lenred

So why wasn’t he loaned out during the window then? It’s piss poor planning from our DOF amd management team. That’s not ‘beating with a stick’ it’s just plain common sense planning.

I guess I’d answer it in 3 parts. a) I’d rather he stayed and was coached by Manning as to what he wants from him going forwards. Learn from the seniors whilst they are still here. Get on the bench and get minutes b) If that isn’t happening then I would want and EXPECT our DOF and his team to have worked on him getting a decent loan in January. League 1 clubs would’ve picked him up and top league 2 at worst. This is a player with champ experience this season. Z) if the new manager doesn’t want scenario A and the incompetents can’t arrange scenario B then I’ll take him going on loan and playing mens football. But National League south? **** me. He’s better than that and he should’ve been managed better. Much much better.

I’d rather he be given opportunities here NR - especially over the likes of Mebude.

Really really disappointed and makes no sense whatsoever to me, but we will see like you said. I know at that age Idve been more than disgruntled with what’s happened, from first team squad and sometimes playing under one manager to being discarded by the replacement coach who is supposedly so much better at developing players, you wouldn’t be human if you didn’t feel something was amiss here tbf. But I hope the lad takes it as an opportunity and shines.

Oh bugger. Now you’ve done it!! This will be like a visionary version of an ear worm until 2.30 Saturday when hopefully it’ll have gone away!

You’re seriously still pushing this bollocks?

Leicester Leeds Ipswich, Southampton, West Brom, Norwich/Hull in play offs. City 15th on 52 points (24 points off of top 6 / 13 points off relegation) QPR, Wednesday and Rotherham down.

Fair enough. We were promised improvement though. That what we were seeing under NP just wasn’t anywhere near good enough. And we just haven’t had it. At all. For many it’s regressed if anything. And Manning has had better resources for the most part (another reason let us not forget that Pearson was apparently sacked - for conditioning issues, time players had been given off as opposed to being ‘on the grass’ etc). Hence some people (anmd a growing number it seems) are asking whether this move has been for the best and debating a way forward. But I think you know all that anyway. I was just replying to your saying that we were shit that day. We weren’t. I walked away with my head held high. There was no bickering or murmurs in the crowd. People understood. The only shit show that day was the Welsh police and the kettling at the station!

It was actually a really good performance from mostly squad members and kids (James, Knight Lebel and Yeboah all featuring out of necessity). We even had more posession and better passing stats - something that seems to ‘excite’ a few on here about the current set up.

He’s dim af but there’s no way on gods Green and Blue Earth that he ever re appoints himself (although if he did it would be ******* hilarious for everything that would come with it)!

As opposed to you, who’s evidently so desperate to be on here as much as possible that you make up new usernames and new IDs to try and circumnavigate previous bans. The only shit show here is you.

Yeah - key word was successful . Something I just don’t ever see us becoming under this regime unfortunately, they don’t have the self awareness, the ability to admit mistakes or the footballing intellect (or any intellect in the case of BT and JL) for it to happen under their watch.

With respect, Admin, stewarding etc aren’t really relevant to how I read your point. I can’t think of any successful clubs that have an ex ‘legend’ and failed manager as their DOF?

Is it?

Yeah, promotions are terrible!

This is the big worry for me atm. Take some responsibility. All the best managers do. All the shit ones don’t. That’s not just football, that’s all areas of life.

It’s not asking the same question.

In terms of a discussion on a forum dedicated (mostly) to our club it’s not pointless though is it?

You honestly think it’s just OTIB posters who have doubts? Delusional.

He has until the end of the season atm for me and that’s because of cup performances and two very good league performances. But lose next week and I’d need to reassess. It’s only 3 points but feels like it represents a whole lot more atm, for me at least.

Things were ever so slightly different then weren’t they? Not sure why people keep comparing the absolute shit show that Pearson inherited with what Manning has to play with now. Not that it matters. We are where we are now but if you are going to argue about Pearson and take up the past at least acknowledge the fact that things were very different then. Who is it? Lez?

He needs to get something from that game big time to stop the ‘talk’ now - two abject performances which have been utterly depressing. Hopefully we get another Southampton type performance but that feels miles away atm. Fingers crossed though because if we lose next week it won’t be pretty!

Depends. Who knows how he will leave it. Lots of variables to go yet. Taking it that he sells us fairly (which he will I think) then the infrastructure is better than he inherited but for me that’s about it (and I’ve gripes about how he’s done that also). Given the money he’s spent his tenure has been an abject failure on the pitch. Just my opinion.

Yep we were in the lower tier, right next to their lot in the adjoining stand in August. Made the stoppage time winner even more enjoyable!!

Beat me to it. It’s exactly what they want. Same with LJ…….those that challenge fall by the way side. But we all know those stories already…... really hope Manning betrays his nice person demeanour behind closed doors, as and when it’s needed.