Norwich (a) post-match thread

Thai is not knee jerk but I would be surprised if we won the title this season. Loosing sane and Laporte and Kompany and still having issues at left back is a big ask. Liverpool are so motivated to get that title and we have just won 2 on the bounce. It is human nature to rest on your laurels a little even though pep will try and push them. Vinnys presence going is huge too. I was not that gutted yesterday. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t want to win it every single season and win every game. It would get so boring if it becomes like Bayern or Celtic. Biggest Shame Liverpool will probably win one this year or next. If it was Chelsea or someone else I could handle it no issue. I am not going to let myself get as stressed as last season. Spent from January to the end of the season totally consumed by us winning it and was totally drained. Pep can mange it this season!!!
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Travelled 400 miles for that yesterday but do you know what?
It was worth every penny to remind me that our great team is allowed an off day and I think some supporters need a reality check here. We have not got a divine right to win every game.
Personally i think the testimonial planning and the international week screwed us up yesterday.
Even if we win nothing this season the team has delivered more than we could every dream of in the last 2 years.
Some are acting like spoilt kids.
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Well said mate. There are plenty on here who have selective memory of getting beat by mutch worse teams than Norwich on a regular basis. Yesterdays game was merely a blip. You blues who went sounded great on my car radio. Loud and proud win or lose, the way we (mostly) always were.

I'd love to go back in time and take a few cry babies off here to somewhere like Wycombe away. Jeez, the Samaritans would be busy lol. We have no divine right to win every game. We are not expectant fuckin' rags!
 
daztrueblue91 said:
The fact he made a fuck up 15 seconds earlier and still wasn’t alert only compounds to the misery.
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Agree mate, he didn't even glance over his shoulder to see if any opposing player was closing him down. Absolutely dreadful piece of play that.
 
Marvin said:
Brighton could not get out of their half. We conceded three soft goals that had zero to do with the press.

The problem is obvious, it's the central defenders, and you don't have to invent other issues.

Question is do we perist with Ota and Stones or change personnel? I'd change.

Hopefully this is the kick up the back-side we need and Pep will make the right decision. There are a lot of talented players to choose from.
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Did you even watch that game?

There were a number of occasions where they were straight at our back four after a sequence of passes.

Norwich’s second goal is everything to do with the press. The fact Rodri gets turned in Norwich’s half and there is zero cover for him kind of shows that.
 
BlueMoonRisin' said:
Well said mate. There are plenty on here who have selective memory of getting beat by mutch worse teams than Norwich on a regular basis. Yesterdays game was merely a blip. You blues who went sounded great on my car radio. Loud and proud win or lose, the way we (mostly) always were.

I'd love to go back in time and take a few cry babies off here to somewhere like Wycombe away. Jeez, the Samaritans would be busy lol. We have no divine right to win every game. We are not expectant fuckin' rags!
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Exactly deal with it and move on.
 
worsleyweb said:
Thai is not knee jerk but I would be surprised if we won the title this season. Loosing sane and Laporte and Kompany and still having issues at left back is a big ask. Liverpool are so motivated to get that title and we have just won 2 on the bounce. It is human nature to rest on your laurels a little even though pep will try and push them. Vinnys presence going is huge too. I was not that gutted yesterday. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t want to win it every single season and win every game. It would get so boring if it becomes like Bayern or Celtic. Biggest Shame Liverpool will probably win one this year or next. If it was Chelsea or someone else I could handle it no issue. I am not going to let myself get as stressed as last season. Spent from January to the end of the season totally consumed by us winning it and was totally drained. Pep can mange it this season!!!
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Pretty much mirrors my thoughts and i'm still not recovered from the all consuming title run-in.

Also, Norwich played exceptionally well yesterday and got the win they deserved for their efforts
 
bluemoon32 said:
He said " my players are a bunch of cvnts and congratulations to Liverpool on winning the title"

Or..
"Not for one second am I going to doubt my players," said Guardiola.

"Sometimes you know we make mistakes. I think sometimes we forget these guys are human.

"Football is quick, things can go wrong and I must see what I can do to help them."
"They are the central defenders we have - we don't have more. It's not a worry."

"Five points is five points - but we are in September," Guardiola said.

"What are we supposed to do? Say 'it's September and congratulations to Liverpool, you champions?'"
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Did he actually say that about dipperpool? The congrats part.
 
daztrueblue91 said:
Did you even watch that game?

There were a number of occasions where they were straight at our back four after a sequence of passes.

Norwich’s second goal is everything to do with the press. The fact Rodri gets turned in Norwich’s half and there is zero cover for him kind of shows that.
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If Brighton had any sort of quality in the final 3rd they would have seriously damaged us.
 
Just seen the otamendi mistake again and I think it’s gets worse every time I see it. No idea what he’s thinking there, it’s just so lazy and poor.

Hopefully this gives us a real kick up the bum that we can’t just turn up for games and roll teams over.
 
