Ian M

Please please please can we appoint on ability over name

SL: Hold my beer!

I prefer E I E I E I O with the Pearson is our king message getting under the skin of our board should we achieve that promotion. I’d be less keen to use it when we do have a new HC on board as I do believe we should get behind the new man, unless it’s someone like JB or LJ

Given we are going up this season it should be a nice simple E I E I E I O with Pearson is our king at the end?

You may be on your own on that one mate *runs again*

Why do they all shake their heads whilst answering “we believe we should be going for promotion to the PL”? Is their sub conscious betraying their actual belief?

2) Mark Ashton used BCFC as a test run for spunking the owner’s money. Lessons have been applied to Ipswich. *runs*

If they have any kind of tact they won’t have told FL in that way. Probably something like “Thank you for your enquiry Frank, we definitely have a level of interest in you but are currently already in talks with someone that are pretty far progressed. Can you give us a day or two and we’ll give your application every consideration”

Your thinking is exactly as I am thinking. I reckon the club misread the level of support for Pearson amongst supporters and was surprised by the backlash. Their first choice then said he wasn’t interested following the insight provided in “The Response” Fearing ugly scenes on Saturday, they are happy to appoint next week to get tomorrow out of the way. But in case it has a chance of diluting tomorrow’s reaction, show their high profile second choice round the HPC today, knowing it’s like a sieve and the news will get out. I guess our reaction to Pearson’s departure may have told SL that now is the time to use that nest egg.

It would be wise to actually turn it up to quell any fan chanting ahead of the game. Drown us out.

What about planned-for paying up of the management team’s contracts and recruitment of replacements? That’s gotta add to our numbers. I genuinely believe we couldn’t afford to do this 12 months ago and not until we sold Antoine did that change. Unfortunately results were quite good then. Creating a nest egg in the Summer assured this could happen at a convenient time this season.

It's not gonna be JL's opinion though is it, he's just repeating what someone else (probably BT) has whispered in his ear. With a failed League One manager constantly criticising his methods, I can understand why Nigel was irritated.

We've got a "great bunch of players" here, we keep being told. From the evidence of our own eyes they are the fittest we've been in years (side evidence of not conceding late goals as often). They've bought into this, as they have told us in interviews on the club's social media channels, through individualised training programmes. Are we to believe these players allowed themselves to be de-conditioned mid-season by being given 10 days away from group training? I have my doubts.

I totally agree with this. If you are to believe a poll on the matter now is representative of fan opinion, you can't just dismiss one 12 months earlier (with similar sample size) because you didn't like the result. 12 months ago a sizeable portion of City fans wanted him gone. 12 months on that sizeable portion had changed their minds and wanted his stay extended. It was at this point the board act and sack him. Then point that they are giving us what we wanted 12 months ago

Some of this budget may have been ear-marked in the Summer for sacking our management team when results allowed. Paid for by the Scott money our management team helped generate.

We've made the change(s) because JL & BT believe they know better how to get out of this division than Pearson, Rennie and Alexander. JL who personably thoughout the interview admitted he's learning as he goes. BT who was a failed League One manager who's whole mantra was "I will work harder than anyone else". Maybe the increased time off compared to others was necessary because we have a smaller squad than everyone else and want to play a high-energy brand of football so aren't able to rest players during the competition as well as our rivals? Maybe the high number of injuries we have (mainly contact injuries) are a direct result of this pressing style we want, putting players in position of risk more often? Injuries that then allow us even less scope to reduce the load on players' bodies during competition, thus necessitating a longer rest period during International breaks?

It hasn't been said to be consecutive has it? Could be 10 days off, total, in the last international break? Squad back on the Tuesday to assess and hold some sessions, usual Wednesday off, train Thurs/Friday?

Why did no-one go up to Jon a week ago and say "it could be worse, you could have Joey Barton!"

Former assistant? The wide CBs almost act as FBs (not too dissimilar to Cotts' version of 352) so it'd work with Cam as one of them. And I'm pretty sure Mark Sykes could play anywhere and impress at this rate

Bit weird to call Sven's spending in the 11/12 season Nige's but whatever makes you happy.

I think the vocal minority now are those who continue to support the current regime.

Cov's owners have backed him with a £20m spending spree. What is it about Austerity City that you think might appeal to him? I've seen some say that he may have developed a soft spot for us after having a successful loan spell with us when a player. Would this trump 7 years and numerous promotions at Coventry?

*condemned (Condoned means you approve of it)

They shouldn't. SL was as pissed as us at the way his team fell apart at the end.

Both of whom saw their team in the PL and although relegated, remain firmly above us in the Championship. And their hair-brain ideas got rejected by the fans. Equally we may get a Tony Bloom or Matthew Blenham who actually know what they're doing (or employ others who do).