The unpopular objective thread

gazinho said:
Raheem Sterling will never be a footballer
Carlos Tevez is the best cenre forward weve ever had
Nigel De Jong was crap and would get nowhere near this team today
Joe Hart should have been sold years ago
Leroy Sane is the most talented young player in the world and will win the balon d'or one day
We got rid of Mancini at the right time, Pellegrini was woeful though
Weve got a major problem with points whores regarding away tickets
Our home atmosphere isnt that bad
I preferred it when we were shit
Lukaku is a realy good signing for them lot
Id have Martial, Mata and Rashford playing for us
De Gea isnt 1 of the best 3 keepers in the league (Lloris, Courtois and Ederson are all better than him)
Giroud is fantastic, Lacazette is not
Id actually quite like Jonny Evans to sign for us
David Luiz is a great centre half
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pretty incredible that we're doing so well when our top scorer isn't and will never be what he actually excels at being...
 
Despite all the wins and all the goals i don't think, individually, we are that good up front. I just think we are extremely well coached by the best coach in the world and they are being provided with space, time and fantastic opportunities by the best midfield in the world with Silva, de Bruyne and Fernandinho behind them.
Sané, Sterling and Jesus have a lot of deficiencies in their game. Yes they are all young and have a lot of time to improve - but they need to for me because we will not have David Silva for that many more years and we will be a completely different team without him (like we were when Yaya's best years were behind him, it took us three years to get used to not having his brilliance in midfield). Sané looks like he'll be the best of the three to me but i'm still very unsure about Sterling despite the goals, i just think he's been so well coached and provided with good balls from midfield that he's just been in good spaces at the right times rather than him being this great player some are saying he's becoming. Jesus has a hell of a lot to learn for me. And Kun looks like he's lost his spark.
Just something i personally feel about our attack. I know MANY will disagree with that.

Also I think our atmosphere home AND AWAY is dreadful! We're quiet and our songs are shit! I'm really disappointed in our support and I think our fanbase has fallen off a cliff in terms of the noise we make and our songs. I used to be proud of our support. We never had this mythical fantastic atmosphere at home that some think we did but we had proper numbers in the spread of ages, with a huge following of 20-40 year olds, and our away atmosphere was IMO as good as anyone's. But now our 20-40 year olds must be the lowest in numbers anywhere and our atmosphere has gone! Things like fans not turning up to home games, where the fuck are they? And our away support...what's happened to it? Look around and the average age must be the highest in the league and the atmosphere has just withered away. There's no spark in our fanbase anymore. I think the same old faces go to every game and some just go because they think they have to or it's just a habit and they don't have that fire in their bellies to make a racket anymore. Also now we have fewer tickets in away ends because of corporates we've lost the ones who'd go to 5-10 away games a season (due to finances or work), who are more up for it because they don't get to go every week, can barely go at all anymore and they've been replaced with people who sometimes aren't even City fans in the corporate lot. Sometimes they are fans of the home team, IN OUR AWAY END! I fucking despise that kind of shit! And even our last two trips to Wembley, Liverpool LC final and Arsenal FAC semi, have been dead in our end.
 
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I hate Tunnel Club and everything that comes with it.

From the footage i see of the players having to walk through the restaurant on the way to the dressing room. It is like a Zoo.

They look awkward and it makes me cringe.
 
wagonman said:
I think they walk through a one way, see through tunnel to get to the dressing room.

I assume this is why it is called the "Tunnel Club".

JJ
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Nope, i didnt realise this until i seen Cheesys video. but there is 2 classes (7.5k and 15k STs) within tunnel club. Those who see the players up close pre kick off as they arrive in off the bus and then those on the level below up see them through the glass.
 
mccity said:
Thanks bud!

Haha, it's why I said it was out there!

Yeah, you're right about Martial too I don't know why I missed him out.
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Forgot to add: especially liked your opinion on Kane - the guy has a couple of worldclass attributes, namingly, outstanding shot and ability to lose his marker - but press and fans act like he's Van Basten's secong coming.
I don't think that Kane's current version would be a good addition for City with Guardiola at the helm, he demands different qualities from strikers. Target men like Lewandowski, Kane, Icardi etc. make attacks predictable, struggle on the wings and aren't very good without the ball.

The problem is the majority just count goals and that's all that seem to matter to them, they often struggle to grasp what actually happens on the pitch. For example, it was clear as day since Jan, 2017, that Aguero doesn't fit Pep's team and the club have to replace him for their own good. But you need a serie of absolutely disastrous performances to finally open fans' eyes.
 
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Iamthemusicman said:
The alcohol ban is the single biggest factor for the low attendances in European games.
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It is for me - and I rarely drink in the stadium. It's the hypocrisy of the UEFA fat cats who set these rules for the regular fan - but allow booze for themselves in the corporate areas. Boooooooooooo
 
The centre of our defence isn't that great. John Stones switches off and drops clangers far too often, making him as bigger a liability as Mangala. The general has had a fine season, but lacks a bit of pace.

Our first eleven has shown to be very strong, but our squad is wafer thin in terms of mounting a serious challenge on all fronts. Some of the players brought in have proved that they are not competent replacements and have struggled.

We desperately need a world class centre half to compliment Walker and Mendy who when are both playing will make a huge difference.

We need another natural finisher.

United fans are twats.
 
Rio Ferdinand is actually a good pundit.

Pearce wasn't as bad as people make out. He tried to build a young, progressive team, giving Onouha, Richards, Michael Johnson, Ireland, Hart, BWP, Croft, Miller, Matt Mills, etc, real opportunities in the first team, and ditched many of the old guard who were underperforming. It didn't work out in the end, but the one who got us into that mess was Keegan and the board at the time, Pearce became a scapegoat, and the real villains got off scot free. A lot of those young players who came through under Cassell's guidance never fulfilled their potential.
 
Pell said:
Rio Ferdinand is actually a good pundit.

Pearce wasn't as bad as people make out. He tried to build a young, progressive team, giving Onouha, Richards, Michael Johnson, Ireland, Hart, BWP, Croft, Miller, Matt Mills, etc, real opportunities in the first team, and ditched many of the old guard who were underperforming. It didn't work out in the end, but the one who got us into that mess was Keegan and the board at the time, Pearce became a scapegoat, and the real villains got off scot free.
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Agree. Pearce football was crap but keeping us up was a minor miracle with that squad and had he not, what we have now could have been so different.
 
wagonman said:
I think they walk through a one way, see through tunnel to get to the dressing room.

I assume this is why it is called the "Tunnel Club".

JJ
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No they don’t upstairs they walk through the crowds , downstairs is the physical tunnel.

The place is cringeworthy. The players will hate it.

I was there against Burnley and Phil Foden hobbled through just wanting to get home and compound not get through due to selfi demands.

It’s a corporate zoo where the players are the animals.

Ps the food is crap as well.
 
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