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With those forwards, and the money being spent, hull should have been looking at the top 6, to lose at Plymouth when they should have been going for it isnt a great look!

7 minutes ago, Jimbo76 said:

I'm usually a Manning optimist but on the back of this performance, it would be refreshing for him to come out and take some of the responsibility. 

It's not all on the players and he's got his tactics wrong today. 

Don't think he will though.

Agreed, this is embarrassing 

Can see this ramping up over the summer on here the way the tomlin deal did… i think twine and tomlin have different characters, hopefully!!

1 hour ago, Galley is our king said:

Yes, funny how there were ZERO additions following the sale of Scott!

A completely unnecessary and self harming decision by JL and led to Phil Alexander leaving the club.

Ask yourself.... 

Why did we not get Twine in the summer?

Where would we now be in the league if we had?

Having instead gone to Hull, how much MORE did it cost to get Burnley to recall him and then loan him to us?

It just stinks!

A hobby chairman who thinks he knows best but actually knows bugger all...

I agree, but TGH signed 12 days after scott left.

2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

How are you judging progression? 

Points?

League position?

:laugh:, neither of those apparently? For us to improve on both after selling our best young talent in decades is realistically as good as we could have hoped for, albeit with serious ups and downs in some of the performances.

20 minutes ago, The Coach said:

If that’s true. We could very much be in trouble next season.

We will probably finish 10-15th next season, like most other seasons. Bird in, twine on a perm plus a big fast striker and i cant see relegation being a concern, though thats with the caveat that oleary, vyner, dickie, can stay fit all season.

4 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

Pre recorded to be safe and sure. What a shame we cannot do a live phone in and on the spot transparency. Does worry me. 

I think I recall when tinnion was on, the interviewer was getting props on here for asking some direct questions,, this could be quite interesting!

4 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

Our midfield looks promising , the big bit now is the No.10 . 
As it stands we have ;
Bird , Knight , TGH , Stokes , Murphy , Williams? James?

Defence when all fit looks decent too. 

Striker one short as it is, 2 if Conway goes . 

Who was it that did the squad depth thing ?

Yes, probably need a decent keeper to come in and challenge max as well, if possible 

Hes clearly talented but twine allows is to play others in their correct position too. Im sure we would have been several points better off had he stayed fit when he came in.

8 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Just imagine though, if you’d used those limited funds in August rather than January!  That’s always been a big thing for me.  I will never be able to square that off in my head, coupled with “you want a CB, here’s Daniel Ayala”.  Hey ho!

Yep, they basically wrote the season off before it started, and its why after 20 odd years we are no closer to the prem now than we have been since they took over.

17 minutes ago, George Rs said:

If “no one can convince you otherwise” what’s the point in bringing it up? This forum is used for among many things debate, would be hard to do that if you can’t let opinions change at all. 

I would agree off plain numbers i’d expect us to finish 5 points better, top 10. That’s what i said pre-season before scott’s sale. 

Since then, we’ve sold our best player, not reinvested it. Had a major injury crisis forcing us to name a defence with 1 player in the right position for at least 1 game. A change of manager. An extremely toxic club environment. Having to name the same centre back pairing for what 30 games straight. 

We haven’t exactly been the most fortunate? For the multitude of games we should’ve/could’ve won there’s probably a relatively close number of games we didn’t expect anything from that we won. 

Was it a sensational season? No. But it wasn’t bad either, and considering what’s gone on this campaign that’s not too bad imo. Don’t see a problem with people celebrating our recent upwards trend in results and performance. 

 

Agreed, to sell scott and reinvest limited funds but still finish with what will likely to be more points and potentially a higher place is realistically about as much as we could expect.

Just switched on, my first thought is that niges body seems to have deteriorated, perhaps its a camera angle,,, i really hope hes ok

7 hours ago, Davefevs said:

That is clear.

Do you see any correlation with twine signing and conway being more interested in extending his contract?

