How many trophies will we win?

Winning is a habit. The best teams EXPECT to win and approach each game that way. “Play our game, we win!” The problem us when you play 90 minutes and you dint win, it is SO EASY to think something went wrong, something bad happened or “our game” was wrong. That’s usually not the case. Rather, bad day at the office, put it behind you, move forward, because there’s another game in 2 days and he only has them on the training field for a few hours between games, and he has to use that to make sure his next XI is in decent shape!

The saving grace with this team is that it doesn’t rely on any one player to win. That is very special, because if one player (your regular game winner) is going through a bad patch, the whole team can feel it. At City, even the top 2 scorers get regularly substituted, because we have 15 or 16 players who have scored this season, so someone else steps up.

I think Pep has the best squad and best mentality in the team this year than ever before. We are, in Pep’s terminology, “so, so close,” but have yet to win a damned thing. The next two months could cement this club in the Pantheon of Clubs...or it could just feel like a let down to only get the 1 or 2 pieces other players spend their entire careers trying to attain!

Yes, we are that good!
 
Mike45 said:
Of course they could play, they have an incredible mentality but they need rest. UEFA and FIFA killed the players because it's too much. We haven't had one midweek off since we started, not even one.
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Lying fucker, we had 2 weeks off over Christmas, Flopp said so.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Would be ideal to involve fringe players like Mendy , Ake , Zinchenko , Torres , DeLap , Doyle they could all contribute to the cause for the last dozen games or so
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It's difficult. We need to maintain a confident core that can see us still win games, yet allow players time out to recuperate, especially those who did the hard yards December through February.
 
Gabriel said:
It's difficult. We need to maintain a confident core that can see us still win games, yet allow players time out to recuperate, especially those who did the hard yards December through February.
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Get the PL out of the way (made easier if the rags drop points v Spurs) and once in the bag play Doyle, Delap, etc etc in the remaining games and then bring the big guns out for the Cup games
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Get the PL out of the way (made easier if the rags drop points v Spurs) and once in the bag play Doyle, Delap, etc etc in the remaining games and then bring the big guns out for the Cup games
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Just not pep’s style. He always goes very very strong for every game.
 
marco said:
so now its-
Prem done
Lg Cup 1 win
FA Cup 2 wins
CL 2 wins & 2 draws
so 5 wins and two draws and its in the bag
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CL could be one win and three draws as we can draw against Dortmund to go through and then draw semi at home 0-0 followed by a 1-1 draw away.
 
Gabriel said:
It's difficult. We need to maintain a confident core that can see us still win games, yet allow players time out to recuperate, especially those who did the hard yards December through February.
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Gabriel said:
It's difficult. We need to maintain a confident core that can see us still win games, yet allow players time out to recuperate, especially those who did the hard yards December through February.
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True the old days of "play the kids" are long gone , we probably have eighteen players who wouldnt let us down , Pep seems to have this rotation lark , sussed.
 
Eds said:
CL could be one win and three draws as we can draw against Dortmund to go through and then draw semi at home 0-0 followed by a 1-1 draw away.
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We can even lose to Dortmund and go through. 2-1 and win on pens or lose 3-2, 4-3 etc for away goals.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
True the old days of "play the kids" are long gone , we probably have eighteen players who wouldnt let us down , Pep seems to have this rotation lark , sussed.
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Should we get through on all cup fronts and secure the league early, then the last three league games could be written off and the ‘kids‘ played, but with two of those games against Newcastle and Brighton, respectively, we’d face questions about weakening the integrity of the competition.
 
Premier League = pretty much done.

Carabao = v Spurs, I'm still wary just because they've gatecrashed our ambitons a few times now (Race for 4th place Champs League, and Champs League KO match). Putting form aside, Son & Kane are as dangerous as any.

FA Cup = Again, Chelsea in a one-off can be tricky. But hopefully that big Wembley pitch and us being injury free see's us through to a final that we can defintely win. Take nothing for granted though.

Champs League - Feel we'll get past Dortmund and Bayern might represent a similar issue to Spurs in that a front 3 of Gnabry Sane and Lewandowski will always be dangerous. I'd feel better with Stones/Dias/Laporte as a back 3. But just feel that when we get to a final the mental side of things will strangle us.. We were looking very nervy last night.
 
Penalties that we cannot even get on target and does not even make the goalkeeper to do a huge save is my worry.

Lets just defend very well away to Dortmund and get a clean sheet, I think is doable but we need much better control of the midfield and very good concentration at the back.

they play Stuttgart away Saturday (5.30 pm)afternoon hope thats a shit game for them making them even further from the CL places. I wonder if the performance on Tuesday took too much out of them only to lose so a mediocre Stuttgart.

Anyway its good we have Saturday very early game and then CL game only comes Wednesday night.
 
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