formerly known as ivan Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Back to back games vs teams in the relegation zone and absolutely nothing to show for it! Every time I think Manning shows promise, Middlesborough and Southampton, we are reminded of the reality we face in having a manager clearly out his depth, all down to the Lansdown’s and Tinnion. Pathetic. 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cidre Monita Posted February 24 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 24 2 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: Back to back games vs teams in the relegation zone and absolutely nothing to show for it! Every time I think Manning shows promise, Middlesborough and Southampton, we are reminded of the reality we face in having a manager clearly out his depth, all down to the Lansdown’s and Tinnion. Pathetic. A lot of people on here attack me whenever I say it but this club will continue to be also-rans as long as the Lansdowns own it. 18 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 (edited) Generous assessment. Think Manning needs to rip the coaching manual jargon out of his backside and get on with some proper man management to get these players up for games. Im sure we’ll hear all about behaviours and control later, or ‘how we want it to look like’, all utter jargon and absolute nonsense. Ah well, now we need to make sure we get another 6 points from somewhere……!! Edited February 24 by nickolas 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedJim Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 1 minute ago, Cidre Monita said: A lot of people on here attack me whenever I say it but this club will continue to be also-rans as long as the Lansdowns own it. A think you'll find a lot of us agree with you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 I've heard a lot of people say we can't beat teams below us. Well maybe we have a cunning plan. If we are bottom, then there's no teams below us. Smart thinking eh? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 37 minutes ago, nickolas said: Generous assessment. Think Manning needs to rip the coaching manual jargon out of his backside and get on with some proper man management to get these players up for games. Im sure we’ll hear all about behaviours and control later, or ‘how we want it to look like’, all utter jargon and absolute nonsense. Ah well, now we need to make sure we get another 6 points from somewhere……!! I don’t think it’s players not up for today, that’s an easy excuse. I saw lots of running, just not as a team. The game-plan didn’t work, whether that’s because the players didn’t execute or it was the wrong game-plan. Whatever the reason, if it’s not working you either give it a bit of time or you change it. LM decided to let it roll all first half. He tried personnel changes at h-t and the remedy. It didn’t really do much better, so I’m falling in game-plan being wrong. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon bristol Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Its not hard to predict we would get turned over by qpr and sheff weds, cardiff will beat us as well, and we will look decent again against swansea. Chapter 2 of the coaching manual explains how to play against physical battling teams, but liam hasnt got that far yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 1 minute ago, Simon bristol said: Its not hard to predict we would get turned over by qpr and sheff weds, cardiff will beat us as well, and we will look decent again against swansea. Chapter 2 of the coaching manual explains how to play against physical battling teams, but liam hasnt got that far yet To be fair, Chapter 2 has never existed in the Bristol Edition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 10 minutes ago, Simon bristol said: Its not hard to predict we would get turned over by qpr and sheff weds, cardiff will beat us as well, and we will look decent again against swansea. Chapter 2 of the coaching manual explains how to play against physical battling teams, but liam hasnt got that far yet What are you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy Red Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 8 minutes ago, Simon bristol said: Its not hard to predict we would get turned over by qpr and sheff weds, cardiff will beat us as well, and we will look decent again against swansea. Chapter 2 of the coaching manual explains how to play against physical battling teams, but liam hasnt got that far yet This has been a problem for the last 4 or 5 seasons and goes back way before Mannings time. If you take Dickie out of the current team, we are a small side by Championship standards. We have never really replaced the likes of Flint, Baker, Pack and Diedhiou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 56 minutes ago, nickolas said: Generous assessment. Think Manning needs to rip the coaching manual jargon out of his backside and get on with some proper man management to get these players up for games. Im sure we’ll hear all about behaviours and control later, or ‘how we want it to look like’, all utter jargon and absolute nonsense. Ah well, now we need to make sure we get another 6 points from somewhere……!! This all comes back to recruiting a coach who likes being on the training pitch but who is clearly poor as a manager pitchside when his pre-made plans don’t work. He just seems massively naive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 I have to caveat this with there’s been some very good performances, fa cup games and Southampton for example - and I’ve seen in some games improvements in passing and patterns of play. That said, today was absolutely dreadful. There’s another thread about soft City being back and I think that nails it but there’s more to it. There were several times today where there was a 50/50 or 40/60 that could have been one with a bit of desire and big tackle, and every single time we bottled it. Forst half we played continuous long balls but there was no cohesion, sometimes mehmeti came short ans the ball went long, others where Conway set off and we waited and waited then played the ball when it was no longer on. Seconf half got even worse, we were so so predictable it was painful to watch. When there’s only 1 forward pass on and a backwards one it’s so easy to defend against. I don’t want to go over the top with a defeat but that was a throwback to the McInnes / SOD era 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Should add there was a lot of boos after the game today, the players are probably lucky the PA system was so loud it was drowning it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 1 hour ago, Cidre Monita said: A lot of people on here attack me whenever I say it but this club will continue to be also-rans as long as the Lansdowns own it. The Lansdowns are losers in the football world. Always have been 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 1 hour ago, MarcusX said: I have to caveat this with there’s been some very good performances, fa cup games and Southampton for example - and I’ve seen in some games improvements in passing and patterns of play. That said, today was absolutely dreadful. There’s another thread about soft City being back and I think that nails it but there’s more to it. There were several times today where there was a 50/50 or 40/60 that could have been one with a bit of desire and big tackle, and every single time we bottled it. Forst half we played continuous long balls but there was no cohesion, sometimes mehmeti came short ans the ball went long, others where Conway set off and we waited and waited then played the ball when it was no longer on. Seconf half got even worse, we were so so predictable it was painful to watch. When there’s only 1 forward pass on and a backwards one it’s so easy to defend against. I don’t want to go over the top with a defeat but that was a throwback to the McInnes / SOD era We have had good games, but only against teams that let you play a bit and allow some space to play in. That is the problem , teams have seen that and we needed to beat teams that restrict space or shut it down, our coach doesn't seem to have that in his locker . That we didn't win those 50/50s is a terrible thing to say, but it is true and painful. Winning those tackles can change a game, not bothering helps a team drift . I don't get Mannings fascination with Mehmeti . I hesitate to write this as it seems like I have a vendetta , but he is incredibly frustrating. Wandered around, ignored any overlaps , only passing when he has to . Summed up his day when Tommy closed the keeper so he had one player to pass to, AM was slow and just eventually jogged over and they played out. It can't help players attitudes if they see him playing each week however little he does. Same with Roberts , a couple of good games but gets dropped for a clearly unfit Pring. That really sends a message . Manning did say we were better 2nd half, that was always going to happen as they had something to hold on to, but even down to 10 when hardly created anything, in fact they had the best chance of the game when they had 10 men. It's worrying that 2 relegation threatened teams have so easily done a number on us, we have been sussed and our Coach doesn't seem to know what to do to change things. The only thing is, it may save me some money by taking away the urge to go to away games . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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