Watched the 2011/12 season on SKy today and the passing and movement was sublime, the chasing back etc was all there, I just see non of that with this team, they look disjointed and to a degree uninterested, there is still something wrong it can't all be down to VK not been fit. I think Pellegrini has been told CL is priority and I think that's the mentality with the players, it may go to the wire with our last home game to Arsenal been the decider!!
This^ Just don't understand why we're not the same team. Luckily we're still in contention. I know the difference isn't as drastic as Chelsea's but does anyone think there might be inhouse unrest? I think it's more than team selection/ injuries etc, something certainly gone awry.Watched the 2011/12 season on SKy today and the passing and movement was sublime, the chasing back etc was all there, I just see non of that with this team, they look disjointed and to a degree uninterested, there is still something wrong it can't all be down to VK not been fit. I think Pellegrini has been told CL is priority and I think that's the mentality with the players, it may go to the wire with our last home game to Arsenal been the decider!!
I think you need to check just how many of our players that you mention have been absent for a large proportion of this season, other than Kolarov and KDB all of them have missed fair amount so far. The press have highlighted Arsenals injuries but the facts show we have suffered more
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This^ Just don't understand why we're not the same team. Luckily we're still in contention. I know the difference isn't as drastic as Chelsea's but does anyone think there might be inhouse unrest? I think it's more than team selection/ injuries etc, something certainly gone awry.
Yer I admit your team have been hampered by injuries to your key players this season however you've still had guys like De Bruyne, Fernandinho and Sterling fit for large chunks of autumn players you spent over £150 million on whereas at Arsenal we've got some players who havent kicked a ball this season. It just goes to show how dramatically the class and quality of the league has dropped with us at the top of the league with all our injured players, if they were all fit though I think we would be 10 points clear already.
I don't think about a player's nationality when he pulls on a City shirt only how good he is and how hungry he is. Has nationality got anything to do with hunger? I doubt it.Lack of a dominant british core of players is something quite glaring within the City team and has been for awhile imo. All great sides that have been sustainably successful have attained a a nucleus domestic players in the squad to connect with the clubs fans and culture generating success in the long term.