I bet that Chelsea defeat will reinvigorate Citys players and have them really believing that they can win the title
An that could also be the reason we may not, belief plays a big part in a title run and we simply dont have the confidence in the team or more correctly in the defense, I think the reason is our defenders not only have no trust in our current "Keeper" to keep a clean sheet but he has zero input into the game at the moment.
The one bloke on the field who is in a position to see (Or f*cking well should if he is any good) situations developing should be directing and warning the defenders to cover the areas he is worried about, it may just be a language thing or a complete loss of confidence because he`s not yet settled in but quite frankly he looks a bit shit, and even his supporters know full well he would not get into any premiership team playing the way he has.
Within a team there are groups that play as a team within a team an the defense is the mainstay, Bravo has either not settled or is not trusted (Yet), it may well be a time thing, a lot of players struggle in their first season.
But lets not forget there is a rebuild going on, Roberto got shit for "Playing defensively" in his first season while he build a title winning side, the result was the team got to practice over and over defending as a unit that stood up to a wet & windy away fixture where they just kick lumps off you an dig in for 90 mins, they are the points that win you titles.
Pep has gone the other way with the offensive side of the game first, see what works an whats a problem then fix it, my personal view is Pep f*cked up big time with bringing in Bravo without time to settle in, but then he gets £15 million quid to call the shots so what do I know, either way this does not feel like a title winning side yet.
