M.D

1 hour ago, frenchred said:

It may not be down to them, things are a changing!

I do hope you have some inside knowledge with this post..

4 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I think he loves him because of the involvement Manning allows Tinnion to have. 

A manager like Pearson would never allow it. 

There's a reason for that.

1 minute ago, Street red said:

Is it me or does he have a smugness about him

He does and for no reason at all..

I find him very difficult to watch/listen too, have done from his first time here.

I don't like his football, I don't like the way he discribes the game and his tactics.

I don't like the fact he will not change in game tactics during a match, I don't think he can ever change from his so called perfect game plan.

I  don't feel great about this and all of the above but I have a feeling of impending doom about City at this moment of time.

Living in Brighton, I do like being able to listen too sound of the City

3 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I’ll just try to be my honest self 

Tell it like it is...

One of the major faults of Manning is he has come and tried to change the team straight away with both positions and style.

A decent manager/head coach would look at what he has and would try to implement he's ideas over time, gradually changing the ethos and tactics over a time scale.

1 minute ago, fishy said:

Sums this team up at the moment.  Woeful.

Sums up the management of this club from Lansdown, Tinnion to Manning, not the team.

Still we can turn this match around..

12 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

It’s most likely because the first team squad train away from the academy now so one of the academy players could walk up to him with a big sandwich board saying “I’m in the academy” and he’d still be nonplussed having had no real steer on their abilities.

If he’s not seeing them in training, how does he know if a place is merited?

(Taps sign detailing how many youth players Liam brought through at Dons and Oxford)

Is this something Manning has implemented?

6 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

Wherever you are with Manning, this game needs a reaction from the first whistle of the 2nd half. 4 4 2 for me and go direct. **** any pretty stuff.

I very much doubt he will change it

1 minute ago, Spike said:

Genuinely losing faith pretty quickly in Manning now, so erratic on when we do and do not perform and tactics are crap.

Fear not, he will read the situation and adjust our game plan...

4 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

A total shithouse !

Currently 72 appointments on CH.

13 minutes ago, CodeRed said:

Clarke Osborne - that's him , he was involved with the Gas & instrumental in selling Eastville to IKEA, tried it on at Swindon, and has been trying to buy Plainmoor ( it's council owned) so he can use it to " fund a new stadium" yeah right. Apparently he never attended Torquay games.

A parasite who sees a club in need of financial help as a way to acquire cheap real estate.

He has been instrumental in the closing of many speedway/greyhound stadia, all gone for housing.

Has fingers in many pies, look at him on companies house to see how many companies he was/is involved in.

1 minute ago, slartibartfast said:

Clarke 

Thats him..

Anthony Osborne still involved?

He has a habit of running sports clubs into the ground and then selling the stadium for housing, he did it with Swindon speedway recently, their stadium is now pretty much Taylor Wimpey houses now..

So City

I can't argue too much with the  team selection, it's been a brutal run up to this fixture.

Bench is getting stronger by the week.

4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Anger

Its not anger is it, we are all happy with the result but I question why the change at half time..

If Boro had scored mid second half we would have been in trouble and that would have been down to the half time change in tactics.

6 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

I note the same people that were deriding Manning for not being tactically flexible enough are now criticising him for changing formation. 

You've gotta laugh. 

He did change things and people are asking him to read the game and change things.

Today he did change, for the worse..

play a back 4 please.

Only listened to the Forest game via Radio Bristol but sounded like we didn't play as well after the triple subs and went back to three at the back. 

Shocking handball from Andi, goal ruled out and replaced with a yellow.

Shocking handball from Andy, goal ruled out and replaced with a yellow.

RIP Martin, fellow red.

Just now, George Rs said:

Anyone seen if Mebude got off the bus with the team? 

Hes not been registered for tonight, signed after 12pm yesterday so we couldn't register in time..