Joe Hart (joined Torino on season long loan - Official)

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

angus gunn is the one pep should be looking at and making him ready for the future.

 

[jimharri]

I was hoping that Joe would play tonight, and that saturday was no more than a kick up the arse for Joe. Doesn't look that minor an issue now. Ah well; Pep's been at this management caper slightly longer than I have, so we have to trust he knows what he's doing.

COME ON YOU BLUES!

 

[carlosthejackal]

Look at it another way - we THOUGHT we had a brilliant squad last year - in fact for the last 4 or 5 years we've thought it's been very good. It WAS good enough to scrape two league titles and that's impressive, but we've hardly dominated, and we've certainly had our arses handed to us in Europe a few times.
We've had our moments when we've looked amazing, but we've not done it consistently. The reality is that despite all the money we've spent, we're just 'very good' but not world beaters.
We don't have the best players in the world either - we have some the 'best of the rest'.
Many fans love Joe, and there's no harm in that. Many love Zab, or Silva or Kompany etc but if we are serious about being one of the very best sides in Europe (if not THE best) then Joe's probably not good enough, and it seems Pep is more certain of that than I am. Zab probably isn't good enough either. Silva might be, Vinny might be if fit. But those are my opinions. Pep might even think Silva's silky skills are great, but can't work for 90 mins at the level he wants.
For all we know, he might think Aguero's a fantastic finisher but we rely on him too much and wants to replace him with a front two. It's not necessarily about any individual's skill, but of the rest players for the right job. Real Madrid's Galacticos experiment proved not to be as amazing as they'd hoped - yet it was laden with skilled players.

Pep COULD be wrong. Pep MIGHT turn out to be a disaster in the PL, we MIGHT end up worse than when he arrived, but he's the guy we've brought in to call the shots. He's widely accepted as one of the best, and we have little option but to trust him.
And what if he's right? what then. We'll look back on Joe like we do with Tevez or Bellamy and say 'they played their part' - which Joe did.

One of our legends - Shaun Goater - he's remembered for what he did for us, but we'll all agree, he'd be lucky to be driving the team bus nowadays. That's just how football is, and at the very top it's tougher than ever. Every club that's ever been successful has ditched some huge favourites, even at their peak. Toshack / Keegan / Van Nistelrooy / Ronaldinho / Maradona. Joe's not even close to those guys.

We can't keep saying 'he's done this for us in the past' - we have to ask 'what do we think he can do for us in the future' and it seems Pep's already asked that question and come back with 'not enough'.

Excellent post

 

[Vino9]

Let's hope this doesn't bite Pep on the arse.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Good blooper reel from BT

 

[kaz7]

Good blooper reel from BT

Lots of saves as well

 

[Mancityfans.net'er]

i've been harsh on hart for years - due to his 'fake' passion and arse licking of opposition (AND SCUM) players.

Interesting to see that everyone has only just clocked onto the above over the last 6-12 months

I never wanted him to leave though, as hes a great shot stopper, has come back from this before, is english, and been with us pre takeover

but for me its more about his presence in the dressing room/ego etc. rather than his poor passing (which he's never ever tried to address).

Like tolmie says, the previous managers weren't keen and I've always suspected he is a bit of a bad apple.

Unfortunate that he can't up his game with us bringing another keeper in.

 

[I'm Blue]

Looking ominous.
Shame really, I'd have at least given him the chance to try to prove himself.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Lots of saves as well

Let it go Karen, he's a goner. Here's a cockatoo to cheer you up.

 

[kaz7]

Let it go Karen, he's a goner. Here's a cockatoo to cheer you up.

Thanks lol
Zin made out it was a negative show reel when it was a balanced one