A simple apology for you getting it wrong from the off would have been quite sufficient but yet you are still dribbling on and on, tirades lol you accuse somebody wrongly you get all you deserve, especially when you double and then treble down on your accusation.
But it is blatantly obvious that you didn't read or understand the complex difference between comparing players from being world class to only very good players by your first reply and then further replies talking of league placings and disappointment, barking up the wrong tree but you wouldn't be told and quite possibly still won't be for a 4th or is it the 5th time now?
So I can only assume you are deliberately just being a cretin for the evening, but then again you maybe do do this on a more often a basis and I just haven't had the pleasure of your stupidity before, which is incredibly lucky on my part in 13 years I have to say, sorry, 11 years really the length of time you have posted here.
Such a shame.
ps if somebody calls you a twat, weirdo or a cretin, it doesn't make them sat in front of their device frothing with anger as they type, sometimes these things can be said while they are laughing at said weirdo, twat or cretin, in my case it was utter incredulity that somebody could be so dense as to not understand by the second reply of the conversation, I call it that very loosely.
pps I hope this post wasn't too long for you again?
To be fair Dias looks like the new leader, but we need more, more real characters are needed in that dressing room.Who is our leader?
Personally, I think we've tried to be cunning with transfers, and it hasn't worked out for us. No doubt, when we come to finally replacing Aguero, we won't go out and buy Haaland for £120m (ish), we'll go for a potentially great striker, that most of us have never heard of, for £75m.
But, aside from recruitment issues, who is leading us? If Kompany is still at City, are we playing like this? Not a chance. We do 't even have a definitive captain. Who even wants the armband? No drive, no emotion, no leadership, and, at times, no desire.
In all fairness to the post headline, it does say since Pearce not worse than Pearce's turgid brand of anti-football.Some posters have forgotten just how poor we were under Pierce, we're a long long way off that ;)
I sort of get what you are saying but we are miles off the pace. Everyone is worse but we had 18 points to make up from last season. I said the following over 3 weeks ago:
'Let's be honest, we're a one dimensional team who aren't doing the one thing we do well, very well. This place will be in meltdown mid January when we are at least 12 points off the leaders and Pep is still picking at least two of Mendy, Gundog, Rhodri and Mahrez.'
So some of the other sides in Europe are in the process of dropping about 10 to 15 points compared to the previous season. We are in the process of doing the same!
Liverpool now top of the table, Spain is irrelevant (look how shit Barca and Madrid have been in the CL), Bayern are 1 point off the top, PSG 1 point off the top, Juve 4 points, we are 8!
There are plenty of reasons for frustration with our attack rat the moment, but something tells me this can be sorted as we even saw signs of its return today against Southampton with players like Bernardo coming back to life, Gundo given more creative freedom and our chance creation much better than I can recall most of this season because Pep chose to push forward more.
If/when we get Sergio back and/or sign a lethal finisher this summer by next season, or maybe sooner, the dedication to solidifying the defence may pay off because of how it has hurt us so badly even under Pellegrini.
Pair Pep’s attack and a few different faces with the way our defence is playing and although we might score a few less, we will also concede far fewer.
We not only have 3-4 top class centre halves who are barely, or not even in their prime years yet, but Walker who has been consistently fantastic, and Cancelo’s settling in as a decent LB option. I know he can be poor at times, but he also has moments of good defending (had one today) and is such a threat going forward. We will need another LB as Cancelo also will be there to replace Walker as he ages out, but this will be addressed.
I was thinking we are done in CL and PL after the West Brom match, but I have begun to think more that we underestimated Pep.
He has been learning, adapting and realising he needs to make us more sold in defence, even if there are some sacrifices in the short term to our performance, because this is what has hurt us time and time again (other than finishing, which all City fans are aware of).
Going with the double pivot so frequently is a way of practising more solidity, so the side is more used to it when needed in a big fixture away, for example.
Today Pep didn’t go with the double pivot, but we still didn’t concede against a high powered attacking side in good form who was at home. I wonder if this isn’t as much a coincidence as part of being trained in taking more care.
I know some are angry about us trying to walk it in instead of shoot.
I even saw Sam Lee go off on some rant on our walking it in, and I’m not saying this is not frustrating. It is, but I was wondering aloud if this is also an instruction to prevent counter attacks from long, low percentage shots that leave us vulnerable on the break when we don’t have a Fernandinho to help. You work with what you have. Get a different midfielder to protect, or a better finisher and this isn’t as much of a problem, and you are also not leaving yourself open to counters as easily. Perhaps I’m wrong here, but it was a thought.
Maybe some of us pushed the panic button too quickly, me included. There’s A LOT more to do, and there are concerns but the times we won the league it was with a strong defence.
Fans love Mancini for the resolute defence we had with Zaba/Micah, Komps, Lescott and the more attack minded left backs Clichy/Kolarov.
Pep trying to bring that back and the transition from brazen attacking to this might involve some growing pains, but perhaps it may pay off for us the next few seasons he remains.