kaz7
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He could have offered me either anytime lol
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;)He could have offered me either anytime lol
It's time we hard a hard look at our recruitment policy. No point in buying world's best players if they cant be accomodated into the team. Ranieri says he doesnt want superstars but wants players of
ability who will adapt and fit in to the Leicester style etc.
ability who will adapt and fit in to the Leicester style etc.
the only good thing about this shit season is that Guardiola & the board will know the useless players bought since 2012. the calamity defending style since Pellegrini got the team.
Gaurdiola has a lot of work to do if doesnt want to tarnish his reputation and it start by doing a purge like the stalinist one :) buy top top players and no room for sentiments. the deep in form was since the 10th game of the season but we kept deluding ourselves and blaming luck and injuries.
Gaurdiola has a lot of work to do if doesnt want to tarnish his reputation and it start by doing a purge like the stalinist one :) buy top top players and no room for sentiments. the deep in form was since the 10th game of the season but we kept deluding ourselves and blaming luck and injuries.
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We have 3 world class players - Aguero, KDB and Hart (just). Sad but true. Perhaps we did quite well getting to the CL semis! The rest are not good enough. Bring on the cull!
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You mean other than hitting the post and Aguero's shot? I think everyone is forgetting a sub-par City team, missing Kompany, Silva, Toure and with KDB playing poorly, went to Real Madrid (where they were 18-0 this season in the CL) and didn't do what everybody else didn't do this season. Is that it???One goal we never looked like getting at any stage of the 180. Or 270 or 360 for that matter. There is no handwaving away such a shocking display.
Fuck me! Get to within one goal of the CL Final and everyone is moaning like they are fucking entitled Rags!
Did the team play brilliantly? No. Did they give it all their effort? yes. Did it work? Not quite.
A little humility, please.
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Well, I guess you are getting your wish then. The manager has a specific style of play, which the team has played for three seasons, but this season our THREE creative sparks have been found wanting. Toure has shown his age, Silva has been persistently hobbled by his ankle, and Nasri just came back from a serious injury. Throw in the lack of out put from Navas and Sterling, neither of whom has prospered under the managers style of play, and there you have it.It's got nothing to do with the Madrid game.
Our lack of enthusiasm and energy has been there for ages...
I would say there are a handful of games this season where we have played to our full potential.
There are clearly far too many passengers in our squad living far too comfortable an existence thanks to a lack of motivation and no fear of the consequences of failure/underachievement.
The manager is 100% responsible for that.
Onwards and upwards.
It's not only mentality, it's fitness too. Two Ferns were outstanding in first half today, they were everywhere. Now I understand that they are humans too but I can not accept it as normal than for second game in a row our midfield disappears on the beginning of the second half. It was same at Madrid (and similar, maybe bit later at home vs Real). You don't see that at other top teams who play as much games as we do and even harder pressure, it's the fitness problem and there should be no fitness problems at this level, managerial team makes mistakes somewhere, our players are not fit enough and can't play the whole game at high intensity.
You mean other than hitting the post and Aguero's shot? I think everyone is forgetting a sub-par City team, missing Kompany, Silva, Toure and with KDB playing poorly, went to Real Madrid (where they were 18-0 this season in the CL) and didn't do what everybody else didn't do this season. Is that it???
Fuck me! Get to within one goal of the CL Final and everyone is moaning like they are fucking entitled Rags!
Did the team play brilliantly? No. Did they give it all their effort? yes. Did it work? Not quite.
A little humility, please.
If you find that performance and the likelihood we will be in the Europa acceptable then good for you. There was not an ounce of fight and yea, after all the money we've spent I do expect more from our players. Particularly as its now been demonstrated what can be done with good management and team spirit.
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I I found nothing of the sort, but I also have some perspective. If you think Leicester is a lesson to the rest of the league, then I can't help you. A few players had worldies this season, good for them. I guess that makes Spurs, Arsenal, City, United, Liverpool and Chelsea all mug teams? Those six teams are the cream of the English game and they ALL came up losers to a hard working team with no superstars....and that has happened once in the history of the premier league. I wouldn't plant your flag on that comparison.
And, whenever I hear the words "with all the money we've spent," I generally close my ears to the rest. It is a nothing statement. We have had to pay over the odds for players in order to attract the best talent possible to a perennial second tier team to make it a top four contender every season. Now, we are going to have to pay it to bring truly world class players to the club...just like everyone else in the top leagues of the world has had to do! In some leagues, there are only a handful of clubs who can afford to do it, and they are always the top 2 or 3. In England, we have a "Top Six" (see above) and this year Leicester (and even West Ham to a certain extent) have crashed the party. However, expect four out of those six every year for the foreseeable future, which means two top teams are going to miss out on the CL every year, and maybe three if English teams don't start to do better in the competition.
And, whenever I hear the words "with all the money we've spent," I generally close my ears to the rest. It is a nothing statement. We have had to pay over the odds for players in order to attract the best talent possible to a perennial second tier team to make it a top four contender every season. Now, we are going to have to pay it to bring truly world class players to the club...just like everyone else in the top leagues of the world has had to do! In some leagues, there are only a handful of clubs who can afford to do it, and they are always the top 2 or 3. In England, we have a "Top Six" (see above) and this year Leicester (and even West Ham to a certain extent) have crashed the party. However, expect four out of those six every year for the foreseeable future, which means two top teams are going to miss out on the CL every year, and maybe three if English teams don't start to do better in the competition.