If the rot continues what happens ?

[.db.]

Look at our fixtures from now til the end of Feb

Everton H
Leicester A
West Ham A
Brentford A
Ipswich A
PSG A
Chelsea H
Brugge H
Arsenal A
Newcastle H
Liverpool H
Tottenham A

Im worried if im honest

Don’t worry about the fixture list, just think about Everton

 

[Barcon]

Did it have to be a cave in though? Couldn't we just have had a slow slide into third or fourth?

That's exactly what it will end up being come the end of the season.

 

[manimanc]

You support your team well done

Go on.
There must be more..

 

[AliBobbyJ]

6 titles in 7 years.
2 CL finals.
2 CL semi finals.
2 FA Cup Finals.
UEFA Super Cup.
FIFA Club World Cup

18 trophies since he arrived.

To be fair it had to cave in at some point. Just need to regroup next year.

Aye. And 15 years ago or still further back when beating Stockport County was a challenge, if someone had offered City this kind of success followed by nothing for another generation I'd have said yes, absolutely. So would fans of Newcastle, Spurs, Wolves, Everton and others who've won nowt for decades. When City beat Stoke in the Cup Final I said "Take me now God, I can die happy" and carried on feeling the same after QPR, centurions, winning the league in the sunshine at Brighton and of course especially Istanbul. So I can't be too arsed about this dreadful run. Selfish of me, I know, and I get that younger lads & lasses have come to expect success for the forever future but being of my generation I'm content that (i) in my youth I had the best music, uncomplicated sex & (a few) drugs, and idealistic politics without Donald Trump, then (ii) in my owd age I've had Guardiola's City.

 

[BolinCell]

Oh come on Kaz, it has to be Lurpak and nothing else:)

our recruitment of players should be Lurpak standard and not in the UtterlyButterly range.

 

[BolinCell]

Aye. And 15 years ago or still further back when beating Stockport County was a challenge, if someone had offered City this kind of success followed by nothing for another generation I'd have said yes, absolutely. So would fans of Newcastle, Spurs, Wolves, Everton and others who've won nowt for decades. When City beat Stoke in the Cup Final I said "Take me now God, I can die happy" and carried on feeling the same after QPR, centurions, winning the league in the sunshine at Brighton and of course especially Istanbul. So I can't be too arsed about this dreadful run. Selfish of me, I know, and I get that younger lads & lasses have come to expect success for the forever future but being of my generation I'm content that (i) in my youth I had the best music, uncomplicated sex & (a few) drugs, and idealistic politics without Donald Trump, then (ii) in my owd age I've had Guardiola's City.

With a record like that Pep could get relegated and still be manager. The current run is very worrying, the fact we have not devised a plan b in this injury epidemic is the main concern. Behind the scenes Pep needs help organising his scant resources but that help seems not to be available.

 

[Axel Freed]

Look at our fixtures from now til the end of Feb

Everton H
Leicester A
West Ham A
Brentford A
Ipswich A
PSG A
Chelsea H
Brugge H
Arsenal A
Newcastle H
Liverpool H
Tottenham A

Im worried if im honest

Win em all and we're top of the league and into the knockout stages of the CL again

This time last year twas all doom n gloom until a victory against Everton kickstarted our charge to 4 in a row immortality

 

[No One Understands]

If the rot continues what happens?

I'll tell what has to happen, we have to get new fans. Read into that what you want.

 

[himalayan_blues]

We have to sack walker, debruyne, gundo as captains.
Haaland, foden and dias should step up now. We have never seen a captain like walker. We never thought him as a good captain either. Yes he is arguably the best right back the premier league has ever seen but his legs are gone for few months now. He should be nowhere near our team.
We should never have bought back gundo. Last season we were not willing to give him his 2 years contact extension either so why buy him back for his second season ? Debruyne yes he is a club legend but is old and injury prone and has only about 7 month left in his contract (club is reluctant to offer him extension) has lost his mojo. He should have been sold this summer. Ederson has also been off as a squad member for quite a bit of time now. So its better if we replace him.
We fans knew since last 2 years squad strength has been depleting. Its due to the brilliance of pep we won last 2 league titles. Our team has won and grown old together. Yes its a bit late to rebuild now but we have to start this january and if possible (yes its very difficult) sell walker, debruyne, gundo.

 

[bellsouth]

That's exactly what it will end up being come the end of the season.

For that to happen, we’re going to have to go on an incredible run. I just don’t see this turning around. Losing is a tough habit to break and it seems everyone is getting used to it.

 

[Goodlove]

We have to sack walker, debruyne, gundo as captains.
Haaland, foden and dias should step up now. We have never seen a captain like walker. We never thought him as a good captain either. Yes he is arguably the best right back the premier league has ever seen but his legs are gone for few months now. He should be nowhere near our team.
We should never have bought back gundo. Last season we were not willing to give him his 2 years contact extension either so why buy him back for his second season ? Debruyne yes he is a club legend but is old and injury prone and has only about 7 month left in his contract (club is reluctant to offer him extension) has lost his mojo. He should have been sold this summer. Ederson has also been off as a squad member for quite a bit of time now. So its better if we replace him.
We fans knew since last 2 years squad strength has been depleting. Its due to the brilliance of pep we won last 2 league titles. Our team has won and grown old together. Yes its a bit late to rebuild now but we have to start this january and if possible (yes its very difficult) sell walker, debruyne, gundo.

