Transition season excuse

[GaudinoMotors]

We have a final term manager (or do we - either way - vague and causing uncertainty).
Ageing star players.
Too much pressure to constantly produce on the one current world class player.
Mentally fragile players who shrink when the others aren't producing.
An air of deflation at our treatment by the media and VAR.
The clearly favorable treatment of rivals - most notably liverpool.
A poor summer window where glaring weaknesses were not addressed.
The Sane saga.
The Laporte injury.
Strange team selections and substitutions that recently appear unfair - could cause disharmony - although no suggestion of that at the moment.
Atrocious finishing and shooting - do we even practice it?
All in all, as somebody has said previously, a decline. We need the transition.

 

[Sir Joe Aguero]

How many games did he play before his injury?

Maybe 6? Even if he was World Class, if he's had 2 career-threatening injuries, we need to be looking at the future. Gareth Bale is consistently injured, but he played more league games last year than total games Mendy's achieved in 2.5 seasons. When he plays, he looks our 3rd best LB.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Everything can be classed as a transition when you have accumulated 198 points over two seasons and won two Premier League titles, two League Cups, One FA Cup, two Community Shields, all in a period when Liverpool reached two Champions League finals.

We are only suffering from fatigue and bad luck with injuries, compounded by some poor buys which were supposed to pick up the slack and become outright successors, mainly Mendy and Stones.

United have spent the last ten years trying to find successors for players such as Keane, Scholes, Ferndinand and Giggs - the fact is, you cannot find carbon copies for great players - they are great because they have no comparable.

We have the same issue now - Yaya, Vinny, Silva, Fernandinho and Sergio - they are without compare for so many years.

Things will never be the same, but we can couch expectation, just as Real Madrid and Barcelona fans are having to get used to.

City just need an injection of legs and vitality - Pep not only drains himself - he drains the playing staff and even the supporter base - such is his ideals for the way the game should be played.

 

[Kenward Garg]

We do beat Utd, very regularly.

The other day we didn't as they deservedly beat us.

Shit happens, fans need to learn how to deal with defeat without resorting to the everything is now shit and needs to be replaced mantra.

Couldn’t agree more. Alas, we live in a media world dominated by charlatans, hypocrites and narcissists posing as experts.

 

[Keeper!]

The season isn't over, its December.

I remember well similar threads last year and we went on to win the fucking league in fact we went on to win the lot domestically.

Its clear that certain players are at the end and its clear that the next gen are coming in and will need time.

Im also clear that VAR has completely fucked us silly but that doesnt equate to a full rebuild.

The season was over in terms of the title the moment Laporte was injured....FACT

 

[Del_Bosque]

The problem for me is Rodri

he’s too slow to play in front of the back 4 on his own (get caught constantly on the counter)

and doesn’t have the creativity to play next to another DM it blunts us too much

Obviously Pep is our best ever manager but everything has a timespan, the concern for me would be getting another one paced midfielder to replace Silva then we are left with Gundo, Rodri and another slow technical player, and our biggest strength in 2017-19 is our biggest weakness

The defence and attack were hit by injuries, the midfield situation is poor planning

 

[Marvin]

When then does Foden get his chance?

 

[haugemcfc]

The problem for me is Rodri

he’s too slow to play in front of the back 4 on his own (get caught constantly on the counter)

and doesn’t have the creativity to play next to another DM it blunts us too much

Obviously Pep is our best ever manager but everything has a timespan, the concern for me would be getting another one paced midfielder to replace Silva then we are left with Gundo, Rodri and another slow technical player, and our biggest strength in 2017-19 is our biggest weakness

The defence and attack were hit by injuries, the midfield situation is poor planning

Rodri Will be the best in his position
D.Silva / Gundogan don’t have the legs in our midfield Press

 

[super_city_si]

Are we not allowed a transion season then,every fucker else has one,it's not a decline either,the last 2 seasons were freaks in many ways,it's no disgrace to drop down from that lofty height

I think the ops point is that this isn’t even the transition season.

 

[blueinsa]

The season was over in terms of the title the moment Laporte was injured....FACT

Maybe and im ok with that as injuries are a part of the game and if its main players missing then results will suffer.