Bris Red

Just now, Baldyman said:

They don’t JUST bankroll a business losing £300k per week ! They RUN a business losing £300k a week ! It’s down to them ! Why do so many Lansdown supporters constantly disassociate them from the losses ? There’s just no logic to that ! 

Indeed. The vast amount of debt and the very reason we got ourselves into the FFP mess we got in (which Pearson did such a brilliant job at sorting out) is directly because of Steve and his boy’s decisions. The buck stops with them.

26 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said:

What's Eustace ever achieved to be favourite?

Had a slightly decent spell at Birmingham in his only ever gig as a head coach, he has only ever been number 2 or caretaker elsewhere.

Still a huge gamble going for him but he would have to be a better shout than the failure that is Rowett..

34 minutes ago, kmpowell said:

I’ve slept on it… and to be honest, now the disbelief has gone, I feel more angry than I did yesterday. 

I like to think I can be balanced and see all sides, but the more I mull it over I come back to the same conclusion. This decision was personal, it has no merit, warrant or validation.

Totality agree. I have woken up actually more angry today than anything. The statement from the boy saying our aim is promotion? Its the taking us fans for complete and utter idiots that is infuriating.

10 minutes ago, Dredd said:

I don't think ive ever seen us sack a manager with 90% of the fan base still firmly behind them. Probably the next most unpopular sacking was Danny Wilson? 

Certainly can’t remember a sacking as unpopular as this one. As much as i liked Wilson the manner in which we lost the play-off final that year it did probably feel the right decision to get rid.

This is unbelievable though IMO. As the dust is settling i just cannot get my head around it. Absolutely bollox is it a footballing decision and that is what is the most frustrating thing.

4 minutes ago, Robin101 said:

• Injury crisis
• Poor recent form
• Fans hostile to the club
• General sense of total chaos at the club

I expect to see the opposite of a 'new manager bounce' personally. I predict the sense of giving everything/running themselves into the ground that we've seen from the players will disappear somewhat. Look how QPR went into total freefall last season. 

We're only 4 points better off than 21st as it stands. Nine off the relegation spots. Still a very, very long 32 matches to play. Feeling ultimately very pessimistic about the club this evening – do we need to worry about relegation?

Yup, wouldn’t surprise me if we did really struggle now. The new manager has a huge job on his hands. 
 

The players were crucially playing for Pearson, as you said this could now drop off as im sure many will be as disillusioned by the decision as we all are.

It’s a right mess.

12 minutes ago, Redcurrant said:

Absolutely uninspired football for three years, always minimal possession and chances, poor win rate, tedious in the extreme to watch and nothing to show for it. Plus miserable and rude interviews. Why on earth is anyone sorry to see the back of that? 

Either employed by the club or a dirty sag. Either way just **** off you ***.

Thank you Nigel, one of my favourite ever City managers.

29 minutes ago, Champs said:

Pathetic over-reaction by some  on here.

**** off you ***.

I cannot stand Jon he comes across as an absolute pleb, just hearing the clown speak makes my skin crawl. The useless little *** wouldn’t be anything without the money of his old man either would he lets be honest.

For the first time supporting this club, I couldn’t give a **** who we get in as our new manager. I am done.

I am done. Won’t get another penny out of me this season Lansdown you stupid ***. 

What a ******* disgrace. 

7 minutes ago, Galley is our king said:

Something you have in common then eh?

 

What are you talking about? 

3 minutes ago, Hocca said:

TGH is woeful

Been fairly underwhelmed by him to be honest. Both goals together indirectly caused by his stupidity. 
 
Said it before though, this is what happens when you give a manager sod all money to spend. You buy cheap cast offs, players like TGH just aren’t good enough if you want to push for the top 6.

Hahah laughable how he just does two of our players like that. Pathetic.

******* ****. All from Gardner-Hickman giving away possession so cheaply.

Good start, we easily look the better side at the moment.

32 minutes ago, grifty said:

 

I see it more that we are going to be wiser with the money, get the right players in when they are available. It's an injury crisis that is screwing us at the moment, not a lack of investment since Scott left. Your last sentence is my point. He's made the mistake of backing the wrong horse before, he doesn't want to do it again without the safety net of selling a Scott to bail us out of financial trouble.

