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[Gordyola]

Won’t be popular to post but he’s not wrong

Gary Neville: “These #ManCity players have won four, five, six Premier League titles - they’ve kept going, they’ve been so consistent, so reliable! They’ve played every summer, every competition it feels like - fifty, sixty, seventy games a season. They’ve grown together and hit a wall together, they’re picking up injuries, they’ve lost their legs together, they’ve lost their confidence together. It’s just PERSPECTIVE! I’m sure in the dressing room, Pep Guardiola is reminding them that these are serial champion players. You CANNOT sit here and say it’s a disgrace, a joke - these are players who have achieved SO MUCH and they’ve just hit a wall together!”

 

[Damanino]

I cannot believe we lost to them in the FA cup final with Ten Hag the clown, and now again when Amorim failed to beat Ipswich and Forest recently.

WTF?

 

[Frank the Yank]

Maybe the players should all assemble at the Etihad Campus tomorrow, walk on to one of the training pitches, gather round the centre circle and let their feelings about those not pulling their weight be known in no uncertain terms. Then have a fucking big dust up, sort out who's who and what's what because we're not seeing any fight during the games itself. We need leaders, not necessarily the best players, but the best motivators.

Those not prepared to fight for the team, fuck off now please. I'd rather lose fighting like a cornered tiger than roll over like a sheep. Arses need to be kicked, some players need to sit in a room of mirrors and have a good look at themselves. It's not good enough, nowhere near good enough.

At the moment we're like a fucking hapless wildebeest wallowing around in the mud waiting for the safari to come along and finish us off. Let's not make it easy for them to do that.

I would imagine something like this has already taken place.

 

[thismeansfour]

Seen worse over the last 40 years - a blip in comparison

What has that got to do with us being shit decades ago? We didn't have the best manager in the world, with a squad full of great players, being the best run club in the world either. It is all relative and yes the shit times were shit, that doesn't mean this is then ok? Such a shit small time mentality

 

[Gordyola]

We were time wasting from the 46th minute. That's what cost us.

What cost is is two stupid Nunes errors and not closing down the speculative ball through the middle for the second

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Won’t be popular to post but he’s not wrong

Gary Neville: “These #ManCity players have won four, five, six Premier League titles - they’ve kept going, they’ve been so consistent, so reliable! They’ve played every summer, every competition it feels like - fifty, sixty, seventy games a season. They’ve grown together and hit a wall together, they’re picking up injuries, they’ve lost their legs together, they’ve lost their confidence together. It’s just PERSPECTIVE! I’m sure in the dressing room, Pep Guardiola is reminding them that these are serial champion players. You CANNOT sit here and say it’s a disgrace, a joke - these are players who have achieved SO MUCH and they’ve just hit a wall together!”

Its the truth...this season is gonna be a struggle. So we just have to buckle in for the ride

 

[andy07]

Defeat against one of the worst Utd teams for maybe 30 years makes it all the worse.

 

[give it to gordon]

Won’t be popular to post but he’s not wrong

Gary Neville: “These #ManCity players have won four, five, six Premier League titles - they’ve kept going, they’ve been so consistent, so reliable! They’ve played every summer, every competition it feels like - fifty, sixty, seventy games a season. They’ve grown together and hit a wall together, they’re picking up injuries, they’ve lost their legs together, they’ve lost their confidence together. It’s just PERSPECTIVE! I’m sure in the dressing room, Pep Guardiola is reminding them that these are serial champion players. You CANNOT sit here and say it’s a disgrace, a joke - these are players who have achieved SO MUCH and they’ve just hit a wall together!”

Some City fans need this and to understand this. Not often I would agree with Neville put he is spot on

 

[SuttonColdfieldBlue]

Maybe the players should all assemble at the Etihad Campus tomorrow, walk on to one of the training pitches, gather round the centre circle and let their feelings about those not pulling their weight be known in no uncertain terms. Then have a fucking big dust up, sort out who's who and what's what. Because we're not seeing any fight during the games itself.

This actually has precedent!

I remember reading an interview with Alan Hill, Frank Clark’s assistant manager, not long after they joined the club in 1997 - they used to call this a “fish and chip day” - everyone get together, no-holds-barred airing of views, speaking freely and get things out in the open.

I forget the exact verbatim of the article now, and forget whether he was talking about at City or in their previous job at Forest, but basically they had a fish and chip day, went on a long winning run and then hit a dip. Had another fish and chip day and went on another long unbeaten run.

As the interviewer in the article said - “I’d better give you directions to the nearest chippy, then!”

