BCFCGav

Back to back wins and lots of positives today, as are being discussed in other threads. Utter safety at this point and lots more good individual performances from the lads too. Think all subs were tactical, another positive! You reds ️

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

TGH

Benarous

Bell

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

CB pairings will play 46x90 if they can.  Hey do the least running of any position also.

For sure, I mean more the mental burden of ‘we cannot get sick or injured ever’ they’ve shouldered a lot of responsibility for the badge this seasons and deserve all the plaudits for it.

Same 11, same 20 as (very) Good Friday. 
 

My guess is TGH and Benarous are closest to a return, which is of course good but I kinda wish it was a Naismith/Atkinson to take some burden off Dickie and Vyner! 
 

COYR!

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

TGH

Benarous

Bell

Stroud is quirky but to me - equally quirky to everyone.

Andy Davies, as mentioned above by @AppyDAZE… that’s a problem. But Stroud? I’m chill. 

I mean, it really COULD be a sofa supporter who bought a jumper and really likes it…

But yea this one feels suspicious.

I believe he can be the keeper in a City team that makes PO’s. He’s very, very good contrary to the beliefs of many.

I said to my dad I think the bloke has Vardy pyjamas. Couldn’t wait to give them decisions. 

Great performance and great win. Still a little wasteful of chances, think that needs work in the Summer. And conceded some chances but against a 150m or whatever Leicester squad, that’s very likely! 

Lovely way to start the Easter weekend, but Knighty’s sub worries me a little… fingers crossed it’s nothing too troubling. Off the list for now - we’ll see Monday! 
 

Happy Easter all.
 

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

TGH

Benarous

Bell

My MotM too, Max also a contender (I’m forgiving him the pass to Vyner!). 
 

Anis had two moments of brilliance today, but I think MotM was… generous

Yes Manning in. He’s not the enemy, that’s above him. And I can’t shake the feeling he has something. The real acid test for me - how do we look come October/September. We need to compete in 24/25, though it’s difficult for any manager with owners desperate to sabotage from within.

1 minute ago, SomeRandomBristolian said:

Sorry to hear this @Davefevs hope the pain gets under control soon.

@BCFCGav add him to the injured list. Manning forgot. 

I’ll put him on for now. Availability has been good from @Davefevs this season. Still - don’t want to see this becoming a habit or we may have to sell in the summer

2 in, 2 out as we again name the full complement of 9 subs. James and Williams return, TGH and Meerholz make way. Meerholz likely just making way for more experienced players, TGH may well have a knock. 
 

Really tough game today, hoping cool heads prevail if it doesn’t go our way!
 

Injured:

Atkinson

Naismith

TGH

Benarous

Bell

Positive night overall. 6 of my starters missing after Stones went off and we still controlled the game and should have won. All good.

The good - I like Mainoo in the ‘open’ midfield spot. Think he has a serious case to start in our Euro XI. 
 

The bad - seeing Maguire and Stones go down in the same international break. Plenty of time before the tournament of course but injuries mean a lot of our best 11 aren’t playing in our third to last friendly pre-tournament, when we ideally would be letting them all gel.

Oh - and we’re losing

'This could have been on one of the existing threads!'

1-1. Long channel balls wreaking havoc on Bath defense. Good finish - no chance Buse.

Idehen goes close other end from a long-throw. 

1-0 Bath against the run of play. Buse having a good game, one stand-out reaction save particularity. Idehen a little shaky.

As titled. Sunday Roast viewing?

So Ian Gay’s source revealed ‘Manning has 8 games to save his job’. I’ve been racking my brains on what that means. Surely if the board or ownership are putting you on your last warning - you’re done regardless. It’s just a matter of waiting for the result(s) that seal your fate. Unless these last 8 games are SO good in results and/or performance that he buys himself back some wriggle room? 
 

What a bloody shambles. Fingers crossed we end the season well and can finally see some realignment within the club and fanbase. Or better still, City release a statement that the Lansdown’s have agreed to a sale.

People on Twitter banging on about the blue away kit, is that not purple? Or am I losing the plot?

