Manning was a Yankee Candle, he’d be Tap Water.

Or vanilla 

Anticipate there will be something of a meltdown on here after that.

So a quick few words before I walk away from this forum until tomorrow.

For me, that was one of the most sterile derby performances, I’ve ever watched. In the first half we may have just edge the game, but never dominated, the second half Cardiff probably edged it, and despite knowing about their threats from set pieces, they score from their first corner.

Consistently, we failed to deliver a decisive ball in the final third, and didn’t create enough chances given we were at home against an average championship team.

In truth, two very, very average teams, and as has been the case throughout the season, we again we’re simply not good enough.

Frustrating, yet again, to watch with nothing much to get the fans excited and given our last three results and performances very much a reality check for everyone associated with Bristol City football club. We are a long, long way from being a top end team.

To finish I’ll come back to the word ‘sterile’ which sums up LM for me and it’s an anpproach already being reflected in this squad. 

HW-R is off to the seaside until the end of the season https://uptheterras.co.uk/2024/03/01/new-signing-harvey-wiles-richards/

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-cardiff-famara-diedhiou-9132699

The Robins take on the Bluebirds at 1230 on Saturday.

LMs presser ahead of his first Severnside derby: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/liam-mannings-severnside-derby-press-conference/

Here are some reminders: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/the-best-of-the-severnside-derby/ and https://youtu.be/AKTNLkCltjY and https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/the-best-of-the-severnside-derby-2/

Last season we won the corresponding fixture 2-0 https://youtu.be/7mbEFUkPeDE

Back at their place at the end of October we were down to the bare bones and this was our squad:

O'LEARY

SYKES

DICKIE

PRING

J.JAMES

GARDNER-HICKMAN

KNIGHT

WEMMANN

MEHMETI

CORNICK

BELL

Subs: BAJIC, THOMAS, KNIGHT-LEBEL NELSON, IDEHEN, BACKWELL, CONWAY, YEBOAH

It finished 2-0 and proved to be NPs last game in charge. This is what he said post-match: https://youtu.be/atLeDm7cQ-M

In January they signed Liverpool defender Nat Phillips (26) on loan for the rest of the season. On 31 January Famara Diédhiou signed on loan.

Naismith may be in the squad but James is a doubt and Twine unavailable.

Officials

Ref: Stuart Attwell
Assistants: Ian Hussin and James Mainwaring
Fourth Official : Lewis Smith

Head to head

Won 42

Lost 38

Drawn 21

We are 15th in the form guide they are 17th we have both lost 3, won 2 and drawn 1 of our last 6 games = 7 points.

Players in the recent past who’ve played for both teams include Diedhiou, Pack, Flint and O’Dowda. Going back Brian Clark and Peter Hooper (who also played for Bristol Rovers) represented both teams. When Hooper’s career ended in 1966 by a bout of peritonitis he moved to North Devon where he played non-league football for Barnstaple Town. After retiring from professional football, Hooper was landlord of The Three Pigeons in Bishops Tawton, where he lived, before spending 19 years as a probation assistant in Barnstaple.

Callum O'Dowda suffered a setback in his recovery from groin surgery in mid-January and has been out of the team due to this. This suggests he might be in their squad: https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/football/bristol-city/bristol-city-callum-odowda-callum-robinson-famara-diedhiou-cardiff-city-4533709 and https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/former-bristol-city-winger-set-9127663?utm_source=bristol_live_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Bristol+Live+-+BCFC+Newsletter_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=eda3a0ce-34ec-4a85-96cd-ae68727a6b80

Their match preview: https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/match-preview-bristol-city-vs-cardiff-city-3

TC pre-match: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/conway-talks-severnside-derby/

Fish and chips https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bristol-fish-chip-restaurant-thats-9131705?utm_source=bristol_live_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Bristol+Live+-+Daily+Newsletter_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=eda3a0ce-34ec-4a85-96cd-ae68727a6b80

As it stands, with 1.29 points per game, we are on pace to finish with 59 points which was exactly our tally last term when we finished 14th.

18 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

I am like you. Concerned! The faster we get another six points the better!

I know it’s highly unlikely REDOXO but the way we are performing I’m with you, let’s get to mathematical safety asap.

Last game of the season is away to Stoke City. A bit of a doomsday scenario, nevertheless, it could be that we need points from this game to avoid relegation.

With a dozen games of the season left we are nine points ahead of Stoke (who currently occupy 22nd place.) This is simply by virtue of our 12 wins opposed to their 9 wins (we have both drawn 8.)

Given our last couple of performances/results, against teams in the relegation zone, we just could get dragged into a survival fight and our final game could be crucial to both teams.

Just for added giggles we were, of course, 2 up against the Potters at Ashton Gate and lost 2-3.

Some interesting posts on this thread.

My personal position is that with 12 games of this season left we should stick with him (sure we will) and make a decision immediately the final whistle goes away at Stoke.

Of course I’d expect the hierarchy to be telling him this is their stance now, as well as be planning for a potential successor, however, sadly I doubt either is happening.

In essence, that means, rather like some of our current players, his future is in his own hands.

Of course the Club have created this problem by appointing him along with some delusional comments surrounding that decision.

So for me, I’d give him to the end of the season and then if the Club have got any ambition whatsoever. they need to make an immediate decision one way or the other.

I’d agree with a few other points in this thread as follows: there are some LJ similarities, the hierarchy want a yes man, whoever is in charge we need to invest in players.