Atticus

11 minutes ago, fisherrich said:

Hopefully he is finished. Possibly this is an opportunity to redress the balance with Lansdown. I’m not sure he has the bottle to stick it out at AG if he knows he has lost us punters (which is what we are to him), we want the idiot out. Clueless ****. Stabbed NP in the back.
BCFC will be here a lot longer than Lansdown.

That's what done it for me. 

It's not just about sacking a guy. 

It's the way he's done it. The setting him up to fail, giving impossible expectations. Going and talking with other managers weeks before stabbing him in the back then leaving him out to dry. 

It's disgraceful, unprofessional and frankly vile.

That is no way to treat somebody. Especially somebody that's trying there arse off to deliver under impossible circumstances.

On top of everything else. This I won't forgive or forget. 

10 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear from Steve again until his departing message when he sells the club.

At this point I think he's extremely hurt by all the criticism recieved by City fans, and I think he actually really dislikes a sizeable section of our fanbase.

But you reap what you sow, and the absolute DISRESPECT to Bristol City fans to turn up IN PERSON to speak to Bears rugby fans at the weekend, and then not even bothering to do a radio interview to explain the decision of sacking the first team football manager is beyond the ******* pale. 

It's over Steve.

Well, I think the feeling is fairly mutual now tbh. 

If he doesn't have the bollocks to own his decisions that's on him, he'd only be spouting utter shite anyway. 

He just needs to be a bit sharpish in selling up now. 

An utter and total bunch of cowards. 

Sums up the clown show. 

They need to get the hell out of the club. 

Cannot even own their own decisions. 

9 minutes ago, HibbsyBCFC said:

Completely agree. I also think SOD sounded miserable because he too had no respect for the hierarchy, so you could potentially add him to the Coppell/Cotterill/Pearson list - although that is just a gut feeling I had at the time. 

I am now simply left scratching my head at how our owner can be so tone deaf. Even then, I shouldn't be surprised. I mean, if his ego is big enough to name a stand after himself whilst still involved in the club?...

Yeah that last point has always made me uneasy and should of sent alarm bells ringing at the type of ego were dealing with. 

I mean can you imagine that happening at virtually any other club? An owner that has overseen nothing but pure mediocrity and at times failure in football terms, getting away with naming a stand after himself. Just bizarre. 

13 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Wasn't a guise, I believe that we were actually at genuine risk of failing FFP until Semenyo sold but thereafter especially post Scott, no excuse for not backing him better. As for the lack of new contract then the sacking, disgraceful.

League would have taken a dim view had we sought to push bigger allowables for Covid etc albeit there are 2 or 3 clubs who seem to have got got got lightly to date.

Yeah, wrong word used. 

I totally get the effects it had. 

2 minutes ago, HibbsyBCFC said:

So true.

No CEO and only two Board members; Gavin Marshall and Jon Lansdown. I had a few beers last week with someone who has worked within the group for some time - someone whose opinion I value. Their views on Gavin Marshall were absolutely scathing, both in terms of his character and also his complete lack of credibility / ability in his roles as BS CEO and BCFC Board Member. Their view of JL was basically "nice enough fella, but useless". Possibly their most damning quote however, was that in their opinion, Bristol Sport as a whole is "full of wannabes, has-beens and greasy pole climbers".

I was left scratching my head when Steve Lansdown sacked Danny Wilson and replaced him with Brian Tinnion. 19 years later, after countless Managers, Head Coaches, DoFs, CEOs Technical Directors etc, etc, I'm still left scratching my head....

You shouldn't. Pieced together his farcical managerial choices absolutely make sense. 

Tinnion,Millen,Johnson,Holden.  Neither of these should of been appointed. 3 of the 4 had virtually zero managerial experience. I wonder why that is.... 

Then look at some of those with experience. 

Coppell = left after 2 games. Rumoured he wasn't happy with James being signed. 

Cotteill = not lansdowns choice, brought in to steady the ship. Wasn't backed when we went up, was critical. Given the boot at the first opportunity.

Pearson = was fairly obvious both Lansdowns were uneasy with the appointment in the first place. Never particularly backed under the guise of Covid. Became critical. Sacked. 

