brinyhoof Hopefully this is not behind the paywall. Includes a couple of LM quotes: How the Pep Guardiola revolution took over the lower leagues https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b3e01fac-69e6-11ee-853b-c0bf92ce36b1?shareToken=893c96204b040329f855677e68248442
JonnyBiscuits brinyhoof Nice to get a shout out. Classic national football journalist take though - "wow, the lower leagues are actually quite good, I wonder if anybody else has noticed"
brinyhoof JonnyBiscuits like the fella who asked Cam after Exeter “have you ever scored two penalties in a match before?”
JonnyBiscuits brinyhoof I loved that. And Cam turned to Nathan C and said "are you gonna tell him or am I?"
TrevorAylottsHeadband Manning gets a touchline ban which means he'll be in the stands for the Maidenhead game. Of all the games he could miss, this is probably the least-worse option. He's clearly absolutely fuming about the situation though. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/23897845.liam-manning-oxford-united-manager-serve-one-match-ban/
TrevorAylottsHeadband brinyhoof Given the chance, I would imagine the answer is "inserted at high velocity up Seb Stockbridge's back passage".
JonnyBiscuits I really want to know what the everyday swear words were. I'm going with "You total shit, stick it up your bollocks."
brinyhoof JonnyBiscuits JonnyBiscuits I'm going with "You total shit, stick it up your bollocks." *You total in terms of shit, stick it in terms of up your bollocks
oxblogger Maybe the lesson is to use rare swear words, you'd have to admire a manager calling the ref a fopdoodle smellfungus.
brinyhoof In other LM “news” https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-liam-manning-oxford-8879752
JonnyBiscuits brinyhoof No chance are we even letting them talk to him. We'll be in a higher division than them next season anyway, they've got no chance. Jumped up Swindon clones.
JonnyBiscuits Lol. Idiots. https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/02/frank-lampard-clear-favourite-to-land-vacant-championship-job-19762052
brinyhoof JonnyBiscuits jeez, how is he still getting work? Was on a two-man shortlist for the Rangers job as well.
JonnyBiscuits TrevorAylottsHeadband If he leaves, I bet it's because we didn't have catering outside the ground at the FA Cup match.
brinyhoof JonnyBiscuits me too, mate. Suspended betting and Sky journos declaring it suggest they are just ironing out the compensation package and agreeing on who goes with him. Very much hope we can appoint Hogg but my guess is that he takes everyone except Short. Triffic.
JonnyBiscuits Currently in my head Liam Manning is simultaneously a treacherous coward who I'll be delighted to see out of a job in less than 18 months, and a legend in his own lifetime for committing to Oxford despite interest from a decent sized Championship club. He's Schrodinger's Manager.
Joe_Citrone Just when you think it's all over… Manning pre-Chelsea interview pops up on YouTube (which can only really have been filmed today). It's the hope that kills you, isn't it?
JonnyBiscuits brinyhoof It's not looking great, but I'm hanging my hopes on the following: Journos, even Sky ones, are used by agents etc to feed stories into social media to manipulate negotiating positions. That's why that Alan Nixon bloke, who seems to be in every player agent's black book gets so many scoops but it's also why he's occasionally wrong - just like he was with us and McCann. Betting was suspended on Robbie Fowler AND Grant McCann when we were looking for a manager. It can just mean everybody has lumped on a particular person (and given the Sky person's tweet, of course they have) and be nothing to do with any insider knowledge on behalf of the betting firms. I'm 95% certain Hogg would go with him if he went so I'm going back in for Sexy Des if Manning goes.
