Forget Recriminations, how do we sort this mess out?

[Didsbury Dave]

I don't think there are many wives who want their husband to crash their car, do you?

Have you never wished the worst, to prove your point?

Nope, I would never wish ill on someone I loved.

 

[stavros]

how we can improve (long term)

1. defend properly from set pieces. people will say we have only conceded a few this season but recently we are conceding most games from set pieces. mancini needs to be less stubborn and scrap the zonal shite

2. never ever play vieira or jo again. that prick vieira was a fucking disgrace last night. shite performance. cost us points with the penalty. smiling about it afterwards. then swanning off down the tunnel without a care in the world not even acknowledging the fans . ****.

3. somehow find an injection of pace from somewhere. tbhis MUST be addressed in the summer. the game would have been dead and buried if we had any pace last night .

 

[Boots_]

Well, it was good for 9 pages with much thought and many good contributions. Damocles dummy-spitting aside, obviously.

 

[gaudinho's stolen car]

Have you never wished the worst, to prove your point?

Nope, I would never wish ill on someone I loved.

But you would nag them to their grave. I've got an Aunty like you.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Nope, I would never wish ill on someone I loved.

But you would nag them to their grave. I've got an Aunty like you.

My wife nags me, actually, but I usually deserve it.

 

[gaudinho's stolen car]

But you would nag them to their grave. I've got an Aunty like you.

My wife nags me, actually, but I usually deserve it.

I feel a little bit like I'm nagging you now. Back to Off Topic, where I belong.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

There's nothing wrong with Barry or Milner. Both are good players who would get into most sides.

The trouble is, Milner is a central midfielder. He doesn't have the pace nor technical trickery to play out on the wing, so he looks poor doing that. But as a box to box central midfield player who will run his socks off for 95 minutes, he is a fine player. Play him in the middle and he can do a very good job for us.

Barry is a holding midfield player. He is not Lampard and trying to pretend he is, is ridiculous. Play Nigel de Jong OR Barry, but not both. We were criticised earlier in the season for playing 3 defensive midfield players. We dismissed that saying that the players were not DM's. Actually at least 2 of them are. It's only because we have told Yaya to get up front that it's not 3 of them.

I think this post cuts to the heart of the matter....it does for me anyway.

Midfield is the engine of any team, we seem to be trying to impose a system on ours that it just isn't cut out for....

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Just caught up with this thread, Dave.

We will never agree on Lescott and SWP.

Dropping Hart would be a mistake. He has to play through it.

Given is a bigger liability on crosses, our main Achilles heel at present.

We can sugar coat is all we want. Fact is, we don't have the right personel to arrest the slide to such an extent, that we won't be hanging on for dear life between now and May.

I have advocated support and patience for Roberto, but what I don't expect to hear from any City manager is that our training is poor.

I don't want lip service after the event, I want someone who can rectify the issues before they happen.

If training is at a low ebb, then not all the players have yet bought in.

Coupled with some below average performers, it is not just the players who need to take a look at themselves.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Just caught up with this thread, Dave.

We will never agree on Lescott and SWP.

Dropping Hart would be a mistake. He has to play through it.

Given is a bigger liability on crosses, our main Achilles heel at present.

We can sugar coat is all we want. Fact is, we don't have the right personel to arrest the slide to such an extent, that we won't be hanging on for dear life between now and May.

I have advocated support and patience for Roberto, but what I don't expect to hear from any City manager is that our training is poor.
I don't want lip service after the event, I want someone who can rectify the issues before they happen.

If training is at a low ebb, then not all the players have yet bought in.

Coupled with some below average performers, it is not just the players who need to take a look at themselves.

What's this, Tolm?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Sorry but I don't think we are the strongest 25. Certainly at the moment with one or 2 injuries our team is almsost picking itself as the back up ( apart from defence) are not good enough , and there arent many anyway.

Here lies the problem..................

Man for man we have the best squad in the league but we lack the mental strength and edge that other squads have and that needs sorting.

We're not playing as a team at the moment and i don't think the players are on board with what's expected of them..............it's a problem!

I'm not sure some people realise how important top 4 is this season?

It's vitally important for somebody.