I'm sure results and performances will pick up when Yaya and Bony return from the ACON, but for me that isn't the point. The point is how does a top manager cope with the absence of a pivotal player like Yaya, and Pellegrini has failed miserably to do this. I could cope with losing to Arsenal because they're a decent side, and the loss to Middlesborough didn't bother me greatly because my priority is the title, but that shambles yesterday is completely unacceptable against an absolutely shite Hull team. This marks him out as not being the top notch manager we need to take us to where we all hope and believe we can eventually get to. Get Simeone in and bring in some younger hungrier players, and we go again next season.
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Manuel Pellegrini (cont)
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baildon blue
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Mark Hughes home form wasn't brilliant either. .KippaxCitizen said:We've struggled for a fair amount of time, including part of our unbeaten run. We finally get something going and look like we might turn a corner at Chelsea and he changes the fucking team including dropping two of our better performers in that Chelsea game. That's unbelivably
If Barça need a goal they never take Iniesta off. Just like we should never take Silva off (especially when we have no Yaya and Nasri is unfit) when we need a goal(s). Later in the game when defenders are tired Silva can spot on lapse in concentration and could easily set up a goalscoring chance.
Remember "Fortress Etihad"? Well we've won two of our last six home games. We've lost seven games at home in twelve months. We've dropped 12 points at home this season and we're only in February. We've scored one goal (a set piece) in 4.5 hours of football at home. We've scored just two goals from open play in the first half at home this season. We've been knocked out of three cup competitions at home in the last year, all three against teams we'd well expect to beat (not like it was Chelsea). This is the worst we've been at home since Pearce.
Simeone would be a dream. Imagine the corners.BlueDejong said:Manolete @AS_Manolete 1h1 hour ago View translation
Pellegrini como caiga en Champions en Europa hará las maletas y el City llamará a la puerta de Pep o Simeone como alternativas.
Pellegrini as falling into Champions in Europe will pack up and call the City Pep door or Simeone as alternatives.
manimanc
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Utter bullshit...McfcMK said:Simeone would be a dream. Imagine the corners.BlueDejong said:Manolete @AS_Manolete 1h1 hour ago View translation
Pellegrini como caiga en Champions en Europa hará las maletas y el City llamará a la puerta de Pep o Simeone como alternativas.
Pellegrini as falling into Champions in Europe will pack up and call the City Pep door or Simeone as alternatives.
I got the translation as " Bluemoon goes into meltdown as spoilt bastard fans get knickers in a twist about drawing a football match.."
And I hope pellers walks and posters get their wish and the next geezer in the hot seat falls flat on his fuckin arse...
Careful what you wish for you Pellegrini haters.
tolmie's hairdoo
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Too much tinkering again for my liking.
Tactically spot on last week, tactically woeful yesterday.
4-4-2 can only ever work when the right personnel are deployed.
My concern is that Pellegrini either thought we needed to set up with two defensive midfielders at home against Hull, or he overestimates the ability of both Ferns to provide what is required.
To play a half fit Dzeko, having dropped Navas, with no outlet to cross, was naievety in the extreme, as is the inability to change the obvious shortcomings during the actual in-match play.
The manager is making the mistake of trying to take everybody with him, when some players are never going to be more than passengers.
It's laboured, it's predicatable, and for the first time, the players also look lost.
I can never before recall Silva and Aguero arguing between themselves in the first half.
The frustration is getting the better of them and my overriding concern is the increasing stench from the manager and the club in putting all our eggs in the Champions League basket?
No doubt, progression in that competition is a huge thing, but the margins for success are so much thinner than going for a league title.
Tactically spot on last week, tactically woeful yesterday.
4-4-2 can only ever work when the right personnel are deployed.
My concern is that Pellegrini either thought we needed to set up with two defensive midfielders at home against Hull, or he overestimates the ability of both Ferns to provide what is required.
To play a half fit Dzeko, having dropped Navas, with no outlet to cross, was naievety in the extreme, as is the inability to change the obvious shortcomings during the actual in-match play.
The manager is making the mistake of trying to take everybody with him, when some players are never going to be more than passengers.
It's laboured, it's predicatable, and for the first time, the players also look lost.
I can never before recall Silva and Aguero arguing between themselves in the first half.
The frustration is getting the better of them and my overriding concern is the increasing stench from the manager and the club in putting all our eggs in the Champions League basket?
No doubt, progression in that competition is a huge thing, but the margins for success are so much thinner than going for a league title.
manimanc said:Utter bullshit...McfcMK said:Simeone would be a dream. Imagine the corners.
I got the translation as " Bluemoon goes into meltdown as spoilt bastard fans get knickers in a twist about drawing a football match.."
And I hope pellers walks and posters get their wish and the next geezer in the hot seat falls flat on his fuckin arse...
Careful what you wish for you Pellegrini haters.
Its not about hate he just aint good enough. He reminds me of hughes in that his signings were questionable and he couldnt change or win big games.
It's actualy, "Bluemoon posters correctly question and critisize manger after 3 draws and 2 losses in 5 games"manimanc said:Utter bullshit...McfcMK said:Simeone would be a dream. Imagine the corners.
I got the translation as " Bluemoon goes into meltdown as spoilt bastard fans get knickers in a twist about drawing a football match.."
And I hope pellers walks and posters get their wish and the next geezer in the hot seat falls flat on his fuckin arse...
Careful what you wish for you Pellegrini haters.
BillyShears
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hgblue said:Get Simeone in and bring in some younger hungrier players, and we go again next season.
Why would Simeone leave Madrid this summer when he's seemingly building a better team than the one which won the title last season?
Personally I think it's a pipe dream that he's going to become available this summer. Those posters who think we should replace Pellegrini this summer will have a very small list of potential replacements. Klopp's the only one who I think could be gotten. Don't think Pep will leave. Don't think Carlo will leave. Don't see anyone else in world football who's going to get Pellegrini ousted this summer when he's only got 12 months left on his contract and he had such a successful season last season.
manimanc said:Utter bullshit...McfcMK said:Simeone would be a dream. Imagine the corners.
I got the translation as " Bluemoon goes into meltdown as spoilt bastard fans get knickers in a twist about drawing a football match.."
And I hope pellers walks and posters get their wish and the next geezer in the hot seat falls flat on his fuckin arse...
Careful what you wish for you Pellegrini haters.
Bit weird to wish for our next manager, therefore us as a club to fail.
pml79
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The guy got his selection wrong yesterday its not the first time either but my other main gripe is our home form has gone to shit and our first half performances are stale slow n no drivetolmie's hairdoo said:Too much tinkering again for my liking.
Tactically spot on last week, tactically woeful yesterday.
4-4-2 can only ever work when the right personnel are deployed.
My concern is that Pellegrini either thought we needed to set up with two defensive midfielders at home against Hull, or he overestimates the ability of both Ferns to provide what is required.
To play a half fit Dzeko, having dropped Navas, with no outlet to cross, was naievety in the extreme, as is the inability to change the obvious shortcomings during the actual in-match play.
The manager is making the mistake of trying to take everybody with him, when some players are never going to be more than passengers.
It's laboured, it's predicatable, and for the first time, the players also look lost.
I can never before recall Silva and Aguero arguing between themselves in the first half.
The frustration is getting the better of them and my overriding concern is the increasing stench from the manager and the club in putting all our eggs in the Champions League basket?
No doubt, progression in that competition is a huge thing, but the margins for success are so much thinner than going for a league title.
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