And doing both was such a great idea of course
It was the major European football powers do. Neither Bayern, Atleti or Madrid need to prioritise one over the other - and they put in better semi final performances according to the media!
They put in better performances than us. We didn't. In either game. The first priority was securing third or fourth place.
To be fair the shower who spent 90 minutes doing nothing on Wednesday would have rolled over against Southampton as well.
Because - mentality.
The priority was trying to win the Champs League. That's a big part of the reason the Aheikh bought our Club!
So you want to be another Arse competing for third and fourth, rather than be in the San Siro for the Champs League final! Mentality????!!!!
It's the only thing that's got me through the last few months to be honest, when it comes to City anyway. After the Rags game, I actually said I wouldn't watch another City Prem game until next season, but alas the sucked me back in and then punched me in the dick with that Southampton performance. I have faith in Pep though, it can't get any worse, right? ;)
It's got nothing to do with the Madrid game.Is this thread in aid of Comic Relief?
Bugger me, there are a few people here who don't know what the fuck the game is about.
ONE GOAL! That is what the Madrid game was about..ONE GOAL!!
The players job was to ensure Madrid didn't score more than one, and that we tried all game to create the opportunity for ONE GOAL!
Some of you talking about "mentality" clearly don't understand the club's mentality is NOT to go hell for leather and lose 4-0 in Madrid, but to do exactly what they TRIED to do...keep the game close and try to grab the goal that would put us in the Final.
The priority was trying to win the Champs League. That's a big part of the reason the Aheikh bought our Club!
So you want to be another Arse competing for third and fourth, rather than be in the San Siro for the Champs League final! Mentality????!!!!
The priority at the start of the season might have been to prioritise the CL. Accept 2nd or 3rd in the PL if it meant a CL final. I very much doubt that the CL was prioritised over a top 4 finish.
We seem to have developed a manana mentality. Defeats are shrugged off because there's always the next week or month. Beating Southampton doesn't matter because if we win the next two games it will be ok.