andyhinch
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It's somewhat hard to fathom isn't it, might like Thursday night football perhaps?
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Blue Whale
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Neville Kneville
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There were some great low 'crosses' also previously but the guy who should be on the end of those is Aguero. He should be attacking the 6 yard box, not stood on the edge of the penalty area. Bony should be drawing players away from him while it's happening.
Don't get me wrong. Still think you can win the CL. Just saying that if you factor in youth and hunger, the Arsenal, Chelsea, ManU squads are there with ManC. If Pelle is a clueless clown, the logical conclusion is that so are the others. That's absurd.
Kinkys Left Foot
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I watched the West Ham game as well. Not bad that Cresswell.....
East Level 2
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Mods - Have you banned Pell not Pep? I received a pm which asked a valid question and I'll post it here. Sorry if it offends your sensibilities.
Bear in mind I think his idea about wanting the rags to win so we can catch Spuds makes no sense whatsoever, but it's a valid point for discussion as it's still mathematically possible. My response to his pm makes this clear and is shown below:
Pell not Pep: -So if they're the worst Utd team in 30 years as posters keep mentioning why would i fear them being one point behind when it means we can then catch Tottenham? Perhaps you could post this on the forum because the reds mods have made it insufficient privelidges. Thanks. Hope that makes sense.
My response: We should fear them being one point behind us because we are struggling to put a string of results together. The fact they are one of the worst rag teams in 30 years (actually 20 or 25 years would be closer) is testament to our PL struggles this season. We have shown nothing since our early winning run to suggest we stand any chance of catching Leicester or Spurs which is why most would settle for third if we can catch Arsenal or building a buffer between us and the rags.
When we won the league in 2012 there was plenty of evidence to suggest we could go on a long winning run and take advantage of any slips by our neighbours, and similarly in 2014 after Gerrard's slip. There is no such evidence this season.
Conclusion: I don't think Pell not Pep is a rag, he might not even be a wum. However there are plenty of posters who were in the happy clappy camp long after our form went down the pan who are now prepared to criticise MP, some of the players and Begiristain. Perhaps Pell not Pep is more immune to crap performances. I've often said the swamp is full of people who don't complain when City lose, but we also have many on here who prefer blind faith to logical analysis of a poor performance.
I'd love us to win the final 6 games and nick the title (or even second place) but can anybody really see it happening?
Bear in mind I think his idea about wanting the rags to win so we can catch Spuds makes no sense whatsoever, but it's a valid point for discussion as it's still mathematically possible. My response to his pm makes this clear and is shown below:
Pell not Pep: -So if they're the worst Utd team in 30 years as posters keep mentioning why would i fear them being one point behind when it means we can then catch Tottenham? Perhaps you could post this on the forum because the reds mods have made it insufficient privelidges. Thanks. Hope that makes sense.
My response: We should fear them being one point behind us because we are struggling to put a string of results together. The fact they are one of the worst rag teams in 30 years (actually 20 or 25 years would be closer) is testament to our PL struggles this season. We have shown nothing since our early winning run to suggest we stand any chance of catching Leicester or Spurs which is why most would settle for third if we can catch Arsenal or building a buffer between us and the rags.
When we won the league in 2012 there was plenty of evidence to suggest we could go on a long winning run and take advantage of any slips by our neighbours, and similarly in 2014 after Gerrard's slip. There is no such evidence this season.
Conclusion: I don't think Pell not Pep is a rag, he might not even be a wum. However there are plenty of posters who were in the happy clappy camp long after our form went down the pan who are now prepared to criticise MP, some of the players and Begiristain. Perhaps Pell not Pep is more immune to crap performances. I've often said the swamp is full of people who don't complain when City lose, but we also have many on here who prefer blind faith to logical analysis of a poor performance.
I'd love us to win the final 6 games and nick the title (or even second place) but can anybody really see it happening?
Are you saying Mou is a clown as a coach? VDG got rid of DiMaria. Imagine him instead of Sterling with a ManC jersey. Is VDG a clown? I don't like the Arsenal squad much either but they have had plenty of money and chances to get it right. Is Wenger a clown?
kaz7
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Get rid of this joker mods,he has been on the wum for weeks now
The majority view in this forum is that Pelle is a clueless clown. IMHO during his tenure he has done better than Mou, Wenger and VDG. Therefore they should be considered clueless clowns too. That is obviously absurd. Hopefully you can draw your own conclusions on the narrow-minded groupthink going on in this forum.
OB1
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Due to a commitment to my daughters, I couldn't attend the game or watch the match live. I saw some tweets at around sixty mins and then at the end of the game and post match so had expectations of far worse performance than the one I witnessed when watching a recording of the game. Obviously it was hardly a wonderful performance but it was a deserved win.
Poor mistake by Joe on their goal but typical of our season; especially with the unwanted involvement of the ref in setting up their counterattack.
Really enjoyed Sergio and Samir's performances - tough to pick one over the other for MotM but I'd go with Nasri because that was his first start after 5 months out so to hit that level was very impressive. Kolarov did well going forward.
Bony's selection ahead of Nacho was frustrating but most of his touches on the ball were OK although he was largely peripheral.
Centre backs will need to up their game for Tuesday.
Poor mistake by Joe on their goal but typical of our season; especially with the unwanted involvement of the ref in setting up their counterattack.
Really enjoyed Sergio and Samir's performances - tough to pick one over the other for MotM but I'd go with Nasri because that was his first start after 5 months out so to hit that level was very impressive. Kolarov did well going forward.
Bony's selection ahead of Nacho was frustrating but most of his touches on the ball were OK although he was largely peripheral.
Centre backs will need to up their game for Tuesday.
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He's very sure of himself for a poster with less than six months on the board, calling established members Rags isn't he? Pell not Pep, who did you "follow" before City?
kaz7
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Imo a banned member on the wind up,they do like their little games lol
Yea...can you humour me and answer the questions?
Neville Kneville
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Wenger is a good comparison apart from the fact that he was very very good for a period rather than quite good for one season. But he still built an attacking team on the defensive foundations laid by his predecessor & the more the defence evolved, the less effective his team became until the 100% Wenger version of proven failures we see now. People used to think it was down to lack of spending but it's not. Pellegrini would be our Wenger but without the young players or the top 4.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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The assessment of Pellegrini is a two-part assessment. There's what he's done over the three years. Not bad, not bad at all. There's what he's done specifically as regards this season. Should definitely have done better, given that he was able to get in two top class young players and a very useful midfielder into the bargain. Part of it, let us concede, has been injury problems, but some stubborn, and even disastrous selection choices have compounded that. In fact, there's a third part — assessment of yesterday. And yes, purely yesterday, I'll say it : clueless clown. You can perhaps — perhaps — make out a case for Bony being on the bench (personally, I wouldn't). Selecting him in the starting eleven is, at this point, either clueless (I hope so, for Pellegrini) or criminal (which is worse). Also, failing to take off Sergio immediately after the second goal, when we're supposed to be saving him for Tuesday (and when there was a fine option on the bench in the form of Kelechi). Yes. Clueless. Or criminal.
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