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[Gone for a Burton]

It is getting the correct one in is the sticking point. Kyogo would have been decent signingbut again it wouldn't have really solved any ongoing issues.

How's he doing in a one club farmers league and can he really step up to the physicality, pace and technical demands of the PL /CL ??

 

[BolinCell]

So you don’t think reading about it, discussing it. Seeing it in the media has any affect on an elite athletes performance and concentration?

no, not one bit. This form is solely down to a lot of injuries and bad recruitment lately in my book. What do the players care. If we get a massive fine it won't effect them, if we get dropped a division (doubt it but you never know) they will be no shortage of offers to move elsewhere if they don't fancy it. I'm a mad city fan but i don't go to work worrying if the 115 charges will stick. I worry about other things like are we getting a xmas bonus this year. This monday I will be worrying about how much shit will i have to take after 4 losses on the bounce.

 

[ancoats]

We're all spoilt to a certain degree.

I hate it when supporters try to make enemies of each other because we have different ways of analysing where we are.

However, I do really get wound up by delusion, and there's a lot of this about.

We have to accept that the loss of Rodri is massively more of an issue than it should be, but it is what it is.

If anybody cannot see that the team out there is a million miles off where we need to be to win the title they are absolutely deluding themselves.

This is the longest losing run since the Stuart Pearce era in 2005-06. Not even in 2006-07 did we lose four on the spin. What's more, we've deserved to lose them all. One good half an hour in the last two games has been followed by an hour of absolute tosh.

I'm very grateful for all I have seen in previous years. It's been more than I can ever have dreamed of, but let's not kid ourselves. That era is over. Anyone who truly believes that this City team can come back from this is living in a dream world.

At the end of the day, losing doesn't hurt that much. What does hurt is seeing players that don't share the same work-ethic that has made our team so brilliant over the last few years. Unfortunately, it's all too prevalent. With those players playing, we can forget any hopes of winning the title or Champions League this year.

Matey, it's 4 games in 3 different competitions, NOT 4 league games.
The media want nothing else but to pure on the pressure and make it a mountain out of molehill.
Yes, we are down to the barebones, Even then some players are playing carrying knocks that should be resting and recovering not playing, (injuries) It's like Buses you wait for ages then 3 or 4 come all at once,

Dont you think Pep and City have banked enough credit from winning 6 titles from 7 seasons, One bad season of doom and gloom is Ok,

support from the fans is what is needed right now

 

[BolinCell]

I don't agree. They consistently find excellent players at bargain prices. They then sell them on for a huge profit. They also change managers a fair bit. While doing this they manage to keep not only their consistency but play good football too. All on a maximum gate capacity of just under thirty two thousand if full.

yet they will go to west ham or wherever in a few weeks and get there pants pulled down.

 

[David White]

Just got back, wonderfully kind of the motorway maintenance people to close the M6 for us again..

Anyway. I thought we played well again for most of the first half. Brighton are a good side and threatened before they scored. We all knew they were going to get one back at least. What I can’t see is why again there’s no change in our pattern of play. We can shut up shop if we want to, but let’s not do it buy fucking around all the time. Let’s pack the defence and midfield. Sacrifice Haaland if we’re going to kill a game.

The subs killed us in my opinion. Foden was doing well in the middle, so why move him out wide to accommodate Kev who is rusty and not fit? Play him wide and allow him to feel himself back into the game.

Shit defending by players that know better again for both goals at one end. Not taking our chances at the other end. We have no right to win matches, nobody does, but away from the injuries that are clearly affecting us, we have too many senior players that either don’t care or can’t be arsed. That isn’t good enough at all.

Walker had 2 minutes in the second half where he gave the ball away stupidly 3 times. Completely needlessly.

Kovacic is trying, he’s doing his best to fill the biggest boots and I think he’s doing ok.

Gundo was not brought in the play 3 games a week. It’s showing.

Nunes has never and will never be a top level player. Not his fault, but just like Kalvin, he’s woefully under equipped.

Haaland, well I hope this goal gets his mojo back. He’s got to start making more of the chances/scraps he’s being given. I’ve read a lot saying he was the only one trying again. Must have been watching a different game to me. However, it’s almost as though we’ve thought ah, these are your strengths, so what we’re going to do is the exact opposite of that and make life harder for ourselves.

Savio did ok in spells. But he’s you going, he’s new, I hope it’ll click for him but the jury is firmly out.

We desperately need a plan b. If plan b is the kids, let’s do it. We’re losing games anyway, so what harm will it do?

And now for international nonsense for a couple of weeks whilst we dwell on this shit.

Up the 4 defeats a week blues.

Here we goooooo City’s lost 4 in a rowwwww

 

[The_Maverick]

Nipped to the shop ???? While the game was on ? FFS what did you need ? Oxygen ?

To be fair, during a certain Villa game I needed to take a shit, score changed in that one as well.....

 

[PeterBarnesShorts]

The difference atm is no kdb,no Rodri and the big players we also relied eg walker and Bernie are now passed their sell by date. Its not rocket science really.

Unfortunately it looks quite likely that Kev is well past his best now too.Are you saying these players ages have gone under the radar with the powers that be?I know it’s hard to sign top players etc as essentially back up,but ffs!Bottom half in net spend table!That is never going to be sustainable,..even with Pep.

 

[Blue2202]

Savinho looks absolute class. He's has a majestic touch, quality control, he is absolutely rapid and unusually for a winger, he is equally adept at beating his man on the inside and outside. He is an absolute gem and the goals will come.

I have absolutely no idea how anyone can watch him play and say he is nowhere near good enough.

He's certainly not the finished article and despite the abilities you mentioned he doesn't look up to the demands of the premier league yet. I think we have seen more of him than expected because of injuries to grealish, doku and bobb but he's had little impact so far... a brilliant assist vs arsenal and little else since. Yes goals will come but the situation were in right now means we someone to step up with goals, assists and end product right now.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Yep injuries.
Yep particularly Rodri.
Yep some older legs (Gundo & Walker?)
But forgotten how to win?

No. Teams don’t wholesale do that.

It’s a mixture of the above that Pep will figure out for the second half.

And we may not make it all the way this year… such is life.

But you can bet your bottom dollar that everyone will be trying like fuck to try and figure it out with him.
And if we’re still remotely in the race come Jan, we’ll push whoever gets over the line first.

 

[Blue2202]

It is getting the correct one in is the sticking point. Kyogo would have been decent signingbut again it wouldn't have really solved any ongoing issues.

Ivan toney and douglas luiz both moved for around a combined £80m in the summer.

We could have done a lot worse than those two as cover for rodri and haaland given we shelled £100m on Nunes and Philips previously.