I thought Bernardo and Sterling played on the wrong wings they were ineffectual for long periods.
Gundogan produced nothing going forward and little in defence. Ota and Stones looked like strangers. Zinchenko unfortunately had a nightmare.
 
worsleyweb said:
Thai is not knee jerk but I would be surprised if we won the title this season. Loosing sane and Laporte and Kompany and still having issues at left back is a big ask. Liverpool are so motivated to get that title and we have just won 2 on the bounce. It is human nature to rest on your laurels a little even though pep will try and push them. Vinnys presence going is huge too. I was not that gutted yesterday. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t want to win it every single season and win every game. It would get so boring if it becomes like Bayern or Celtic. Biggest Shame Liverpool will probably win one this year or next. If it was Chelsea or someone else I could handle it no issue. I am not going to let myself get as stressed as last season. Spent from January to the end of the season totally consumed by us winning it and was totally drained. Pep can mange it this season!!!
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I actually think we have already peaked as a team and will struggle to maintain the levels of the last couple of seasons. I still think we’ll hit 80-85 points but not sure whether that will be enough.

To put that into perspective though, what we have done over the past two years is almost superhuman and was never going to last. The fact we have achieved the two highest point totals back-to-back is something we do not get enough credit for.

Injuries have also robbed us of seeing us at our full potential. Losing KDB, Laporte, Mendy and Sane for serious amounts of time is rotten luck. I know we have a big squad but those players are huge losses. Take the equivalent out of Liverpool in Van Dijk, Mane, Robertson and whoever the fuck is their most creative midfielder and they would seriously struggle.

That said, I think we will win the CL this season.
 
worsleyweb said:
Thai is not knee jerk but I would be surprised if we won the title this season. Loosing sane and Laporte and Kompany and still having issues at left back is a big ask. Liverpool are so motivated to get that title and we have just won 2 on the bounce. It is human nature to rest on your laurels a little even though pep will try and push them. Vinnys presence going is huge too. I was not that gutted yesterday. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t want to win it every single season and win every game. It would get so boring if it becomes like Bayern or Celtic. Biggest Shame Liverpool will probably win one this year or next. If it was Chelsea or someone else I could handle it no issue. I am not going to let myself get as stressed as last season. Spent from January to the end of the season totally consumed by us winning it and was totally drained. Pep can mange it this season!!!
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I'm glad someone else has said this because I am trying to be philosophical about it as well. The run-in last season was psychologically and emotionally very damaging to fans of both City and Liverpool. I read things about people unable to sleep, unable to eat and completely consumed by the whole thing to the point of a nervous breakdown. None of that can be right as it's supposed to be about enjoyment and a release from pressures of every day life. As it stands, City is an added pressure for many people. I'll admit I got swept up in the tribalism and stress of it all and, on reflection, it didn't do me any good.

I spent many years of my life just wishing we'd maybe win a domestic cup but, like the Trotters, never getting near the pot of gold. Four league titles in seven years has been the stuff of dreams. I'd like it to be five in eight but if it's not then I won't let it affect me. There are simply more important things in life. By the same token, I don't want Liverpool to win it, anyone but them would be fine, but if they do then they will have deserved it. They're a disciplined, well-organised team led by an outstanding manager. They're solid in defence, workmanlike in midfield and lethal in attack. The celebrations would be nauseating but I'd switch off from it and all would return to normal eventually.
 
What a fantastic end to my Weeks Holiday in Majorca.

Dreaded final Holiday day.
Flight was delayed for over 2 hours. Replacement plane sent.
Avoided the score on purpose. Got back to Manchester Airport, turned my mobile on, straight to the post Norwich match thread, and...... :-(
And to complete a miserable trip home, the black cab from the airport to Burnage was £27!
 
worsleyweb said:
Thai is not knee jerk but I would be surprised if we won the title this season. Loosing sane and Laporte and Kompany and still having issues at left back is a big ask. Liverpool are so motivated to get that title and we have just won 2 on the bounce. It is human nature to rest on your laurels a little even though pep will try and push them. Vinnys presence going is huge too. I was not that gutted yesterday. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t want to win it every single season and win every game. It would get so boring if it becomes like Bayern or Celtic. Biggest Shame Liverpool will probably win one this year or next. If it was Chelsea or someone else I could handle it no issue. I am not going to let myself get as stressed as last season. Spent from January to the end of the season totally consumed by us winning it and was totally drained. Pep can mange it this season!!!
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Do you know what you are right . Sooner rather than later city are gonna lose the title and maybe this year will be the one . But as you say it hurts more because it prob will be Liverpool and the media frenzy will be a nightmare. I look at them and I think they are relentless and gonna be hard to stop and his season . We moan about injuries and there lack of them but they must be doing something right in training . We haven’t looked right all season even though we were going unbeaten. Might be a blip us getting beat or maybe it’s gonna be a long season but I trust pep to get it right but even he gets it wrong like he has done by not bringing in a centre half
 
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