The Palace Fan 3,406 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Bristol city are a patient club. He was given plenty of time he can't really have any complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey 1,192 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Couldn't happen to a nicer guy - right cunt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 You must be over the moon @The Palace Fan. His comments were a tad odd after they lost to us, so this just feels funny to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Both bristol managers sacked in one week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,394 Posted October 29, 2023 Administrator Share Posted October 29, 2023 Didn't get on with the owners by the sounds of it. Loads of Bristol City fans on their forum are livid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted October 30, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted October 30, 2023 Been brewing for a while with plenty of discontent from him, out of contract in the summer so it felt inevitable really. It's just never really gotten going. Don't think they have a great squad at all but it hasn't really worked either. They've been ticking over more than threatening anything serious. Their fans do seem to be blaming the chairman and they think it's linked to Pearson digging him out after the Coventry game. It's never happened for him outside of Leicester really. Steady jobs but nothing to write about. Needs his team of Shakespeare and Walsh. Will never not be grateful for how he fixed two messes here in three years, neither of which his doing, the former the worst position we have ever been in as well as being the one to end our longest ever spell outside the top flight. Despite this though you do feel like his time has probably passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt 1,282 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Probably putting two and two together to get five, but wonder if he'll be considered as QPR manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,394 Posted October 30, 2023 Administrator Share Posted October 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, Bluebird Hewitt said: Probably putting two and two together to get five, but wonder if he'll be considered as QPR manager. I think he'll take a break now to be honest. He's had health problems in the last 12 months and it wouldn't surprise me if he now takes some time out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Bit of a split with bristol city fans. Many feel that it wasn't his fault and that he hasn't been given enough money. Others feel he should of gone earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, Stan said: Didn't get on with the owners by the sounds of it. Loads of Bristol City fans on their forum are livid Yeah like I said it's a mixed response. Bristol city fans are very patient compared to a lot of clubs. I think he may have been told he would have more to spend this season due to financial fair play resetting or something. Lansdown isn't very popular with fans. Also I've worked at Ashton Gate before and people who have met him have said he's a massive twat. Edited October 30, 2023 by Gunnersaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted October 31, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted October 31, 2023 19 hours ago, Bluebird Hewitt said: Probably putting two and two together to get five, but wonder if he'll be considered as QPR manager. I think there's a quite good chance he retires to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted October 31, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted October 31, 2023 13 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said: Yeah like I said it's a mixed response. Bristol city fans are very patient compared to a lot of clubs. I think he may have been told he would have more to spend this season due to financial fair play resetting or something. Lansdown isn't very popular with fans. Also I've worked at Ashton Gate before and people who have met him have said he's a massive twat. They are, I've thought this myself, I thought they'd be a lot harder on him than they have been and they seem to have quite bought into him. They definitely consider Lansdown the bigger issue here and I'm not just saying that because I like Pearson. All that money taken in for Alex Scott and they still operate like they're a Rotherham or a Barnsley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,406 Posted October 31, 2023 Author Share Posted October 31, 2023 12 hours ago, Dan said: All that money taken in for Alex Scott and they still operate like they're a Rotherham or a Barnsley. That's a bit of a stretch. They spent over 5m in the summer on Rob Dickie, Ross McCrorie and Jason Knight. Not to mention prized two of Luton's best players previously in Naismith and Cornick. --- I do have a degree of sympathy for Pearson in this circumstance because they have had a pretty bulky injury list and that middle pack is still very tight. I get why he isn't happy about the contract situation, but if I was Lansdown I wouldn't consider a new contract until February at the earliest anyway. I don't think his stock has been affected by this. He's shown he can reduce costs significantly whilst improving several young players in the modern era if given time. If I'm a club in the bottom half of The Championship on the brink of FFP with a real danger of slipping down, I'm considering Nigel Pearson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,828 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Got a whiff of Lampard about this one. A medium-sized club in the division, good infrastructure, bit of money behind them (which they'd likely use more to support Lampard than Pearson) and the chance to bring in a 'name' that would attract talent to the club. They probably would look at him and think he could emukate something a little like what he did at Derby. If Lampard is to ever make it, this is probably the level he needs a couple years to operate at before he thinks about a PL job again. Could really see it happening but I guess a lot depends on John Eustace, he seems the man in demand at the moment amongst a few. Millwall and QPR are obviously in the market too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 On 02/11/2023 at 13:36, Lucas said: Got a whiff of Lampard about this one. A medium-sized club in the division, good infrastructure, bit of money behind them (which they'd likely use more to support Lampard than Pearson) and the chance to bring in a 'name' that would attract talent to the club. They probably would look at him and think he could emukate something a little like what he did at Derby. If Lampard is to ever make it, this is probably the level he needs a couple years to operate at before he thinks about a PL job again. Could really see it happening but I guess a lot depends on John Eustace, he seems the man in demand at the moment amongst a few. Millwall and QPR are obviously in the market too. I think the jury is still out on lampard a bit. I mean he has picked some jobs at a terrible time. First year did well at Derby. The first year he did OK at Chelsea. The second year was bad fair enough. Everton had been in a bit of a mess for a few years when he got there. And @RandoEFC said they were still in a terrible mess from when benitez was there. Admittedly he did a bad job but he is going down a level if he goes to city. Then he had his interim spell at chelsea but their season was already over by then. Admittedly it is a bad CV but might be worth a shot for a mid table championship club. Personally I don't think he would do well. But I could understand a chairman giving him a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,406 Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 It would be a good job for somebody like Frank Lampard. Its rare you get to walk in to a team that doesn't need a rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber RandoEFC+ 7,670 Posted November 3, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted November 3, 2023 Lampard is a bad manager I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,406 Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 Made me laugh seeing how many Bristol City fans have gone from 'who is he?' to 'You just got Manning'd!' in the space of six weeks. It shows how little you should be paying to fan groups on social media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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