That leaves the likes of Johnson snr, who was successful, a rare time owner and fans were on board. 

And Mcinness and SOD. Well the latter always seemed miserable. 

39 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

And of course, neither Tinnion nor Steve are actually on the board.

So it's not even "board" interference as @petehinton puts it, if true it's "fellow employee and ultimate beneficial owner" interference that the board have failed to spot or stop.

So it's even worse than board interference imo.

There is just absolutely zero corporate governance at this Club. Zero.

I suspect that is because Steve has employed only those that will never argue against him....

Something that evidence suggests he tries and tries with the manager too.

Which is why we will never go anywhere while he is owner. Ever. 

I read this article earlier and I absolutely picked up on the Tinnion mention, and it makes me feel very uneasy. 

Has he gone to far again? I wouldn't of imagined he'd make the same mistake he made with the Wilson situation but....

How many on their are an actual upgrade on Pearson?

Also. Judging by Jon's comments on his sacking, I'd expect top 6 minimum now as a remit for the job surely? It has to be that or face the sack, no exceptions. That's the bar that's been laid by the clowns. 

2 hours ago, Bcfcshags said:

Possibly, but it was a matter of when. Problem is they don’t like that Nige is outspoken. 

Well. If our two precious little clowns cant have anybody in the club speaking out of turn. I think we all need to be more outspoken....

2 hours ago, Ziderarmy said:

What’s classless is talking to other managers / agents whilst we had a manager doing a bloody good job with his hands tied behind his back. 

Disgusting behaviour really. 

Yes. 

This brings my sheer disdain for the two clowns even higher. 

That reeks of backstabby unprofessionalism. 

And to think Rowett is an improvement over Pearson? Utter braindead *******

There isn't a chance in hell we will make the right appointment. 

Steve Lansdown cannot stand having somebody in charge of team affairs that's in control. History has repeatedly shown this.

We will always be going nowhere fast while he owns the club. His ego is to big and to fragile to allow this.

But. What I do expect now. Is the same farcical harsh remit given to our next manager that Pearson was given. Ie top 6. Regardless of circumstances.

Lansdown has laid down the marker now. 

This will show if what's happened now is purely a football decision or not....funnily enough, I suspect its not. 

3 minutes ago, Jimatno9 said:

Steve Lansdown is no football fan in the way most of us are. He’s a very wealthy individual who wants to have a legacy. His son was a fan but has moved away and is not engaged.

They don’t like managers who talk back. Lee Johnson, Dean Holden, keith millen,  and Derek McInnes were all completely or very inexperienced in english football management and could be expected to keep on message and not criticise.

The only two experienced managers Cotterill and now Pearson are out because they see through the incompetence and lack of vision from the top.

Lansdown got lucky with Gary Johnson but to be honest. it ended badly because Johnson was not really a championship/premier league manager as his later career sadly confirmed and Lansdown kept him when it was clear the players were losing trust. And lets not forget Steve Coppell who saw the writing on the wall and got out before he even started.

Steve Lansdown has put a lot of money in to his project but its not just about football its rugby basketball and his legacy, and because  of this lack of focus and maybe, in the past, with supporting inadequate managers because he was happy with them on a personal basis we have drifted for too long.

He wants to sell and is just treading water till he can find someone to buy him out - and i get better the devil you know - but I genuinely believe the Lansdown’s want out and sadly Mr Lansdown thank you but the sooner the better.

 

Don't forget about Coppell too. Who walked after two games. 

We will never progress while he have a clown running the club. 

10 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

That’s pretty strong stuff.  I suppose anyone who plugs as much money into sport as Steve Lansdown has is bound to have some egotistical characteristics, but a narcissist?  Really?  You thenfollow that up with an accusation of immaturity, which bus a very odd thing to suggest of someone if Lansdown’s age.

As far as I can see, Lansdown’s main failings have been to put too much trust into some individuals, and to be too cautious when a little daring was called for.  However we are a mid table Championship club with more secure finances than some, so it’s hard to see him as ‘inevitably to the detriment of the club’.  Managers come and go, and I’m sure Pearson was savvy enough to know that his position after (by today’s standards) quite a long tenure and little progress in terms of league positions was always likely to be insecure.