Doesn’t seem the type to accept slimy Lansdown-fingers interfering with his job so would be doomed from minute one. 

‘Excitement’ is a tough thing to pin down in football. For example a relegation battle is exciting because it’s horrible, you’re nervous for every game and every point is vital. But if I offered anyone on here an on the spot 10 point deduction for City and therefore a relegation battle, can’t imagine many take it! 
 

Excitement by way of winning honours is easier to measure as the internet contains records of absolutely everything of note ever won. And in terms of our current 23 league rivals, we fall low on that list. No majors, only one second division league title way back in the early 1900’s! 
 

The League 1 clubs are more where we land in that regard, I think we’d probably be top 8 or so against those clubs. 4 titles at that level is bettered only by Argyle I believe. 
 

I did once see a ‘yo-yo club comparison’ that looked at all League clubs and counted how many times they had changed division, but can’t find it now. Rotherham for example, rarely a dull moment. Battling for promotion one season, survival the next and so on and so on. 

OCD can be utterly debilitating. Horrid illness.

OP is exactly where I am, I would have him here next season in any circumstance bar actual relegation (won’t happen).
 

But I think he’s gonna need a steady influx of wins spread over the final 8 games as his position is becoming borderline untenable. I don’t remember the fan base being this vocally against even Dean Holden, and performances under him were significantly worse than they are now.

11 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Can be both!

Nah, brought in to do a proper, grown-up CEO job, increase commercial opportunities, etc, only to find the owner’s son (playing at being Chairman) does what he wants, doesn’t follow due process, undermines the CEO by doing shit commercial deals, etc.  Calls that out to owner, told to leave.  I’m sure his support of Nige didn’t help!

Nige played along for a while, going with the “budget bollox” storyline for a while. Then his ally in the hierarchy got removed (Alexander) in September.  They called Nige in on the Sunday after the Leeds defeat (Oct 7th) and “asked” him to walk.  You may recall rumours of an emergency board meeting circulating on that Sunday.  Nige said “if you want to sack me, I’m not dressing it up as mutual decision, you will have to say you’ve sacked me”.  Surprised by Nige they bottled it, but Nige knew he was on borrowed time, he knew his staff were on borrowed time too.

Cue Nige getting more pointed in press conferences, e.g. why do you keep asking me, go and find someone else to get your answers from.

I do agree that most of this will have come from JL / SL not being “man-enough” to take criticism, but they will undoubtedly have sought Tins “advice” about how they could package up their execution of his eventual sacking (and who they’d look to replace him with).  He most certainly didn’t defend Nige, or else he wouldn’t be here now.

So they let the international break run and waited for a defeat to hide behind.

Shit, the old bastard beat Coventry, can’t sack him after a win.

Ah that’s better, defeat to Ipswich, but can’t sack him this close to a Derby with Cardiff.

I recall talking to @headhunter after this game and he asked whether Nige would make it to Xmas, I replied I didn’t think he’d make it past the weekend!

Ah, perfect, lose to Cardiff, now’s the time, players close to coming back from injury, Wednesday and QPR coming up, new boy will get an easy start.

Sacked in the morning, you’re getting sacked in the morning - and so he was.  Euell and Rennie with him, Fleming to hold the fort as they couldn’t get new boy in quickly enough.  

Cue a plethora of very poor interviews summing up their ineptitude and pettiness.  All complicit.

The comment from Jon about players and “deconditioned” is one of the shittiest things I’ve ever heard in football, and I’m not exaggerating.  And people on here wonder why he gets stick.

I’ve no idea if Manning was first choice.  There were rumours of both Mousinho and Eustace, so maybe they were asked but turned it down?  But they took a week to appoint Manning, when they already had their plan in place after Leeds, so my gut feel (and that’s all it is) was that they got turned down!

Nothing about being sacked was a relief to Nigel, he wanted to stay at the club and deliver what he set out to do, and was doing.  He, along with the fanbase, thought he was really on the right tracks.

 

This makes for thoroughly depressing reading regarding the decision-makers at the club but it’s good to know. Thanks for sharing (I think! ).