Perhaps we should have got the EDS lads to show these millionaires a bit of fight.
We used to fight to the end, we've less back bone than the skin on an egg custard
I did say in a post on here that for the first time tonight I feel like Pep and City should part ways.No denying it, terrible selection. Quick scan on here this morning and everyones fucking shit! and Pep needs to go
My concern now is that we will go into a perpetual rebuild like United. As others have said we are a million miles from where we want to be and the fall off has been dramatic. The only saving grace is I don’t think there is anyone like us from 10Its all been said, wont repeat, also hammers home how shite recruitment has been for a few years now.
Pretty much every player that has come in isnt as good as the one they replaced and weve ended up with a very average squad.
The fact that its an average league means we will probably scrape top 4 again.
The Jan 25 window was one of utter panic, only one in Nico looks like he might be ok , but the juries out with him.
But i understand that panic at that time.
Was so hopeful for the summer window but we have ended up with a LB who cant get a game over a 19 year old, a midfielder in rjeinders who looks mentally weak and soft and chirki who shows very rare glimpses of talent.
We now have a situation that despite a rebuild having taken place, we still need a rebuild!!
It was awesome whilst it lasted, but we are some years away from challenging again and if arsenal dont win it this year then they never will!!!
Yeah didn't see if but read on here it was a masterclass. Surely a few of them can make the leapThe eds lads were great particularly in the second half
Make your mind up, is pep not up to it or is the recruitment no good.I did say in a post on here that for the first time tonight I feel like Pep and City should part ways.
Nothing wrong with having that opinion with how we have been playing for the last 18 months and no signs of improvement.
If people think that this group of players are playing for their manager then I must be watching something completely different to everyone else.
The recruitment has been absolutely abysmal for a couple of years now, also players maybe need new ideas from another manager to freshen things up and give everyone a lift.
My concern now is that we will go into a perpetual rebuild like United. As others have said we are a million miles from where we want to be and the fall off has been dramatic. The only saving grace is I don’t think there is anyone like us from 10
Years ago to fill the void left by us now who will outright dominate and stop us returning to the top in time.
I think anyone who is willing to see anything beyond blind faith knew what was likely to happen last night, after all it's not the first time. I think I get what Pep was trying to do, ie rest players for "harder" matches coming up, but his faith in a number of players is sadly misplaced. Add in that the ones he has been able to trust in the past (Ake, Stones and even Marmoush and Lewis to some degree) are for one reason or another not the players they were (or in Lewis case promised they might become).
I've argued before that we're not a great team anymore and last night summed up why. A great team would have overcome the difficulties caused by the changes, or at least had a bloody good go. Our "B" team couldn't do that.
Many have commented on how poor our recruitment has been over the last 2 or 3 years and it's hard to disagree, however when you look at the calibre of those we've had to replace, Kev, Silva, Aguero, Mahrez and going a bit further back Sane, Sterling, Fern, then its easy to see why. Replacing that level of player is almost impossible. Rodri for Fern, Haaland for Aguero and thats about all we've come close to.
Not sure what the answer is, because finding that calibre of player is not easy, but I'm pretty sure replacing the best manager in the world isn't the answer
Amazing that fans are so blue blinkered they cant see that last night was a disaster
It's the service to him that's iffy. Bobb, Sav, Reindeer all failed to spot his runs. They didn't even try to play him in.Marmoush is crap
I think we are in that rebuild perma cycle already.
Name one player that we have bought that is better than the one he replaced in the last few years
Health warning: supporting manchester city can seriously damage your healthA lot on here seem to fall into two categories according to some posters, the happy clappers or the miserable pessimists. The truth is probably somewhere in-between for the majority. For a lot though it's black and white. Any criticism of Pep or the players, apprehension about an upcoming fixture and you're not a true fan, need to man up, stop being a bed wetter, or any other perceived insult they can throw out there that makes them feel a bigger fan in their own heads.
We're all just fans who follow our team in different ways, some with unrelenting optimism and others with a lot more caution fearing disaster is around the corner waiting to strike. Lets be honest if you've followed this football club for forty years or more you must be suffering from some form of ptsd at some level lol.
Not sure who the players are that are out there that we could have signed though? The quality of some players like KDB and Dave was at a level that just can’t be replaced
Christ I'd forgotten Yaya and Gundog.You make a very good point, which I’ve thought often. The players we have brought in aren’t necessarily bad, they just aren’t as good as those they are replacing… but then who is? Who in the world is as good as KDB, Gundo, Dave or Yaya in their prime?
We went for Wirtz, not really done anything.
Rice? Didn’t want to come.