Yeah i hear what you are saying. For me though it didn’t take a rocket scientist to realise that backing LJ and MA to the extent he did was indeed backing the wrong horse, no experience between them at getting promotion out of this division and it was clear by mid way through 2019 IMO that the recruitment was scattergun at best and things weren’t working.

We have now IMO a much ‘better’ horse to take a gamble on yet Lansdown isn’t interested. It’s frustrating to say the least but there you go.

20 minutes ago, grifty said:

So we buy a player for roughly £1m was it? played him in a couple of games, but hit or miss, has a whole pre-season for Pearson to get him integrated in the team and the way he wants him to play and can’t?

So it’s either the recruitment of the wrong mentality player or Pearson isn’t coaching him well enough?

If that’s the case I’m not surprised SL is reticent in giving NP £20m to spend.

You must be on a wind up? How many of Pearsons signings have worked out? More have then haven’t lets be honest, add to that the academy players he has blooded and i would say his recruitment and eye for a player has been on the whole very good.

Lansdown was more than happy to give LJ and MA almost unlimited funds to take huge financial gambles on players and plenty of them didn’t make the grade here. If he is holding funds back because 1 or 2 signings are looking a bit suspect then again that just confirms the suspicion that Lansdown has some sort of personal vendetta against Pearson and is looking for any excuse to get rid.

As @petehinton alluded to on another post, if our fans believe every single player we sign is going to be a star and or great value for money then they are very much delusional. No club in the world gets EVERY single signing right, let alone Bristol City..!

He looked good initially but for whatever reason he isn’t showing Pearson enough to warrant being picked.

I think as a fanbase we have to just accept the current market we are shopping in, not every lower league/punt is going to work out.

Not saying Mehmeti is going to be another one of these as it is still early days but we have to be realistic and patient IMO.

34 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Largely in agreement, but to the point of ‘we’re now in a good position to kick on’ - we were in the best position in the clubs history when LJ went, on and off the pitch. And lansdown made such a big mess of it, many people wouldn’t have believed it if someone from the future came back and told us what was going to happen. 
 

I’ve also personally never really understood those who say NP probably isn’t the man to get us promoted. Who is, then? A manager who’s got promoted out of this league before? Well, that’s Pearson. A manager with extensive experience in the league we’re trying to get into? Well, that’s Pearson too. A manager who’s managed bigger clubs than us? Uhh….you can see where I’m going. 
 

It’s why to me, the overarching feeling is just pure confusion. It has to be a personal dislike/vendetta against him from the Lansdown’s, there really isn’t another genuine reason in my eyes. 

This is the conclusion that i have come to now. Wouldn’t be the first time either would it, if your face doesn't fit under Lansdown then you are shown the door as Cotts found out.

I personally feel Nige was brought in for one sole purpose and that was to clear up the horrendous mess that we found ourselves in in 2021. Never in a million years do i feel Lansdown and the board would have appointed Pearson if the club was in a good ‘state’.

He has been by and large used by the club IMO to get us out of a hole and now we are through the worst of it Lansdown is now eyeing up a manager more to his own personal liking. 
 

12 hours ago, The Wild Bunch said:

Chris Garland mural unveiling at the Coopers tomorrow!  Well done to all involved.  More legend murals to follow apparently.

Class 

Never been in the Heineken lounge before, was just wondering from people that have is it worth the £90 and what is included in that price? Thank you 

3 hours ago, Blagdon red said:

If you're bored by the lack of club football at the moment, why not dream ahead to next summer?

As I did for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, I've put together an online guide for Euro 2024 in Germany, which - if you're thinking of going - will hopefully be of use to you.

With Scotland already qualified, England looking good and Wales still in with a shout, there could be loads of Brits out there next summer. If that will include you, which group would you prefer?

Thank you for that mate - very informative. Me and a few mates are looking to get out there, hopefully we can get tickets for some England games but would be happy to just go and watch the games in fanzones if not..

Another good game, not a huge follower of rugby but Englands WC record is very decent. 1 semi-final appearance (about to become 2) 4 final appearances and a win in 2003.. Certainly not to be sniffed at.