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Ah must have been the Grimsby game I’m remembering

Bosses? I doubt very much my bosses would care very much about Bristol City I can assure you As you asked the first team squad players under contract I would look to sell this summer would be Cornick, Mehmeti, Bajic and Wells

I said “we just can’t shift on as easily” meaning players under contract are harder to shift than loan players i.e if Mbude doesn’t work out then we don’t have to sign him and the loan ends. However, if as an example LM wanted to move on Mehmeti then that’s not as easy as he still has 2.5 years left on his contract its just the point that we’ve signed Mbude on loan, he’s played about 45 minutes and I’m not rushing to judge him yet albeit if it doesn’t work out then he goes back to his parent club and we move on.

I liked the spirit in those final months trying to stay up, think I recall a win at home with Jim Brennan flying down the left side and Ade Akinbyi grabbing a couple..Norwich perhaps

It was more the broad point that every manager has players in the squad they want to move on but it’s not that easy when under contract etc. I’m not on the inside so no idea who the club will be open to offers on but there obviously will be

Some of the comments on here about Mbude are utterly ridiculous The lads played about 45 minutes over two games, he’s on loan and if it doesn’t work out then no harm done We’ve all been crying out for decent loans since Tammy and some work out and some don’t. I’m more concerned about the players we have under contract who aren’t good enough that we just can’t shift on as easily as not signing a loan player permanently He may settle in and we’ll all be raving about him in a couple of games, if he pops up and scores the winner against Cardiff then we’ll all be cheering! So let’s give the lad a chance

Fair assessment, at times far too predictable to play against it’s baffling how we can go from so good to so bad in a matter of days. Yesterday he got it all wrong and players were way off it of which he can’t take all the blame clearly

Guess it depends on contracts of Williams and James and what offers we get for fringe players or perhaps those out of contract next year namely Conway for one

Yeah that’s true we did, I guess time will tell (I wouldn’t have sacked Nige by the way)

Because ‘buy in’ means I can see the style and impact it can have and has been shown as West Ham, Forest and Southampton to name the most obvious games i haven’t said we are a top 6 side, that was Jon Lansdown’s lack of credibility comment around sacking Nige when he should have just been honest.

I buy into what Manning is doing and I think after a summer turnover I think next season is going to be the best for some years But yesterday he got pretty much everything key wrong from starters to subs to formation/tactics chasing the game Hopefully he’ll learn a lot from it!!!

Nahki dominated the run around, push people over and then complain about it competition

Spot on

I get it wasn’t the best of games from him but come on, give him a chance. Plenty of other far more experienced players yesterday had awful games and aren’t getting this level of negative attention.

For me Mehemti’s negatives outweigh the positives too much in game, lots of trickery and gets into good positions but end product is often poor, backs out of every 50:50 and when the game gets tough he goes missing. Hopefully with a summer of protein powder he’ll come back next season better Cornick is clearly a likeable bloke and you could never fault his work ethic as it’s evident throughout but he’s just not good enough for a team aiming for the play offs, there’s a reason Luton didn’t extend his contract and he was their 3rd or 4th option up front Everytime he comes on I want him to do well and prove everyone wrong but yesterday again I was away from the game thinking he’s Steve Torpey with a moustache. Great work rate but falls short too often

Completely agree..what a performance

Great composed and controlled performance..I stand by it…next season we’ll be in or the closest to the play offs since Hull Albeit this season as of now we’re only 4 points off so you never know!

Drink up thee cider

Spot on really, Cornick could have been throwing up at half time for all we know and that’s been disguised in the post match comments to not reveal any possible selections for Tuesday However, Mehmeti just doesn’t have the defensive abilities so bringing him on when we should have expected a more attacking Boro might not have been the best in hindsight He clearly works hard but his positioning when teams attack his side needs massive improvement, he’s a few seconds off knowing where to be and often gets caught out as a result so him coming on allowed them to build confidence on the right hand side which every attack seemed to then come from.

Agree with this, Mehmeti leaves us wide open with his defensive play and backtracking against an attacking wing back/full back like Ayling

So much of what he does is unnoticed because it isn’t eye catching but he has developed massively this season for me His confidence moving forward is improving but defensively whether one on one, breaking up play or sometimes just knocking it out rather than over play in a dangerous position is outstanding so his decision making gets better month on month I remember his screamer of a shot against Sheff Utd a few years ago that hit the post so hopefully he’ll have a pop again soon!

Southampton were 2-0 down at home at half time and ended up winning Man City were 0-0 at home at half time and ended up winning We were 2-0 up at half time away and ended up winning. It’s very rare that teams play a 90 minute perfect game of football for a whole host of reasons so I think all in all a 2-1 away win should be taken in that context We were definitely not great in the 2nd half, invited too much pressure so those points are valid but we ended up winning by hanging on which plenty of teams do week in and week out whatever the level A million miles from the perfect performance but enjoy the win and roll on Tuesday, unless we’re winning 2-0 at half time…

Yeah did this a few months ago with my lad, really well done with some nice little extras to make it special for kids

There’s so many variables in play I guess we’ll find out in time, ultimately they’re self employed in the conventional sense and will go where best fits personally and financially depending what’s on offer and so much goes on we’ll never know (always fun to speculate tho!) However, if he wants to stay it’s a no brainer for me, it will cost money to replace him and then wages on top so fingers crossed he stays A Joe Williams like last night could be captain next season he leads by example so much and dominated the midfield…all qualities other clubs want as well so round we go again

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