Ross McCrorie: 'I came to Bristol City because I saw something, to secure top six is incredible' Ross McCrorie scored twice as Bristol City booked their place in the Championship play-offs for the first time in 17 years++ https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ross-mccrorie-i-came-bristol-10155185
Bookies don’t fancy us. Excellent. Underdogs. Just how I like it - and we perform better as underdogs (Leeds game excepted). These odds reflect the relative league positions and points. The thing is, it’s all reset to zero for the playoffs; zero points, zero goal difference - and NONE of the 4 have had great form of late - arguably our recent form is the best, despite the Luton and Leeds results: Points in last 10 games: Bristol City: 15 Sheffield United: 14 Coventry: 13 Sunderland: 8
Thats Liam's team talk done.I think it's all very open. Shef U and Sunderland are in even worse form than city, and we preformed well against both.
Bristol City boss under consideration for soon-to-be-available Premier League job https://the72.co.uk/2025/05/06/bristol-city-liam-manning-leicester-city-managerial-radar/+ Exclusive: Leicester Add 'Unbelievable' Manager to Shortlist to Replace van Nistelrooy https://www.givemesport.com/exclusi...nager-to-shortlist-to-replace-van-nistelrooy/
Liam Manning details Nigel Pearson conversation as Bristol City prepare for play-off campaign Liam Manning has guided Bristol City to the Championship play-offs in his first full season at Ashton Gate after replacing Nigel Pearson in November 2023 Liam Manning has credited Nigel Pearson for ensuring he and Chris Hogg inherited a "group of great lads" while discussing how he and his coaching staff have tried to dismiss the "softness" associated with Bristol City in their time at Ashton Gate. Manning was appointed as the Robins' boss on a three-and-a-half-year contract in November of 2023 after Pearson was sacked following a Severnside derby defeat at the hands of Cardiff City. The then 60-year-old had spent two-and-a-half years in charge at Ashton Gate, helping the Reds avoid relegation from the Championship, stabilise following the pandemic and lower the wage bill, all while bringing through young talents such as Alex Scott, Tommy Conway and Sam Bell. Although Pearson never had an awful lot of money to spend during his time in BS3, several of the key members of Manning's current side were signed during his tenure, such as Jason Knight, Rob Dickie, Ross McCrorie, George Tanner, Anis Mehmeti and Mark Sykes. Of course, since taking over in South Bristol, Manning and the recruitment team have put their own stamp on the playing squad, but the Robins boss is keen to give his predecessor his flowers for laying the foundations upon which he has built from over the last 18 months or so. "Credit to Nige as well, I spoke with him as well, and we inherited a group of great lads," the head coach told Bristol Live at the High Performance Centre on Tuesday afternoon. "We're quite clear what we walked into. "We inherited a terrific group of people and pros and we've added to it, progressed it and moved it forward but the starting point was a group of lads that were willing to work and willing to learn which is obviously music to our ears as coaches that we can come in, put our stamp on it and work the way we want." Having helped the Reds to an 11th-place finish in his first season in charge, Manning has led the Robins into the play-offs for the first time in 17 years in his first full campaign as City head coach. Though they made hard work of it on the final day of the season as they were forced to rely upon results elsewhere following their draw with Preston North End, City ended up finishing two points clear of seventh-placed Blackburn Rovers to set up a play-off semi-final against Sheffield United. Over the course of the regular season, Manning's side lost just 12 league games all season, with only three of those defeats coming at Ashton Gate. At times, that upturn in form has been the result of City's well-coached, attacking brand of football, but on more than a couple of occasions, the Reds have had to dig in and find a way to play when they've not been at their best to get ahead of their play-off rivals. While the initial elements of a successful side have been in place since Manning arrived in BS3, he has worked hard to add that extra edge needed to dismiss the soft image often associated with the Robins in the past. "When you look at it, it got thrown at me a few times last year by the lads, more than anything, that City may be associated with an element of softness, which we've worked hard to try and nail that out," the head coach said. "When you look at it, that willingness to run, to compete, to dig in, to keep scrapping, that can get you points, which is really important. "It's not all around the nice attacking stuff, the combination play and the chances. If you want to be successful over 46 games, you've got to, on a bad day, be able to grind, fight and get something out of games on those days as well." https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport...s/liam-manning-details-nigel-pearson-10159666
Nice words from Liam about Nige, we were all very grateful to the sterling work done by NP.........except Supcon and 1For. PS Come to think of it did anyone, other than Supcon and 1For, say anything complimentary about Junior ?
I think you’ll find that a lot of people were very happy with the way things were going under LJ for a while - 2nd in the league and a wonderful cup run - with some fantastic performances - before it imploded and the rot set in after ‘that’ Wolves game.
And yet four of those came through were LJs and one was Holdens signings. So what’s you point bonehead? And considering he banished Wells to the reserves. Imagine if he kept him playing instead of bit part.
That’s the point, why? Why can’t you just be happy and say that LM moulded this team is why we are in this position. Why go on about Nige. Ok he saved us from FFP but that’s the past this is the future. So just enjoy the moment. Would not surprise me if Manning is the first manager we’ve had in donkeys years that gets poached rather than we’ve sacked.
