Rory Bluelow
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Very true mate…I was in shock after Feyenoord and must’ve wiped it from my memory !
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Juventus (A) | CL | Post Match Thread
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bournemouth away first half we were battered mate lucky to be only one down, and obviously the last 10 v feyenoordWhat games weren't we competitive in other than Liverpool?
Even in our drubbings to Sporting and Spurs, we were competitive. Sporting we pretty much dominated the first half and should have been out of sight before they scored. Spurs we had 23 shots and an xG not much down from theirs. Yes we defended horrendously but to say we weren't competitive would be misleading to say the least.
Brighton we were winning the game with 20 minutes or so left and again should have had more, Bournemouth again just wrong to say we weren't competitive.
Genuinely can't think of a game (Liverpool aside) where we haven't been competitive, whether that means we played well for a full 90 minutes throughout the team is a different matter.
This "we can't beat ANYONE" is needless hyperbole.
It's a rough patch, it happens. It'd be great if it didn't but they're inevitable.
but agree in all of the other games
Very important player, but we're not a one man team. It's a serious flaw if any side is created in that manner.
Happens to every side.
Where would liverpool be without Salah?
Barcelona once struggled when Messi wasn't playing.
The same for Madrid when ronaldo was out.
Burtonblue
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Missed the game last night as was at a function.
From what I’ve seen of highlights and post match interviews it sounds as if it was a case of not taking our chances again (a recurrent theme for many seasons given the massive number of chances we have to create to score a goal) and them taking theirs thanks to some substandard defending.
I don’t think we are necessarily playing badly in this period but are consistently making poor decisions especially defensively where the problems have been exposed by an utter lack of protection in midfield.
We desperately need to sign a top class defensive midfielder in January as there is absolutely no guarantee we will get the same Rodri back after his injury which won’t be until next season anyway.
We also need to sign a replacement for Walker as a matter of urgency.
If this can be done then I am optimistic for the rest of the season once the likes of Stones and Akanji and Ake are back.
The creative side of the midfield will need addressing in the summer window.
From what I’ve seen of highlights and post match interviews it sounds as if it was a case of not taking our chances again (a recurrent theme for many seasons given the massive number of chances we have to create to score a goal) and them taking theirs thanks to some substandard defending.
I don’t think we are necessarily playing badly in this period but are consistently making poor decisions especially defensively where the problems have been exposed by an utter lack of protection in midfield.
We desperately need to sign a top class defensive midfielder in January as there is absolutely no guarantee we will get the same Rodri back after his injury which won’t be until next season anyway.
We also need to sign a replacement for Walker as a matter of urgency.
If this can be done then I am optimistic for the rest of the season once the likes of Stones and Akanji and Ake are back.
The creative side of the midfield will need addressing in the summer window.
I’ve posted a few times we’ve been poor since that final. Our mentality that day was shite and we’ve never recovered fully since.The big problem for me is that the signs were showing last season, and four in a row papered over some obvious cracks.
We were ahead three times at Stamford Bridge but drew 4-4, we were twice ahead against Spurs but drew 3-3, and we were two up v Palace and only drew 2-2. Other examples of poor results are available.
Conceding the lead so often was unheard of for most of the previous 12 seasons, so what was going on and why wasn't it addressed? The only decent chance we created in the cup final was the cock-up that led to the rags first goal, but our players were pissed and it kept Ten Bob in place so ho, ho, ho. We aren't laughing now.
We're over-reliant on Haaland for goals as we Grealish, Savinho, Nunes and Doku generate few goals and assists. Sane and Sterling may have been frustrating at times but offered much more than their replacements.
This isn't entirely a 2024-25 problem, it's been brewing for a while, and a major component of the problem is that the academy is producing too many players Pep won't use.
I don’t think he’s saying everything is all good!No worries mate. It's all good. Nothing to see here.
If anybody dared to say SAF is a better manager than Pep City fans are all over them but now we have those same City fans wanting Pep sacked!
We have posters claiming Pep is the best manager in World football and now the same posters want him sacked!
Performances haven’t been great , far from it, but we are talking about a manager that has won 6 league titles, a domestic treble, a treble including Champions league and just won 4 league titles in a row. It’s utterly laughable people are calling for him to be sacked after a couple of months of poor form! Remember form is temporary and when City have a full compliment of players back that winning mentality and form will return !
Season over then yeah?Happens to every side.
Where would liverpool be without Salah?
Barcelona once struggled when Messi wasn't playing.
The same for Madrid when ronaldo was out.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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If anybody dared to say SAF is a better manager than Pep City fans are all over them but now we have those same City fans wanting Pep sacked!
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Who exactly wants Pep sacked? Haven't seen that. There might be one utter cretin in a hundred. If they're a City fan, my strong suspicion is that they'd had one jar over the ten when they typed that trash. Otherwise, they might be infiltrators (and in-fill-traitors) masquerading as City fans and in here to stir up shit.
KingAguero
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I don’t really post on forums or social but reading what folks are writing on here and in the rag media, I feel like I’m going crazy and living in a parallel universe.
We are where we are because of years of underinvestment by our skint owners! Our net spend over the last five years, total net spend, is £169m! That is the ELEVENTH highest in the premier league, 11!
The rags’ net spend in that period is £650m, Arsenal’s is £556m, chavs’ is £940m and the scourers’ net spend is almost 300m, yes the scousers who are always complaining about how much WE spend. We’ve been outspent by Nottingham Forest and West Ham ffs!
And then the ragity media and the assortment of rag “pundits” talk about unfairness and how no one can compete with a “state-backed” team. If anything, our net spend makes the 4 in a row a Cinderella story that beats Leicester’s by a country mile. A team being outspent by 10 other teams while still dominating for many years in a row and winning the UCL, all while being accused of unfairness. Pep and the players don’t get the credit they deserve.
The story is not that this team is not doing well now, it is the miracle that has been the last five years. Our owners should wake up and see the mess they created. Outspent by the fucking glazers, by Daniel Levy, and by the dildo man at West Ham.
We are where we are because of years of underinvestment by our skint owners! Our net spend over the last five years, total net spend, is £169m! That is the ELEVENTH highest in the premier league, 11!
The rags’ net spend in that period is £650m, Arsenal’s is £556m, chavs’ is £940m and the scourers’ net spend is almost 300m, yes the scousers who are always complaining about how much WE spend. We’ve been outspent by Nottingham Forest and West Ham ffs!
And then the ragity media and the assortment of rag “pundits” talk about unfairness and how no one can compete with a “state-backed” team. If anything, our net spend makes the 4 in a row a Cinderella story that beats Leicester’s by a country mile. A team being outspent by 10 other teams while still dominating for many years in a row and winning the UCL, all while being accused of unfairness. Pep and the players don’t get the credit they deserve.
The story is not that this team is not doing well now, it is the miracle that has been the last five years. Our owners should wake up and see the mess they created. Outspent by the fucking glazers, by Daniel Levy, and by the dildo man at West Ham.