Ultimate Poll: Pearson, Lansdown and the board

[ChippenhamRed]

I thought it would be interesting to formally gauge fan opinion on the state of the club at this point in time.

[ChippenhamRed]

Note your responses are set to anonymous, so you don’t need to worry if you think your answers are contrary to the majority.

[Eatin_Triffle]

Think top half with fully fit squad but put bottom half as a struggle lies ahead with so many injuries and uncertainty.

[Kid in the Riot]

Slightly pedantic of me, but Steve is already looking to sell the club, so it's not really a choice for us fans. He has decided to sell and it's a matter of when that happens, not if. 

[ChippenhamRed]

Just now, Kid in the Riot said:

Slightly pedantic of me, but Steve is already looking to sell the club, so it's not really a choice for us fans. He has decided to sell and it's a matter of when that happens, not if. 

Fair enough. But still an interesting question I think.

[Top Robin]

14 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

I thought it would be interesting to formally gauge fan opinion on the state of the club at this point in time.

Yes, the reaction of people on here since the sacking isn't giving much away.

[38MC]

A question on Tinnion and his suitability for de facto DoF would have been interesting too 

[Ian M]

11 minutes ago, Top Robin said:

Yes, the reaction of people on here since the sacking isn't giving much away.

To be fair, a vocal minority can often give the wrong impression. On the Poll of whether Pearson should get a new contract less than 4% have voted no but posts arguing that he shouldn't were in the range 15-20%.

[Ian M]

@BS_Bots assemble!!!

No-one has yet voted for promotion!

 

[cidercity1987]

I pity the people who are voting yes to Q2 and not yes to Q3, what a sad state of affairs

[BetterRedthanBlue]

No, no, no and Top Half.

I think the majority if city fans just wanted to see progress up the table if we could challenge for the play offs then fantastic but if we finish 11th then that's been a great season.

[bearded_red]

4 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

I pity the people who are voting yes to Q2 and not yes to Q3, what a sad state of affairs

Absolutely staggering isn’t it.

Good little bootlicking customers.

[cidercity1987]

2 minutes ago, bearded_red said:

Absolutely staggering isn’t it.

Good little bootlicking customers.

At the time of writing, more than half of the tiny percentage voting for Lansdown to stay don't actually trust him to make the right decision.

That is quite staggering.

[ooRya]

4 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

At the time of writing, more than half of the tiny percentage voting for Lansdown to stay don't actually trust him to make the right decision.

That is quite staggering.

Our track record with managers isn't exactly great is it, so it's not surprising if people don't have confidence in the next appointment being the "right one".

However, they may have many other valid reasons for wanting SL to remain at the club.

What is really staggering, as you put it, is the amount of one eyed people there are on this forum.

[Atticus]

For the last question. 

I actually answered promotion as that's clearly the remit set by Lansdown. 

Weren't sure if you meant what did I think before he said this or after. 

[robin_unreliant]

18 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

I pity the people who are voting yes to Q2 and not yes to Q3, what a sad state of affairs

Bear in mind that him selling doesn't guarantee we get a new owner who makes better decisions. Look at Chelsea, what a mess they've made spending ridiculous amounts.

[W-S-M Seagull]

I voted for top half. 

I would have gone for top 6 IF we had a fully fit squad of 22 players and a bit of luck. Something the board have failed to consider.

But with all the recent goings on, I'd not be surprised if we ended up in a relegation scrap.

Edited October 31, 2023 by W-S-M Seagull

[ChippenhamRed]

23 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

I pity the people who are voting yes to Q2 and not yes to Q3, what a sad state of affairs

I suppose the argument there is that Lansdown’s ownership gives us financial stability for the long term - but that he needs to appoint a better qualified board capable of making better decisions. Not, for example, his own son.

[Ziderarmy]

Nice to see Steve and Jon have voted promoted on question 4  

[Roe]

We have a worse squad than this time last year so it's absolutely crazy to say we should be getting promotion

[ChippenhamRed]

13 minutes ago, Atticus said:

For the last question. 

