maineroad1982
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Indeed mate - that's 7-1 on aggregate , or 8-2 if you include the Final on Sunday , to them this season - what a joke !!
Liverpool v City - post match thread
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Indeed mate - that's 7-1 on aggregate , or 8-2 if you include the Final on Sunday , to them this season - what a joke !!
Brightwell’s left peg
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You can still talk about us being in the title race, but based on our long run of performances we're more likely to finish 7th than 1st. Oh well, the derby has just become a huge game...and the rags will be well up for it sensing a chance that they should never have had. I have no idea if our boys will be.
Wouldn't surprise me if Chelsea went further in the Chumps League than us , finish ahead of us in the table and win the FA Cup.
What is more amazing is that time and again we see a manager like Guus come in and steady the ship with the same bunch of players that were struggling before with a manager rated more highly supposedly than he is.
Our performance today was one we have grown accustomed to under MP for quite some time now , no organisation , poorly set up to defend , unable to cope with a bunch of average players that press and harrass and out work and out run us.
We have regressed significantly under MP in terms of the qualities you need now to dominate games of football and set yourself up to minimise the chance of losing and maximise the chance of winning hence we have not won almost half of the games played so far this season.
Despite our squad which will need the biggest overhaul in our history over the summer and I expect that to be the case as we reduce our average age by some margin and begin the real project of having the best of the academy in the first eleven and the best youngsters in world football to complement the few class experienced performers we need to do a PSG or a Bayern in domestic football , MP has had a terrible two seasons by any objective analysis.
He should have gone at the end of last season and as I said its going to end very badly for him at this club ( first time we will miss out on Chumps League and quite likely Europa in 5 seasons ).
We are 0-3-8 against sides currently in the top 8 , you would reckon we would be good for at least one win in a season but who knows.
We still have to play Arsenal , Chelsea and Southampton and Stoke , who would bet on us winning any of those games.
Villa will be licking their chops having to play a side playing the worst football both at home and away for over 8 years now.
BobKowalski
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Think Bony got it spot on. Nothing to do with tiredness just started badly and never found our game. Trouble is we have 'lost our game' on too many occasions in the last two seasons.
baildon blue
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Just got back from my 3rd visit to Liverpool this season .
Can't say I'm that disappointed .
I would have been more disappointed on Sunday .
If we had lost the Milk Cup .
We looked knackered tonight .
And that's the major reason we lost.
All this traveling caught up with us .
Can't say I'm that disappointed .
I would have been more disappointed on Sunday .
If we had lost the Milk Cup .
We looked knackered tonight .
And that's the major reason we lost.
All this traveling caught up with us .
This result is total confirmation of one, single fact. Pellers is a belligerent, arrogant, petulant fool. He might be the nicest man in the world, but when it comes to a match, he is utterly clueless. Last season, teams were starting to work us out. This season, everyone has worked us out. Every other manager has us figured out and yet every time, Pellers keeps on insisting that the team plays to a script which is outdated, broken, worn out and in desperate need of a spell checker.
Of course, the players need to look at themselves, but these are not shit players all of a sudden. They are all internationals, all highly regards and clearly have the ability. But we have a manager who has nothing new to say, no vision and no plan B. In the 2.5 seasons Pellers has been here, I think I can count - on one hand - the games that I thought he really nailed it. The rest felt like we winged it.
On tonights showing, to hurl on 2 more attackers immediately after half time, was a totally clear indication that he is fucking clueless. He has been allowed to spend £275m and at the same time has managed to wreck the team. He is draining them of confidence, trust, hope and willingness.
Once City new they had Pep, they should have dumped Pellers and gone and got Rafa to essentially prepare the team for Peps arrival. Pellers has nothing to lose now. Win, lose or draw, where ever we finish in the league, he don't give a shit.
For once, he should stand up, stop blaming everyone else and just say he was responsible for the result and apologise to the fans.
Rant over......................
Of course, the players need to look at themselves, but these are not shit players all of a sudden. They are all internationals, all highly regards and clearly have the ability. But we have a manager who has nothing new to say, no vision and no plan B. In the 2.5 seasons Pellers has been here, I think I can count - on one hand - the games that I thought he really nailed it. The rest felt like we winged it.
