If you think there was anything positive to take away from that game I'd think you're deluded. It's not just yesterday either. I've been unfortunate enough to travel to Stoke, Villa and Spurs where we've also been terrible. I can't stand how utterly naive we are for a club that has spent hundreds of millions of pounds over the summer and IMO it has to be blamed on the manager.Stop being hysterical LOL. your post is totally negative about every aspect of our game. Look at it this way.. We went too our rivals ground and played better, shot more, passed more... we scored less but tbh Arsenal were lucky to get the points. Now they are going to win the league. Everyone is hysterical at the moment haha.
I do agree though about Aguerro going off, it was as if he couldn't wait to get off and left us with ten men, it was a head injury but was it that serious? I might have got it wrong as I was quite merry at the time :)
He had to leave the pitch because a physio came on. He didn't have to be substituted.He had to go off as it was a head injury. Everyone knew he was coming off anyway around about then so there was absolutely no point bringing him back on just for a few minutes.
So where does that leave us? We're not just 6 points off the top. We've lost 5 games, dropped points in our last 5 away games, our home performances have been atrocious yet Pellegrini is still coming out, as calm as anything. It's almost as if he doesn't give a shit, maybe he's off in the summer, maybe he knows who his replacement will be, perhaps the players do too. Maybe they get a buzz out of seeing how little they can do, whilst still picking up £200,000 per week. I want passion, I want 11 Delphs in my team who will run through brick walls for the entire game. I don't want players who save themselves for the last 10 minutes and offer nothing for the 80 prior to that. I wan't a manager who can change things, throw players in and switch formations mid way through the game to prevent their best players from ripping ours apart. I know a happy clapper will probably say, get a bit of perspective but regardless, from a fans perspective, it's just not good enough.
This is the best chance we will EVER have of winning the league and we're going to piss it away because Pellegrini can't motivate our squad anymore.
Otamendi was just as bad as Mangala. Totally out muscled by fucking giroud. Who the fuck thought a 5ft 11" centre half would be a success in the premier league?
Good post!I think we might have kidded ourselves that we are better than we are. My personal view:
Hart - in an elite group of keepers and as good as any.
Sagna- solid if unspectacular.
Otamendi - CBs need 12 months to settle in so the jury is out for me.
Mangala - accident prone. We were sold a pup.
Kolarov- gives us lots going forward but undeniably suspect at the back.
Delph - looks useful.
Yaya - past his best and pacing himself now.
De Bruyne - not perfect but what a player.
Silva - I would always pay to watch him but obviously rusty.
Aguero - obviously world class but takes time to click after being injured - and he is so often injured.
Fernandinho - lively and driven with great energy levels and decent skill and vision.
The rest:
Kompany- fantastic but not much good to us in the stands.
Bony - good player, wrong team.
Nacho - great prospect but won't win us the league.
Zabs- where are you Zabs?
MDM - legs have gone.
Nasri-who cares? Too often he seems not to.
Sterling - good already and may be great in the future.
Fernando - poor.
Summary: a really good squad but not a dominant one and needs a top manager to get the most out of them. We don't have one at the moment. Biggest fault is not pressing the ball enough and disorganised defence. Fell free to disagree. Based on 50 years of watching football but not suggesting that I know it all.
Merry Christmas to all Blues.
He also let Giroud run off him for the second goal. People say "oh, he was class at the swamp!" Yeah he was good against a very shit Rooney!! Hopefully he grows (no pun intended) into the league, first season and all that. Worry about his size though, got beasted off Mandzucic in Champions League and Giroud last night. Ironic we have £70M worth of CB but we rely heavily on one we paid £5M for in Vinny! Please don't get me started on Mangala! When the ball bounced over his head!! Still think we will win the league when Vinny Kompany comes back in and Kun has games under his belt. Also, Navas bottle job for not shooting.
Our defence is simply not good enough. We look vulnerable very time the opposition get in the last third. Joe Hart could have done better for both goals, but he did make some other great stops.
Our defence flaps and makes silly mistakes, this needs to be coached out of them fast. Aguero was not making enough runs off the ball into passing lanes. Thought we were OK going forward, but its looking like another poor season unless we can stop the goals against tally.
Joe could have done better for the first goal.... You are joking right?
Okay sorry HugoNo it was the only place he could have shot. Some better anticipation and positioning would have seen that shot saved in my opinion.
Went to the game yesterday and thought city were excellent between both boxes, but poor in the box both attacking and defending.
Excellent team packed with attacking talent, will be a 2 horse race with lots of twists and turns.
I think Arsenal deserved the win as we could have scored a few more when city seemed to lose their heads for about half an hour. Great goals by Walcott and Toure and in the end we were desperately hanging on.