I actually answered promotion as that's clearly the remit set by Lansdown. 

Weren't sure if you meant what did I think before he said this or after. 

What Lansdown or anyone else said shouldn’t make any difference to your answer. That question is about your own perception of what the squad is capable of this season, to see if our expectations as supporters align with the board’s.

[Atticus]

 

7 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

What Lansdown or anyone else said shouldn’t make any difference to your answer. That question is about your own perception of what the squad is capable of this season, to see if our expectations as supporters align with the board’s.

Then minus 1 from promotion of that last answer

[LondonBristolian]

25 minutes ago, Atticus said:

For the last question. 

I actually answered promotion as that's clearly the remit set by Lansdown. 

Weren't sure if you meant what did I think before he said this or after. 

Same here. 

Jon Lansdown and Brian Tinnion have both said they got rid of Pearson because the squad is good enough to challenge for promotion so I feel we as fans should hold their feet to the fire on that. They've set an expectation and I want them both to take full accountability in May if we haven't delivered. 

Anything less than play offs now isn't good enough. 

Edited October 31, 2023 by LondonBristolian

[Kid in the Riot]

Only 4% of fans trusting the board to make good decisions in the best interests of the club is staggering. 

[CheddarReds]

Q2 and Q3 are the interesting ones for me.

Over the last few years the group of friends I go with have started to lose confidence we'll be more than a mid table Championship club under Lansdown's ownership. The sacking of Pearson has only cemented that view for us all.

Personally I'm feeling more despondent than ever and the my thoughts re new ownership has certainly tipped toward excited and away from wary.

 

 

[ChippenhamRed]

Glad I did the poll. Good to get some objective data to go alongside the general feel on the forum.

Good sample size already - hopefully we can make it even bigger.

Hope the club see this. Something needs to change.

[ChippenhamRed]

1 hour ago, Ian M said:

To be fair, a vocal minority can often give the wrong impression. On the Poll of whether Pearson should get a new contract less than 4% have voted no but posts arguing that he shouldn't were in the range 15-20%.

This is exactly why I think it was important to make the poll anonymous. I think people would understandably be reluctant to vote publicly if their opinion was swimming against the tide. We get a more accurate result this way I think.

[Numero Uno]

1 hour ago, ooRya said:

Our track record with managers isn't exactly great is it, so it's not surprising if people don't have confidence in the next appointment being the "right one".

However, they may have many other valid reasons for wanting SL to remain at the club.

What is really staggering, as you put it, is the amount of one eyed people there are on this forum.

Assuming the people voting represent a reasonable cross section of the population some will be educated, some down the middle and a few as thick as mince the fact that the overwhelming majority are reaching the same conclusion is interesting unless you believe majority opinion is only for the uneducated masses and only the few get it.

[ExiledAjax]

57 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Only 4% of fans trusting the board to make good decisions in the best interests of the club is staggering. 

So I voted "No" on that one.

But only because it's not nuanced enough.

Commercially I do broadly trust them. I think as a business we're doing pretty well, and there seem to be broadly decent decisions being made "in the interests of the club". Some wrinkles with kit and suppliers, but it's ok.

On other issues though. No. I don't trust the governance, I don't think the board are unfettered in their decision making, I suspect if you dig deep there are probably some pretty flagrant branches of statutory director duties.

I also don't trust their judgement regarding personnel appointments. Not only do I think they should not have sacked Pearson, but I've questions over the CEO/COO role, over the involvement of Bristol Sport officials and how much oversight employees of that company have, and other issues.

19 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Glad I did the poll. Good to get some objective data to go alongside the general feel on the forum.

Is it objective though? Feelings are high right now. There's a lot of reaction, and opinions are heavily influenced by very recent events.

[Mr Popodopolous]

I voted top half as it feels like we are or were building and rebuilding well.

Shame there wasn't an option of tilt at playoffs but even then I'd only have said yes maybe if we had a fair availability record ie few injuries, luck in general plus a dodgy penalty or two or daft deflection in falling our way wouldn't go amiss.

Edited October 31, 2023 by Mr Popodopolous