You seem to be more observant than the people running city. If Joe public could see that last season we were an accident waiting to happen why didn't you bypass the forum and send your observation direct to Trixi bolloks at headquarters.I’m still happy. This is just a natural, very overdue, dip.
By rights we didn’t have the squad to win the league in 2022-23. I thought we were lacking in depth in midfield, but almost every single player stayed fit and were all bang in form from February onwards. Until De Bruyne went off in the CL final, Rodri, Gundo and De Bruyne didn’t miss a beat for months and performed at a level I’ve not seen from many other midfields ever before in the sport. If Rodri and De Bruyne had been out like they have in the last 18 months between them, we probably wouldn’t have won a thing that season, such was the lack of midfield depth. Yet they stayed fit and we did something special and won the PL, FA Cup and CL.
By rights we didn’t have the squad to break the record fourth league title in a row last season. We had a small squad still, smaller than 2022-23, yet we won the Super Cup, Club World Cup and did break that record and won the PL.
We’ve done better than our depth in quality should have in the last two seasons. David Silva and then Fernandinho leaving left our midfield very thin on the ground, especially last season n’all losing Gündoğan. If we’d won the PL in 2020-21 and 2021-22 and then not again for the last two seasons, I wouldn’t have been surprised. But we did win the PL and have actually won two trebles, or six trophies over the two seasons.
Now the drop off has come and it’s been very long in the pipeline and completely expected for me. It’s come as no surprise at all. However, I’m happy as Larry still because we will learn a lot from this season as a club and will hopefully rectify things on what we’ve learnt.
To be fair I know plenty of blues who had serious doubts about the squad this season before a ball was kicked . Without a doubt there has been a certain amount of negligence within the club .You seem to be more observant than the people running city. If Joe public could see that last season we were an accident waiting to happen why didn't you bypass the forum and send your observation direct to Trixi bolloks at headquarters.
I’m still happy. This is just a natural, very overdue, dip.
By rights we didn’t have the squad to win the league in 2022-23. I thought we were lacking in depth in midfield, but almost every single player stayed fit and were all bang in form from February onwards. Until De Bruyne went off in the CL final, Rodri, Gundo and De Bruyne didn’t miss a beat for months and performed at a level I’ve not seen from many other midfields ever before in the sport. If Rodri and De Bruyne had been out like they have in the last 18 months between them, we probably wouldn’t have won a thing that season, such was the lack of midfield depth. Yet they stayed fit and we did something special and won the PL, FA Cup and CL.
By rights we didn’t have the squad to break the record fourth league title in a row last season. We had a small squad still, smaller than 2022-23, yet we won the Super Cup, Club World Cup and did break that record and won the PL.
We’ve done better than our depth in quality should have in the last two seasons. David Silva and then Fernandinho leaving left our midfield very thin on the ground, especially last season n’all losing Gündoğan. If we’d won the PL in 2020-21 and 2021-22 and then not again for the last two seasons, I wouldn’t have been surprised. But we did win the PL and have actually won two trebles, or six trophies over the two seasons.
Now the drop off has come and it’s been very long in the pipeline and completely expected for me. It’s come as no surprise at all. However, I’m happy as Larry still because we will learn a lot from this season as a club and will hopefully rectify things on what we’ve learnt.
Are they slagging off the players? Or are you misconstruing just criticism as abuse? Criticising poor performances is to be expected. Where's this bollocks come from that the fans are forsaking the team?This season is the season I was expecting last season ! So I'm not surprised.
We could argue that the club should have reinforced better in the summer but would 3 or 4 new players hit the ground ? Most take 12 months to get Pep.
Pep looks tired, the squad looks tired and is tired. You can see that their minds aren't working as quick as normal by the mistakes that are being made.
Fans turning on the team is a disgrace. Even in my WhatsApp group people are slagging of these players. I find it embarrassing and dont post much nowadays.
With the dramatic drop off now comes the rumours that City are about to be relegated etc etc.
It's a perfect storm for the press/media and rival fans. Some of our fans are also being drawn into it.
Me same as ever put my City gear on when going out, car still has City stickers, still have my tattoos, my work station still has City's flag, my picture of Noel and me at Brighton lol, my City flag is still flag in my garden.
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So what happens if our owner decides he does not agree with you, and ditches City instead? there is nothing to say our sister clubs should be feeder clubs, that is just something we want, with UEFA and FIFA trying to stop.Your right CFG has not impact what so ever on City. Separate accounts so we are a business in our own right. Nothing has fed us as far as players except Lampard, who incidentally the likes of is exactly what we need right now.
I didn't expect the drop off to the degree it has and continue I am confident it will this season but everything comes to and end and to qualify for Chumps League 15 seasons on the trot is some achievement.I wonder if anyone else is feeling like this?
Over the last few days, I've realised that I've relaxed. A deep and much needed psychological relaxation. I mean by that that for years, certainly since Pep's arrival eight years ago, but really, probably going right back to Roberto, I've been kind of braced. Every season, expecting City to be in the title fight, every season, hoping that City will go through to the semi-finals or finals of the Champions League, wondering how far we'll get, round after round, in the two domestic cups, weighing up all the odds, every single match has been a source of anxiety. Even angst. Every single match has felt like a must win. Every goal conceded during a match has felt like a punch to the solar plexus. Now that I know we're not winning the PL, we're not winning the CL, we might get top four (we'll see), we might win the F.A. Cup, well, I'm taking a well-earned rest from this existential anxiety. Let the dipper supporters feel it — it seems to make them psychotic anyway. Let the Arse fans feel it for a bit. Let them feel the terrible burden of hope.
I'm taking a break…
Now don't get me wrong. I hate, not just these endless defeats, but the boring way we're being defeated. And if I wasn't absolutely, rock-solid, convinced that this will pass — maybe not in the next match against Everton, maybe not in the next month, maybe not this season — I'd feel very differently.
Wouldn't say I'm entirely relaxed about it but I think I get your drift. I'm finding I watch our game only now. Previously, if we even drew, I'd be waiting for other results to see if we'd slipped. Don't give a shit now whether the Arse or Scousers win, lose or draw. Get as many dodgy penalties or VAR decisions as they like, I'm not witnessing any of it. Hopefully City start scoring again soon and we get back up the table a bit.I wonder if anyone else is feeling like this?
Over the last few days, I've realised that I've relaxed. A deep and much needed psychological relaxation. I mean by that that for years, certainly since Pep's arrival eight years ago, but really, probably going right back to Roberto, I've been kind of braced. Every season, expecting City to be in the title fight, every season, hoping that City will go through to the semi-finals or finals of the Champions League, wondering how far we'll get, round after round, in the two domestic cups, weighing up all the odds, every single match has been a source of anxiety. Even angst. Every single match has felt like a must win. Every goal conceded during a match has felt like a punch to the solar plexus. Now that I know we're not winning the PL, we're not winning the CL, we might get top four (we'll see), we might win the F.A. Cup, well, I'm taking a well-earned rest from this existential anxiety. Let the dipper supporters feel it — it seems to make them psychotic anyway. Let the Arse fans feel it for a bit. Let them feel the terrible burden of hope.
I'm taking a break…
Now don't get me wrong. I hate, not just these endless defeats, but the boring way we're being defeated. And if I wasn't absolutely, rock-solid, convinced that this will pass — maybe not in the next match against Everton, maybe not in the next month, maybe not this season — I'd feel very differently.