Harry

Ah yes! I forgot to add Wembley to my list. Good shout

Unconnected but slightly tenuous. At FGR on Tuesday there was a ‘neutral’ stood right next to me, but he was clearly there to support Wrexham. I made sure I cheered and shouted extra loud right next him when FGR scored. I know it was only FGR but I didn’t see the need for him to keep saying ‘go on’ or ‘well done’ whenever Wrexham did something. Had that been at AG I genuinely think he’d have had someone confront him. Anyway - back to Big Dave from Knowle. Even though he was generally a clump of a player.

Marlon is one of the best players who’ve played for us in the last 25 years. And he didn’t give up for half a year, have a first touch into next week and then join a rival.

For me, old grounds visited are : Brighton, West Ham, Brentford, Leicester, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Cardiff, Swansea, Millwall, Stoke, Rotherham, Derby, Bolton, Oxford, Gas, Wigan, Shrewsbury, Reading, Walsall, Colchester, Chesterfield, York. Technically could claim Charlton & Wimbledon too as went to their old grounds when they each didn’t have one. So, 22 + 2.

Sod him. He wasn’t very good when he was here. He only achieved cult status because someone made up a song rhyming Knowle with Senegal. He now plays for those shits over the border. **** him. Why would I cheer him?

We’d need Tins the jizmopper again …..

So I assume going to Weston wouldn’t have had a mental impact on him, but going to Bath does?

Thanks Silvio. The comments referred to prior to LM’s arrival are in the link above. Page 5 I think. As you say, I had reservations. But now he’s here I’m prepared to give him more than 3 months. But thanks for referring to my original comments on him. Some posters who accuse me of being up Liam’s backside would do well to read it again. I’m certainly not up his backside. I just want him to have a fair crack of the whip and get more than 3 months before we call for his head. Thats the only ‘defence’ of Manning that I’ve been putting up. Had that 3 months been a total disaster, I can fully understand. But it’s not been a total disaster. It’s had ups and downs, some good highs and some poor lows. But when we start to accuse him of ripping up the pathway and causing mental health problems for our youngsters just because a 17 year old has gone out on loan, I actually think many of our fans are losing their minds!

You do know don’t you, that this obviously wouldn’t include team selection. I would call you a bird brain but you’ll accuse me of getting personal and DM me again!

Oh, and please tell me where it was exactly that I said “Tinnion is in charge of team selection”? You do love to misinterpret stuff and then run with it, don’t you. I’ll explain it for you again. Why would Tinnion, who loves the academy so much and is super proud of the pathway, employ a head coach who rips it up in front of his eyes and loans out his star boy seriously effecting his mental health?

So, can you confirm. I’m not on ignore any more?

Yep. Defended well all game. Didn’t really allow much down the middle. Stayed compact and forced Wrexham back and wide and they had to rely upon aimless crosses for the most part. Keogh martialled the defence well. Midfield were energetic. Didn’t see a lot of the ball but they all worked hard and for the most part kept Wrexham at arms length. Osadebe took the goal well but then had to work hard off the ball for most of the game. Cotts has definitely got them playing with more organisation and more belief.

Some folks say that Manning was employed because he’s a Yes man. And now they’re also saying that he’s single handedly ripping up the pathway. mmmm….?? You do know, don’t you, that Tinnion is in charge of all footballing matters. Manning didn’t phone up Bath City and say “hey, there’s this talented prospect who the previous bloke was playing for about 10 minutes a game but I don’t want him - EVER. Please take him away from me”. The decision to loan out Yeboah will have been one that was fully (and I mean FULLY) agreed and arranged by Tinnion. And the reason will be because Tinnion thinks it is the very best thing for his development right now. I’ve spoken to Tinnion about Yeboah - he absolutely bloody loves him. I don’t think he’d sit back and allow Manning to “ruin his mental state” as someone has suggested.

Hopefully they heard me shout rather loudly, as Mullen was bawling for a foul that never was “cry more Mullin”. He did have a little glance over. The joys of a small ground, the players can hear your shouts

I think the official term in JizMopper. I understand they are employed in places like Amsterdam at the peep shows, cleaning up the booths after the patrons have dispensed.

