What are your unpopular opinions on City that you believe 100%?

IrishBlueSince92 said:
Not sure if this is unpopular, but I'm of the opinion that Gundogan should start most games for City and can't understand him being out of favour recently

Gundogan-Rodri-Silva would be my midfield with De Bruyne playing as a false 9
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It isn't, not by a long way. Most on here who know their stuff have a lot of time for Ilkay.
 
HolisticJim said:
Phil Foden wouldn't be all that in any other team/system.
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I think Phil is still mostly potential and hasn’t really taken that next step up yet. He didn't play much football in his developing years and might just take him a few more years than someone who started playing regular first team football earlier than him. But I think he’ll become a fantastic player and already is at times now.

However, one thing I will say about Foden, that will be unpopular, is that I think he has got poor shooting technique. He closes his eyes and moves his head away from the ball. Watch Messi and Agüero as examples: their eyes were/are always fixed on the ball at the point of contact.

Go to 2:21 on this video to see what I mean:


He does this a lot. He even scored a lovely goal at Anfield doing almost the same thing, but it’s still poor technique.
 
It's like some of you watch Foden with your eyes closed.
Not withstanding the fact he's touted by some of the most respected players and managers in the world as the real deal but this notion he hasn't kicked on or only works in our system? Haha! He has been shunted from pillar to post this season by Pep and has had to deal with a whole new aray of roles and responsibilities yet still manages to look like one of the best players on the pitch most games.
This as a 21 year old playing for one of if not the best teams on the planet managed by somebody who expects nothing less than perfection.
He would excel at other clubs, not be hindered because he would likely have one position and play 90 minutes every single week.
Jesus, I thought the original post was being a bit mischievous but it seems he meant it.
 
IrishBlueSince92 said:
Not sure if this is unpopular, but I'm of the opinion that Gundogan should start most games for City and can't understand him being out of favour recently

Gundogan-Rodri-Silva would be my midfield with De Bruyne playing as a false 9
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I agree with you
 
I don't know if this is unpopular, more of a strange opinion, but i remember around a decade ago thinking that whenever City became the better team in Manchester that we'd start to get a lot more fans than United

Maybe its on this side of the Irish sea, but I still see young lads growing up who for some reason support United. My 3 nephews for example, all born after 2012, their Dad isn't into football but they still chose to support United and Liverpool.
Don't get me wrong, there are a lot more City shirts about over here than there used to be, but I still thought there would be more.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
I think Phil is still mostly potential and hasn’t really taken that next step up yet. He didn't play much football in his developing years and might just take him a few more years than someone who started playing regular first team football earlier than him. But I think he’ll become a fantastic player and already is at times now.

However, one thing I will say about Foden, that will be unpopular, is that I think he has got poor shooting technique. He closes his eyes and moves his head away from the ball. Watch Messi and Agüero as examples: their eyes were/are always fixed on the ball at the point of contact.

Go to 2:21 on this video to see what I mean:


He does this a lot. He even scored a lovely goal at Anfield doing almost the same thing, but it’s still poor technique.
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I’ve also noticed that about Phil and presume it’s being worked on. He scuffs too many shots across the keeper and wide.
 
I wasn’t slightly worried about that game at Burnley today and always knew we’d win comfortably, didn’t want to say beforehand in case I scudded it
I’m very worried about next Sunday though
 
We're not as strong as in 18/19 when Silva, Kompany and Aguero all inspired by example when it really mattered.

I also think that by not replacing Aguero and allowing Liverpool to buy Dias our current squad is temporarily slightly weaker than theirs, both in quantity and quality.

A quality striker arriving in the summer would change all that.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
We're not as strong as in 18/19 when Silva, Kompany and Aguero all inspired by example when it really mattered.

I also think that by not replacing Aguero and allowing Liverpool to buy Dias our current squad is temporarily slightly weaker than theirs, both in quantity and quality.

A quality striker arriving in the summer would change all that.
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I’d agree with all of that.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
We're not as strong as in 18/19 when Silva, Kompany and Aguero all inspired by example when it really mattered.

I also think that by not replacing Aguero and allowing Liverpool to buy Dias our current squad is temporarily slightly weaker than theirs, both in quantity and quality.

A quality striker arriving in the summer would change all that.
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I don’t think they’ll be unpopular those mate.
 
IrishBlueSince92 said:
I don't know if this is unpopular, more of a strange opinion, but i remember around a decade ago thinking that whenever City became the better team in Manchester that we'd start to get a lot more fans than United

Maybe its on this side of the Irish sea, but I still see young lads growing up who for some reason support United. My 3 nephews for example, all born after 2012, their Dad isn't into football but they still chose to support United and Liverpool.
Don't get me wrong, there are a lot more City shirts about over here than there used to be, but I still thought there would be more.
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I'm sort of with you here. Granted I've not lived here all my life but United and Liverpool seem to be deeply ingrained. I've met longstanding City fans at the local supporters club though. The true conspiracy believers would have a field day over here - when RTE decides to show a CL game, Liverpool will almost certainly be first choice and on occasion they will even show a match between two European sides over City. We get missed out on the radio too when the "Top 6/7" gets read out.

However - I live near a town with a Brazilian population. We are popular amongst the Brazilian-Irish kids.
 
We should bin off this major celebration 10th anivesary of the 2012 title win and the guff we will produce.

It was our 3rd league title in our history, who the fuck celebrates them like they are the first, seems a bit wierd.

Remember it and enjoy it forever, but don't milk it.
 
urban genie said:
We should bin off this major celebration 10th anivesary of the 2012 title win and the guff we will produce.

It was our 3rd league title in our history, who the fuck celebrates them like they are the first, seems a bit wierd.

Remember it and enjoy it forever, but don't milk it.
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Who has claimed it was a celebration of the first?
 
Coatigan said:
Who has claimed it was a celebration of the first?
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The club for one market it as our first premier league title, our first title for 44 years just saying the event with the last minute winner, the pipping our rivals to the title andit being never experienced by many generations in the stadium before will always make it iconic and special, however why would you make such a fuss of your 3rd league title, why not your second or 5th?

That is what I am saying remember it, cherish it, don't milk it, naming a lounge after it, bringing out merchandise every other year with the slightest connection.

It is one of the greatest moments in my lofe time as a blue and I love the moment dearly, every time I watch it it brings a swell of emotion.
 
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urban genie said:
The club for one market it as our first premier league title, our first title for 44 years just saying the event with the last minute winner, the piping our rivals to the title andit being never experienced by mamy generations in thw stadium before will always make it iconic amd special, however why would you make such a fuss of your 3rd league title, why not your second or 5th?

That is what I am saying remember it, cherish it, don't milk it, naming a lounge after it, bringing out merchandise every other year with the slightest connection.

It is one of the greatest moments in my lofe time as a blue and I love the moment dearly, every time I watch it it brings a swell of emotion.
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I think you are trying to attach a dimension to it that isnt there.

It is marking 10 years of a moment and looking back at it. That's all it is. And happens to coincide with unveiling Sergio's statue, why not do it at the same timw, it is symbolic. I've also not seen it called the first, but if it is, I would guess it is defined as Premier League, in this format. While I disagree with the distinction, it is the often done thing by the broader media, i.e when Liverpool won their first PL title just 2 years ago, when Leicester became only the 5th team to win it, etc.

Who knows, we might do similar for our 4th, 5th titles too. We might even have a January '32 event marking 10 years since we won the our first title in January.

It is a good thing, imo. Brings loved players back, enables fans to look back and re-live the moment, reminds the world how good we were while we still are, and acknowledges a big moment in the current owners' time. I'm all for it.
 
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