officially embarrassing

[yu1mixer]

I suspect the three who were left upfield were SWP, BelAmi, and RobinHood. All midgets, and literally adding very little on the weighing scales. I think that this is a great tactic and have railed against everybody trailing back into the penalty area when they can add little. The ball is going into the air so let the six footers deal with it. Away sides will have to leave three, and if you remember the Stoke home game, it was three Gullivers who they had to employ marking our midgets on the half way line. All spread across the half way line. I don't know what it does to away defences but it frightens the shit out of me!

Lawro was talking about the space the FCK guys had to get to the ball in the box.
If those three had been back in the penalty box then they would have been at least cramped up the box & not allowed the opposition free runs to head the ball.
Can't blame our defenders for everything,this is a tactical oversight

 

[pissedagain]

look i ve spent a fortune of the years and still spending and if i want to have a go at my team on what is basically a city fans forum, then i will, thanks for your comments though

 

[poh]

Don't take what you see on message boards as a reflection of City fans views.

It's a combination of City fans expressing frustration, and other fans stirring

I take most of our points. By this time next week, we could be the only english club left in the UEFA Cup[/quote]

Good point,well made.

 

[dejongsslong]

why the fuck we all moaning here is my explaining of the game. i feel that we dominated the attacks and we should of scored 3 at least robinho missed a 1 on1 so did shaun and we had a few other good chances but we definatly deserved the win even if we did get the 1st goal given to us. but in fairness to nedum it was great attacking play to power from the back into that goal scoring area so all this moaning hughed out n shit is rubbish stick by the team i think we will get a result at scouse and we should get through the 2nd leg. we are all forgetting how close we came to going out in the qualifyier against midjiland o lets take nothing for granted and get behind the blue boys.

ctid.

anyone agree ????????????????

 

[Rushton121]

no wonder we get rags on here taking the piss(most of the country too)the whole ethos of the club as changed and in my opinion changed for the worse
A support base that used to be proud of the club even in the dark days of division three with that lot going for the treble and us struggling to scrape through the playoffs used to make me glad to be blue
Now cause we `ve had the good fortune to have been taken over by wealthy benefactors 9th in the league on the verge of being in the last 16 of a european competition is not enough for us
No we dont deserve success for supporting the club through bad times ,supporters all over the country have had it worse than we have.Just shut the fcuk up moaning, all your whinings dragging the name of this great club through the dirt
Be thankful of players like robhinho and yes be thankful for a manager like hughes because believe me it can all change for the worse very quickly.Maybe its time to support the club again and instead of constantly looking for the negatives lets seek out some of the positives

totally agree. some of the shite thats written on here after we lose is embarrassing. People coming on one week saying we need stability and to keep a manager longer than 2 seasons, then the next week saying HUGHES OUT.
We come into some money and suddenly people expect us to be winning the league and signing Messi, Kaka, Etoo etc.
End of the day we were only taken over in the summer, and as to quote Mr Hughes "IT TAKES TIME"

 

[blueonblue]

Stop mixing up supporting the team with having to put up with this idiot in the managers job, he`s clueless and thats a fact.

Try and remember that FCK are still in pre season training, and are not exactly real madrid.

That putting your center half on a post to defend corners is against any coaching manual in the known world, and for good reason.

That the players we had last season have not suddenly decided to stop trying or gone bad, or that the replacments have improved the displays.

And last but not least, the tactics, team selection, and training are down to the manager, if they dont work and the fool keeps doing them, he`s a bad manager.

Support the team, lose the numpty.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Basically, the TEAM has a few glaring problems:

1) Lack of height, or more accurately, lack of USE of height, from dead ball situations (both attacking and defending).

2) A few players who like to take a vacation when things are not going their way.

3) A lack of a SETTLED defensive set-up, due to injuries, suspensions and new signings.

4) A lack of "bite" when called for in the dead of winter, away from home, game on the line.

5) A left midfielder who can help his defender (Bridge) and spring the attack (Bellamy et al).

Sadly, if I can see this from a few trips to Eastlands and watching every game on TV or computer, then EVERY EPL manager can see it, too. Ergo, we get attacked INCESSANTLY down our left, we shrink from the fight in the middle third of the field (especially in the last quarter of the game), we are fragile (to say the very least) on EVERY free kick pumped into the box or corner kick, and we miss FAR TOO MANY chances for a team that is second highest scorers in Prem (are we still?!).

SOME of that is down to coaching and tactics, but MOST of it is down to individual players NOT doing the job they are paid to do. ANY dead ball in the last 20 minutes and I EXPECT Given, Kompany and ESPECIALLY Dunne screaming their heads off at players to get in position and defend like their lives depended on it. I just don't see it! I see a team at sixes and sevens trying to block a shot and hope the ball does not fall to the open man, because there is nearly ALWAYS one or two open.

All that said, we are a completely different team from last year, and oceans away from a Pearce team. We have the foundation, both with Academy players and shrewd purchases, to be a young, growing in experience, team sprinkled with game winning superstars (on their day). I don't think ANYONE relishes coming to Eastlands and I think everyone is waiting for City to stuff someone away from home. Hopefully, it will be tomorrow, but as Ireland has said, no-one expects us to win and Liverpool will have to come and attack us to win, which might create some openings.

The run in is certainly not an easy one, and I DEFINITELY hope the Man Ure game is not the one that the Rags need to win for the title, but either way, there are a group of players who are playing for their Man City futures in the next few months and it will be up to them whether they take the chance or not. A few people will get found out and a few people will rise to the occasion.

Wonder what the team will look like in August?! However, if they are wearing Blue and sweating for a living, I will be behind them 100%, as I am now.

CTID!