CotswoldRed

Just now, And Its Smith said:

Don’t forget the shocking pass accuracy every game. 62% today which is roughly what it is every game .  Opposition is always 75%+

I'd hazard a guess we have the lowest stat in the division. 

1 minute ago, Bar BS3 said:

Game after game after game we have about 35% possession and are out passed about 2:1.

WTF does Pearson actually work on & plan for in training...?! 

The post match interviews? 

1 minute ago, Bazooka Joe said:

It's called propaganda.

If you repeat the lie often enough, some idiots will believe it.

Welcome to the UK. 

4 minutes ago, Dottie said:

Same old over reaction on here. We all know the team isn’t good enough but until the next transfer window what can we do about it? Don’t hear from half the posters on here today when we win a game. 

You'd expect ANY Championship side to do the basics with a degree of composure. You know, things like passing more than 3 times consecutively and keeping posession. 

Just now, Supersonic Robin said:

Poor half. Youthful midfield really struggling. Deservedly behind.

Downsy on Robins TV saying "it's been very even" - do you think he's consciously lying, or is he genuinely just clueless? 

He's paid to spin things and fix "Higher or lower". 

1 minute ago, Ivorguy said:

Seems to me a great deal of hysteria on Otib today.  We are not promotion material this season,despite some hyping it after Stoke win.  We are also not relegation material.  We have too much brio and too much talent for that.  1-0 away from home at ha.f time isn’t there d of the world, or the end of the afternoon eithet

Total lack of ideas, composure or entertainment, but nothing to complain about.... 

1 minute ago, petehinton said:

RobinsTV saying it was an even half

My favourite propoganda station! 

They should be ashamed of themselves. Wtf have they been doing all week, other than creaming themselves about the latest Ps5 release? 

I'm mesmerised by the talent and footballing brains we're showing out there. 

If you'd never watched them and were told they are 12th tier, you wouldn't be at all surprised. 

1 minute ago, Bizyer said:

Micky Bell just said "we look like a top 6 team". Based on the first 39 minutes I agree.

I'd take us looking like a top 6 side for 90 mins. We struggle to put 2 good halves together, ever. 

1 minute ago, RUSSEL85 said:

Not seen stats like this for a while…..in our favour.

So we've got 10 goals, but it doesn't say how many Blackburn have

Get in there. 

1 minute ago, Agard Days Night said:

Bristol City v Blackburn Rovers

Agreed. 

At home, have a Robinstv pass.

Sky Sports on. Can't bear to watch City this time. 

21 hours ago, Robbored said:

I’d like to know their rationale behind these recent restrictions. It’s seem unnecessarily punitive to me.

It's cheaper than doing other things they are legally obliged to do, but don't. 

15 hours ago, Simon bristol said:

I understand he asked to come on the show, so kudos to him, but you can almost imagine boris coming out with some of those answers, kinda waffling, not able to give an answer but trying to sound clever. 

If I had just about nothing to say, I wouldn't have bothered. 

On 07/11/2021 at 19:42, VT05763 said:

Chairman Jon Lansdown said in February upon the 58-year-old being appointed to replace Dean Holden: “Nigel gives us the leadership and direction we need to lift the players’ confidence and to turn our form around.”

But, here’s the rub, Pearson’s desired approach – and he’s always quick to remark that he doesn’t like being pigeon-holed, and that is fair enough but you only have to look at the most rudimentary of statistics to see how City are trying to play – doesn’t suit a lot of this squad.

Are Han-Noah Massengo, Jay Dasilva, Alex Scott, Nahki Wells, Callum O’Dowda, Kasey Palmer, Ayman Benarous and probably even Chris Martin players who thrive in a direct system/does a direct system bring out their best attributes?

You may not rate a number of those players, and can crow about Mark Ashton all you want, but the truth is they are in this squad under contract and they have to be used in the best possible way.

Yes, people have to be adaptable but not everyone is an all-rounder, even at the very elite level of that game; individuals have strengths and weaknesses.

There is a considerable chunk of this squad who have either been developed in the academy, from a very young age of late teens via another club, or signed as clever, technical operators and there is a clear contradiction between their profile and the proposed will of the manager.

None of that explains why our players seem unable to pass or control a ball, to even League 1 level. 

2 hours ago, nellie said:

you cant sack someone when off sick 

He's not a permananent employee. If his contract says we can dismiss him and pay it up it doesn't matter, whatever the state if his health.

If you can't prove yourself in a job, given 20+ years, you probably aren't very good at it. 

Personality aside, Warnock needs a squad of players with big frames. 

We have powder-puff 5'9" players. 

On reflection, I fear it would fail. Badly. 

2 minutes ago, tin said:

There’s a big difference between a manager and a head coach, two totally different roles. NP makes no secret that he’s a delegator, rather than a hands-on coach. KP and JD are part of the problem. You can’t polish shit, as LJ, DH and NP all show.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, would get a different tune out of these players IMO. They’re soft physically and mentally, and have no pride or desire to better themselves. They’re more than happy picking up their wages in their comfortable surroundings. That’s not an opinion formed now, it’s one formed over two years. 

Can a decent manager turn water into wine as well? That’s what some on here seem to expect, despite SL turning the funding taps off. We are a car crash of a club, and that ain’t NP’s fault IMO. 

Nobody expects anything unrealistic. 

But NP needs to add value. Presumably you think we'd be a whole lot worse without him? I don't. 

High Performance Centre sounds more like political propoganda than sporting achievement when it comes to BCFC. 

Utter marketing horsesh*t. 

Pearson isn't the answer. Neither was Holden. 

I was happy with Pearson, but was clearly unaware how tactically inept he is. 

He's as bad as I've seen. 

24 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

I actually believe that NP has real struggles be they physical or otherwise. I think he's a big personality and believe he'll do what's right for him and our club which is to leave. 

I find him neither too short nor too tall or anybody's love child- just not the right man for the job.

Will still cost us a cool million or so, even if he does the 'honourable' thing and leaves. 

Therein is the problem for the next manager's budget. 

2 minutes ago, Johnr1986 said:

Pearson is not up to task, 0-1 at halftime against 10 men to then be totally out played and to end up losing 3-2 in the 2nd Half is unacceptable, his tenure can’t continue. No game plan cant organised or set up team to play against opponents, transfer limitations or not under Pearson we are massively regressing on the pitch 

This. 

If he'd created a team that could retain possession, Coventry would have produced half the chances they did. 

Against 10 men that should be easy when you don't need to score.