I'm not sure if City are under the radar. But better in a way not to receive all the plaudits as it leads to complacencyPrestwich_Blue said:It's certainly annoying that Hansen produces such a bitter and twisted piece of analysis after a hard-fought win. I thought Silva was well below his brilliant best yesterday but Fulham had packed the midfield and he had little room or time to play.
You could certainly make the point that we didn't need to have so many players forward and leave so much space at the back when we were 2-0 up and quite comfortable but that's the way we play now. But to ignore some outstanding moments from us was needlessly petty. However it doesn't change the fact that we got three points and I'm happy that it keeps us below the radar.
samharris said:Surely viewers of MOTD watch it for the football and not the fuckwit shitbags that interupt the action with their mundane ramblings...
I watch it just for Linekar's brilliantly crafted puns and the beautiful insights of Shearer.samharris said:Surely viewers of MOTD watch it for the football and not the fuckwit shitbags that interupt the action with their mundane ramblings...
I really meant that I'm happy if people watching that underestimate us, including other teams. But it should also help to eliminate any complacency and perhaps give us an extra incentive to improve.Marvin said:I'm not sure if City are under the radar. But better in a way not to receive all the plaudits as it leads to complacencyPrestwich_Blue said:It's certainly annoying that Hansen produces such a bitter and twisted piece of analysis after a hard-fought win. I thought Silva was well below his brilliant best yesterday but Fulham had packed the midfield and he had little room or time to play.
You could certainly make the point that we didn't need to have so many players forward and leave so much space at the back when we were 2-0 up and quite comfortable but that's the way we play now. But to ignore some outstanding moments from us was needlessly petty. However it doesn't change the fact that we got three points and I'm happy that it keeps us below the radar.
Criticism wasn't really balanced though was it when one of the moments of the season - Negredo's pass to Milner - was overlooked.bluemurray said:Children children, calm yourselves please! Some of you are heading for a pre-Christmas stroke at this rate! I watched the 'offending' MOTD last night and guess what? O big deal, Hansen was being critical... oh boo-bloody-hoo!! TBH I thought he made a couple of valid points and the whinging on here is making some of you sound like those horrible nited 'fans' we've put up with for years who appear to have some sense of 'entitlement' that their team is above criticism!!
The fact is children we have been brittle away from home all season and if we expect to win the title on home form alone we are sadly going to be very disappointed come May; goal difference might count but points will count more! We have serious issues at the center of our back 4, relying as we do on Kompany being fit - and Zabba to a slightly lesser extent, without whom we appear to go into a state of absolute panic the minute an opposition forward gets near our box! Demachellis is bloody slow - on that point Hansen was spot on with the evidence to back it up! We might also add that he did admit that City are a "joy to watch", which is true but it will be a shame if in may the epitaph for our season was "they were a joy to watch... but didn't win a league that was there for the taking!".