Europa League Final

[bondsman]

In the August we will be looking to carry on what we're doing.

The defence let in 10 in the last 16, that's good enough we'll keep that going, the attack scored 27 in the last 10 that's great well
Just keep that going.

A couple of new players will come in and help us improve even more, but they'll be players who already understand what Pep wants (Walker, Sanchez, Ederson) and can slot in seamlessly.

United on the other hand will be looking to rebuild for the 5th consecutive season. They're fans hopes are pinned on the idea that when Mourinho has spent another £300m that theyll have the quality of players to play attacking exciting football - the exact opposite of this season.

So yeah, they won some more trophies than us this season, but ours laid the foundation on which we'll build the next 2 or 3 seasons in which I'm completely confident we will win a lot, and United are once again trying to change direction, reinvent themselves and begin again.

I agree Komps made a huge difference but we need new fullbacks a keeper a replacement for yaya potentially and arguably another forward. So we have a rebuild ourselves.

 

[mat]

Keeps them giddy until Bayern hand them their arse ala Barca v Celtic.

 

[Metalartin]

So you genuinely think finishing trophyless and qualifying for cl is better than 2 trophies 6th and champs league? Behave mate trophies are trophies and we ain't won enough of em yet to be picky.

No you behave you're saying you'd rather win a competition we weren't even in, how dumb is that? So with that out of the way that means you'd rather us fail to reach top 4, spend all season playing shit football, not even challenging for top 4 for the majority of it never mind the title... all so we can say "we won the league cup we've got a trophy".

Nah I'm not having it sorry finishing outside top4 would be a disaster, we need to rebuild and we need to offer CL football to do that properly, it's not ideal wining the title would have been better but that's the reality.

 

[tony adcock]

In reality all they have done is give themselves 1 less chance of winning a trophy next season.....coz if they think they have any chance in the champions league then they are more deluded than I thought.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Lucky you. That was a sublime performance.

With the likes of Sergio, Gabriel, Kevin, Leroy, David et al and with a sprinkling of new signings! I know how I feel...

It was a sublime 5 days mate with Amstel at a euro a pint and City on top form,Sterling hitting a level he's not been near before or since what was not to like.

 

[domalino]

I agree Komps made a huge difference but we need new fullbacks a keeper a replacement for yaya potentially and arguably another forward. So we have a rebuild ourselves.

Bringing in a pair of fullbacks isn't rebuilding. Nor is a goalkeeper.


And the defensive improvements came after the Spurs 2-2 draw, long before Kompany was back.

The front 5, CBs and Yaya in the middle are all pretty set. That's the whole attack, midfield and the core of the defence.

We are tweaking things and improving them, we're not rebuilding.

 

[BigOscar]

Europa League, League Cup, Charity Shield, just a shame they weren't allowed to enter the Checkatrade Trophy to complete the set

 

[Vienna_70]

In reality all they have done is give themselves 1 less chance of winning a trophy next season.....coz if they think they have any chance in the champions league then they are more deluded than I thought.

But...

If they finish third in their group, they will drop down into the Thursday Night Cup and have a chance to make it two in a row!

Mrs Vienna has just shown me two videos she has seen on Facebook; the first is of the rags' players singing, "Why don't City fuck off home?", and the second is the sheep in Stockholm, singing, "City's going to die!"

But they're not obsessed and obviously a very classy group, considering the events of Monday evening.

Wankers the lot of them!

 

[Mancityus]

Any way you cut it they've had a better season and it pisses me right off. However shit they were in reality we weren't much better beat only Arsenal at home and Utd away and lost or drew every other big game. Threw away a 2-0 head start against Monaco. I'll tell you what I'd happily have seen us play like Utd did at the etihad that night as we would have progressed to the next round. A lot of business to do and a big improvement needed in them big games.

They won a cup we were not shite enough to play in - big deal. Agree we need to perform against top competition and Pep I hope brings in the right reinforcements to play his style or he adapts his style to win in PL.

 

[cadds92]

This quote from the Ajax manager is quite reminiscent of what Pep said a few weeks/ months back.

Pep said he realised that in the Premier League it is pointless pressing teams that don't want to play as they just hoof it up the pitch and fight for the second balls.