harvey54

11 minutes ago, Littlesh*t said:

Personally think it's more than a few weeks. The result should put a safe now and so buys him the season and at least 10 games next season.

 

1st time as a city supporter that because of the above reasons I am not sure I am happy about the result. 

 

Don't care if anyone thinks this makes me less of a fan but I feel we are being set back massively by keeping the current regime 

100% this

Or crack? 

Just now, Red said:

Happy  Clapper?

Isn't a clapper the end of a bell?

Or a bell end (I'm here all week) 

1 minute ago, TV Tom said:

Not a shot on target at VP in 40 minutes

Still tasty 

1 minute ago, Ian M said:

You've not really got the hang of this "find something positive to say" homework have you?

OK, how about "I'm not there and Villa v Spurs is a good game"? 

28% possession and no shots on target. 

Sitting in the back garden with a cold one and enjoying the sun. Proper 

2 minutes ago, One Team said:

That last paragraph is worst case scenario for me. Give him the summer, spend some money only to then sack a few months later and we go into yet another rebuild. 

If we lose Sunday we may be better off replacing before the summer and starting again then.

Completely agree. But we're stuck with him as long as the Lansdowns are around and it's sickening 

2 minutes ago, Robbored said:

I was encouraged as well. - up to a point. Manning got his tactics right particularly in the first half when our high block kept them penned their own half.

Unfortunately second 45 Ipswich found a way to counter the block by utilising width on both wings.Their substitutions made a significant difference as well. Countering a block either deep or high that both QPR and Cardiff adopted but Manning couldn’t come up with a strategy to counter it.

He really looks as if  he’s out of his depth.

He's going to get lots of time to learn to swim unfortunately because he won't get the sack and we all know it. He shouldn't be managing our team and it still makes me angry to think about how he got the job 

6 hours ago, Floatn Over said:

I spent a day recently working with someone who is a big Ipswich fan.  A knowledgeable guy who knew his football and was very complimentary about us and that we really should be enjoying some success.

In discussing Ipswich this season he puts it extensively down to solid driven motivation, everyone from the programme sellers, to the people selling pies and pints, ball boys, players, management team, directors and yes Mark Ashton and in turn supporters have developed a focused belief.  The players are good but they’re not that good in his view.  There is a buzz around Portman Rd describing it like church bells ringing.  He expected this season to be one of consolidation but he’s enjoying every minute even finishing work early midweek to drive ridiculous mileage to away games he would have probably given a miss in the past.

Thats the difference and what we do not have.  We had it under GJ, getting to the playoff final.

However……..he is worried that they’ve overspent with recruitment and the reinforcements they brought in taking into account wages etc, to an extent that they must now get to the prem’ or this will bite them firmly in the arse.

Watching tonight’s game just brought this back to mind, so we either drift along or how do we get what they’ve got ?

Good post. We've had two promotion seasons like that. One under GJ and one under Cotts. GJ went on to almost take us up again. Cotts didn't get a chance. Under GJ we were buzzing for that season until we got to the play off final. It's all about momentum.

We haven't learned any lessons and we've not kicked on after those two seasons. Ipswich are riding that buzz at the moment. Good luck to them. I'd rather see them promoted than a parachute payment club like Leeds, Leicester or Southampton. It goes to show it can be done.

It was fine margins. Nakhi's shot goes in off the post and I couldn't see them coming back from 2 down. City would have had a bit more belief being 2 up. Ipswich getting the equaliser so quick meant a huge momentum shift and they were buzzing. 

Ipswich always thought they could go on and win the game. We were just hoping we could.

I get the feeling that there are a few players in that side that know they aren't going to be there next season and are marking time.

I was encouraged by last night, as I also was by Watford and Middlesbrough away and Southampton at home, but there's also been some dire stuff played against QPR, Cardiff and Sheff Wed too. 

Lansdown isn't going to sack Manning until he's had a summer to buy players he needs and has a preseason. Manning will be gone by October if we're still not performing consistently by then. I really hope we are because I don't want another's season like this one.

**** off Wes Burns

Soft Max, not good 

1 minute ago, harvey54 said:

Bristol Jykll and Bristol Hyde

Who is this team compared to Saturday?

Nakhi.  Ffs

54 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

Has ridiculous qualities Numero

Quite bizarre and ridiculous balance , ability to change direction and glide with the ball 

Possibly as a consistent outrageously good first touch as I’ve ever seen

Very intelligent footballer

Good Finisher from inside or outside the box , either foot and even the odd header

Unselfish

Works his a**e off , going both ways , pretty brave for a slight lad

absolutely mesmerising to watch 

Seems a good lad and does it all with a big smile on his face 

 

I quite like him

Without a Pep to guide him he'd be coached out of existence by an English manager 

£150 - 200k a year contract? So about the price of a decent League 2 player to pay him up and **** him off.

Do it. And get rid of slippery Tinnion too. Might be enough to keep us up

21 minutes ago, Odd socks said:

So if Liam is a football coach.  Then so am I My wife is as well

Just sack him , put Andy King in charge until the season ends. Sack Sid and appoint N P as DOF

Echoes "I'm A football coach and so is my wife". 

We're now 6 points above a relegation place with games against Ipswich,  West Brom and Leicester coming up soon. We don't look like we can buy a point at this moment. If things don't change we're heading for a relegation fight and I really don't fancy our chances with this manager

1 minute ago, Alan Dicks said:

One of the worst decisions ever made by the Lansdowns, if not the worst.

These clowns now have a large portfolio of desperately poor decsions collected over the last 20 years.

Not just the decision but the utter bilge that Jon L and Tinnion came out with after the sacking. 

Neither of them can have any defence for destroying all the effort and work the Nigel Pearson did in his time here. 

Shameful, spineless, self serving human beings.

Just now, Lordofthebling said:

Where do we go from here

Down to the lake I fear

Just now, GrahamC said:

This is rubbish, isn’t it?

Yep. 

7 hours ago, Tim Monaghan said:

Do you really think it's all about the money? I don't. They have made some bad footballing decisions, but I believe they meant well. If money was their only motive, they would have aimed for the Premier League, where the big bucks are. Owning a football club is not a simple business venture.

We have had some terrible times, I admit. The Tinnion and Millen appointments were disasters, but we have also had some good ones.

We have hired some quality managers as well. Danny Wilson, Gary Johnson, Steve Cotterill and, yes, Nigel Pearson.

Remember how the fans reacted to Steve Cotterill? How they cheered for Coppell? How they begged for Houghton? It's not easy to get it right, is it? Football is unpredictable and complex. There is no formula for success, especially in this league, which is one of the toughest in the world.

I understand your frustration and I agree that mistakes have been made, but to accuse SL of not caring or being greedy is unfair.

But let's not get into another SL argument.

I firmly believe that SL is in his comfort zone while we're mid-table in the championship.  He gets 20k die hards at home games, sells the crown jewels every couple of seasons and hardly ever pays big bucks for a player. If he really wanted a successful club he'd get in a proven football man to sort it out. I'm thinking maybe Pearson found him out, told him a few home truths and then waited for the inevitable.

And then he got in a Lee Johnson clone to work for Tinnion. 

Whilst I recognise that he's spent millions keeping the club going and building a new shiny stadium I'd love to see where we might have been if he'd employed people that knew how to run a football club. And not bumbled along with his son.

And it was Hughton. Not Houghton