Something on Kompany's tackle on Vardy. Stones was close enough to put doubt in the refs mind. Saying Vardy is quicker than Stones so is clean through shouldn't make any difference really, you can't expect the ref to base his decision on who he thinks is the fastest player.
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The host of last nights soccer special on sky sports said that without Stirling’s last minute goals we would be 9 points worse off and therefore a point behind United. Apparently you get nothing for a draw now.
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I heard that, too. Sounded quite pathetic.
Silvercloud
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The same journos who completely ignored Lukapoo kicking out not once but twice on Saturday, are now all writing about the despicable scenes involving Pep & Redmond last night.
A few are now asking if he will get a touchline ban.
Pathetic the lot of them
A few are now asking if he will get a touchline ban.
Pathetic the lot of them
PannickAtTheDisco
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Daily Mail profits are down, I thought the 650m rags would be boosting profits and making everyone who worked their billionaires.
Oh well, maybe they should try writing nice things about entertaining things like City?
Oh well, maybe they should try writing nice things about entertaining things like City?
I don't know how to post tweets, but that James Ducker is a rag. It's annoying when a journalist is supposed to be a North West or Manchester journalist cos they invariably choose a united supporter to do the job, like Simon Stone.
Can we please put this to bed. Those that seem desperate to prove Vinny should have seen red need to watch the dippers keeper take out Diouf and only get a yellow.
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What the graphic on sky was saying is not what you have interpreted. It was how many goals they had scored which were crucial in winning points. The 9 points comes from the 2 last night, 2 v Huddersfield, 2v Bournemouth, 1 v Everton and 2 v west Brom.
Basically they are saying if her hadn't scored a single goal this season we would be 9 points worse off.
Never mind Ducker and the other Rag mafia outlets, Rag Cafe has another City thread, how many now, this time about Pep.
You just know deep, deeep, deep down, they would love to have him. They would worship him.
I'll even post a link for once.
The state of Guardiola
When you spend half a billion on a team and plan to spend a fortune more in January to replace an injured player, you have even less right to tell other teams and their players how to play against you.
If I was the Southampton manager I'd be livid at him treating my player like that but it's nothing new from a guy who perpetually seems to think the football world owes him something.
The good news is, that even when winning and in great form this guy is a breath away from a meltdown and everybody panicking about city need not worry about any sort of longevity. He simply will not be there in 2-3 years and when it does end he will probably go after a meltdown conference where he cries. Again.
For anybody that hasn't seen it look up his pathetic behaviour towards redmod at full time. It puts klopp to shame. If it was mourinho I don't dare think what the reaction would be.
It's up to him to figure it out how to beat teams, not to tell them how he wants them to play so he can do his thing. Take confidence, and absolute certainty, that he will be jumping ship in no time no matter how unlikely it seems now.
http://www.redcafe.net/threads/the-state-of-guardiola.434150/
You just know deep, deeep, deep down, they would love to have him. They would worship him.
I'll even post a link for once.
The state of Guardiola
When you spend half a billion on a team and plan to spend a fortune more in January to replace an injured player, you have even less right to tell other teams and their players how to play against you.
If I was the Southampton manager I'd be livid at him treating my player like that but it's nothing new from a guy who perpetually seems to think the football world owes him something.
The good news is, that even when winning and in great form this guy is a breath away from a meltdown and everybody panicking about city need not worry about any sort of longevity. He simply will not be there in 2-3 years and when it does end he will probably go after a meltdown conference where he cries. Again.
For anybody that hasn't seen it look up his pathetic behaviour towards redmod at full time. It puts klopp to shame. If it was mourinho I don't dare think what the reaction would be.
It's up to him to figure it out how to beat teams, not to tell them how he wants them to play so he can do his thing. Take confidence, and absolute certainty, that he will be jumping ship in no time no matter how unlikely it seems now.
http://www.redcafe.net/threads/the-state-of-guardiola.434150/
Cheers. He fails to mention that our game had basically finished and play was stopped, whereas Mourinho was pretty much running after the Southampton player who had the ball.Here you go:
SilverFox2
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What, our manager behaving like a passionate Catalonian, he has no idea how to use that stiff upper lip that other Club Managers use in the PL.
dickie davies
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"Alarmingly inconsistent"Here you go:
Just like Lukaku's buckaroo and no retrospective action taken
Did Ducker have an opinion on that?
avoidconfusion
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The amount of saltyness and bitterness amongst Rag Fans and people who call themselves "Journalists" is just an exquisite sight to behold.
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From football365's midweek winners & losers - http://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-winners-and-losers-81
Raheem Sterling, Manchester City’s difference maker
Raheem Sterling has always battled against a wave of opinion. It started when he dared to leave Liverpool for Manchester City in 2015, and was told by Jamie Redknapp, Phil Neville, Phil Thompson and others that he wasn’t good enough to make the move, and was demonstrating a misguided arrogance by wanting to leave Anfield.
Never mind that at the age of 20 he might improve. Never mind that Liverpool had just finished sixth, and Manchester City second. Never mind that were any of would do the same as Sterling in our industry, and not expect criticism for making that choice.
