Cole Not Gas Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 I posted last week what an excellent pre-match interview Matty James gave. Yesterday showed he is right to praise Liam so highly for all the detailed work on the opposition; we did one over on Leicester. How many times in the last few seasons have we come away from AG and said the opposition had 'done a job on us' by working out our limited tactics? Plenty times. I reckon the coaching team did a great job in setting up to beat Leicester and Vardy's chances apart (he must be mates with Zak!) we were well worth the win. So many of us walked back to the Robins buzzing - what a great feeling So the post asks a hyp0thetical question. If Liam has to choose between Matty or Williams to retain who would you choose? Assume fitness and wages are identical 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silvio Dante Posted March 30 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 30 A win and Bristol Sport bot posts. Tiresome. You could have asked the hypothetical question without the gushing praise. You could also have asked why it appears to be the case that James is not being renewed in what would be a brainless decision - you’ve got a line in, so ask. 31 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 If I was Liam I would be more worried that all my “detailed work on the opposition” wasn’t get the results it should be. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Monaghan Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 7 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: A win and Bristol Sport bot posts. Tiresome. You could have asked the hypothetical question without the gushing praise. You could also have asked why it appears to be the case that James is not being renewed in what would be a brainless decision - you’ve got a line in, so ask. Imagine praising our manager! What a bastard. 4 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Numero Uno Posted March 30 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 30 If anyone, including the staff, cannot see what difference James make to our side then I'm lost for words. All I can say is if he's being canned then Max Bird or whoever else we recruit had better be AT LEAST his equivalent. Some League 1 or 2 "Superstar" who has played 30,000 games but takes 9 months to learn at this level whilst we get overrun in midfield every week won't cut it for me. 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Just now, Tim Monaghan said: Imagine praising our manager! What a bastard. Ghostie. You know as well as I do that the OP is one of the bot army. Its a valid question as to James or Williams to which the answer is the former any day of the week but the caching of the question is tiresome. And several ITK people have indicated James isn’t being renewed. Unless that is for personal reasons on his behalf, the broader question is why someone, who as proved yesterday is integral to our team, is being jettisoned. Because it is the literal definition of a no brainer to keep him on. And, back to the OP, that is “Liams Dilemma” 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 As we discovered under Lee Johnson, “Detailed work on the opposition” is always a nuanced thing. It can be great for bespoke plans to stop a top of the table side but strip you of identity and make you reactive when you do it each week, against everyone. And it gets a bit farcical when you’re so busy reacting to the tactical nuances of the bottom of the table side that you cannot beat them at home. The actual dilemma for Liam and the club at the moment is why the plan is for James not to be renewed and whether it should be re-evaluated in light of his value to the team. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 21 minutes ago, Cole Not Gas said: I posted last week what an excellent pre-match interview Matty James gave. Yesterday showed he is right to praise Liam so highly for all the detailed work on the opposition; we did one over on Leicester. How many times in the last few seasons have we come away from AG and said the opposition had 'done a job on us' by working out our limited tactics? Plenty times. I reckon the coaching team did a great job in setting up to beat Leicester and Vardy's chances apart (he must be mates with Zak!) we were well worth the win. So many of us walked back to the Robins buzzing - what a great feeling So the post asks a hyp0thetical question. If Liam has to choose between Matty or Williams to retain who would you choose? Assume fitness and wages are identical Ha ha.. as if Liam, assuming that he’s still here, would even have a say in the decision… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 1 minute ago, LondonBristolian said: As we discovered under Lee Johnson, “Detailed work on the opposition” is always a nuanced thing. It can be great for bespoke plans to stop a top of the table side but strip you of identity and make you reactive when you do it each week, against everyone. And it gets a bit farcical when you’re so busy reacting to the tactical nuances of the bottom of the table side that you cannot beat them at home. In a nutshell.