I still think fans lack of reaction for the handball genuinely f'ked him off. We need that v Arsenal as the games wll be so tight.....I think Pep had that in his mind, he's quite clever!!it's like scratching a scab, it will bleed and sting even more than the injury that the scab was formed from.
the players are what he picks from what he sees in training, so if they are not giving 100% then why pick them ?
as for the fans booing at half-time, they were the same fans clapping them off so again pep it goes both ways.
My club Manchester city are bigger than any players or manager, the fans have the right to boo a bad half, just like pep storming off down the tunnel not happy ? but the end of the game, go and take a look at pep reactions, did that look like an unhappy manager after the win,
everybody can see our major problem, and it's at left back / left wing back ? most of the trouble and mistake come from our left side of defence, AKE is not a left back or left wing back, PEP is dancing with the devil down the left and has pep ever really sort out the left back to balance the team
for me, it's a great bit of minds games by pep ? it's covering his back against the players' loss of form.
like I said, the manager sees everything in training and picks the team, just like when winning every week.
YES, pep can wrong ? maybe needs the club to say OK pep here are the options, a rebuild in the summer and 4 or 5 senior players can be moved on or used as squad players, but the money is there and let's get the left back sorted once and for all, Or we look at what happens with what's left of the season and Champions League and talk in the summer about what's best going forward,
BUT this stinks of a pep's major mind game over arsenal ? he's want to put out we are in a mess and players have turned off, get the message out there we are done and don't fancy the fight ?
that 2nd half is not a team full of players that are happy to rollover, far from it ? we are just out of form and looking for a spark and tonight it shown in the 2nd half, pep and the 4th goal or pep at the final whistle says it all
I went in for a pint after their second goal so didn't hear the booing but I would hope the booing was aimed at that shambles of a ref and not the players. If not then shame on those fans - stay at home pleaseIf that booing was of the team and not the ref then I am ashamed of the fans.
We’re fucking second in the league with 19 games to play (including two against the current leaders), qualified for the knockout stages of the CL with games left, and on to the next round of the FA Cup. And are in a relatively short bad spell.
I said I wasn’t angry but numb at halftime, because I was more angry with the ref than anything, and was worried we didn’t have the fight to come back right now, especially with the suspect officiating and the fan reaction at the halftime whistle. Things don’t seem the same as last season in many ways.
But they proved me wrong and I was right back to being fired up. And I can’t imagine ever booing the team, unless it was doing some pretty obviously awful things on and/or of the pitch (most likely unrelated to football). Pep acknowledge things are amiss and threw down the gauntlet after the match.
How fucking entitled do you have to be to boo your team after a few bad performances in the midst of the best football ever seen at City, sustained over a decade.
Again, I hope that is not what most fans were doing, but they should be ashamed if they were.
Or boo all the fucking time if it gets that performance out of them!Do we fuck. If you want to boo stay at home shithouses
Nigel De Jong was a proper enforcer but he would be getting sent off every other game these days.We need a nasty twat of a Centre Mid. A Craig Bellemy / Paul Dickov to kick off and grab ppl by the throat when needed.
It's something we not had in this era that I can recall and I honestly think it would go a long way.
Correct!Do we fuck. If you want to boo stay at home shithouses
I think Pep also said when Rico got fouled 4 times there was no passion from his team mates.
Shame players can’t assess the fan’s’ performance - it would be an eye opener. The players will tell you how much a rallying support can help them. However, as demonstrated on here, when we’re losing the support is crap.They were dreadful in the first half man. Those fans had every right to boo.
Hindsight is 20/20 now, but things looked increadly bleak before that 2nd half turnaround.
We'd have bitten your hand off for three passes in a row quite often...no wonder Maine Road was fairly quiet as well as= lot of games. I am not having the 'we were noisy at home, passionate etc' were Mancs , pretty dour lot, makes chat in the pub drier and funnier but were not dressed in shiny trackies frothing at the mouth types...keep tha stuff up the east lancs rdSo have I
Our home support is no worse than Old Trafford, Anfield, Stamford Bridge, Emirates etc….i can live with that!
So why does Pep have to tell the whole fucking world live on tv that were shit (and not for the first time)
Does Ten Haag? Klopp? Arteta? I’ve also missed Potter mentioning how poor Chelsea fans were in his interview after City sang “is this the Etihad” at Stamford Bridge the other week.
Maybe try not to mention the fans (again) Pep. This shit sticks on the walls and your giving rival fans ammunition FFS
£70.00 for a ticket and the manager has a pop at you after his team put’s a peformance like that first half.
Were not perfect but which supporters are on a freezing Thursday night?
Well I was one of those shit supporters who stayed and applauded the team off the pitch for 10 minutes after the game, which the players appreciated ! The noise and support was superb in the second half. We've got great and loyal support and have been there through thick and thin for many years and pay a hell of a lot to support the team so not really sure what Pep is on about as much as we love him !Well said lad.. I feel the same. I am ashamed of our shit support. I can see him thinking. What have I got to do to get this lot going. Great team and manager. Very very embarrassing shit support that leave early always and never get behind this wonderful team.wake up boys and girls and stop Whingeing
Our ticket prices are lower than most clubs - & certainly the top 6 clubs. It’s the PL set up & FFP that determines the ticket price. Not the clubHad a go at everyone except his paymasters who are the reason why the atmosphere at home is declining with their sanitised tourist centric shite they are serving up on a week by week basis.
Understand what he is doing but he’s gone about it the wrong way again with regards to the fanbase. We continue to turn up in our numbers home and away and we are rewarded with £68 tickets and a fucking shit light show.
The support can be better at home but then so can the other 19 premier league clubs but the other 19 premier league managers aren’t attacking their own fans to get a reaction.
Words create headlines and perceptions that stick regardless of how exaggerated they are and we are attacked enough as a fan base from all angles without our manager joining in for a reaction.
Depends what 'support' means...like Ive said before old fellas and ladies who have been going donkeys yeas support the team bit not up out their seats screaming at refs etc...Shame players can’t assess the fan’s’ performance - it would be an eye opener. The players will tell you how much a rallying support can help them. However, as demonstrated on here, when we’re losing the support is crap.
Mmmm. But they probably don’t boo the team & moan about them on here. They appreciate what a top club we areDepends what 'support' means...like Ive said before old fellas and ladies who have been going donkeys yeas support the team bit not up out their seats screaming at refs etc...