Bcfc willzyak Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 I wondered to my self if we never had beaten Southampton would manning still be in his job now? move this to a thread you find appropriate if don’t want another thread 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 We’ll never know will we 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 1 minute ago, Bcfc willzyak said: I wondered to my self if we never had beaten Southampton would manning still be in his job now? move this to a thread you find appropriate if don’t want another thread Don’t move it!! It is actually a good question! I was bloody furious after Leeds at home. We were awful all over the pitch, but at that point apologists for this shitshow were still making excuses. Parachute payments blah blah as if their parachute payments were an excuse for a pathetic performance by us. City played well enough against Southampton, but it gets forgotten they could comfortably have been two up before we scored. I personally think he would still be here now if they had beaten us back then as the same excuses would have been trotted out back then. But he and possibly Tinman would be a game closer to the tin tack. However I think a largish defeat against Leicester will be enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Let me introduce you to the ‘West Ham’ alternative universe of excuses. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 We'd never have the 25 year anniversary shirt and players parade at the closest match to 13th February 2049 to look forward to. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Southampton has been the straw that the drowning rats have been clutching in sheer desperation. But such a flimsy and inconsequential lifeline won’t stop them sinking further. One swallow does not make a summer. But in Tinnion’s parallel universe, it apparently does. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubStixx Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, Mr X said: We'd never have the 25 year anniversary shirt and players parade at the closest match to 13th February 2049 to look forward to. You joke (I think) but I wouldn't put it past this club. They're probably commissioning a mural in the concourse as we speak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 If we criticise each other for being "knee jerk" by having the knives out after one bad loss, surely if we're being intellectually honest we should have the same view after one good win? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 We'd be 3 points worse off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFree Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Did we beat Southampton, not sure that’s been mentioned at all since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 2 minutes ago, PFree said: Did we beat Southampton, not sure that’s been mentioned at all since LM is writing a book on the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 I really hope we do the same to Leicester, unlikely I know. But another result like that in front of the cameras…..again, would probably be enough to see Manning through to next autumn. And so begins another season of mid table battles, if we’re lucky, with a couple of season highs with wins over Burnley and Sheffield United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 2 hours ago, ralphindevon said: I really hope we do the same to Leicester, unlikely I know. But another result like that in front of the cameras…..again, would probably be enough to see Manning through to next autumn. And so begins another season of mid table battles, if we’re lucky, with a couple of season highs with wins over Burnley and Sheffield United. Yes. I think that's being optimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 What if we had beat QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engvall’s Splinter Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 9 hours ago, Bcfc willzyak said: I wondered to my self if we never had beaten Southampton would manning still be in his job now? move this to a thread you find appropriate if don’t want another thread If we’d never beaten them, we wouldn’t all be able to buy the commemorative shirt in 40 years time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 (edited) 10 hours ago, Bcfc willzyak said: I wondered to my self if we never had beaten Southampton would manning still be in his job now? move this to a thread you find appropriate if don’t want another thread Gentlemen of Ashton shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,and hold their manhoods cheap while any speaks that were there with us on Saint Liam's day.. Edited March 20 by Son of Fred 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 8 hours ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: LM is writing a book on the game. Thesis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 If we hadn’t beaten Southampton? Well, assuming we had lost we would’ve lost 5 on the bounce going into the Swansea game; that wouldn’t have been pleasant at all! As others have said also clearly 3 (or 2) points worse off so only 5 points off relegation. Quite likely then he may have already gone. For me though it was the Swansea result that saved him, not the Southampton one. Had he lost that, and then again to WBA it may well have been the end going into this international break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyez Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 What if we didn’t sack Nigel Pearson? 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 9 hours ago, ChubStixx said: You joke (I think) but I wouldn't put it past this club. They're probably commissioning a mural in the concourse as we speak. Why do I have an image of statues of Tinnion and Manning dressed as Greek gods, with Pearson on his hands and knees bowing before them??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 5 minutes ago, One Team said: If we hadn’t beaten Southampton? Well, assuming we had lost we would’ve lost 5 on the bounce going into the Swansea game; that wouldn’t have been pleasant at all! As others have said also clearly 3 (or 2) points worse off so only 5 points off relegation. Quite likely then he may have already gone. For me though it was the Swansea result that saved him, not the Southampton one. Had he lost that, and then again to WBA it may well have been the end going into this international break. The result against Swansea should have been immaterial. SL was there and saw with his own eyes what a sh*t show it was. To then lose meakly to WBA should have been the end. I can only guess that JL and BT did some ott tongue work to save their own faces and LM,' s job. There is no way back now for LM. Once you totally lose the fan base that's it. Win 6 of the next 8 and this dismal 6 months will always come back to haunt him. I can't think of a single manager that lost the fanbase and turned it around. Get rid now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 On its own, beating Southampton as we did was credit to Liam and the players. The club shouldn’t still be clutching to it though. If anything it should be raising more questions as to why we have been so poor since. Had we lost against Southampton, I don’t think much changes. That Swansea result really did save Liam imo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 31 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said: The result against Swansea should have been immaterial. SL was there and saw with his own eyes what a sh*t show it was. To then lose meakly to WBA should have been the end. I can only guess that JL and BT did some ott tongue work to save their own faces and LM,' s job. There is no way back now for LM. Once you totally lose the fan base that's it. Win 6 of the next 8 and this dismal 6 months will always come back to haunt him. I can't think of a single manager that lost the fanbase and turned it around. Get rid now. If we somehow win 6 of the next 8 then the last 6 months will definitely be forgotten by BT and JL. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 9 hours ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: LM is writing a book on the game. Is it written in binary code? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 10 hours ago, PFree said: Did we beat Southampton, not sure that’s been mentioned at all since I mentioned it once but thought I’d got away with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atyeo's lift Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said: Why do I have an image of statues of Tinnion and Manning dressed as Greek gods, with Pearson on his hands and knees bowing before them??? Greek gods were usually depicted naked, so it's a no from me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, RedEyez said: What if we didn’t sack Nigel Pearson? We'd probably be 14th 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, AshtonGreat said: We'd probably be 14th But playing better football, more youngsters broken through and the fans on-side 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 32 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: I mentioned it once but thought I’d got away with it I thought it was the best we had played for years, especially in the 2nd half, we battered a team that hadn’t lost for 25 games. I get the negativity currently but you have to give credit where it’s due. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyez Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 54 minutes ago, AshtonGreat said: We'd probably be 14th I dunno ya know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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