It continued thanks to that great sage Joey Barton, who stated the following year that without his pace Sterling would not even be a professional footballer. Barton used the same tropes as others: ‘Imprecise’, ‘clumsy’, ‘limited technically’ and ‘very weak’.
As England crashed out of Euro 2016, it was decreed that Sterling must be made the country’s official scapegoat. The Sun’s campaign against a ‘footie idiot’ who bought his mum a house, spent too much money, spent too little money and once ate at Greggs was laughable, but that isn’t the appropriate reaction to such vitriol. This sh*t stick in the minds of the paper’s readers. By splashing most of it on the front page, disappointment in the team became vitriol against the individual.
Since then, the accusation is that Sterling crumbles under pressure. When the going gets tough, he collapses. So when Manchester City signed Bernardo Silva and chased Alexis Sanchez last summer when already in possession of Leroy Sane, David Silva and Kevin de Bruyne as well as two excellent strikers, many jumped to the obvious conclusion as to who would drop meekly from the first-team picture.
As we enter December, De Bruyne has been Manchester City’s best player during this astonishing early-season run but Sterling has been their difference-maker. He has scored late winners against Bournemouth, Southampton, Huddersfield and Feyenoord and a late equaliser against Everton. Without those points, City’s lead would be slight.
In the crunch moments of crunch matches in a crunch season for Sterling, he has not shied away from the pressure but excelled because of it. He is currently the highest-performing English player.
Pep Guardiola obviously deserves huge credit for this transformation, but nobody merits more credit than the player himself. Sterling has achieved this success without goodwill and to a backdrop of people (who are hardly flourishing in their own industry) telling him that he wouldn’t amount to anything. Rather than asking ‘how good is he?’, that question has now been altered: How good can Sterling be?
Yet there is something more than just football at play here. When first Sterling was questioned, he was 20. When he was vilified by a section of the national media, he was 21. When he was doubted before this season, he was 22. To cope with that pressure and to overcome it at such a young age demonstrates a strength of character and maturity far beyond many of us (me included) at that age. It is that strength that has underpinned his rise at Manchester City more than his ability.
Raheem Sterling, Manchester City’s difference maker
Raheem Sterling has always battled against a wave of opinion. It started when he dared to leave Liverpool for Manchester City in 2015, and was told by Jamie Redknapp, Phil Neville, Phil Thompson and others that he wasn’t good enough to make the move, and was demonstrating a misguided arrogance by wanting to leave Anfield.
Never mind that at the age of 20 he might improve. Never mind that Liverpool had just finished sixth, and Manchester City second. Never mind that were any of would do the same as Sterling in our industry, and not expect criticism for making that choice.
It continued thanks to that great sage Joey Barton, who stated the following year that without his pace Sterling would not even be a professional footballer. Barton used the same tropes as others: ‘Imprecise’, ‘clumsy’, ‘limited technically’ and ‘very weak’.
As England crashed out of Euro 2016, it was decreed that Sterling must be made the country’s official scapegoat. The Sun’s campaign against a ‘footie idiot’ who bought his mum a house, spent too much money, spent too little money and once ate at Greggs was laughable, but that isn’t the appropriate reaction to such vitriol. This sh*t stick in the minds of the paper’s readers. By splashing most of it on the front page, disappointment in the team became vitriol against the individual.
Since then, the accusation is that Sterling crumbles under pressure. When the going gets tough, he collapses. So when Manchester City signed Bernardo Silva and chased Alexis Sanchez last summer when already in possession of Leroy Sane, David Silva and Kevin de Bruyne as well as two excellent strikers, many jumped to the obvious conclusion as to who would drop meekly from the first-team picture.
As we enter December, De Bruyne has been Manchester City’s best player during this astonishing early-season run but Sterling has been their difference-maker. He has scored late winners against Bournemouth, Southampton, Huddersfield and Feyenoord and a late equaliser against Everton. Without those points, City’s lead would be slight.
In the crunch moments of crunch matches in a crunch season for Sterling, he has not shied away from the pressure but excelled because of it. He is currently the highest-performing English player.
Pep Guardiola obviously deserves huge credit for this transformation, but nobody merits more credit than the player himself. Sterling has achieved this success without goodwill and to a backdrop of people (who are hardly flourishing in their own industry) telling him that he wouldn’t amount to anything. Rather than asking ‘how good is he?’, that question has now been altered: How good can Sterling be?
Yet there is something more than just football at play here. When first Sterling was questioned, he was 20. When he was vilified by a section of the national media, he was 21. When he was doubted before this season, he was 22. To cope with that pressure and to overcome it at such a young age demonstrates a strength of character and maturity far beyond many of us (me included) at that age. It is that strength that has underpinned his rise at Manchester City more than his ability.
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Arnt they just. Someone even wants him arrested for what he did. That is a seriously disturbing thread.
babyape
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Christ. That thread is incredible. Mental health issues, close to a breakdown etc.... They really need to look much closer to home...
I knew they were stupid, but that is something else...
I knew they were stupid, but that is something else...
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