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Monaghan Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: Ghostie. You know as well as I do that the OP is one of the bot army. Its a valid question as to James or Williams to which the answer is the former any day of the week but the caching of the question is tiresome. And several ITK people have indicated James isn’t being renewed. Unless that is for personal reasons on his behalf, the broader question is why someone, who as proved yesterday is integral to our team, is being jettisoned. Because it is the literal definition of a no brainer to keep him on. And, back to the OP, that is “Liams Dilemma” Does it matter how the question is asked? It’s just because you don’t like the manager. Just because someone has a different opinion than you doesn’t make them a “bot”. Come on now. Anyway, I completely agree with you, James should get a new contract for sure. I don’t know the circumstances though and if it’s a case of us not wanting him to stay or in fact we do, but the player himself wants to move further north as he’s indicated in the past. Touch wood he will stay though, but there are so many factors involved. Edited March 30 by Tim Monaghan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Keep both at a competitive but affordable wage for our level and if not good enough for them then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Harry Posted March 30 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 30 (edited) Must have been really great tactical planning for the opposition. They had an XG of 1.9. That’s higher than in 22 other games Leicester played this season. So we didn’t exactly ‘keep them quiet’ due to some tactical master plan. 22 other teams have limited them to less chances. And you very easily gloss over the Vardy chances. We could easily have lost that 3-1 had he tucked away those. It was a good win. But let’s not get carried away. We got lucky. Edited March 30 by Harry 47 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 I hope he notices our win ratio when James plays compares to when he doesn't.... I fear without James we are going to have teams running through our midfield in a way not seen since 2011 - 2013 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 22 minutes ago, Harry said: Must have been really great tactical planning for the opposition. They had an XG of 1.9. That’s higher than in 22 other games Leicester played this season. So we didn’t exactly ‘keep them quiet’ due to some tactical master plan. 22 other teams have limited them to less chances. And you very easily gloss over the Vardy chances. We could easily have lost that 3-1 had he tucked away those. It was a good win. But let’s not get carried away. We got lucky. If we got the penalties we deserved we’d have had a huge xG. You can’t just look at one lot of ‘what ifs’ and ignore the other. We didn’t get lucky. We were unlucky not to have had two penalties 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokes7 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 1 hour ago, Tim Monaghan said: Does it matter how the question is asked? It’s just because you don’t like the manager. Just because someone has a different opinion than you doesn’t make them a “bot”. Come on now. Anyway, I completely agree with you, James should get a new contract for sure. I don’t know the circumstances though and if it’s a case of us not wanting him to stay or in fact we do, but the player himself wants to move further north as he’s indicated in the past. Touch wood he will stay though, but there are so many factors involved. It’s not about the question though it’s about a Bristol Sport employee coming on here gushing over manning 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said: Ghostie. You know as well as I do that the OP is one of the bot army. Its a valid question as to James or Williams to which the answer is the former any day of the week but the caching of the question is tiresome. And several ITK people have indicated James isn’t being renewed. Unless that is for personal reasons on his behalf, the broader question is why someone, who as proved yesterday is integral to our team, is being jettisoned. Because it is the literal definition of a no brainer to keep him on. And, back to the OP, that is “Liams Dilemma” Actually, no it's not. OP was grammatically correct. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 1 hour ago, Cole Not Gas said: I posted last week what an excellent pre-match interview Matty James gave. Yesterday showed he is right to praise Liam so highly for all the detailed work on the opposition; we did one over on Leicester. How many times in the last few seasons have we come away from AG and said the opposition had 'done a job on us' by working out our limited tactics? Plenty times. I reckon the coaching team did a great job in setting up to beat Leicester and Vardy's chances apart (he must be mates with Zak!) we were well worth the win. So many of us walked back to the Robins buzzing - what a great feeling So the post asks a hyp0thetical question. If Liam has to choose between Matty or Williams to retain who would you choose? Assume fitness and wages are identical Give Jon a nudge & ask him why Matty James isn’t getting a new contract . Stop brown nosing it’s ******* 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 32 minutes ago, stokes7 said: It’s not about the question though it’s about a Bristol Sport employee coming on here gushing over manning Is there any proof he’s an employee and not just a wind up merchant ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan and Cemetery Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 1 hour ago, And Its Smith said: If we got the penalties we deserved we’d have had a huge xG. You can’t just look at one lot of ‘what ifs’ and ignore the other. We didn’t get lucky. We were unlucky not to have had two penalties And their high xG chances generally came from individual errors, rather than being tactically swept aside. I’m unimpressed overall by LM to date, but can see that he and the players got a lot right yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 1 hour ago, And Its Smith said: Is there any proof he’s an employee and not just a wind up merchant ? Well. He’s inconsistent, incoherent and wallows in the glory of mediocrity. If he’s not a BS employee, they should headhunt him immediately! 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotswoldred2 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 2 hours ago, Silvio Dante said: Ghostie. You know as well as I do that the OP is one of the bot army. Its a valid question as to James or Williams to which the answer is the former any day of the week but the caching of the question is tiresome. And several ITK people have indicated James isn’t being renewed. Unless that is for personal reasons on his behalf, the broader question is why someone, who as proved yesterday is integral to our team, is being jettisoned. Because it is the literal definition of a no brainer to keep him on. And, back to the OP, that is “Liams Dilemma” Give it time this sour taste you have will soon be gone, who knows it could be as early as Monday? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 2 hours ago, Numero Uno said: If anyone, including the staff, cannot see what difference James make to our side then I'm lost for words. All I can say is if he's being canned then Max Bird or whoever else we recruit had better be AT LEAST his equivalent. Some League 1 or 2 "Superstar" who has played 30,000 games but takes 9 months to learn at this level whilst we get overrun in midfield every week won't cut it for me. Indeed. The cynic in me however cannot help but feel that the powers that be want every reminiscent of the Nige regime out the building as soon as physical possible irrespective of their ability. We all know how integral James was to where Pearson wanted the club to go both on and off the pitch, let's hope that the politics and Tinnion and the rest of the hierarchies ego's don't get in the way of keeping a player who is absolutely crucial to us. It's an absolute no brainer for me to offer him at least another year.. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotswoldred2 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 3 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: Well. He’s inconsistent, incoherent and wallows in the glory of mediocrity. If he’s not a BS employee, they should headhunt him immediately! It's always the same accusation, have a different opinion to the sheep on here your a Bot Troll or anything else they can grab to dismiss the truth. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 1 minute ago, cotswoldred2 said: It's always the same accusation, have a different opinion to the sheep on here your a Bot Troll or anything else they can grab to dismiss the truth. Interesting turn of phrase sir. What is “the truth”? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotswoldred2 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 7 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: Interesting turn of phrase sir. What is “the truth”? Something you deny? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 3 minutes ago, cotswoldred2 said: Something you deny? Bugger me, Matt Le Tissiers joined the forum…! So, you’ve got nothing then. Cheers for a valuable contribution to public discourse. 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuber Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 3 hours ago, Tim Monaghan said: Imagine praising our manager! What a bastard. Sure he set us up well. Means nothing until we see some consistency. I'll praise him if we see similar performances against Plymouth and Sunderland. This could very easily be Southampton all over again. A false dawn. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 2 hours ago, Harry said: Must have been really great tactical planning for the opposition. They had an XG of 1.9. That’s higher than in 22 other games Leicester played this season. So we didn’t exactly ‘keep them quiet’ due to some tactical master plan. 22 other teams have limited them to less chances. And you very easily gloss over the Vardy chances. We could easily have lost that 3-1 had he tucked away those. It was a good win. But let’s not get carried away. We got lucky. I know what you mean Harry could also have won 5-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Good question, but I'd keep them both, I love both of them! But if James does want to leave, I'll tip my hat and respect his decision, he's been a quality player for us. AH TO HELL WITH THAT, PLEASE STAY, MATTY! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 And why would it even matter if CNG is a Bristol Sport employee, so what? I'd work for Bristol Sport if they paid me enough to get out of bed each morning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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