The leagues a lot closer now.. probably 10 to 12 teams that are pretty close. I think a lot of tge top 6 will drop points. Problem i see though is that we wont get much from any of the title contenders this season, we do not have the confidence mainly because our recruitment has been desperate..we used to look like a club that planned properly..now were floundering without a plan.The reason 'lesser' clubs think they have a chance against City now is because they see exactly what we see .... an erratic team who are nowhere near as good as they used to be, mainly down to the quality players that have left, and the players that have arrived, many of whom have been sub standard ... and also our annoying knack of picking up constant injuries, which is absolutely no basis for building team spirit, togetherness or consistency, and a winning mentality .... half our players aren't even delivering the level of performance that WE know, and THEY know, they're capable of delivering!
We may never see glory days like we've recently enjoyed again, and right now we're at the stage of taking on opponents, ANY opponent, and just HOPING that we'll take points of them ..... whereas it was more or less guaranteed a few years ago!
Check out our results against the top six over the past few seasons, and see how often during that period of time that we've actually won those fixtures, and you'll see why teams such as Brighton are increasingly fancying their chances against us now.
Yep, I agree ...... we used to buy players of real quality, who turned into great players , title winning players .... Aguero, Rodri, David Silva, Vincent Kompany ...... even the likes of Dzeko, Sterling, Mahrez, Sane, Zabaleta were quality ...... now it feels like the club either misjudge their purchases, or just don't scout the players for long enough, Jack Grealish was a poor buy for the £100m he cost , Doku and Savinho need to convince me far more than they currently are doing too ...... Marmoush isn't playing as well as he can, and neither are Foden or Bernardo ..... I don't see any of the players we've bought in the last 2-3 seasons picking up title winners medals, let alone a Champions League oneThe leagues a lot closer now.. probably 10 to 12 teams that are pretty close. I think a lot of tge top 6 will drop points. Problem i see though is that we wont get much from any of the title contenders this season, we do not have the confidence mainly because our recruitment has been desperate..we used to look like a club that planned properly..now were floundering without a plan.
And better win our next game also ...I'll feel a lot more comfortable laughing at united if we put in a winning performance here.
It was a good plaice for your sole at the end thoFloundering ? Too much time on the Grimsby thread. ;-)
I have gone for a loss as we are bloody awful at defending and created next to fuck all in the second half against Spurs.Not overly surprised it's only just over 50% for the win.
I've gone for a draw. That's simply based on not knowing what line-up we're going to pick - no-one does with Pep at this time of the year.
Phil back from injury soonI have gone for a loss as we are bloody awful at defending and created next to fuck all in the second half against Spurs.
We need a new David Silva as we lack creativity.
But which version of Phil will it be?Phil back from injury soon
2023 Phil hopefullyBut which version of Phil will it be?