Pearson has a record of gaining cult status amongst fans at various clubs, but has fallen out with most owners he’s worked for.  What has happened at City seems pretty much par for the course.

It's strong stuff but it's how I feel.

The evidence is there, and has been for years for me. 

19 minutes ago, Riaz said:

This is nothing like Cotts.

Cotts was taking us down.

Pearson had us looking up and he was building something.

I’m pissed that they’ve got rid 

??

Difference being that was pur first year in the championship under Cotterill. After he gave us one of our best seasons in recent memory. If not the best. 

The similarities are he was also not backed sufficiently. 

2 minutes ago, JP Hampton said:

For someone who’s “not loved” there’s certainly a lot of noise on here in support of him!!

I don't particularly love Pearson. He can grate my gears at times. But I can appreciate a determined and honest guy trying to do his best. Which he did. 

And I can recognise a disgraceful way which you can treat somebody. And this is absolutely disgraceful. 

I can also recognise an egomaniac narcissist when I see one. And Steve Lansdown is this. He will always inevitably be a detriment to the football club because of his immaturity to handle competent good managers. 

Absolutely a big thanks for the dedication of trying to turn our club around. Especially when you have the owners against you doing all they can to make it impossible. 

I hope he gets a job soon. One where he is respected alot more then the clowns running our club gave. 

I wouldnt be surprised to see a whole raft of new signings in January now Pearson is gone. They did the same to Cotterill. 

The problem is, having a competent manager. And that is a problem. Because we know by repeated history that Lansdown can only handle incompetent managers that strokes his ego  

12 minutes ago, Fammyfan said:

For me, it’s the timing of the decision that makes this worst. The decision has been made after back to back defeats with a squad that’s hanging on a shoe string.

In the circumstances, the performance have still been of a good standard, particularly when one was against high flying Ipswich.

We’re just about to go into 2 games against teams in and around the relegation zone. Had Nige been in charge, we would have been expected to have won these games.

It feels as though the board have decided to get rid of Nige before an upturn in form and it really makes me question the motives of the board.

Yep. The timing of this shows its not a footballing decision. It shows them panicking we may start winning so they'd lose there chance to sack him. Something they've wanted for a long while. 

There just needs to be continuous pressure now for them to sell up. Let the feelings of the utter clowns be known constantly. 

This isn't even just about sacking a good manager. For me it's sacking somebody because he doesn't like him. It's setting somebody up to fail on purpose. That is a detriment to the club. It also shows very unsavoury personality traits. 

They are putting there egos ahead of what is best for the club. 

We also suspected for a long time Lansdown has a huge ego that constantly needs stroking. This absolutely confirms it. 

I want them to sell up. And want them to let us know the club is actively for sale. 

Would say im shocked.  But im not. 

Would say it's a scandal. It is  

This is a disgrace. We have a clown as an owner. One that cares more about his ego then the club. He has set Pearson up to fail because he doesn't like him. 

It's a disgrace. We need to make our feelings clear to these little dictators.

He needs to sell up. A total narcissistic clown. 

1 minute ago, B1ackbird said:

If SL's mad/vindictive enough to sack Nige he's also Mad/vindictive enough to re hire Lee Johnson...

Jamie Mcallister next manager...

15 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

The board have not backed Nigel. He wanted another CM, CB and GK yet the Scott money was frozen. Scott was to play with Knight remember. Shocking! 

Yep. Pearson was clearly kept in the dark over the summer imo. 

He was led to believe we would try to keep him, when in reality SL was always looking to sell. 

52 minutes ago, frenchred said:

Only if the stadium is sold as part of the deal, because at the moment it's not "owned" by the football club!

Anybody who names a stand after themselves while removing a previous chairman's name will always be tainted (in my opinion)

Was always uncomfortable with that. It just shows such ego. 

To be expected with the squad we have. 

Hugely bitter pill to swallow losing to Ashtons Ipswich followed by Cardiff.