Ryan Manning

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That you know you're annoying, well, especially when you have Ryan Manning jersey up in the background these days.

It's probably not the, the most upbeat person's name to see when you walk into your office every day.

Um, so yeah.

...

it, that was a performance, I'm sure.

I mean, Ryan Manning as well was dreadful.

So-

Um, so yeah, I mean, we, we were, we were okay in the first half, even despite this sort of lopsided appearance, um, just because of the individual quality.

I mean, that ball from Manning for, um, for Larren in the, what, second minute or so, incredible first touch from Larren.

Unfortunately, his second one, he's kind of scuffed it, I think.

Um, whereas if he'd, if he'd kind of been able to put the right finesse on that, a- an early goal like that with, with that sort of quality, and I think you'd completely knock, knock the stuffing out of, um, out of, uh, out the visitors as we, uh, as we put it-

... got our grit back on the game, and we, we, we worked out what we needed to do, and got ourselves sort of in the right minds and got ourselves in the right positions.

Yeah, it was strange.

When he took Sienzo off, I know Sienzo was not contributing very well defensively, 'cause we were playing sort of 4-4-1 at that stage, and he wasn't really helping Ryan Manning out.

And, but I was, I was a little bit irritated when they took him off, 'cause I thought, "That's our quickest forward."

I have to be totally honest with you.

I'm back for Ryan Manning, Kevin Schotterbeck, Nathan Wood and James Brie.

Ryan Manning had a really good time with the Republic of Ireland during the international break.

When I saw him play, I thought he was outstanding and really stepping up playing international football and looks a class act.

The midfield two, Downs and Ward-Prowse, I think will start there, who were really good at Wrexham, but there will be the opportunity with Kasper Janda on the bench.

Cienza.

will be a key man as he was against Portsmouth last year, but we want him right up the field, taking on defenders and trying to get in on that right foot of his and trying to cause some havoc.

Ryan Manning, his relationship with Sienza, I actually think they've got a very good relationship, these two.

They got away from this, let's drop in and counter-attack.

Ryan Manning came in at left wing back.

He's much more adventurous, would jump over that line a lot earlier and press.

The midfield was a little bit more adventurous, but then...

If he plays long at the weekend over Ramsdale and we went and got beaten, I think he'd have a major problem, don't you?

Manning for me, in his position, is the best left back in the league.

I hate the charm.

You know-

... there's, there is a gaping hole where football is, is missed.

Do you think it will affect club football? When we come back to club football this weekend, do you think it, it, it almost feel like...

There's some players that have gone away, so Manning and Zazz, they've been away.

Uh, Larren's been away with, with Canada.

The one thing that was really rattling me in Budapest, and it still is to this day, and people don't know what I'm going to say, is this fucking throw-in situation.

That's a failing of, what are we doing in training? The other night, Ryan Manning was taken.

I haven't seen him at it before.

The young lad Vata comes on.