Not buying into the ‘we should never have bought back Gundo’ he’d had a fantastic Euros and he was one of the best players in La Liga, creating more chances and covering more ground than any other player. It looked like a steal at the time and perfect as back up to our midfield.

He was signed as a squad player but unfortunately he’s had to be used more than we, or he I’d wager, assumed.

The revisionism of we should have never bought him now we know how it has panned out could be applied to any number of players.

 

[No1 was Colin bell]

So in this disastrous run, ignoring the win and draw, three results kinda normal fare (Liverpool, juve, villa) one a tight game which could have gone either way (Bournemouth) and then five matches where we totally fell apart. Too many for it to be anything other than mentality is shot. Please Pep try something else verses Everton. No top four this season as it stands.

Tottenham (a) meh played kids threw game

Bournemouth (a) tight game it happens

Sporting CP (a) out of sight 1st half the imploded. First shock as we just don’t do that.

Brighton (a) again out of sight then fell apart

Tottenham (h) capitulation. Horrible.

Feyenoord (h) great then capitulation. Again.

Liverpool (a) normal result.

Nottingham Forest (h) start of recovery. Oh hang on.

Crystal Palace (a) dogged ish but Arsenal made this result look what it was. Poor.

Juventus (a) bit like Liverpool game an expected result.

Manchester United (h) total shit show. No confidence. Capitulation.

Aston Villa (a) Liverpool/juve type game.

 

[himalayan_blues]

Not buying into the ‘we should never have bought back Gundo’ he’d had a fantastic Euros and he was one of the best players in La Liga, creating more chances and covering more ground than any other player. It looked like a steal at the time and perfect as back up to our midfield.

He was signed as a squad player but unfortunately he’s had to be used more than we, or he I’d wager, assumed.

The revisionism of we should have never bought him now we know how it has panned out could be applied to any number of players.

We could have bought someone younger rather than him is the idea. And also initially 2 years back we were just planning to give him only one more year contract extension. That means we were thinking he has only 1 year of his peak left. That thinking was right.
And also he should have stepped upa s one of the captains.
In fact I am dissapointed inour captains. Including debruyne and gundo.
Haaland and foedn should step up as captains now

 

[East Level 2]

If the rot continues what happens?

I'll tell what has to happen, we have to get new fans. Read into that what you want.

What I read into that is that you think either those expressing concerns about poor results will stop attending, and there is bugger all evidence to support that, or you believe occasional fans and tourists will stop attending.
If we're still in the PL we will have tourists, so we only have to relace a few glory hunters.
Unless of course you mean we need to "get new fans" because of the stadium expansion, but that requirement was always going to be there; win, lose or draw.

 

[give it to gordon]

Commercial design and technology. Wood and metal work.

Oh that's why my dad took early retirement as he was a metal work teacher and didn't agree with this new crap lol

 

[give it to gordon]

There's no way we can accept months of this. It's not sustainable for any club let alone a top club like ours.

And what are you going to do ? Go and support the next successful club ?

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

We could have bought someone younger rather than him is the idea. And also initially 2 years back we were just planning to give him only one more year contract extension. That means we were thinking he has only 1 year of his peak left. That thinking was right.
And also he should have stepped upa s one of the captains.
In fact I am dissapointed inour captains. Including debruyne and gundo.
Haaland and foedn should step up as captains now

Foden is struggling enough this season, he doesn’t need the extra burden of being captain.

 

[Blue Maverick]

That's exactly what it will end up being come the end of the season.

I firmly believe this as well, just look at the points at the moment a few wins and arsenal draw a couple youre third! Everyone bar Chelsea and Liverpool are losing points etc, Forest beat United lose to us yet they are 3rd, over Xmas we will see as games come quick and fast, I believe Saka might have a hamstring problem now, a few more injuries they might drop away. I’m not saying we will go on a 20 game unbeaten run but Pep may just accept now that the season has gone get 4th fuck off the CL (although I think that we won’t qualify for knockouts anyway) 1 game a week we should be ok.

 

[jacko74]

6 titles in 7 years.
2 CL finals.
2 CL semi finals.
2 FA Cup Finals.
UEFA Super Cup.
FIFA Club World Cup

18 trophies since he arrived.

To be fair it had to cave in at some point. Just need to regroup next year.

And yet plenty of us could see this coming for quite some time with the poor dealings in recent transfer windows and a complacent over reliance on a small and ageing squad.

So why couldn't the club?

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Commercial design and technology. Wood and metal work.

I thought it was Craft, Design and Technology?