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[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I have to say fair play to Erling Haaland.
He’s blaming himself for our results according to all the back pages.
It shows firstly a degree of insight and secondly that he still loves this club and it’s manager. It’s an effort to take the pressure off Pep and shows real dignity.
He’s not throwing his toys out of the pram and wanting to abandon ship as many who support other clubs would want him to.
He’s definitely not been at his best and acknowledging this is a sign of his commitment.
Good lad!

You know, I agree, he's a good lad, but I think they'll all be hurting. This idea that they're not making any effort, or that they don't care, is just bollocks. They can be legitimately criticised on other grounds, Pep too. But not that.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

I’ve just had an idea for a chant with such clarity it cut through my mind like a soft cheese, and with such genius it changed my way of thinking potentially for ever.

Start playing your heart out (obvious tune);

You’re all of you stars, some fading a way, but try not to worry, you’ll get your pay day.
So score us a goal, and fucking defend,
And start playing your heart out.

 

[hammocity]

Not sure why Nunes keeps getting lumped in with Phillips. Feel thats very harsh on him

Our transfer policy has been great over the past few years but it seems Kalvin, Doku, Nunes and Savino are poor signings, they just don't seem to fit in. Perhaps it's a good thing Txiki is leaving, he's done a fantastic job but it's probably time for a change.

 

[Blue and true]

But it was absolutely fine having the likes of Nunes and Phillips hanging around contributing fuck all for 2-3 years?

There’s literally no universe where having those 2 would have been better than keeping Palmer and Lavia.

The only person taking bollocks is you.

The Palmer one stings when you consider we swapped him for Doku.

 

[LeonardoDaVnci]

The club are fighting a financially disatrous ECL knock out on 2 fronts now, 115 and results melt down. Don't think the timing of 115 appeals etc could affect 25/26 so we have the chance to sort this shit show out on the field. If we don't make ECL one thing is for sure this will be Haalands last season in sky blue.

1 Would Ake, Stones, Wallker, Bernardo, KDB consider quitting international football now to help the club.
2 Recall Perrone and Doyle from loan clubs. It's amazing what young players can achieve when a coach shows belief in them eg Palmer, Rogers, Lavia, THB.
3 Whoever is responsible for our conditioning and injury rehab need to be seriously looked at, they either need help or replacing.
4 Tactics, "You can do nothing without the ball", well we are proving week in week out "You can do nothing with the ball". The obsession with possession stats over fast, direct aggressive attacking play has got to change.
5 A team with Gundo, Bernie and Rico in it is like the 'Masters (twat) versus the Boys' they have no physicality, no strength no speed, I would only ever play one of them. Gundo only in the last 10 / 15 mins of a game.
6 Pep stop going on and on incessantly about tiredness, fatigue, schedules. You have every fucking thing imaginable to prepare teams for elite sport. Don't want to hear any of that negative mind set again in pressers in interviews or anywhere.
7 We have the best striker in the world, work constantly on getting hin into attacking positions and get the fucking ball into him, eg Nunes cross straight to Haaland for the first equaliser at Palace. Iirc Pep's celebrations were a bit subdued for that goal, definitely not out of the La Masia play book, Cruyff spinning in his grave, tut tut
8 No matter how far we progress in the FA Cup, certain players just do NOT get played Haaland, Dias, Akanji, Foden, we just can't take the risk of long term injuries for the sake of the FA Cup. Play the EDS v Salford, maybe add Nunes, Savinho etc if its not enough, so what.

 

[Blueeye]

I’ve just had an idea for a chant with such clarity it cut through my mind like a soft cheese, and with such genius it changed my way of thinking potentially for ever.

Start playing your heart out (obvious tune);

You’re all of you stars, some fading a way, but try not to worry, you’ll get your pay day.
So score us a goal, and fucking defend,
And start playing your heart out.

Don't give up your day job

 

[Tammievillan]

Hi Villa fan here,remember football is very tribal , when players leave and put another clubs shirt on they become the enemy. Most Villa fans I know still love Jack. It’s great to see he has won lots of medals at city. I do think however you have not seen the best of him at city he looks to scared to lose the ball and generally just passes sideways and backwards. Good luck city for the rest of the season you will come good again but Pep will need time to rebuild.

 

[Franny 1234]

Incorrect, our wage bill is dwarfed by the Rags, around £60m less and even the Chavs by around £6m. Clubs only get around a £100m if they win the CL, it's a guaranteed amount of about £19m playing in the group stage.

If we don't make next seasons CL we'll have significant income from the Club World Cup to compensate but obviously being out of the CL affects acquisitions.

We also have a profit of around £70m to include in budgets, take that into account plus player amortisations over five years and we can potentially spend around £250m on transfers regardless of any fees we receive from outgoing players.

I thought we're not the highest wage bill.

 

[Damocles]

Our transfer policy has been great over the past few years but it seems Kalvin, Doku, Nunes and Savino are poor signings, they just don't seem to fit in. Perhaps it's a good thing Txiki is leaving, he's done a fantastic job but it's probably time for a change.

Phillips was a Guardiola signing, recommended by Bielsa. Didn't work out for him but remember at the time, he was playing next to Rice in an England two that looked great. It was worth a punt, especially as we had bid on Rice and Rodri is a vaguely similar player so maybe there could be chemistry there. It's only bad in hindsight, like most things.

I always think there's 2 types of players that we bring in at City. Players who are designed to play 70% of games and players that are designed to play 30% of games. I'd argue Nunes, Doku and Savinho were in the 30% range but due to circumstances such as Bobb, Palmer, Foden going centrally, etc, have graduated early into the 70% range without this being deserved on performances which is why they're catching flak.

Hi Villa fan here,remember football is very tribal , when players leave and put another clubs shirt on they become the enemy. Most Villa fans I know still love Jack. It’s great to see he has won lots of medals at city. I do think however you have not seen the best of him at city he looks to scared to lose the ball and generally just passes sideways and backwards. Good luck city for the rest of the season you will come good again but Pep will need time to rebuild.

City cheered SWP every time he came back after leaving for Chelsea.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Don't give up your day job

Too late