The things players/managers say but actually mean.... [in this game put what they actually mean!?!]...

Example

Steve Davis - "We have got to be braver" - "We lost a close fought game and were unlucky to leave with nothing."

Steve Cotterill - "Our playing budget probably isn’t as big as a couple of teams in our league. Everybody will say ‘I don’t believe that’, but it’s a fact." and "We have been able to cherry pick our players but if we go into the Championship we would be struggling with what we are on that’s for sure."

Means "Compared to TOP Championship teams we have peanuts despite the fans being thickle and getting above their stations quoting the wealth of the chairman as if it's our playing budget." and "We have to spend careful, I am a bargain buy manager and clubs hire me to look at the cheaper end of players on a limited budget. We may bottle League One if we gain promotion fans will be in for a rude awakening."

Shaun Derry - "People need a sense of 'realism'." - "I want to play down promotion and I think the fans and media should."

Over to you... What do managers say but really mean? It doesn't have to be 100% true just what you think they mean but can't say.

you wont give up on bristol city will you @notts-joe? lol

i dont read that much into what managers have to say, much of it is because the club(s) they manage force their hands and a club like ours you need to play down promotion because it gets to the players.

Shaun Derry; "The Win Gives Us Confidence Going Into The Away Game." - "We lacked some confidence and the win on Saturday provides us some going into the Doncaster game."

It depends if the players actually said everything it says they did.