 

[Frank the Yank]

Won’t be popular to post but he’s not wrong

Gary Neville: “These #ManCity players have won four, five, six Premier League titles - they’ve kept going, they’ve been so consistent, so reliable! They’ve played every summer, every competition it feels like - fifty, sixty, seventy games a season. They’ve grown together and hit a wall together, they’re picking up injuries, they’ve lost their legs together, they’ve lost their confidence together. It’s just PERSPECTIVE! I’m sure in the dressing room, Pep Guardiola is reminding them that these are serial champion players. You CANNOT sit here and say it’s a disgrace, a joke - these are players who have achieved SO MUCH and they’ve just hit a wall together!”

Hate to agree with him because he’s such a twat but he is 100% correct.

You think Sheikh Monsour and khaldoon will stand by and accept failure?? Hell no they Wil act. And just don’t say spend spend spend. Anyone can come up with that solution. Proper decisions must be taken..

 

[ancoats]

I'd never bet against Pep.

Give him the money to get the players he wants, get Rodri back etc. And we'll be dominant again.

But why is the best manager in the world having to struggle because of one injury in Rodri,
look it's Not Rodri being out of a season why we are struggling, Yes, the injuries to 5 or 6 players at the same time are a problem but they are not long-term and also should not be a major problem,

Something is not right and players are being allowed to ghost and lose ? You hope to see some fight from an old dog at least, We are not seeing the fight or the hunger that is the major problem

 

[Scottyboi]

Won’t be popular to post but he’s not wrong

Gary Neville: “These #ManCity players have won four, five, six Premier League titles - they’ve kept going, they’ve been so consistent, so reliable! They’ve played every summer, every competition it feels like - fifty, sixty, seventy games a season. They’ve grown together and hit a wall together, they’re picking up injuries, they’ve lost their legs together, they’ve lost their confidence together. It’s just PERSPECTIVE! I’m sure in the dressing room, Pep Guardiola is reminding them that these are serial champion players. You CANNOT sit here and say it’s a disgrace, a joke - these are players who have achieved SO MUCH and they’ve just hit a wall together!”

Yep, I wrote the season off weeks ago. The cycle has come to an end will be a big rebuild the warning signs were there last season really. Top 4 is the goal anything else is a bonus.

 

[ShedDweller]

Pep would not do this because it is ridiculous apart from the Kev idea

OK, lets keep doing the same thing then...

 

[blue for life]

Defeat against one of the worst Utd teams for maybe 30 years makes it all the worse.

They caught us at just the right time that’s all

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

Some City fans need this and to understand this. Not often I would agree with Neville put he is spot on

It's a shame the board didn't understand it and got us into this mess in the first place

 

[thismeansfour]

They caught us at just the right time that’s all

We played them as they sat in 13th fucking place, surely that was the right time to catch them

 

[manimanc]

Yep, I wrote the season off weeks ago. The cycle has come to an end will be a big rebuild the warning signs were there last season really. Top 4 is the goal anything else is a bonus.

Exactly mate.
A sensible post in a sea of rag infested shite.
Well said.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

What has that got to do with us being shit decades ago? We didn't have the best manager in the world, with a squad full of great players, being the best run club in the world either. It is all relative and yes the shit times were shit, that doesn't mean this is then ok? Such a shit small time mentality

He wasn’t saying this is ok. He’s merely saying he’s seen worse. Being relegated twice in successive seasons for example.

 

[paulsimpson]

Won’t be popular to post but he’s not wrong

Gary Neville: “These #ManCity players have won four, five, six Premier League titles - they’ve kept going, they’ve been so consistent, so reliable! They’ve played every summer, every competition it feels like - fifty, sixty, seventy games a season. They’ve grown together and hit a wall together, they’re picking up injuries, they’ve lost their legs together, they’ve lost their confidence together. It’s just PERSPECTIVE! I’m sure in the dressing room, Pep Guardiola is reminding them that these are serial champion players. You CANNOT sit here and say it’s a disgrace, a joke - these are players who have achieved SO MUCH and they’ve just hit a wall together!”

Very easy for Neville to sit there and spout out about perspective after us handing him a win in the dying minutes of a Derby. If we had Akanji or Ake fit we would have won that game. But we don't have either of those fit and not likely to be 100% fit sometime soon. That's perspective and its not looking pretty

 

[Bluefen]

One positive from the match today was to turn all the crap music and entertainment off before the kick off and let the crowd build up the atmosphere - I’ve been crying out for that for years

Well done to whoever sanctioned that