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It's only a 'big deal' in relation to Pep Guardiola. The owners would obviously love to win the CL at some point, but from a supporter's point of view, it wouldn't be the end of the world if we don't.
City's reputation wouldn't be tarnished if we don't win the CL, only Pep's. The club's reputation has been tarnished many times over the years and we've got over it.

Like many thousands of others I support Manchester City, not Pep, not Mansour, just Manchester City. Through thick and thin, whoever plays for us, or is the manager, coach, owner etc. I really don't care about individual reputations.
I said it would be his reputation, not necessarily the club's. I'm desperate to win it for him though, he deserves it and so too the players. It almost beggars belief that we're yet to do so.

My big worry is that if we can't win it with the best manager we're ever had, and the best group of players we're ever likely to have, then we probably never will.
 
Some might say you support the agenda clan.

Btw I like to add to your comment that super slow motion does make reality look unreal. Haaland pulled the shirt or at least held it in his hand for a fraction of a second. It looked ages in super slow motion.

Imho never a foul or of any influence on the goal. But there you go. And the only aspect VAR has changed in football is discussing VAR decision instead of discussing the refs decision.
This is about phases though, surely? Must be a different phase and, bizarly enough, had they disallowed it for the challenge on Alison I wouldn’t have been half so bothered!
 
I said it would be his reputation, not necessarily the club's. I'm desperate to win it for him though, he deserves it and so too the players. It almost beggars belief that we're yet to do so.

My big worry is that if we can't win it with the best manager we're ever had, and the best group of players we're ever likely to have, then we probably never will.

Don't stressed too much on it, CL will always have a luck as big factor on it. So what if we don't win the champions league in my lifetime?, i'm still proud on my team and will not trade it for anything.
 
I said it would be his reputation, not necessarily the club's. I'm desperate to win it for him though, he deserves it and so too the players. It almost beggars belief that we're yet to do so.

My big worry is that if we can't win it with the best manager we're ever had, and the best group of players we're ever likely to have, then we probably never will.
Chelsea won it with bloody Roberto Di Matteo in a series of some of the flukiest series of games I've ever seen, having not won it with one of the best premier league sides of all times. It happens. It's a weird competition, you need as much luck as you need anything.
 
Which is fair but the bloke is clever enough to think about a different approach.

Maybe next time play down all the shit beforehand and then pick his in form team in their usual style.
Every time we play these we let the same player do the same thing(Salah). But I suppose when we have left backs that are not the best defensively that’s your weak point. There seems to be too much distraction with mind games. Too cautious and too much respect. I know they are a great side but they have been well under par this year. Why change things and give them the belief? I do agree with the team selection today just not the tactical positions. IT’s always a tight game against these but we should have got a point. And if we dare to give the likes of Grealish and Alvarez more time to impact the game who knows.
 
I think the "clear and obvious" stuff is a bit of a red herring, and has taken on a mythology of its own. The ref wouldn't have seen the shirt pull in real time. He was told to look at it, and when you see it on the replay it's a foul every day of the week.
The complaint is he purposely told both teams he was letting fouls go. And he did lots of times.
So what's the point if they are then going to be called a foul if a goal is scored? It's wrong.
 
Liverpool played with extraordinary energy. Our players underestimated the pace of the game at times and got caught out. Liverpool won't be able to play like that often enough to go on a run. Won't be surprised if they fail to win midweek vs W. Ham. Their energy was tremendous today, though.

Nobody knows what would have happened had Pep started with Cancelo and Grealish on the left and Foden on the right. We might have won or lost by 3 goals.

Why did Pep change the formation? Not because he shit the pants or stupid things like that. Many fans don't seem to realise that there are tradeoffs with having Haaland up front. He's a phenomenon, but he can't press like Jesus or false 9s like Foden and Bernie. Pep is the greatest league manager in history because he understands the balance between attack and defence better than the other managers. Guess he wanted to tire Liverpool down and went for more stability in midfield with Gundo. Things backfired partly because our biggest stars in Haaland and KDB weren't good enough. Foden should have done more vs Milner too. Tactics and formation don't decide games on their own, the players have to do well. And most of them didn't: missed chances up front and made terrible mistakes in defence.

Nothing dramatic has happened. We have the best team in the world. 5 in 6 come soon.
 
My humble views about todays game...er sorry, "an event" ( tylers description of a game that dippers win btw ).

They are murdering scum whos team always seem to benefit from the, ahem "grey areas" of var implementation/ref directives in most games there.

It suits the powers that be.

All the candles that were ready to light this evening in a "football against not competing financially" demonstration across dipperpool can now be saved for the expected power cuts.

Gonna make every effort to not be exposed to any scouse love in from ,tv, radio, internet etc for the next few days

Let us have a few hours of mourning via this splendid forum and move on, and leave the real whys/wherefors to Pep and his team to sort out, its served us well for the last 5 seasons.

Oh, Bernado hates em dont he lol...........Im with him.
 
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