Baldyman

Don’t know where he got the info but Exiled Robin has said “it’s an ACL but the amount of damage isn’t yet clear . If surgery needed he’ll be out for as long as Atkinson “?

Think he has a 3 year contract so could just make our promotion run in !!!

No , but neither have any of our strikers !!

Perhaps he put Nige on crutches after Nige had a right pop at him that they didn’t stock an away shirt in his size ?? Phil said he knew nothing about it so Nige called him a f@@@@@g Ostrich and Phil decked him !! Far more likely than the BS that we’ll be told I expect !

He wasn’t Russell Brand’s PR guru between 2006 and 2013 by any chance was he ? ?

Was just going to comment that this is the quietest match day thread with less than an hour before kick off I’d ever seen …… then realised it’s Friday ? I’m away in my van on holiday and was all set up to listen to the commentary in 45 mins too ? Gonna have to find something else to do now ! Taxi for Baldy !

Do we actually condition our players at all ? Appreciate he’s at Newport but only been there a week ! Our record on muscle injuries is ridiculous now .

I genuinely hope you’re right but after nearly 50 years of watching City I’m feeling a very familiar and unpleasant vibe right now . If Pearson feels he’s on the cusp of something good , why are we not falling over ourselves to tie him to a longer contract and if we have tried , why has he not signed it ?

Sadly NP will take us down in my opinion . His contract is up at the end and there’s been no mention of any extension. It would appear all parties might be happy to part ways come May with no funds being given to a departing coach . That has relegation written all over it sadly and that’s no reflection on Pearson .

We touted Scott for sale for the past 12 months and treated him like a cash cow rather than the key to getting up . The club has zero ambition which is why we now have NINE former players all playing in the Prem now . I can’t think of a single Championship club that has ever sold as many players to the Prem as us . We’re an embarrassment to the Sport and the Lansdowns have totally forgotten that this is what it is !!!! I’ve always supported Lansdown when others have questioned his actions but to have almost an entire team leave us for the Prem is shameful and scandalous . He needs to find a buyer pronto and retire I’m afraid because he has lost site of the fact that this is a SPORT !!!

Have to admit to feeling like a total mug spunking £600 on a season ticket when it’s abundantly clear the Lansdowns no longer wish to play at being a Championship club , let alone a Prem team . We have stayed up for the last 3 years due to a fast start but this year I can’t see where the next goal will come from , let alone a win ! Relegation written all over this rag tag squad sadly ?

Yep , which is I believe , the plan . Give NP sod all , let him leave at the end of the season and appoint a new manager such as Flemming in league 1 . I feel like such a mug right now for renewing my season ticket .

If we’re paying that to five teenagers and half a dozen thirty somethings like James, Wells, Weiman & King then we seriously need to question the management of the club .

I’m sorry but our wage budget appears to be laughable . We have a squad of just 22 pros , 17 of which are outfield players and five of which are aged 17-21 from the academy . Either two or three are earning about £5m a year or our wage budget is a joke bearing zero relation to turnover ! For the first time now I’m seriously feeling our club is being utterly mismanaged from the top and deeply regret renewing my season ticket right now . Haven’t felt this peed off since since we went bust in 82

We have a well earned reputation in football as a perennial under achiever. Always happy with mid table mediocrity and flitting between league 1 and the Chanpionship . Won bugger all and try to win bugger all . It’s time for a change without a doubt and it’ll be complicated and drawn out I’m sure but our board are utterly anonymous. Steve Lansdown disappeared a couple of years ago and it seems his Son has now done likewise . Zero communication just as a few years ago when most of us had no idea Keith Dawe was Chairman and even less idea who he was ! Our board is stagnant and it has lead to a stagnant squad too .

Where were you when I renewed my season ticket ? Sadly your theory makes a lot of sense . 3 seasons is practically a record in the Championship and with no talk of a new contract for Pearson it’s looking more likely that this is his last season ! In which case allowing an outgoing manager the keys to the safe would seem totally illogical !

I totally agree with the feeling of stagnation but when the powers that be rake in approx £40m in transfer fees over the past 14 months and only invest peanuts back in to the squad ( rightly or wrongly) there wouldn’t be much that even Pep could do to improve it and that’s why it’s stagnant . We’re stuck in a Groundhog Day cycle of aim to stay put at this level, sell your best young players to fund the stadium etc then sign league 1 or 2 players hoping they’ll keep us up ! Only new ownership can stop that cycle unfortunately.

Never missed an episode ?

I’m not a medical person but how does a bacterial infection result in surgery ?? Necrotising Fasciitis is all I can think of but seriously hope it’s not THAT serious !

We’ve been parading Scott in the club shop window with a bloody great “ For sale” sign round his neck for almost 12 months . It beggars belief that we seem to have had no plan to strengthen the squad with any investment worth the name .

Totally agree regarding Bell . Looked like a child playing against men , not a 21 year old ! Vyner’s passing today was an embarrassment. Williams’ passing was not much better and Pring just can’t or won’t get up and back ! Cornick couldn’t cross his fingers today but let’s face it , a winger he ain’t ! Haven’t felt so pissed off and deflated in a long time ?

But we have a feeder club in Europe too ! Guernsey !!!!! ( Well ….. nearly in Europe anyway )

Totally agree but with TC now out until November it’s imperative that we bring in a striker . We now run the risk however of being rinsed by another club if we buy though so I honestly believe that now is the perfect storm of circumstances where we should break our no loans rule !! ( Presuming Nige can’t pursuade his Bessie mate Jamie Vardy to join us as a player coach of course ! …….. I can dream ?)

So that’s 3 of our players signed by Bournemouth now . Kelly , Semenyo and now Scott . Kelly as I recall badly aggravated an old injury soon after arriving and was out for months . Semenyo’s shin splints have flared up again and will be out for some time and Scott has just been signed with a knee injury more significant than first thought . That’s approximately £50m we’ve had from Bournemouth for 3 injured players !! Bournemouth fans must be holding their breath a bit !!

Totally agree . Why play a 32 year old who needed an injection to play in game 1 .? If it didn’t work out and he made the injury worse his future absence was far more likely to be weeks rather than 1 or 2 games . Not panicking but so many of the choices regarding the chosen squad last Saturday looked iffy to say the least .