He just doesn't seem to get our fan base does he? Yes he is probably a great manager but we have a fan base that needs to beat the rags and he doesn't get it. Like the season he played a weakened team against them in a cup match. I'm not going to say he isn't good but he needs to look at our history, we are not all thinking that the be all and end all is to win in Europe, yes we do want to win but beating the rags is just as important so put your best side out, after all the ones sitting on the bench that he eventually brought on, could have got us a great lead and then he could close it down, take them off and rest them for Tuesday> Just my humble opinion.
He just doesn't seem to get our fan base does he? Yes he is probably a great manager but we have a fan base that needs to beat the rags and he doesn't get it. Like the season he played a weakened team against them in a cup match. I'm not going to say he isn't good but he needs to look at our history, we are not all thinking that the be all and end all is to win in Europe, yes we do want to win but beating the rags is just as important so put your best side out, after all the ones sitting on the bench that he eventually brought on, could have got us a great lead and then he could close it down, take them off and rest them for Tuesday> Just my humble opinion.
It's mad how unlucky we are in some big games. The opponent scores on every fucking shot as well. I'm pretty sure that Ox has scored two long shots in his whole career, and both has been us. We are incredibly unlucky very often. I can't remember the last time we've had some luckTiny margins make all the difference, the last two games we have been denied two stone wall penalties, against the dippers they scored a goal that was off side, we were denied a goal hat was proved to be onside.
We have had zero luck in the last 2 games, hopefully it turns in our favour on Tuesday.
People need to chill the fuck out, nobody want to lose a derby but it happens. Sure 99% of the people on here would have played our best players but the side Pep picked was more than good enough to win today. At half time nobody was complaining, at the end of the day we missed 3 gilt edged chances in the first half, we hit the woodwork twice, were denied a stone wall penalty ( and a sending off ) and the Young handball could quite easily have been given.
These things happen, we just need to move on to the next game and enjoy the ride.
We didn't go into this game in the best of condition did we but at half time we were coasting and should have been 4 or 5 nil up. Utd were terrible. Even in the 2nd half they weren't good.Disappointment is an understatement. We seem to have lost our consistency and momentum for a certain period of the match.
As with other opinions on here I am concerned that we will be unable overturn the deficit on Tuesday and could struggle against an in form Spurs next weekend.
Having said that we are City and we could win both.
that just makes no sense.....it wasn't bent (as in deliberate)...they were ref errors plain and simple.....
we should only ever look at controlling what we can control and that is how we play and how (to a certain extent) the opposition play. Pep liked ahead a game too much something he has said he wasn't doing all season...he made a mistake....
Roll on VAR....Tiny margins make all the difference, the last two games we have been denied two stone wall penalties, against the dippers they scored a goal that was off side, we were denied a goal hat was proved to be onside.
We have had zero luck in the last 2 games, hopefully it turns in our favour on Tuesday.
You nailed it, yes we might win the league in three or four weeks time but the gloss will have gone off it and what state of mind will they be in for Tuesday, I worry for an even worse bad spell coming up which instead of being lauded as amazing could see us derided as over rated. So loved the glory of people saying what a great side now we could be remembered as a side that fell over the line hope not but it's going to need amazing strength to turn these two results around.how does he plug this leaky defenceAt the end of the day nothing really changes as a result of that, we will win the league at some point but this week has seriously tainted our season. We've gone from debatably the best side this country has seen to simply worthy champions in a week.
Unless we perform a miracle on Tuesday, this season will be remembered in years to come as the time a great City side fell apart within 4 days. Nobody will recall smashing good sides throughout the season and going on a ridiculous wining streak, they'll remember getting stuffed at anfield and throwing away a 2-0 lead against our rivals in a game that could have won us the league.
Both the players and Pep are equally at fault for this. He's got the lineup wrong twice and the players have shown they lack a backbone twice. To give away a 2 goal lead at halftime when it should have been 4/5 and lose 3-2 is pathetic. After they took the lead we didn't even look like scoring again either just like in the Liverpool game.
This is CityThis is football, it gives you great and horrible days.
Does it matter if he did?Did Pep ever rest players at Barca against Madrid?
We weren't flat and jaded in the 1st half. We just missed chances, and if you don't do that when you are missing players, then you will get punished and that's what happened.We did 'boss' the first half. They had one touch in our penalty area. We still have a very soft centre when teams go for it and our best players have gone missing at the most important time of the season. The team is done this season, they look flat and jaded and it's a good job we have such a big gap.
But that loss was down to one incompetent (at best) man and he doesn't 'play' for either City or United.
And technical issuesRoll on VAR....