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10 hours ago, gary s said:

Won less games this season than Nige 

So the job is his then

5 hours ago, ProfitInMyPocket said:

We have lost the plot now haven't we, without a manager for half a week and we're talking about blueballs and meatspin. 

Dread to think what this place will look like if this drags on.

Take a look at the Eddie Nketiah thread

1 hour ago, Harry said:

What’s to say TGH agrees to come? 
If he sees West Brom as better for his career he might want to stay and fight for his place there. I believe they are only trying to sell him due to their own financial pressures, so they’re not selling him due to lack of ability 
 

I think that because the loan had an option to buy, he was told he has no future at the Hawthorns. 

6 hours ago, cheese said:

Bristol City's head coach - just like Schrodinger's Cat.  Lampard has both been appointed and not appointed at the same time.  We won't know until we open the box.

No. He wasn’t a box-to-box midfielder

Would be appalling to give Lampard boatloads to spend after giving Nige nothing and complaining about ‘performances’ when we had 12 first-teamers out injured. 

14 minutes ago, Nugget said:

I know they keep changing but must be a fair wedge betting on him as hes favourite now at 1/4 

Probably because JL ruled it out and no one believes a word he says any more

2 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Such a wide-ranging interview and I think one where it's easy to interpret it in any way the viewer would like to. So I'll interpret it though my own biased lens as follows.

The bit about not needing a CEO is infuriating for me. I think it highlights that there's no real plan there and at a senior manager level we're pretty much winging it with people swapping hats and filling in roles that they aren't expert in. Brilliant, I've heard that's what all successful companies do. I guess we already know that job titles mean very little at BCFC given Jon's nebulous "chairman" title.

I don't expect Joe Sims to grill Jon on corporate governance and board composition, but I'd love someone to have a go. That was an easy ride.

Likewise the "attempt" to ask about finances. Bless Joe but if by your own admission FFP "boggles your mind" then maybe leave that question for another time. As it was we just got whatever Jon wants to say.

On the lack of a plan for managerial succession, and there clearly isn't one, that's mad. They're repeating the mistakes of the past and I don't understand it at all. Someone on the read mentioned Brighton and how they plan succession. It's collaborative, open, and surprise surprise everyone's grown up enough to handle that. I swear that Pearson would have been mature enough to handle an honest "we'd love you to see out yourself contract but please help us manage a handover to a new guy" kind of thing. For me, that's innovative thinking, that's leadership, and that's acting in the best interests of the club.

On the plus side, if they deliver better communication going forward - and this style of interview is a step in the right direction - then great...they could start by announcing a fans forum perhaps? Did Joe ask why there isn't one this autumn? No of course not.

So yeh I think I echo much of what's being said - better than expected but an awful lot of shallow questions and shallow answers, and a pretty easy ride for Jon.

Haven’t heard the interview but if he really did say “Don’t need a CEO”, he is kidding himself. This is a serious, significant business, it needs executive management daily, not unqualified amateurs ‘having a go’. 

2 hours ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

A big name will get more time, a name like this will be under big pressure with the fans. A few bad results and the board will be under scrutiny again. Massive risk. 

Not really.  The Lansdown's clearly do not give a FF about the fans so it wouldn't matter if we were on his back or not.  It's their club, not ours remember.

46 minutes ago, Clevedon Red said:

That’s easy for him to say….

I can translate some of this if you like. 
 

it says “Chelsea”, “Frank Lampard” and “Bristol City”. 
 

Hope that helps. 

30 minutes ago, bcfcnick said:

I know, I think there is more chance of Anne Widdicombe being appointed but I think he'd probably make a success of it.  

Widdicombe now 3/1 on BetFred

2 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Fortunately he has a load of T-shirts with BCFC embroidered on them. 

Aren’t they written in a Blue font though?

Did a good job. Got Brum to exactly where NP got City. Probably the best realistic option available, but still a zero gain losing Pearson to get Eustace. 

3 hours ago, Marcus Aurelius said:

 

Thank you @Marcus Aurelius, that has cheered me up no end

2 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Doubtful King is a high earner, less sure about the other 2.

Williams joined during the Ashton era, James well his CV is great but he joined us as we we're entering fiscal retrenchment.

Worried about not taking up the TGH option. Young, clearly talented. Would be a mistake not to keep him IMHO

I do hope that the new coach doesn’t mean certain players shipping out (e.g King, Williams, TGH not being signed etc). 

21 hours ago, Bris Red said:

Indeed. The vast amount of debt and the very reason we got ourselves into the FFP mess we got in (which Pearson did such a brilliant job at sorting out) is directly because of Steve and his boy’s decisions. The buck stops with them.

And how much more money is being wasted in paying iff a manager that the overwhelming majority of fand believe was doing a good job, all things considered?

2 minutes ago, Reefer Madness said:

I'm going to buck the trend and say good. I've nothing against him but we were not going anywhere under him either .

Those of you who want nothing more than perennial survival, i understand why you are upset.  But frankly I would rather we took a gamble on someone new.  If we go down, that's too bad.. but it's just a game. We'll come back. And if we get it right, we might just be able to push for something special

So we were going nowhere and if we get relegated, we’ll bounce back?  Seriously?

1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Okay I'll try to rationalise the promotion comment. The decision is a disgrace let's clear that bit up.

Maybe NP had some positional or points target. Once that became impossible to achieve the position came under greater scrutiny.

Well, if that is true, does it mean the Lansdown have decided promotion is now impossible?  Rathe defeatist to say the least!

Sometimes I hate Bristol City

2 minutes ago, Tafkarmlf said:

Yup just seen

 

Pearson's left us is the way it's worded on twitter.

 

Well let's see what happens now

Not according to official site. 
 

City Chairman Jon Lansdown said: “This was a difficult decision to make as we recognise and appreciate how much Nigel has done for the club over the past two-and-a-half years on and off the pitch.

Just now, littlered said:

Absolute joke. I hope the board take notice of the fans' response to this.

You know they won’t. When have they ever?

Welcome back Lee Johnson. 

Well, you wanted SL to speak. Nige has left the club!

Why can’t I vote?  Is the poll closed?