Madrid v City CL semi final 2nd leg

The fact that Navas was and has been our most often used attacking option says everything that needs to be said about this team. While admittedly he tries his arse off, he isn't anywhere near good enough in this class.

Long balls to Aguero with Pepe and Ramos all over him, wtf is that all about?

Why is Otamendi constantly trying long diagonal balls? His distribution isn't reliable so why keep doing it?

Look at the difference between this season and last in the way we hit on the break. Nothing through the middle any more, nothing early to Aguero.

We had our chance at home in the first leg with no Ronaldo and did nothing.

At least Nacho looked good when he came on, the one positive yet again.
 
You can't blame Pellers for this one. The players didn't look up for it once Kompany went off. Biggest night of their lives and they blew it big style.
 
oneclubfrommanchester said:
OK Im not going to start making excuses. We lost to a better team but yes we should have been able to conjure up 1 solitary goal HOWEVER as the players would say its gone now and we must make sure we get top 4. Im sure we would all agree weve seen some brilliant stuff played in CL this time round. Its been a great experience and City have now set a bar that the owners will want to attain every year which will be very minimum last 8 of CL. Pep is surely going to bring some spark with him. We are lucky supporters to have all the finances needed to buy the very best and a top top coach taking over plus really good youth players breaking through. The future is Blue, the future is City.
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No mate, the future isn't totally blue. We've blown our chances to get a foothold as England's top club paying obscene fees for average players and allowing our average squad age to get too high. Peps finally here but he'll need at least two seasons to get his team together and then he'll be off. Teams like Liverpool,Spurs, Chelsea are the future with younger technically gifted players. Yes we'll compete but we won't be top dogs like we were supposed to be. Tonight has really depressed me, I could accept if we went down fighting but tonight was a disgrace. No fight no skill no effort.
 
SkyBlueTX said:
We could play for another 180 minutes and not look like scoring. And here I was thinking that the object of counter attacking was to move the ball up the field with pace and take advantage of numbers. We looked like we either didn't have a clue or couldn't be arsed.
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We didn't have a clue, you're right. No one wanted to take on the responsibility of attacking the Madrid defence. It has to go down as one of their easiest nights in defence. It was really a shocking performance from a powder puff team.
 
City_Sean said:
Going to be a bit of a rant but these fucking spineless players/manager cost us a CL final spot.

Real were there for the taking, yet players such as Aguero and KDB decided to do their own thing.

It's completely inexcusable and the lack of fight was an absolute disgrace. We managed one shot on target in 180 minutes v Madrid.

Piss poor, and I can't wait for Pep to sort this shit out. This club is far too nice, and it's extended onto the pitch.
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Well said.

This club is far too nice, their is not one cnut for a better word in that club.

That's the problem, win at all costs, train hard at all costs, stop putting up will all the insults in the media.

Fight back and show we have big bollocks. I personaly would love someone like Simione here, the man is hard and ruthless and most important a winner.

Pep has one hell of a job on his hands, little or no pre-season to work with his players. I hope for all our sakes he is the saviour, otherwise we are in one hell of a mess, we have treaded 3 years waiting for him....I fear that's a big mistake. Ferran and Tixki must be having sleepless nights,
 
citymad said:
You can't blame Pellers for this one. The players didn't look up for it once Kompany went off. Biggest night of their lives and they blew it big style.
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Of course he shares the responsibility that had a ferny shot and a late kun effort to show for 96 minutes of rubbish.

Insipid effort , no spine , no fluid movement typical of many of the 14 defeats this season so far and mnay of other efforts where only a piece of individual effort have got us over the line.

Kompany or no Kompany it wasn't good enough and anybody who thinks a crocked captain is the difference in games like this and has a manager who cannot get a side in the biggest night of their European lives to do nothing other than be a passenger is deluding themselves.

We won't get another chance like this for sometime against a side that was well below what they are capable of whose manager won't last out next season as well in charge and it was pitiful to watch.

I blame the players the management and all that represented the club for this effort and let down our fantastic supporters on the big stage.

You only hope they care enough to get us enough points to finish fourth because its the least Pep deserves to start his tenure.

As for Txiki well now that Pep is hear his tenure is well and truly tied with Peps fortunes at the club.

He had better start with much better footballers than the 13 first team players we all know are finished at this club.
 
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