Kingswood Robin

Saw him driving a minibus on North Street yesterday before the match, so still around. Always seems to work hard and has the club at heart.

15/15

Cardiff and Schalke were guesses mind

1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Rather typically some if their voices say how 'unfair' it all is.

Parry is a fan but journalist.

Other teams will face justice,......... one step at a time Michael

12 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said:

People pay their money, they can do what they like.

To some, city is a passion. To others, it’s a few hours out the house with mates and having a few beers.

I can’t understanding the judgement of others when people want to leave early, leave at half time or whatever. A couple of guys who I go with have to leave at 4:45pm as its the difference between getting home by 5:30/6pm or 7/7:30pm.

They are no less a fan for missing the last few minutes.

Personally I prefer the drinks and social as much as the football. A mate of mine is coming to the Sunderland game on the 16th December. We are going for a few drinks before and after the game. There is a very good chance we won’t be watching much of the football in between.

It's true that people pay their money and take their choice. I just wish people that can't sit still for 5 minutes would try and sit on the ends of blocks rather than in the middle. There's a bunch next to us, always late, leave early and for everything in between take it in turns to go somewhere. It's literally every 5 minutes.

I appreciate the beer swilling slack bladders have paid their money, but so have the rest of us.

12 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said:

Out of genuine interest, is it permissible to have one's OTIB history erased and then return in a new guise, as inferred herein? I can't really see how that is in the spirit of that which transpires here, if true.

Ralph Milnes Left Foot might know the answer to that.

If it stops people in privileged positions trying to manipulate the situation, maybe there could be something like a 2 week bar on posting after signing up.

Maybe he's yet to reach his peak.

4 minutes ago, GrumpyGit said:

As an Oxford fan, I hope he gets you relegated and he ends up sacked.
Manning has shown he’s got no loyalty. He was doing nothing prior to his appointment, the Oxford board took him on and backed him to the hilt in the close season, now he’s shown that a sniff at the Championship and he’s off, leaving Oxford in the shit.  13 games where he managed to keep us up, just, then got us to 2nd in League One in what is a poor division.

If he’d left at the end of the season, fair enough, but to do it a third of the way through is galling. 
 

Hope QPR beat you Saturday.

regards

Are you having a bad day?

3 minutes ago, Sandhurst Red said:

I meant more in his style of play, and approach. There were signs of a change approach in how he set up defensive blocks and space control, but not to the level that successful sides are showing.

Ipswich showed that in abundance just 2 weeks ago. 

Fair enough, I see where you're coming from.

12 minutes ago, Sandhurst Red said:

This thread has the makings of a OTIB classic.

Mark my words there will be some humble pie being served in 6-12 months time. Manning has a tough job but we as supporters are so out of touch with modern football coaching in the main - we are the WORST people to determine he is the wrong person for this club.

Speak to people in the game and read up about Manning and based on who we are, it's a perfectly acceptable if not a very good choice for us. 

Too many on here are blinkered by football manager and 'names' that they fail to see, the game of football has evolved massively in the last 24 months. At professional level, it's being played in a way and system not seen before and some clubs will get left behind. 

NP was stuck in the old school approach (nothing wrong with that, if your thing) but we've actually gone and got ourselves a progressive coach, that develops youth and yet posters are besides themselves at who is coming in. 

I understand what a forum is for, but some perspective wouldn't be a bad thing. 

I go along with nearly all of that. The only thing I'd disagree on is NP being old school. I think that's the perception, but I found what he said to be very progressive. He cut through the crap and was brutally honest about what's needed for a high performance culture. The most successful organisations are the ones that encourage people to be honest about what's wrong and speak out, no such thing as a stupid question and so on. That's the impression I got on how Nige ran things. 

I hope we don't find ourselves in a position where everyone's afraid to give the king bad news. 

1 minute ago, slartibartfast said:

ever used the transfer forum ?

No, but I think I know what you're getting at.

Lampard's got his own thread and he's not coming here. Why lump everyone together in one thread, what else is worth talking about ?

5 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

So, a suggestion, then !

 

same rules apply

What rules?

1 minute ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Not sure how he would get us promoted to the bundesliga 

You know what I mean !

I was in Darmstadt Germany earlier this year. They had just achieved exactly what we're trying to do by getting promoted to the top flight in Germany. A few years back he also guided Eintracht Braunschweig to a couple of promotions and then a return to the Bundesliga for the first time in 28 years.

No inside information and I know very little about him, but he seems to be able to do the one thing we can't do.

No no

No no no no

No no no no

No more Lansdown !

They'll have to step out of the bubble at some point. This in-house stuff just isn't good enough.

Possibly Mr Mackay, more likely Mr Barraclough

36 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Firstly - I wouldn’t be surprised if Lampard was interested. His reputation currently is such that he needs to look at this level and he is more of a coach than a manager. Albeit not a very good one.

Surprisingly, as he is quite an intelligent man, I’ve always found his football intelligence lacking. If you look at that Golden Generation side, the reason him and Gerrard didn’t work is because Lampard just couldn’t play CM - he kept trying to play on top of the front men (as he did with Chelsea where it was one up top and him behind) and it left Gerrard isolated in the centre and overrun. Basic intelligence on positioning - other than in the specific role he played for his club - was lacking. That lack of intelligence has been carried forward into management - I’ve found his teams to be set up naively and without any real nouse, relying just on an individual doing well (as happened with Derby).

Very good player in a specific system. Shockingly, no real nouse for the game outside of that.

I'm inclined to agree with this. We need someone that can change things during games, not just stand there looking desperate on the sideline. As you say, he did well in a specific role, surrounded by great players. Deviate away from that and I'm not sure he's got it. 

36 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Ronnie Flanagan, former head of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (as was).

”Consultants come in, steal your watch, then tell you the time”.

One of the wisest quotes I have ever heard about work.

About right.

I hope they come out all guns blazing.

If we go 1 nil down with an already none too pleased bunch of fans, it could fall apart badly.

The best thing they can do is sell up. A reputation is hard to build but easily destroyed.

I'm not just a bit disappointed, I feel like I've been lied to and generally been fobbed off with a steady flow of old flannel.

Their reputation is in the bin. Finished.

1 hour ago, Slack said:

Anyone thinking Steve may go full Ted Lasso ?

 

The Thick of It springs to mind

1 hour ago, Jeez said:

Thought he was on about 6 million a season at saints

Well, if you want someone bionic implants, you've got to pay the money

Maybe they're busy filling out their self assessment tax forms. The deadline is approaching  

6 minutes ago, James54De said:

Brian can ******* do one as well. Spineless ***** the lot of them. Get out.

Looking forward to hearing from you then.

They just don't get it do they