Leicester City v City post match.

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Good post, but is it them or something else ?

No, today’s game was probably decided after 15 minutes, with our defenders conceding possession and space too easily.

However, I’ve never been a great fan of either Silva or De Bruyne, mainly because I consider them both to be peripheral players, who are great when things are going well, but equally capable of disappearing when we need assertive leadership (this is where we miss Kompany, and Tevez, or even Gareth Barry)

It’s easy to blame Bravo or Kolarov, but even at half time, I thought that an early goal might spread panic in the Leicester defence. Instead, we got pass, pass pass, when it was crying out for somebody to take responsibility, and put their foot through the ball.

Despite our undoubted ability, City lack desire, attitude, and maybe a bit of devil, which ultimately is how you win the league.

 

[Father Paul]

According to the media , yes

Think a survey on here particularly after that showing this evening might not be quite as a resounding yes

Not calling for his head because I think the end for Pep may just be around the corner. I say that with a sense of sadness rather than glee. He appears so out of his depth in England
that I feel sorry for him. That result was so inevitable that it dos not hurt the way it should and anyone watching the way Chelsea walked through us last week should not be surprised.
Not sure that he can do much about it at this stage. He has a couple of weeks to get us back on some kind of track but it is not likely at this stage.I would agree to write off the entire season if in the interests of team building we sacrificed the present for the future but to be honest it's hard to see how this type of football can hack it in the PL.A lot of talk is about trying to get new players in in January I hope we don't need a new manager as Pep seems to be a proud type of guy and he might just quit.

 

[mancity1]

Embarrassing if you ask me.
An absolute joke

Sagna who like the whole side for much of the game was poor at least called it as it was and said that the side didn't give anywhere near 100 per cent effort.

The positioning when we don't have the ball is embarrassing and most sides have little trouble closing in on goal too often with no defensive pressure on them at all.

Joke it is but no one is laughing and it has to change before it becomes a train wreck which it soon will be if we persist with our schoolboy approach to games.

 

[nellyonthewing]

And that's the problem for me. What happened if the new manager of Bristol City for instance, decided that the Barca model was the one to follow. Let's start by building from the back because it's the Barca model and let's ignore the fact that we haven't got the players who can build from the back. He'd be hung out to dry within weeks.

Where is the pragmatism that says I know where I want to go but I need to go there in stages; And during this period the style of play will evolve with the personnel at my disposal.

Playing the way we did tonight and expecting a different outcome is naivety in the extreme.

We have a winner...............

 

[flb]

Lol

Your sounding desperate mate - and have done for a fortnight.

Commendable admittably but fucking desperate all the same .

Roll on next season -again .

 

[r.soleofsalford]

No muscle in the team, no Barry, Tevez, Yaya, Kompany, Zaba, De Jong, Bellamy, ffs even Joe Hart and Lescott had strength. We now are weak, leaderless, this at present could be the worst defence I`ve ever seen considering how much possession we usually have

 

[Father Paul]

Not great today admittedly, but he needs time. Thought the interview was interesting post match. He clearly knows he's been left with a lot of deadwood. He doesn't look worried to me I think he knows he will get it right. The one person who is getting off lightly tonight is Txixi. His purchases have been in the main terrible. Now Pep just didn't rock up here on day one of the season we knew he was coming for a while. So why wasn't Txixi preparing for this buying players who would fit Pep's system? For me the blame for the past few seasons lay at Txixi's door in my opinion. i don't subscribe to he will walk, he was already talking beyond three years. I reckon he knows with the players we have this is going to take time to fix. I see him extending his contract and laying down the foundations for years to come. Lets see how the season turns out before condemning him after 5 months. I am afraid we are going to have to be patient but I have confidence he will turn it around, and when we do it will have been worth waiting for. Players from Munich and barca have said it takes time to understand his methods. Let's hope we get back on track against Watford. Understand the frustration as I have lost count of the years that a bad result ruins your weekend.

There is an old saying about a good workman and his tools your post reminds of it

 

[flb]

We have a winner...............

So fucking tell me captain apologist , you happy whith that fucking dog crap breakfast performance ? Or you gonna tell us everything's all right ?

 

[dronefromsector7G]

I wonder if a team, at any stage in the history of professional football, has scored 4 goals with 22% possession? Seriously that is majorly fucked up. Flip it around, we had 78% and how many clear chances did we create? These stats point to a criminal dereliction of duty by both defence and attack.

 

[Father Paul]

proper fuck up all round, not a great day at all.

complaints; playing Fernando in a role like that, jesus. and why am i still pinning hopes on yaya, zabba, Kompany coming back from injury, Silva playing well and waiting for Aguero to return from an absence? stuck record in terms of personnel. The defence is worse, and i mean this, than most Championship teams. the predictability is astonishing. I said to a mate we'd score at least once cos we're pretty good at that, but i wasnt confident of a win, what a strange combination.

anyway, Pep is a bright sort and i reckon he can sort it out. you have to maintain a level of perspective and realise that we have played awesome stuff this season at times, but of late we're horrid. i dont like to see a team flake out like this so quickly and i dont like the way the players dont seem to bust a gut like at Barca and Bayern.

clear out some very dead wood and we'll storm that shitty league. Only chelsea (in current mode) can come close to us if we had the semblance of a half arsed defence!

I said we would get two before the game and that it might just be enough for a draw how wrong can one be!!