Very disappointing tonight. Cotts must be ripping his gelled hair out! It was pretty much all Wrexham. Lots of the ball but very few clear cut chances as FGR defended brilliantly. You can see that they are far better organised since Cotts arrived. Defended superbly and then in the 93rd minute the keeper flaps at an easy cross and they get a penalty! Absolutely gutted. But positive signs since Cotts got here

Mopping up the cum

I’m not criticising Nige. You’ve clearly mis-read the whole thread. I’ve basically just been saying that the player availability was only a huge issue for the Cardiff game. For all the other games there were options. It’s the narrative that LM has had better availability than NP that I am challenging, not Nige himself. Another one that needs to re-read the context of the thread. Only Cardiff game was a big problem. The 2 games before Cardiff were limited in options but he did still have a RB option. But again, just to make it absolutely clear - I have not criticised Nige in this thread. Just challenging the ‘injuries’ narrative. It was bad for 1 game and limited for 2 games. Those 3 games aside, LM has had equal challenges with availability.

Steady on now boss. I’ve had a busy day at work so only just came back to here! I’ve acknowledged many times that the Cardiff game was a totally impossible situation. When I mention TGH at RB it’s in the previous 2 matches when Knight & James were both available to play in midfield. With Tanner out, TGH should really have been the next logical option. And Pearson has already played him there 3 times so I don’t see why he wouldn’t have done so on those 2 occasions? 100% incorrect. I was watching MK that season as I was keen on Twine (and O’Reilly). Nothing to do with Manning. And I think you’ll find that on the lengthy Manning thread which started a few days before he arrived, on the early pages I was the first person on this forum to raise the concern over the appointment because I didn’t feel his style would suit our squad. I have no particular love for Manning. I was the first to raise concerns over his appointment (as clearly evidenced in that first thread in November). I’m just of the opinion that it’s only fair to give him a fair crack of the whip, rather than want him out after 2 weeks (which some posters on here wanted and have never given him a chance). To be absolutely clear - I was never “Manning In” but I’m now “Just give the bloke an effing chance ffs”.

I think you need to re-read it all. I mentioned TGH was an option at RB a number of times and didn’t backtrack on it. It was an option that I felt NP could and should have used when Tanner was out. I still believe that. I’m not backtracking on it.

I just think it’s a little odd that you’d message me privately and tell me to stop responding to you and then a few weeks later you start engaging with my posts again. Nothing personal. I just think that is rather odd behaviour. So, have you not got me on ignore any more? Am I now allowed to respond to you if I wish? Or does this only work one way?

Well no. I didn’t conveniently forget that. You’ll note that I’ve mentioned TGH at RB a number of times. Am I off of ignore now then? In answer to this point, I explained this to you weeks ago. I didn’t “relentlessly proclaim” that we were well coached. I mentioned it once. Yes. Once. After Watford away. And I went on to explain exactly what I meant - which was to do with the way we pressed in the 2nd half, which I thought was highly organised and was probably the best I’ve seen a City team press in a long long time. So yes. I said it once. That in that one half away at Watford how I thought it was a very well coached press. And as a result you put me on ignore, DM me to tell me not to reply to you, and then a couple of weeks later start quoting me again and make up bull about me “relentlessly” saying something that I mentioned once. I must admit, I find you a little bit odd.

Are you still part of my conversation. I thought you didn’t want to be involved with me any more. I thought we were over. Were we just on a break? I hadn’t realised.

Don’t worry. Easily forgotten. You didn’t miss much. He wasn’t very good. I was actually banned for the majority of that period anyway so didn’t enjoy the full pleasure of his abilities.

And for once I agree with Robbored. The injuries and availability are sideshow and are being used for pro/con arguments against each manager. When in fact overall it’s been somewhat negligible. We were an inconsistent team under Nige and we are still an inconsistent team under Liam. Whose fault is that? Well. BT and JL for making what seemed like an unnecessary change but making it worse with their reasons for doing so and their expectations of this squad. And secondly, BT and his recruiting team for putting together a squad of footballers with many flaws.