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That’s not a bad finish.. perhaps should have been tackled, just seen the footwork on the replay, very very good

Little nudge and a shirt pull, VAR would have given it

Mostly weapons grade BS

Ref missed something again… what a suprise.

Today’s VAR specialist referee seems to be liking the Cardiff theatrics..

Possibly, but just a general football observation, it’s something you rarely see.

I’m not going to stick up for the Board, but unless there has been a recent take over at a club, when do you ever hear from the boards or owners of other clubs… it just does not seem to happen generally in football these days. Agreed, Wiemann has not really been effective for a while. Perhaps it was just to keep an experienced head on the pitch.

This referee has form for missing the obvious…

Agreed knight was always there as an outlet or to close down and chase, and TGH is a very underrated player, got a good eye for a pass, useful in tight areas and plays with his head up.

Personally I think Conway needs to play alongside or just off someone, the front 3 need to be narrower, which I think with Pring and Sykes at FBs and Knight roaming in MF we could possibly do. Currently there’s just too much space between the forwards which largely leaves players too isolated, whoever has played in the centre of the 3 of late have largely spent their time chasing around with little to feed off.

I suspect he’s learning from every minute on the pitch and I imagine a debrief at the HPC with the analysts and coaches. Clearly not the finished article but useful to chuck on for 15-20 mins at the end to stretch the opposition defenders, agreed that with a fully fit squad he might be best suited in L1 for half a season or so, but he’s playing a part right now.

Deals been agreed, money committed, loan then the purchase.

You’d like to think we’ll get one more good chance

If you were Hayden Roberts you’d be mightily pissed unless that’s an injury.

I’d be starting him over Wiemann now. Much much better since he came on.

I think the attacking cohesion comes from a wide front 3, too far apart to interchange with little runs off their partner, Conway came to prominence playing as a 2 with Nakhi, but that means us playing 5-3-2 which we just can’t do now - see the 1st 35 mins vs Coventry as the example. Another problem for NP and the players to solve

Personally I’d swap him and Knight over, TGH looks more of a ball player than a tackler, so let him do the link up stuff and Knight harry and bite with James

Either way better then, and I absolutely agree with you on his employment options for a sensibly run club, he’s a very strong option, perhaps not the best if the owners have a narcissistic side or want a name rather than know-how. My comment was more looking at possible PR options, given that arguably NP is gently herding the board into an impasse.

Sort of works for NP too, better on the CV than getting fired from what is known to be a very patient club that gives managers time and mostly backing. Whether he’d need that type of PR arrangement is a debatable topic, but it is a jumping off point for both parties.

I do wonder whether NP’s medical condition will be used as the mutual PR point to change managers. Some sort of statement coming out that due to the uncertainty of the prognosis felt best by all parties that NP steps aside and focus on resolving health issues blah blah, club thanks NP for efforts and will continue to support him at this time, due to the uncertain nature the club will begin a search for a new manager…. Then cue John Eustace, Gary Rowett or Mark Robins after a very short “extensive” search

I wouldn’t be quite as disparaging as opinions such as best ever are always so relative and often linked to the era of watching, and in the case of City managers there is no real comparative baseline in terms of starting point. Arguably NP has done an excellent job on the brief he inherited, Dicks is just outside of my football memory so can’t really comment on him, but apart from perhaps Jordan I’m not sure that Cotts or GJ would have rebuilt the footballing set up in the same way that NP has.

What concerns me with the comments is that it’s leaving either side with little room for PR manoeuvre to claim that both sides are aligned. Pearson is too football savvy not to know this

Hardly sycophantic, more highlighting the madness of the assumed position. As your getting into Lord of the Rings territory assume it’s like the fella that stuck both himself and his son on a funeral pyre, unnecessary madness…

I just wonder if this started based on the way that Scott got sold, if I recall the news that he could go and speak to Bournemouth broke on the night of a midweek game where NP seemed not to be aware that the deal had been agreed.

NP has always stuck to his principles, he’s not employed to be a bit of fawning PR fluff for a millionaire owner, he’s there to be a football manager and get the best out of the squad of players he inherits or builds. For once we’ve got a decent coaching structure in place with everyone of the same hymn sheet. Madness to do anything to undermine that. All managers have a shelf life with a club and Pearson should not be anywhere near his right now.