If the rot continues what happens ?

[its a Barm]

Agree with what are all saying but it is very sad to see this team fall as far as they have.

 

[M23 Citizen]

As I've said in the match thread, it's all very well talking about a complete rebuild in the coming transfer windows but can we really trust the current managerial regime given how utterly abysmal their transfer dealings have been (with both incoming and outgoing players) in the last couple of years?

Yes, why not?

Peaks and troughs happen, and have with us throughout this era.

We signed excellently between 2009-2011 (on the whole) and then followed it up with Maicon, Sinclair, Rodwell etc.

Signed well again in 2013 but followed it up with Bony and Fernando.

Signed excellently between 2015 and 2017 (on the whole) and then followed it up with a bunch of hits and missed.

Time to take it seriously again and have an excellent run of signings.

One thing to learn from Txiki’s time at the club, is to keep improving even when we’ve achieved big things. But I have every faith the club will turn it around and Pep will win more with City.

 

[City Raider]

I love Pep but there’s been mistakes during this run. The sweeping changes against Feyenoord, leaving us totally exposed centre mid. And today, don’t understand if Stones is fit for the bench, why we don’t just see the game out last 10 minutes. Get Nunes off, Walker and Gvardiol to FBs.

 

[Dawsenna]

I love Pep but there’s been mistakes during this run. The sweeping changes against Feyenoord, leaving us totally exposed centre mid. And today, don’t understand if Stones is fit for the bench, why we don’t just see the game out last 10 minutes. Get Nunes off, Walker and Gvardiol to FBs.

Stones was about to come on when the shite for their penalty

 

[bluemystery]

Football's cyclical at the end of the day and I've seen much worse as a city fan. Might give the plastics a taste of what being a city fan pre-2008 was like.

 

[CTID1988]

Football's cyclical at the end of the day and I've seen much worse as a city fan. Might give the plastics a taste of what being a city fan pre-2008 was like.

I wouldn't wish that on anybody

 

[M23 Citizen]

Agree with what are all saying but it is very sad to see this team fall as far as they have.

It is very sad, but it’s completely normal.

We’re the only team who has retained the title since 2008-09.

I’ve said a number of times that winning the league title even once takes a monumental effort:

2013 United Champions, 2014 7th
2015 Chelsea Champions, 2016 10th
2016 Leicester Champions, 2017 12th
2017 Chelsea Champions, 2018 5th

City after 100pts and 98pts in 2018 and 2019 (with a domestic quadruple) - 2020 81pts
Lpool after 99pts and 97pts in 2019 and 2020 (with 2CL finals, winning one) - 2021 69pts
Lpool after 92pts in 2022 (and a CL final) - 67pts in 2023

1968 City Champions, 1969 13th
1937 City Champions, 1938 relegated.

Can go through history and see it happening regularly.

1981 Villa Champions, 1982 11th (although they won the EC).
1991 Arsenal Champions, 1992 4th, 1993 10th.
1992 Leeds Champions, 1993 17th.

Yet we’ve won four in a row and been to 2 CL finals, winning one, and won a host of other trophies. The drop off this season is not unexpected after those efforts. Let’s just work hard as a club and a set of fans behind them to get into the Top4.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Without Haaland's goals, this would be a relegation season.

A completely bizarre comment that.

 

[East Level 2]

Indeed. The cycle for a lot of this team might be over but we’ll bounce back.

Up the Blues!

I keep reading "we'll bounce back" and the nature of the posts seems to imply it will be sooner rather than later. Was the win against Forest the full extent of "bounce" or are we yet to see it?
I know we'll bounce back, but I'd like some idea of when that might happen.

 

[bugsyblue]

We lose