Is it time to panic yet?

I said we would finish 6th this year at the start of the season and still think we can.

Not sure why anyone would think otherwise as the squad needs a complete overhaul.
 
Im just stunned that we are watching a team managed by Guardiola being so slow and meaningless in possession! Under Pellegrini it became the norm but we have reverted back to that under Pep!
 
Hart must be laughing his tits off.
I'm worried we won't get Champions League which may make attracting the players we need for a rehaul. The joke is that after spending over £300k in 2 years we shouldn't be needing a rehaul!
 
3 seasons of mediocre football has made me expect the worse but hope for the best. They say it's the hope that kills you.
 
urban genie said:
So am I but to panic over it is ridiculous, we are not as good as the teams around us at present, but we are far from suddenly dropping out of the top six and chelsea, rags, scouse and spurs have shown one bad season can be recovered from, if we are fannying around like this next year then it's a worry.
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Yeah, not panicking, just concerned we'll fall away from top 4 as next week won't be any easier. I don't see us dropping below 6th though.
 
What concerns me is I at one time thought we were a well oiled machine organizationally. Yet we have seen them allow City to grow old and uninspired right before our eyes. Any objective person could've seen this coming from a mile away and yet our hierarchy have waited far too late to bring in youth and we still haven't cleared out the older players we should've cleared out years ago.

And worse - the one veteran Pep did jettison was Hart....of all people. At least 5 players should've been replaced before he was. I'm starting to think we may not have the organization I thought we did. I'm very concerned.
 
We've fallen a long way below the standards we set under Mancini and in Pellers's first season.

Players have got old together, and we've generally made poor signings apart from KDB and Sterling.

Need a whole new defence, or at the very least a top class left back, this transfer window.
Need Hart back or another top class keeper.
Need Pep to realise we haven't got the players to play like his Barca team.
Need someone hard in midfield.
Need a clinical finisher who isn't bullied off the ball or runs into dead ends.

It's abysmal how we've sat on our arse for 3 seasons waiting for Pep, yet not have better players that can execute his system competently.

We do need to stop letting heads go down when we conced too.

This game was a microcosm of our season and failings. Lots of early possession. Shit finishing. Opposition score. Heads go down,.

Absolutely fucking shit.
 
City_In_Chicago said:
What concerns me is I at one time thought we were a well oiled machine organizationally. Yet we have seen them allow City to grow old and uninspired right before our eyes. Any objective person could've seen this coming from a mile away and yet our hierarchy have waited far too late to bring in youth and we still haven't cleared out the older players we should've cleared out years ago.

And worse - the one veteran Pep did jettison was Hart....of all people. At least 5 players should've been replaced before he was. I'm starting to think we may not have the organization I thought we did. I'm very concerned.
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True that, about bringing in youth. We seem to sign 15-17 year olds for the EDS, but hardly any around the 19-20 mark that are ready for the first team. We've spent hundreds of millions to let Spurs become better than us. Terrible scouting and planning in my opinion.
 
chaddblue said:
Damn right it is

But what is most concerning is that nobody at the club appears to be
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This. About time we stopped ambling around and decided whether we want to win the title again, or settle for top 6 most seasons. Need some statement signings, a left back, a midfielder and possibly a world class striker.
 
Any manager worth his salt knows exactly how to play against us as we are so predictable.

Let us overplay it in midfield and know there will be a chance to gain possession from a loose pass. Pounce on the loose ball and once in a one on one with the keeper, they know they will more than likely score.

We need to set up next week like we did against Barca and play a more counter attacking game.
 
mancity1 said:
I said we would finish 6th this year at the start of the season and still think we can.

Not sure why anyone would think otherwise as the squad needs a complete overhaul.
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Goodness...we spend £300m in the last 2 summer transfer windows (does that not constitute a "squad overhaul"), bring in the supposed best manager in the world and have a squad with a good number of players who have won the league in the last few years and 6th position should be regarded as being satisfactory?
 
IcriedwhenTueartleft said:
Goodness...we spend £300m in the last 2 summer transfer windows (does that not constitute a "squad overhaul"), bring in the supposed best manager in the world and have a squad with a good number of players who have won the league in the last few years and 6th position should be regarded as being satisfactory?
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To be fair the bulk of that money was spent on players we havent seen, have seen very little of or have their best years ahead of them.
 
IcriedwhenTueartleft said:
Goodness...we spend £300m in the last 2 summer transfer windows (does that not constitute a "squad overhaul"), bring in the supposed best manager in the world and have a squad with a good number of players who have won the league in the last few years and 6th position should be regarded as being satisfactory?
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It's what we have become, just keep throwing 100's of millions of quid at the squad and when it fails repeat. You would think those spending it might be first for the chop. Being good at your job doesn't mean much to our lot.
 
hilts said:
It's what we have become, just keep throwing 100's of millions of quid at the squad and when it fails repeat. You would think those spending it might be first for the chop. Being good at your job doesn't mean much to our lot.
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They spend the money but on the wrong players. It's obvious to anyone who are better players in this league than what we have in certain positions. Footballers are generally greedy and agents most certainly are. Money shouts, just offer it to the agents of the best players at our rivals, and if we manage to get 2 or 3 then we'll be a better side.
 
What I dont get is we are capable of beating Barca 3-1. How can this be explained in the light of the problems we are having at present.
 
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