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Has it been a good/poor season?
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flook
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could see it coming the second the team was announced.
Thats the major issue isn't it, EVERYBODY could see that midfield was a problem, it's bad enough when you perm any two from Gundog, Rodri and Silva but last night was just laughable
It's not been the best season, but if we we kinda know why.
Mendy being long term injured and then not hitting the ground running.
Not replacing Kompany, and then relying on Laporte to stay fit.
Laporte gets long term injured exposing the above.
Otamendi struggling without Kompany/Laporte directing him
Zinchenko has the passion we need, just not the skill/attention level
Sane being long term injured.
Bernardo Silva not the same player after the racism thing.
Only just realising that Cancelo is a different player on the left.
David Silva not the same player since his hair grew back. (had a good end to the season though)
Aguero continuing injuries
Fernandinho just about spent (but will rightly get hero/legend status when he goes)
Mahrez...
John Stones...
The good things are
Foden starting to really shine
De Bruyne maintaining a good level despite the overall team being down
Laporte back
Mendy starting to show signs of good form
Cancelo good on the left
Eddy is rock solid at the back
We are sorting the defence out
Sterling in good form (ok not from 5mm from goal!)
Bernardo will play himself back to form if his effort is anything to go by
Aguero will be back and hopefully a replacement not too far away
Fresh start...?
Mendy being long term injured and then not hitting the ground running.
Not replacing Kompany, and then relying on Laporte to stay fit.
Laporte gets long term injured exposing the above.
Otamendi struggling without Kompany/Laporte directing him
Zinchenko has the passion we need, just not the skill/attention level
Sane being long term injured.
Bernardo Silva not the same player after the racism thing.
Only just realising that Cancelo is a different player on the left.
David Silva not the same player since his hair grew back. (had a good end to the season though)
Aguero continuing injuries
Fernandinho just about spent (but will rightly get hero/legend status when he goes)
Mahrez...
John Stones...
The good things are
Foden starting to really shine
De Bruyne maintaining a good level despite the overall team being down
Laporte back
Mendy starting to show signs of good form
Cancelo good on the left
Eddy is rock solid at the back
We are sorting the defence out
Sterling in good form (ok not from 5mm from goal!)
Bernardo will play himself back to form if his effort is anything to go by
Aguero will be back and hopefully a replacement not too far away
Fresh start...?
Khaldoon will have to set the tone in his review to make sure team, coaches, players will know that this season is not why they paid for...
Apart from our lawyers nobody did a good job at City this year.
Our record vs top7 teams in PL is utter gash this season, United loss home and away, Wolves loss home and away, Liverpool away loss, Chelsea away loss, Spurs away loss, Spurs home draw.
Vs these 5 teams thats 10 PL games, potential 30 points we got only 7 of it. Pep were found out in many of those games.
Liverpool pushed us all the way last season, we had to win last fucking round to clinch the title.
When Liverpool winning we did not have the belly to give them a fight 20 points behind, that is awful.
Than he had a 3 months covid break to come up with plans for FA Cup semi and we saw how we folded against Arsenal, who decided to sit back and do quick counters. Arteta his right hand man simply changed the way they played after we beat them 3-0 in PL after the restart. and it worked and won them FA Cup.
He did well to beat Real, that is our only great CL knockout result imo in 4 years of Pep, as before that we only beat Schalke and Basel with him.
But then this Lyon thing, this is embarrassing on the highest level, 7th of French league who scored 40 goals in their 30 games in league before it was cancelled...
I mean Juventus was so angry they lost to Lyon they fired Sarri before he was able to leave dressing room after the Lyon game and he delivered the title 2 weeks before that.
And add recruitment on all this, Danilo vs Cancelo, did it really improve us? Hardly.
Fernandinho repaced with Rodri in DM, did it really improve us?
If their plan worked we would have now a slow Maguire for 60m and large salaries bought last summer. Really Maguire would have been the answer to lack of speed in a high line? Did we dodged a bullet there actually? Look at Jorginho at Chelsea, is that another bullet dodged?
Make no mistake Txiki will keep spending 50-60m for players and then say loudly oh look at the records we dont break transfer records, but maybe we should bring in one 100m player who will make rival sit up and notice and make everyone in the team take notice as well instead of bringing 4 x 50-60m players who will be as good only as Rodri, Cancelo, Mendy, Stones etc...
