Wonder why Sterling has never been linked with the big big clubs?
Dullest Football Since Pearce?
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Not if he has watched our last few games.
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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.
Common denominator.....Alcohol
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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.
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That's a good point. For a lot of people, this place has become the main place for them talk about the game.
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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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.
liamctid
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In answer to the question about when we've been so dull, ironically just after a 0-0 vs United as well 
Scottyboi
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Ours fans will have to do this haha
Adidas deal could see Raheem Sterling join Real Madrid - Paper Round
Raheem Sterling could move to Real Madrid, Jadon Sancho will have to force a transfer to Manchester United and Mason Greenwood will be handed a new contract.
www.eurosport.co.uk
And 900 other links, google is your friend in these rumour games but Real Madrid has long been the link for Sterling, made worse when he foolishly got photographed with their shirt.
Maybe you think Real isn't a big big club though.
Ederson is a long way from a world-class keeper as you can get, he can kick a football but the other facets of being a keeper are hard work for him, his rashness is a major problem.
There is a very good keeper in there but he needs to cut out the mad rush of blood to the head in certain situations for us to fully see him emerge over the next 10 years or so.
Hopefully, it will.
Walker isn't world class, he is very a good player also prone to mad clangers.
KDB is but not at the moment, he looks a shadow of his best, has Pep burnt them out?
Aguero, he was but the fat lady is having a gargle and we enter the final act of him as a City striker but what ta player he has been, how many goals lost due to his injuries, damn.
Bernardo, was probably on the verge of being truly world-class but has fallen off the face of a cliff this last 12-18 months?
And as for some of the fans.........
I think the game against Utd showed us what's going on. We've been miles better than Utd and they've still beat us with Solskaier playing the same way as bottom table teams but with better players.
So we've decided it just doesn't work. And we keep getting unfairly beaten after being the much better team.
It's not nice to watch but I'd rather draw 1 1 than Utd score on the counter then get a second against a demoralised team. Again.
Same with West Brom. Problem is we're good enough to beat these teams but we're seriously protecting our weak chin.
I'm hoping this is a building block to what's going to be a very solid team that starts to win games, doesn't get down on the counter and lose in the last min against teams like Wolves and although we aren't going to be beating teams 5 0 at least we're not getting beat.
So we've decided it just doesn't work. And we keep getting unfairly beaten after being the much better team.
It's not nice to watch but I'd rather draw 1 1 than Utd score on the counter then get a second against a demoralised team. Again.
Same with West Brom. Problem is we're good enough to beat these teams but we're seriously protecting our weak chin.
I'm hoping this is a building block to what's going to be a very solid team that starts to win games, doesn't get down on the counter and lose in the last min against teams like Wolves and although we aren't going to be beating teams 5 0 at least we're not getting beat.
OK. Most City fans are disappointed with recent results but to unreasonably diss all the players is just throwing your toys out of the pram. What has Walker done wrong? Ditto Edison. Do you expect players to play without making any mistakes? I think this season, a bit of support wouldn’t go amiss. It’s easy to support your team when they’re smashing every record going - shame it’s so easily forgotten when the going gets tough
FFS - & here’s me thinking we drew with the rags at their place???
I think this is a more reasonable take on the situation