JP Hampton

Although to be fair even JL said it was better than before he came. As much as some managers may have done a good job I think its plain to see that Pearson had an influence on the players that another manager might have struggled with. getting players motivated to play is a skill and NP certainly had it.

Yeah, I think it will in the main be positive, cos most fans will want the players to know we’re behind them, no matter what decisions are made above them.

Yeah and the boss doesn’t need to be out on the shop floor. We all know the amount of technology strapped to players in training and he gets feedback. Just because he’s not outside, it looks like there’s windows onto the training areas at the HPC. DW about it. You’ve as much right to an opinion as anyone else

I don’t see there would be any reason for this. It’s not exactly something to be ashamed of and everyone knew he was not well. He simply would have said, “I can no longer fulfil my role”. In fact he even said in a post match interview on RB, he was ok to carry on. So doesn’t make sense for the club to somehow sacrifice itself?

T That’s the bit I’m finding hard to imagine.

I still maintain that you can’t really use the excuse of us not being capable of doing what he does or has done, as an argument for praise. In relative terms the money (although very gratefully received by most fans) he’s invested is a drop in the ocean to what he’s worth. As others have said before, one persons season ticket, may be equivalent to his investment, in relative terms. whilst he may not get a wage you can’t say he’s not being paid, not in the true sense. Not that I have done, but we could quite easily look on balance, at the decisions made (and I agree the vitriol is too much) but I don’t believe, if on balance he’d “got the calls better” rather than not, that there would be anything like this negative response from fans. It’s been a slow but steady losing of confidence in the owners, not a freak over the top response, at this single decision.

Run out of emojis but bravo

Yes but the difference is he’s paid to know better, we aren’t! Bit of a silly argument really IMO.

Oh come on, from Pearson to Manning!! What an insult to Nige!!

When is it?

Yeah imagine having three of the most significant, coach, trainer and medic, gone in the blink of an eye must be very difficult for the players too.

As has been said before, this idea that players were sent off on rest,without a properly tailored management is ridiculous. With professional athletes it’s perfectly standard practice after 3 months training, to have a week off, but you still be following some lower impact type training to keep the body in good condition. They’d have then worked up to intense training. Give them some credit.

That story came from someone so someone is pointing the finger of blame tbf. Is there any proof players were rushed back? What evidence is there that that ever happened? Or that any player felt that If Rennie had rigid time scales, most health professionals practice, is evidence based and with his vast experience that was no doubt backed up by that and not by some rigidity from self importance.

Think it was a bit tongue in cheek tbh.

It might be his/her expectation, but it’s based on what the Board expected Pearson to work to. its totally fair to Pearson that whoever comes after should have the same playing field.

It just gets worse and worse doesn’t it!

Sorry just reread Absolutely!

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Fair shout. Especially as 3 months training should (as is the universally accepted standard approach), be followed by a week off. There’s no way those players wouldn’t have been given a programme of tailored, light exercise. Otherwise after every summer break all teams would be having the same problems. It sounds more likely that, that was a convenient excuse to get rid of them.

Thanks

Well according to BcfcShags Saturday morning I was told if we weren’t to get anything at Cardiff he would be sacked. I was also told that Gary Rowett will be appointed but as I’m aware up untill Saturday he was the only one that’s held talks, but other agents have been sounded out.

Don’t know much about Rowett, so my question is does he tick the boxes that have been proffered by JL and BT? If not wth is he doing in the mix?

For what it’s worth https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-citys-next-manager-live-8874266

On the subject of people forgetting all about NP as soon as we start hypothetically climbing the table with a new manager, or not. I think for most, the club as a whole is divided into the manager and the team in camp 1 and the board in camp 2. So if we did start climbing the table and started getting all happy clappy for the new manager, that’s fine, but for many it won’t change anything about how they feel about camp 2. Even if we got promoted, we’ve seen how the board have acted and the underhand way they’ve treated us and more importantly NP and no amount of success will (for many) let us forget it. So, personally, I see nothing wrong in getting behind the team and any new manager, but it by no means translates to, all is forgiven or forgotten. Just because as humans we have the ability to feel moments of happiness even in times of struggle, it doesn’t change our previous experiences or our original response to them.

Yes but the reference is about Pearson specifically having a big Ego. You’d expectJL to say “we”. Him and his dad.