Popular Post Harry Posted March 16 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 16 We keep hearing Liam Nothing (sorry Manning) say how he’s always trying to make sure the players take the emotion out of the game. I don’t like this approach. Emotion is part of football. Sometimes it can affect you poorly but in my experience it can also have as much of a positive effect than a negative one. I actually WANT to see my team playing WITH emotion. Not without it. I’ve really had enough of this bloke. We also hear him say “at half time we spoke about how we might think about how to engage higher”. No no no!! It’s your effing job to TELL them how to engage higher. Not have a polite feckin conversation about it. Enough. Honestly. 73 6 1 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted March 16 Admin Report Share Posted March 16 Watching on TV they zoomed in on him and Hogg a number of time, they genuinely looked clueless each time 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 I honestly think he’s the worst manager we’ve had in my timeframe. He ranks lower than Pulis for me. He’s constantly and publicly criticising players whilst holding on to him having done nothing wrong. Sling your fking hook, Liam. You are not only a piss poor manager, a terrible man manager, you’re clearly a complete helmet which thinks the sun shines out of your own backside too. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 He seems to want his team to embody himself. Dogs embody their owner. Our team are now embodying him - bland, emotionless, uninspiring. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 (edited) Did we not do any background on this bloke before hiring him! How on earth did this guy get to pick and train our team He trots out the same crap every week with no recognizable personality. Which surprise surprise shows up in our team each week What has happened TGH Knight and particularly Conway. The latter is a shadow of the player he was! Christ someone make this stop! Edited March 16 by Moderator Reference to autism removed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 On my way back to Devon after what was yet another lacklustre performance from my team - we are only gone one way under Manning and it’s not up! I have to say, as many others have said, this is the most disconnected and disillusioned I have felt about City in a long, long time. Not a great time to be trying to entice Season Tickets sales. Just want the season to be over and see how we embark on revitalising a squad which is clearly nowhere near being a Top 6 team that the owners think we are…. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chinapig Posted March 16 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 16 He's been a success for me. I felt little or no emotion after today's defeat. Trust the process people, you'll all feel nothing after games in due course. These things take time. 5 29 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 14 minutes ago, Harry said: We keep hearing Liam Nothing (sorry Manning) say how he’s always trying to make sure the players take the emotion out of the game. I don’t like this approach. Emotion is part of football. Sometimes it can affect you poorly but in my experience it can also have as much of a positive effect than a negative one. I actually WANT to see my team playing WITH emotion. Not without it. I’ve really had enough of this bloke. We also hear him say “at half time we spoke about how we might think about how to engage higher”. No no no!! It’s your effing job to TELL them how to engage higher. Not have a polite feckin conversation about it. Enough. Honestly. You have VAR taking the emotion out of the game at the top level and our manager taking it out of our club 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgess Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 (edited) 4 minutes ago, chinapig said: He's been a success for me. I felt little or no emotion after today's defeat. Trust the process people, you'll all feel nothing after games in due course. These things take time. And when it’s really ingrained, eventually feel nothing… and stop bother going! Edited March 16 by Sturgess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 14 minutes ago, Harry said: We keep hearing Liam Nothing (sorry Manning) say how he’s always trying to make sure the players take the emotion out of the game. I don’t like this approach. Emotion is part of football. Sometimes it can affect you poorly but in my experience it can also have as much of a positive effect than a negative one. I actually WANT to see my team playing WITH emotion. Not without it. I’ve really had enough of this bloke. We also hear him say “at half time we spoke about how we might think about how to engage higher”. No no no!! It’s your effing job to TELL them how to engage higher. Not have a polite feckin conversation about it. Enough. Honestly. Exactly. Take the emotion out of the players, then don’t expect the fans to get emotional and make noise. Liverpool winning in Istanbul is a perfect example of emotion winning you the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 14 minutes ago, phantom said: Watching on TV they zoomed in on him and Hogg a number of time, they genuinely looked clueless each time They don't have a great deal of relevant experience to draw upon, any "we've been here before," apart from the time it went tits up at Milton Nomads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petehinton Posted March 16 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 16 As someone pointed out in the MDT, the fact that the bloke’s ‘bravery’ at 2-0 down was to change our full backs for…full backs, says all we need to know. The subs were, again, so clearly pre planned and not tweaked to what was playing out in front of his ******* eyes. Interesting he also blames McCrorie in the post match for missing his chance too as ‘lack of quality we speak about’ or words to that effect. So things are going so well, and we create so much in a game to score, our loss is even down to the fault of a ******* right back not scoring the one chance we make in an entire half. His post match today has tipped me over the edge with him. Constantly double downing on the ‘plan’ being perfect, but the players being terrible and not clever enough to understand it. God forbid a team of footballers playing an entire game of football mistake-free like some sort of chat GPT concoction. Sack him. And move Tinnion back to an academy-only role. 19 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Every time you watch Liverpool you can see Jurgen Klopp’s personality come out in his team. Unfortunately the same goes for Bristol City and the mood hoover we have in charge. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Harry said: We keep hearing Liam Nothing (sorry Manning) say how he’s always trying to make sure the players take the emotion out of the game. I don’t like this approach. Emotion is part of football. Sometimes it can affect you poorly but in my experience it can also have as much of a positive effect than a negative one. I actually WANT to see my team playing WITH emotion. Not without it. I’ve really had enough of this bloke. We also hear him say “at half time we spoke about how we might think about how to engage higher”. No no no!! It’s your effing job to TELL them how to engage higher. Not have a polite feckin conversation about it. Enough. Honestly. Bang on Harry. Manning makes Sean O’Dismal look like he was founder of the crazy gang he lacks that much emotion. It’s reflecting badly now. Enough of this shit show. He needs to be sacked. Edited March 16 by Taylor10 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Todays post match interview: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/interviews/manning-on-baggies-defeat/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 16 minutes ago, 38MC said: I honestly think he’s the worst manager we’ve had in my timeframe. He ranks lower than Pulis for me. Er, I'm not a Manning form but that statement is well OTT for me. Pulis brought in a load of old crocks and we limped on playing hoofball in L1 losing to the likes of Cambridge, Northampton - and the Gash! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmo Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Given the constraints Nige had with bringing in new players, he had no choice but to build and mould a team that was all about passion/emotion/work ethic. So what does this club do? Bring in a new guy who quickly strips us of our main strength and turns us into an absolute soft touch. Infuriating. 10 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firstyardleftinbed Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 https://x.com/foxpunter/status/1722231707221606458?s=20 This was posted by someone on here a while ago and a lot of it rings true for me. As fans we might not agree with everything he does tactically but I do think he knows what he's doing from that perspective. However, it's all very robotic, predictable and he really doesn't seem to consider the human side of things. There have been far too many games that have just drifted away from us and I can't help but think Pearson would have at least provided a much needed half time bollocking or an early couple of subs to at least try and shake things up. It's not to say it would have worked every time but under Manning we are far too easy to play against because teams will know almost to the minute what we will try and do. Fine if you're Pep and Man City but we definitely aren't at that level! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers Drive Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Well I'm totally devoid of any emotion after getting back from that. I'm sure he is describing a managerial style akin to a dressing room mood hoover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 27 minutes ago, 38MC said: I honestly think he’s the worst manager we’ve had in my timeframe. He ranks lower than Pulis for me. He’s constantly and publicly criticising players whilst holding on to him having done nothing wrong. Sling your fking hook, Liam. You are not only a piss poor manager, a terrible man manager, you’re clearly a complete helmet which thinks the sun shines out of your own backside too. I'd welcome back the bullshitting hobbit, if it meant getting rid of the Manningbot (and that's saying something) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Passion is an emotion, and a strong one at that. I want to see a City side play with passion, fire in the belly, call it what you will. If you tell the players to control their emotions, you take away that edge IMO. That’s been a consistent in Manning’s time here and a polar opposite of the miserly side Pearson built. Manning out. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziderarmy Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 31 minutes ago, REDOXO said: Did we not do any background on this bloke before hiring him! How on earth did this guy get to pick and train our team The bloke, to me at least, appears to be/is on the Autism spectrum! He trots out the same crap every week with no recognizable personality. Which surprise surprise shows up in our team each week What has happened TGH Knight and particularly Conway. The latter is a shadow of the player he was! Christ someone make this stop! Well done, you’ve won the **** of the day award by an absolute mile! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Just now, Ziderarmy said: Well done, you’ve won the **** of the day award by an absolute mile! Good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Firstyardleftinbed said: https://x.com/foxpunter/status/1722231707221606458?s=20 This was posted by someone on here a while ago and a lot of it rings true for me. As fans we might not agree with everything he does tactically but I do think he knows what he's doing from that perspective. However, it's all very robotic, predictable and he really doesn't seem to consider the human side of things. There have been far too many games that have just drifted away from us and I can't help but think Pearson would have at least provided a much needed half time bollocking or an early couple of subs to at least try and shake things up. It's not to say it would have worked every time but under Manning we are far too easy to play against because teams will know almost to the minute what we will try and do. Fine if you're Pep and Man City but we definitely aren't at that level! Yeah that was me. I haven’t listened to the post match yet (building up to it), but I have made the point before that sometimes Liam uses the word “emotion” in place of things like “switched off” - and it’s the worst word to use for the exact reasons @Harry says. But I’m coming to the conclusion that not only is he not a good fit here, which was my initial thought, but just not very good at this lark full stop. Edited March 16 by Silvio Dante 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 7 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: Er, I'm not a Manning form but that statement is well OTT for me. Pulis brought in a load of old crocks and we limped on playing hoofball in L1 losing to the likes of Cambridge, Northampton - and the Gash! I get that Robbo. TP was an absolute sag agent and the football under him was dross, but the regression under manning and seeing him completely devalue our players such as Conway and to see him completely hammer a squad full of young players publicly when it’s clear to all that he’s the problem makes me dislike him so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 2 minutes ago, 38MC said: I get that Robbo. TP was an absolute sag agent and the football under him was dross, but the regression under manning and seeing him completely devalue our players such as Conway and to see him completely hammer a squad full of young players publicly when it’s clear to all that he’s the problem makes me dislike him so much. I couldn't stand Pulis (and SOD) more - but they failed at a lower level than Manning is. Maybe, if we were somehow getting relegated this season under another manager (post Pearson) Manning might be fine in League One with us. But he patently ain't at Championship level. I don't hate the bloke, like some do, but he just isn't good enough (and I wonder if he'll ever be) to manage at Tier 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 I don't remember the fans ever taking such a strong instant dislike to a manager before, probably doesn't help that he has had to follow an extremely popular manager that was sacked unfairly. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 2 minutes ago, 38MC said: I get that Robbo. TP was an absolute sag agent and the football under him was dross, but the regression under manning and seeing him completely devalue our players such as Conway and to see him completely hammer a squad full of young players publicly when it’s clear to all that he’s the problem makes me dislike him so much. its not just him tho, its the maestro of all football knowledge guiding him. no way on this earth would any manager in this league stick to one plan if their job depended on it. they all try different things to get results. he must have some sort of dont worry about results clause in his contract. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 2 minutes ago, DaveF said: I don't remember the fans ever taking such a strong instant dislike to a manager before, probably doesn't help that he has had to follow an extremely popular manager that was sacked unfairly. The aforementioned Pulis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziderarmy Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 16 minutes ago, REDOXO said: Good to know! Backs up what I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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