Wonder why Sterling has never been linked with the big big clubs?
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Dullest Football Since Pearce?
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Not if he has watched our last few games.Messi speculation- distraction ?
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Will people stop talking about taking our fucking chances?
It's not about results, it's about watching paint dry for 180 minutes a week. The thread title has it right there.
It's fucking dull. Sterling nodding the ball home in the 92nd minute isn't going to make me say "oh, I guess that last hour and a half was actually quite entertaining."
I'm watching more out of habit than actual enjoyment at the moment. I'm finding watching City this season is incredibly dull, but I'm finding watching football altogether less appealing. Maybe it seems worse because we are not able to go to the game. When Pearce was there it was a lot worse to watch than this but at least you could meet your pals and have a few pints.
Common denominator.....AlcoholI'm watching more out of habit than actual enjoyment at the moment. I'm finding watching City this season is incredibly dull, but I'm finding watching football altogether less appealing. Maybe it seems worse because we are not able to go to the game. When Pearce was there it was a lot worse to watch than this but at least you could meet your pals and have a few pints.
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Yes, in one of Mancini’s first seasons he used to start with Yaya and Barry as a 2 but then he’d bring on De Jong second half and Yaya would move up to behind the striker in the second half. This was something that Mancini did repeatedly. It was a great tactic as teams used to shit themselves when the big man moved upfield.Did he play GazBaz and De Jong together very often? don't remember that tbh. Wouldn't class Yaya as a pivot player, he was true box to box
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I'm watching more out of habit than actual enjoyment at the moment. I'm finding watching City this season is incredibly dull, but I'm finding watching football altogether less appealing. Maybe it seems worse because we are not able to go to the game. When Pearce was there it was a lot worse to watch than this but at least you could meet your pals and have a few pints.
That's a good point. For a lot of people, this place has become the main place for them talk about the game.
I can’t see us buying anyone in Jan. I don’t think Pep believes there are pressing recruitment needs. I really hope Sergio gets back to full fitness in the year though as that will be the equivalent of a new signing...
new signings is more important that the title this year for me in the jan transfer market. we must open up the check book and spend if we can go long in the champions league ? Haaland if available we must try and sign him. even if its a record deal i don't care this squad is in need of a new striker because aguero is a walking time bomb with injury
city have been slow in signing a striker and we was trying to hard to sign messi that everything else long term was forgotten ? city have forgot about the future and long term and this squad needs youth and young players investing in
ok pep signed another 2 seasons but when you look at the squad and up front its scary and we are short
even if we have a transition period after pep ? there will 5 or 6 players that will be a major problem to replace
city should have had 3 main strikers in the squad but pep calls forwards and wingers strikers and sterling and jesus have been worked into a 3 or a false 9 and its been worked out by others in stopping city
last night WBA had 6 defenders bunch in tight in the box marking one (jesus) ? sterling and KDB was wide
WBA just let us have the ball to cross in taking a gamble in their favour of 6 to 1 marking jesus
this is the problem city and pep have
so why not play 3 strikers and then 2 wide and one holding with a normal back 4 and wingbacks
if we had aguero Haaland jesus sterling and torres and then rodri walker and mendy stones and dias
that would be a great setup and scare anybody we faced
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fair point
M18CTID
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fair point
Exactly. No-one is ripping up trees so far this season. Every team is inconsistent in terms of performances and results. Plenty have threatened to put a run together only to suffer a surprise setback.