Antman

i may be wrong, but was SL finance director at this time? this was the start of his 'land grab' of all things City

i think technically his name was 'oooh shaun taylor'

what date did you set up last (prev) season? - ie is this 12 months from when you set it up? (i know it's prob not that, but just asking) and did you renew in this last close season? they have had issues with the refunds that caused a lot of shite to happen, but not seen this - smells like more of the same incompetence i'm afraid.

good luck to him. i liked his honesty and work ethic. I know we now 'move on' but still feel bitter and angry at the useless Lansdown man child and his invisible interfering father. people like NP and CF just shine a light on their devious ineptitude. Thanks Mr Fleming.

supporting City can give you that out of body feeling Tone

can i suggest a new verb to be "Lansdowned' ? it's not unlike paying to be mugged by a clown, you start with a sense of wonder, distraction and excitement at the bright colours and face paint, happy to hand over your hard earned cash, but rapidly you are left with a sense of anger and frustration, only to find out some time later what you have lost exactly.

wow. if you honestly think this is an accurate reflection of the invaluable job James has done these past 2 seasons, are you Le petomane reincarnated?

i think this and many other historic examples of them ******* it up are why i am so totally fed up. They are scrambling to patch together a web of excuses and contradictory bullsh1t to cover this current situation up, but they seem to forget all the other instances of ******* stupid decisions made by the Lansdowns over a considerable period. The pattern of idiocy is the thing, they are repeating it over and over. It's just that Steve has handed it over to his under equipped son who seems to be basically a human shield. when do we hear from Steve i wonder. "Judge me on Tinnion" - maybe that was actually a really long gameplan eh Steve? he forgot 'eventually' though...

Big bad Benny Lennartson - The return.

do you remember the Lansdown quote back in the day "judge me on Tinnion" Well, Tinnion crashed and burned, absolutely nothing happened but several managerial trainwrecks later we are here - so to answer, No, SL is full of shit, will never take the rap

this should have been Lansdowns motto, but unfortunately.....

oh my, the Tinnion interview just adds an extra layer of sadness, anger and frustration. Just saying we want to play on the front foot over and over again doesn't make it happen, Brian, if we have no fit central defenders do you not think that might impede that philosophy just a little? do you not recognise that we WERE playing just like that before an already wafer thin squad was hit by a seriously long injury list. nothing, i mean NOTHING that came out of his mouth helped there, WTF where the club thinking that these two interviews were going to do.

looks like a bad day at the Mem !

sadly i don't see King staying, too closely associated with Nige. i have a really bad feeling re Nathan Jones - please god no. - but the luton link scares me, as SL has them as his current bedroom poster wannabee wet dream team.

i think previously he'd not wanted to use Free agents as they weren't ultimately part of the bigger plan, i assume the better ones wouldn't play on super short contracts - Take Klose for example - he was good for a handful, but very quickly wasn't ! Simpson another. That strategy of course contradicts the Lansdowns previously stated 'pillars' bollocks, and they will have forgotten that no doubt. for better or worse, Pearson was/is a stubborn minded manager, which has runheadlong into the lansdowns ineptitude at 100 mph on this occasion.

cheers - i'd like to think we have a functioning 'board' - but thats not entirely accurate i think. SL has a small group of cronies which is a fundamentally unhealthy way to operate a business, as painfully shown by this situation.

as a previous poster said (and nailed it) if he wanted to leave a legacy of bricks and mortar why not build a ******* Hospital - The Lansdowns tenure of this club is one of footballing failure (and I would argue financial failure, given the debts he has encumbered the club with) - SL is a fool to think that football ownership doesn't come with a sustained commitment to spending in order to build for success. unless your strategy is merely survival, which seems pointless. (or of course he saw the whole thing as a financial strategy, a long game to sell off his 'brand vision' but for that to work "like Barcelona" you need to have a team like....Barcelona!)

it seems so horribly obvious they just wanted him out regardless. The gutless way they have gone about it makes it worse. We'll no doubt get all the usual bullshit about a top class field of applicants again and then see Tinnion made manager. so utterly demoralising

sadly, thats exactly my point....

accepted, but there a hundred ways to show support and more importantly understanding of the situation at the moment. we haven't heard a peep...on anything.... i know we all like to get in a lather from time to time (ooh err missus) but the prolonged silence from the owner and his lackeys is odd would you not say - esp given Alexanders departure and Pearsons statement ( which can be interpreted in many ways i'll admit)

sorry - just to add, do you not think they (SL / JL etc) could and should at least acknowledge that?

but where's the leadership? surely the chairman, albeit a mouthpiece for the owner, needs to give some support for the manager & team - it's a conspicous silence. we have a very faceless and voiceless leadership - CEO's and COO's and lord knows what, it feels like Pearson is being isolated.

my big fear is they are happy to sit out this injury crisis without comment, but given a few more losses will sack Pearson as 'not performing' They should be vocal in their support - It's a spineless lack of leadership. Having manipulated the ownership of the club over a long period,presumably with a view to cashing in, SL doesn't seem to have a queue of suitors at his door and is battening down the hatches again, as we've seen him do before. add to that an actual manager who speaks his mind and it's an ugly situation.

the reason he has put in so much of his own money is that he has, over some considerable period, overseen the massive increase in debt (be that through poor decision making or bad luck - although he is one unlucky MoFo if thats the argument ) Resulting in him having to keep things afloat if he has any hopes of retaining and recouping his investment. been said many times before and i'll keep saying it.

i had that recently after some spicy food.