Get real, we have no chance of winning the title. Yes I will be going for the remainder of the season.
We had to go for it following Clattenburg's intervention.
Pellers seems to vary little from the game plan that with the selection he makes - great international footballers - something will turn up. The players will do their jobs, get away with the odd mistake and the hundreds and thousands of chances that come our way will have the odd conversion. It's the Micawber plan. Sometimes it works, most time it doesn't because we cannot cope with highly organised teams who have clearly done the lowdown on us and find it incredibly easier than they anticipated.
Spurs had fully stamped visas and passports to enter our half knowing full well that Carlos wouldn't be troubling them and Danny Cheating Bastard Rose could be a left winger all day!
When it works it's unstoppable, when it works it is a joy to behold. When it doesn't it is the most frustrating thing to suffer for ninety plus minutes.
So go for it. Without Yaya Toure.
Let our one defensive midfielder, Fernando, stop the breakaways, let Fernandinho buzz around in the centre & at both ends & see if we can get something from the game.
Pellegrini has nothing. His whole plan is hoping people sych as Yaya, Silva, Aguero rescue him. That's why he plays them half fit, out of form, knackered, anything. Early season it was DeBruyne. Even if he was blowing out of his arse, get him on the pitch whenever possible. Same with Kompany.
He's got nothing.
Who gives a fuck we have pep next season :)
We needed an extra attacking option to stretch them. It worked. If Fernandinho and Otter had done their jobs properly we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Season was a right off as soon as the Pep rumours surfaced, I did warn you all but got shouted down as normal. Chickens coming home to roost.
We streched Spurs because we upped the tempo & people such as Silva, woke up. Kelechi added more goal threat. Just needed to maintain the balance of the team, by making the hard decision.
It was not purely coincidence that we took off our def centre mid & Spurs put on fresh legs & ran through it. It was just thier manager seeing the obvious potential flaw in the plan.