On tonights showing, to hurl on 2 more attackers immediately after half time, was a totally clear indication that he is fucking clueless. He has been allowed to spend £275m and at the same time has managed to wreck the team. He is draining them of confidence, trust, hope and willingness.
Once City new they had Pep, they should have dumped Pellers and gone and got Rafa to essentially prepare the team for Peps arrival. Pellers has nothing to lose now. Win, lose or draw, where ever we finish in the league, he don't give a shit.
For once, he should stand up, stop blaming everyone else and just say he was responsible for the result and apologise to the fans.
Rant over......................
I actually thought we had weathered the storm and was getting on top of the game, Liverpool looked lost at this stage even the booing of Sterling wasn't as loud. But hey ho just give them a goal out of no where, a total gift and we crumbled. Wtf was you doing Joe?
Made them look good after that.
Defeat is getting harder to take these days but deep down I never expected a win there, I would have been ecstatic with a draw and a battling performance.
Like many on here I keep thinking we can go on a run and turn it around but it's becoming clear we are not capable.
Made them look good after that.
Defeat is getting harder to take these days but deep down I never expected a win there, I would have been ecstatic with a draw and a battling performance.
Like many on here I keep thinking we can go on a run and turn it around but it's becoming clear we are not capable.
Brightwell’s left peg
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All this travelling my arse. What's the excuse for all the other times this season we've looked lethargic.
Chi-town blues
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The difference -
Serial killer managed Sturridge and Coutinho properly and rested them while Pelle played kun and Silva even though we had an option with Bony and Nacho.
Serial killer managed Sturridge and Coutinho properly and rested them while Pelle played kun and Silva even though we had an option with Bony and Nacho.
hutton who blue
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Numbers over time don't lie and the commentator didn't tonight. 18 league games and 26 points. That says it all for me regardless of our progress in the cups. We have been regressing in the league and now have only blind hope that we'll string enough positive results in the league though recent evidence certainly doesn't support that. It was a massive night, last night, an opportunity to spring board but we failed to even get out of the starting blocks. We're looking over our shoulder now probably more than what's above us, I just hope we can win enough away games to stay in the top four.
That's a good call, no doubt we probably see that on Saturday vs Villa.
Cooled down a little but still very disappointed
We were completely out worked
It could be desire
It could be exhaustion
It could be poor tactics
It could be injuries ( leading to the exhaustion)
It could be lack of cohesion
It's the combination of all of it
To have the Managerial announcement mid season sure as hell cant help
Aside from the injured it doesn't look like many players either want or expect to be here next year
Strange days
We were completely out worked
It could be desire
It could be exhaustion
It could be poor tactics
It could be injuries ( leading to the exhaustion)
It could be lack of cohesion
It's the combination of all of it
To have the Managerial announcement mid season sure as hell cant help
Aside from the injured it doesn't look like many players either want or expect to be here next year
Strange days
Blumers Bloomers
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Maybe they thought Prestwich Blue was lurking with coins and pissbags (just joking Colin)
Many of them won't be , expect some big names that some would think despite their contract to be gone in the summer.
Remember MP was only a transition manager to keep things calm as they say but he should have gone last season , he really isn't cut out for the premiership to be perfectly blunt.
The next manager after Pep will really give us some exciting times as well.
citymad
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Makes my blood boil when the pundits and media keep banging on that we've got the strongest squad. Only City fans know the real deal and have done for ages. We have the most "overrated " squad but clearly no where near the best.
Citizen in Pakistan
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Predictable attacking play week in week out then what else can we expect. We take pride in having the best academy set up but what to do of such academy if we dont want to utilize it once we need it, it is apparent that 2 in midfield dont work against pool but yet we opted for it, why? Because of injuries, so in such situation we should have had a academy lad who could play that role rather than taking a suicidal road to certain defeat, we made lallana look like xavi ffs. Since we dont give any first team chances so we had no one to play in CM
Sigh
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The buck stops nowhere apparently.