On 21/04/2024 at 13:54, sh1t_ref_again said:

I going against the grain here and all the expert sages we have on here, when he came on I thought he had a nice touch but looked a total stranger to his team mates which was not surprising given he had only just come in. The step up in fitness and speed of the championship is massive to a player who has not been playing, but the clips of him training from a while back he looked to have good quality finishing, but perhaps he needs time physically to be up to this level.

As for not getting on the pitch, I will give an alternative conspiracy theory that we are happy for other teams to not seem him play, particularly if we are having to negotiate a deal for him.

Of course I could be wrong and he will go back and never be heard from again, but even if thats the case we lost very little bringing him in and looking and so what if he is just sat on the bench we cannot fill anyway.

Sounds sensible to me, in the old days we would spend millions on players then never play them, bringing him in for not a lot to have a look at him seems like a good idea compared to what happened with engvall, szomdics et al.

2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Really easy to say mindless stuff this.

He has played 45 minutes twice for the 21s now with a lengthy gap between games.

What exactly we are supposed to do when 2 ACLs has meant that after all this time he appears unable to play more than half a game without doing his hamstring, I have no idea. Do you?

Terrible for him but sometimes it makes absolutely no difference what plan you have if a player has an injury he cannot overcome.

Manning just came out and said they were looking to carry out an investigation into it didnt he? For the whole club, not just for one player, he’s obviously mindless too compared to your all encompassing knowledge of everything.

55 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Out for the rest of this season, https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-talent-ayman-benarous-9231364

 

Arrghh, what a nightmare, whatever we are doing, its ruining him.

1 hour ago, ExiledAjax said:

And Mehmeti. He's also a player.

Sone of his recent goals and assists have been excellent, i didnt see that coming at all at the start if the season, if he can work on when to release the ball at the optimal time he could really step up

21 minutes ago, Red Homer said:

Average is just under 7.4k, 5th behind Arsenal, Chelsea, Man U and Man C.

Me and my kids have been to a few games, they just havent got the squad to be competitive. 

Just watched their title clincher, 5-0 vs bremen…  absolutely stunning football, 40 odd game’s unbeaten, wirtz is a world star and got a hat trick,, god help the rest of us if the Germans play like this in the euros!

6 hours ago, HengroveReds said:

LJ players as follows (fees from transfermarkt)

Kalas - 7 mil, Han Noah - 4 mil, Diedhiou - 5 mil, Wells - 4 mil, Baker - 3.8mil, Webster - 3.5 mil, Palmer - 4 mil, Tomlin - 3.5 mil, Dasilva - 2.1 mil, Weimann - 2 mil, Bentley - 1.8 mil, Magnússon - 1.75 mil, Ellison - 1.7 mil, Nagy- 1.8 mil, Djruic - 1.6 mil, Taylor Moore - 1.5 mil, Jack Hunt - 1.5 mil, Gustav  - 1.4 mil, Odowda - 1.1 mil, Marley Watkins - 1 mil, Liam Walsh - 1 mil, Mo Eisa - 900k, Sammie Szmodics - 750k, Matty Taylor 300k, Jens Hegeler - 250k 

Total - 57.25 mil 

Most of that list is horrific!

3 hours ago, phantom said:

Based on what? 

He's been injured for the majority of his loan spell and has rarely had an impact during his minutes on the pitch 

I figure his biggest impact is allowing knight to play in his best position, which makes us stronger in midfield. Injuries have done him in this loan spell, what i hoped was a key signing has fallen flat.

2 hours ago, Hamdon Mart said:

This is elite parenting right here! 

Thanks! Doesnt make up for inflicting city on him though!

I first got in to bovril during coaching sessions at the gate in the 80s, and its still my go to football drink,, and ive got my lad switched on to it,, bovril and a kitkat before kick off, love it!

1 hour ago, reddoc said:

My dentist is a Stoke fan and he knows I'm City. I'm scared enough of dentists as it is.

My other half is a stokie, i would expect the frequency of our romantic escapades will reduce significantly if we relegate them!

16 minutes ago, Redtucks said:

No I don't think so.

Maybe only once isn't it?

 

Dunno, but i wouldnt be at all surprised if he scores at least one against us. Its 2 teams of average/ below average with one player who is having the season of his life.