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Just now, Merrick's Marvels said:

There are posters on here that do. Perhaps I know one of those posters. Know them well enough to be sure the very few bits of info I hear about are bona-fide, not bullsh1t? Imagine that.

But if you can't, I'd have thought the players' obvious commitment to our cause, and the manager personally, would speak loud and clear as to their attitude. Of course, there are none so blind etc.

On the step you pop. 

    

"On the step you pop"

Just one it the reasons new posters probably don't get involved in the forum too much because of smarmy comments like that

on the other hand I've heard things that are not all sunshine and roses with one player but hey ho you just believe what suits your argument and I will do the same.

Just now, Merrick's Marvels said:

We don't have dead wood anymore - and we have Nigel Pearson to thank for that.

Every player in the first team squad now makes a contribution of one kind or another, on or off the pitch - we have Nigel Pearson to thank for that.

Unlike under previous managers, we no longer have leaches taking a salary but contributing nothing, spreading bad vibes with bad attitude. All that's gone. Thanks to Nigel Pearson.

 

1 agree 

2 agree

3 we don't know the players personally to judge their attitudes 

29 minutes ago, RedReg said:

I would have rather seen them give the million to Nige to spend in January 

But he's been sacked though

3 minutes ago, mozo said:

What did you think of the Holden recruitment out of interest?

At the time it really wasn't what was needed, I dont really like staff if old regime staying on.

Just now, Davefevs said:

But…

 

…what happens behind the scenes (in this recent past) has a very direct influence on what you can do on the pitch.

I don’t think you can separate them.

Wage structure, recruitment policy and making use of academy I think is something that pearson helped implement and would be shocked to see the club abandon that 

5 minutes ago, One Team said:

Another person whose views I don’t quite align with but can have a decent debate with. What is going on with OTIB?! 

Mental isn't it

Just now, One Team said:

According to Lansdown he wasn’t going to so was sacked. Reality is we will never know. 

Agreed , but we need to move on its like Pearson is a bloody club icon. Thankful for what he did behind the scenes and I'm sure that foundation will be used in a way he had plans for, but on the pitch it wasn't very good at times. The amount of away games I've been to in the last 3 seasons where almost all the city fans booed the players and were not happy was alot more common than the pearson cult will admit. Like I said the hard work from how the club is ran is fantastic and I'm hoping that identity stays for a long time.  I'm looking foward to a new chapter now and seeing whats next !

1 minute ago, One Team said:

Completely agree, he has to achieve promotion at the end of the season. Fair play to the lad if he does mind you. 

Like Pearson was going to?

1 minute ago, Roadrunner said:

What did the Lansdown see in the way Nigel teams beat Liams team a few months ago 4-1 and 5-1. That makes the believe he is the man to take us to the play offs. It beggers belief.

I saw another comment that they spoke to FL but he could not understand what job they were asking him to do.

That times like this i ntry and keep away from social medium, but i can not.

Said it on a previous page that Score line massively flattered us.

2 minutes ago, WorldWideRed said:

Who are you hiring then out of interest? No premier league managers that can beat premier League teams would come to us. The championship quality managers that have, with mixed success, beaten championship teams are quite uninspiring. At least here we are getting a forward thinking, yes untested, but attacking manager.

Don't play into it you will hear the dreaded...

we already had a manager in nigel pearson

I for one can't wait for the announcement so some can move on from pearson it's getting abit out of hand now 

"We are where we are" 

shit wrong manager 

"The fans really seem a good bunch and really hope I can make this club successful especially the forum"

Just now, supercidered said:

Oh right. So the hierarchy won't trust a proven, experienced Manager but will trust a nobody with hardly any senior management experience and no Championship experience with cash to spend.

City are turning in to a footy version of The Office. 

Nige get your head down mate it's over 

1 minute ago, supercidered said:

So a coach that didn't last in L2 and then has a about 12 games in L1 is going to come in to the Championship and start really attacking teams? 

Yes why not?

Just now, ProfitInMyPocket said:

We haven't got the players for that, been saying since the start we've got a load of runners and bar Naismith/Mehmeti and the departing Scott we've got no guile or creativity to get at teams like that.

Maybe so but different tactics and coaching could help with the added bonus of loan market and transfer window coming up ( If money is available )

1 minute ago, supercidered said:

It's a crap appointment. All week OTIB has gone in to meltdown about NP and rightly so. Then just a few days later City fans are lapping it up that we've landed Manning as the replacement for NP. It's embarrassing.

Lapping it up I think is a little over the top. Maybe looking foward to hopefully seeing city really attack teams and be more cut throat on the ball rather than it be as boring as it has been for a while now. 

1 minute ago, Jose said:

With this set up we could have Pep. It would make no difference at all. 

I think pep would get a tad more out of this squad than pearson would have

Just now, LoyalRed said:

I thought there was a comment made suggesting it was going to be an exciting signing, most people don't even know who he is !

Don't think there was people has asked for proof and it gets ignored. Every has to be successful somewhere let's hope its with us.

1 minute ago, Jose said:

Nige for a rookie……Fabulous. 
Was always going to be someone like him. He’s on an absolute hiding to nothing. He won’t be the problem when this inevitably fails. 
 

All the best Liam. 

Or he could be the one to push us on? Christ talk about being negative for sake of it 

2 minutes ago, Redhed123 said:

That was what NP and Dave Rennie wanted, a team that could out run everyone.

The same thing everyone slagged off Gary johnson for

17 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

I was really disappointed with Conway, he struggled big time v their CB’s. Looked distinctly average and made me think ‘we actually miss Wells’ 

Conway been like that since his brace I thought 

13 minutes ago, Red Exile said:

I don't have anything against Liam Manning - but in all honesty I know barely anything about him. Didn't we recently thrash Oxford?!

Good luck to him if it is him but how that is an upgrade on Pearson? - we'll all need some convincing. I don't look for 'big names' or 'marquee signings' - but I do tend to think that experience of achieving what is required is useful...Manning has a play-off on CV...but it's a big step up.

Couldn't remotely be described as an 'exciting' appointment at this point in time.

That game was very much oxford could of scored 3 or 4 in first half but we took our chances second half wasn't it ?

4 minutes ago, Antman said:

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?

 

Think if we are to progress the team we need to upgrade on james I think hes got lots of experience but lacks the engine 

Think most of them are still partying after a triumphant win yesterday (their forum is buzzing)