Injuries.

It's nothing to do with being 'spoilt or entitled' more of looking for ways to help this country get back into competing at a national level. Nearly every Premier League club now uses their squads more in the League Cup.
 
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Ray78 said:
It's nothing to do with being 'spoilt or entitled' more of looking for ways to help this country get back into competing at a national level. Nearly every Premier League club now uses their squads in the League Cup.
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Cannot see that - if competing in the UeFA competitions takes priority for those clubs fortunate to be in them then they should play squad players and rest 1st team members as you suggest PL teams do.

It cannot be right (IMO) to adjust the competition for the benefit those clubs that choose to make it less of a priority. Each to their own view.
 
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Scrapping one of the cup competitions will not decrease the chances of winning a trophy for the rest of the sides. It is still knock out football.
 
mcfc1632 said:
What is that referring to?
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Sometimes it seems that our club feels and acts like it doesn't belong among the elite despite our achievements in recent years. And it's a mindset that developed early in the takeover. Can still be seen in our lack of foot down approach to our players and international football...Or just allowing them to do what they want in general(Tevez, Balotelli). Like our best players are doing us a favour by playing for us
This mindset can trickle down to the squad as evident in our champions league performances?
 
Ray78 said:
Scrapping one of the cup competitions will not decrease the chances of winning a trophy for the rest of the sides. It is still knock out football.
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Perhaps I am failing/passing the idiot's test.

Will it not mean that there will only be 1 cup competition rather tha2 and therefore only 1 rather than 2 chances to win a cup trophy?
 
Anybody else see the training gallery today on the OS? Pic of Yaya doing gym work but didn't seem to be in the group photo later on. No sign of Kolarov at all. Nasri and Delph in boots so must be doing some ball work at this stage. Worryingly Fernando seemed to have flip-flops on which would suggest he may have picked up an injury also. Hope I'm wrong.
 
MacD said:
Anybody else see the training gallery today on the OS? Pic of Yaya doing gym work but didn't seem to be in the group photo later on. No sign of Kolarov at all. Nasri and Delph in boots so must be doing some ball work at this stage. Worryingly Fernando seemed to have flip-flops on which would suggest he may have picked up an injury also. Hope I'm wrong.
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Maybe Fernando was done for the day and was off to get a shower. ...
 
01cravend said:
Sometimes it seems that our club feels and acts like it doesn't belong among the elite despite our achievements in recent years. And it's a mindset that developed early in the takeover. Can still be seen in our lack of foot down approach to our players and international football...Or just allowing them to do what they want in general(Tevez, Balotelli). Like our best players are doing us a favour by playing for us
This mindset can trickle down to the squad as evident in our champions league performances?
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I think city encourage and support players to play for their country.It gives the club exposure in many countries.Belgians,Argentinians etc,all looking to find out more about us.
It doesn't come cheap though,injuries and in the case of the African contingent, a month away,mid- season.I don't expect city to complain just yet,at least in public.

Tevez and Balotelli might have thought they could do what they want,but the club managed it pretty well.we stopped paying Tevez and got him back with no fuss, when we were desperate for a change of plan.
Balotelli pushed his luck and his city career is over.

The players won't say out aloud,that they are the best in the world,but they will believe they are,they don't need the club to tell them that.
 
MacD said:
Anybody else see the training gallery today on the OS? Pic of Yaya doing gym work but didn't seem to be in the group photo later on. No sign of Kolarov at all. Nasri and Delph in boots so must be doing some ball work at this stage. Worryingly Fernando seemed to have flip-flops on which would suggest he may have picked up an injury also. Hope I'm wrong.
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Yeah, wearing flip-flops after pulling a hammy reduces the strain by 60% i'm told.
 
I want players who are proud to represent their countries and are willing to give 100% to the national cause, at least when there are World or continental finals to qualify for, but I will not accept that a player should give 110% to his country and a maximum of 100% to the club, and I certainly will not respect a player who turns out for his country when he knows he is taking a risk with his fitness by doing just that. International managers don't have too many games to save their skins and if a player who was unfit at the start of the weekend, and played, and returns to the club carrying the same injury, then some redress should be sought.

As it happens, City's injury record since Pellegrini got his job has been woeful, internationals or not, and if we miss out on trophies through lack of fit players then Pellegrini will be under pressure from those above and his pleas are likely to be ignored.
 
MacD said:
Anybody else see the training gallery today on the OS? Pic of Yaya doing gym work but didn't seem to be in the group photo later on. No sign of Kolarov at all. Nasri and Delph in boots so must be doing some ball work at this stage. Worryingly Fernando seemed to have flip-flops on which would suggest he may have picked up an injury also. Hope I'm wrong.
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It'd be a major blow if Fernando was injured again, but seeing him in flip flops is a bit of a cause for concern. This Friday's press conference will be interesting, if only to get an update on who is actually available at the moment.
 
Ric said:
It'd be a major blow if Fernando was injured again, but seeing him in flip flops is a bit of a cause for concern. This Friday's press conference will be interesting, if only to get an update on who is actually available at the moment.
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Perhaps we've postponed Friday's under 18s game so that they can play on Saturday instead
 
Keeping an eye out for the Belgium line up.

kind of getting me a bit worked up all this Kompany stuff.


all kinds of eurghhhhhhhhhhhh
Belgium XI: Mignolet, Alderweireld, Kompany, Lombaerts, Vertonghen, Nainggolan, Fellaini, De Bruyne, Hazard, Mertens, R. Lukaku
 
Super David Silva 21 said:
Keeping an eye out for the Belgium line up.

kind of getting me a bit worked up all this Kompany stuff.


all kinds of eurghhhhhhhhhhhh
Belgium XI: Mignolet, Alderweireld, Kompany, Lombaerts, Vertonghen, Nainggolan, Fellaini, De Bruyne, Hazard, Mertens, R. Lukaku
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probably gonna get crocked again
 
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