Not a good season at all apart from the CAS decision, where he appointed some of the best lawyers to help. With mediocre lawyers it would not have happened, our player recruitment has to take notice.
And there is Pep, did he really made the team perform better than sum of its parts? did he got the best out of everyone?
Not at all and he has been found out way too many times, worry is some lesser clubs were able to do it with players who would not get close to Citys bench.
Apart from our lawyers nobody did a good job at City this year.
Our record vs top7 teams in PL is utter gash this season, United loss home and away, Wolves loss home and away, Liverpool away loss, Chelsea away loss, Spurs away loss, Spurs home draw.
Vs these 5 teams thats 10 PL games, potential 30 points we got only 7 of it. Pep were found out in many of those games.
Liverpool pushed us all the way last season, we had to win last fucking round to clinch the title.
When Liverpool winning we did not have the belly to give them a fight 20 points behind, that is awful.
Than he had a 3 months covid break to come up with plans for FA Cup semi and we saw how we folded against Arsenal, who decided to sit back and do quick counters. Arteta his right hand man simply changed the way they played after we beat them 3-0 in PL after the restart. and it worked and won them FA Cup.
He did well to beat Real, that is our only great CL knockout result imo in 4 years of Pep, as before that we only beat Schalke and Basel with him.
But then this Lyon thing, this is embarrassing on the highest level, 7th of French league who scored 40 goals in their 30 games in league before it was cancelled...
I mean Juventus was so angry they lost to Lyon they fired Sarri before he was able to leave dressing room after the Lyon game and he delivered the title 2 weeks before that.
And add recruitment on all this, Danilo vs Cancelo, did it really improve us? Hardly.
Fernandinho repaced with Rodri in DM, did it really improve us?
If their plan worked we would have now a slow Maguire for 60m and large salaries bought last summer. Really Maguire would have been the answer to lack of speed in a high line? Did we dodged a bullet there actually? Look at Jorginho at Chelsea, is that another bullet dodged?
Make no mistake Txiki will keep spending 50-60m for players and then say loudly oh look at the records we dont break transfer records, but maybe we should bring in one 100m player who will make rival sit up and notice and make everyone in the team take notice as well instead of bringing 4 x 50-60m players who will be as good only as Rodri, Cancelo, Mendy, Stones etc...
Not a good season at all apart from the CAS decision, where he appointed some of the best lawyers to help. With mediocre lawyers it would not have happened, our player recruitment has to take notice.
And there is Pep, did he really made the team perform better than sum of its parts? did he got the best out of everyone?
Not at all and he has been found out way too many times, worry is some lesser clubs were able to do it with players who would not get close to Citys bench.
PistonBlue
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Definitely. They’ve seen improvement, finished higher than most (certainly me) expected, and if they win that it’s a trophy albeit not one you particularly want to be involved in.Slightly off topic....
If the rags win the europa cup have they had a better season than us ?
We have regressed, failed to defend our title with any real intent and have lost far too many games to inferior opposition (and I include Lyon in that). The league cup doesn’t feel like a successful season at all.
manimanc
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Poor if we compare it to last season but then again where can you go after doing the domestic clean sweep?
This season we've underachieved in my opinion, the defense has let us down 100%, not replacing vinnie bit us on the arse big-time, players injured/out of form, the Norwich game early doors was a warning sign and we never recovered from that for me.
Any other year this season is acceptable but we have raised the bar so high now.
This season we've underachieved in my opinion, the defense has let us down 100%, not replacing vinnie bit us on the arse big-time, players injured/out of form, the Norwich game early doors was a warning sign and we never recovered from that for me.
Any other year this season is acceptable but we have raised the bar so high now.
ColinBellsjockstrap
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It shows how far we have come when second in the Premiership, beating Real Madrid twice and winning the league cup is classed as a bad season.
I was in the crowd of 8015 against Swindon in 1965.
Get a grip ffs!
Sterling needs to be fined a months wages for that miss btw.
I was in the crowd of 8015 against Swindon in 1965.
Get a grip ffs!
Sterling needs to be fined a months wages for that miss btw.
manimanc
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Slightly off topic....
If the rags win the europa cup have they had a better season than us ?
dadnlad
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first test can both sprint from halfway line back to defend regularlyCan't be any worse, especially with more money being thrown at the defence.
Koulibably and Laporte should be a solid defence for at least 3 seasons.
A decent LB is also needed.
manimanc
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@Sam_Cowan and @DTKOAG
What on earth have utd got to do with us? Comparing our season to theirs?
Hilarious.
What on earth have utd got to do with us? Comparing our season to theirs?
Hilarious.
bluemoon32
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Our season has been better but a EL win is bigger than a LC win to most people but judging on the whole season, weve been better@Sam_Cowan and @DTKOAG
What on earth have utd got to do with us? Comparing our season to theirs?
Hilarious.
Wake up, we are one of the biggest teams in the world, we should be beating Real Madrid, especially an average Real Madrid, the league cup is a competition that we should now be using only our kids and 1st players needing minutes.It shows how far we have come when second in the Premiership, beating Real Madrid twice and winning the league cup is classed as a bad season.
I was in the crowd of 8015 against Swindon in 1965.
Get a grip ffs!
Sterling needs to be fined a months wages for that miss btw.
We are not the club you watched in 1965, we have moved on through enormous investment.
Our owner will not be satisfied and neither should he or we!
Fordyboy46
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Who's to say next season will be any better, have the players still got the hunger in them to come out of the blocks flying on Sept 12th or whenever, I'm not sure. This will be an unpopular opinion I'm about to make but maybe it's time for someone else to come in and sort this squad out, because if Pep isn't going to commit for another couple of seasons at least it's pointless him seeing out this final one.
We're one Kevin De Bruyne long term injury away from this team being a disaster as he's carrying the rest of this team big time, let's face it we're looking at him all the time for the magic aren't we, where else in the side does it come from?.
Defeats do get easier to get over when you're older, but last night's is taking some going away, piss poor show.
Season rating C-
We're one Kevin De Bruyne long term injury away from this team being a disaster as he's carrying the rest of this team big time, let's face it we're looking at him all the time for the magic aren't we, where else in the side does it come from?.
Defeats do get easier to get over when you're older, but last night's is taking some going away, piss poor show.
Season rating C-
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Eddy is rock solid at the back
Seriously?
He has had a mare of a season imo more individual mistakes than the previous one that is for sure.
He has also been rash coming out of his goal, whereas previously it was more controlled.
I like him and think he can be in our goal for 10 years but he needs to get back to concentrating on the task in hand (no pun intended) it isn't all about the glamour kicking.
All 3 goals yesterday he will be disappointed about as a pro keeper, the first the least but still, I feel if he went at the player rather than reversing it would have put the player off more, of course, others are to blame initially, 2nd goal was weak and the third well what can you say, he spilt a tame shot and was the worst of the three.
manimanc
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Sorry but my first thought isn't to compare our season to theirs.Our season has been better but a EL win is bigger than a LC win to most people but judging on the whole season, weve been better
Seemed a bit suspicious these posters talking up utd after we've gone out, I got my beady eye on them
A league cup win against Aston Villa a good season does not make.
Knew after Norwich away that the season was a write off. Forwards did the business but defensively (for many many reasons) we were a disaster.
This what’s happens when city lose you come across posts like this where was you when we won the quad.
Poor season. Biggest win was off the pitch against UEFA. Very very unsatisfactory, underwhelming season.
Not sure where you’ve set the bar. We’ve won charity shield & league cup. Second in league having scored most goals & conceded second fewest. Semi in FA cup & beat Champions of Spain in CL. Just because we haven’t won an UNPRECEDENTED - & unlikely to be repeated - clean sweep of all 4 domestic trophies again this year, doesn’t mean we’ve had a poor season. There are only 5 trophies to win & we won 2.
think you’re suffering from a CL hangover
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bluemoon32
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Yeah, know what you mean.Sorry but my first thought isn't to compare our season to theirs.
Seemed a bit suspicious these posters talking up utd after we've gone out, I got my beady eye on them
Seems to be loads of posters with around 30 posts all of a sudden last night
A league cup win against Aston Villa a good season does not make.
Knew after Norwich away that the season was a write off. Forwards did the business but defensively (for many many reasons) we were a disaster.
We can’t choose who we play in the final - we were the club that reached the final & we won.