Unfortunately, Phil will almost certainly want to play for England, as he has struggled to get back his fitness of last season.Stones was excellent and we need him in this side for his passing range and his threat in the opposition penalty area for corners free kicks!
What I worry about is when stones goes on international duty Foden as well we can not afford these two players getting injured!
Now tell me what happens to Arsenal, Liverpool, Villa & Spurs, not to mention the Rags? What about teams with aspirations like Newcastle, Brighton, WHU?I completely agree. And Slovan Bratislava are the Champions of Slovenia.
Savio is creative, very skilled, and makes things happen. Nunes had a disappointing game. He keeps getting chances, but at this point I think we just have to realize he's a very average PL player.My opinion on Nunes becomes more and more negative as each minute this bloke plays. Shocking that he's at our club.
I know this won't be popular, but what is it that people drooling over Savio see that I can't?
Actually they are Champions of Slovakia, Celje are the Slovenian Champions for last season and didn't make it through the qualifiers.I completely agree. And Slovan Bratislava are the Champions of Slovenia.
Now tell me what happens to Arsenal, Liverpool, Villa & Spurs, not to mention the Rags? What about teams with aspirations like Newcastle, Brighton, WHU?
If the CL should be for Champions only, where do the aforementioned go? Are you beginning to see the problem here?
If you think it’s an easy group and easy top 8 that’s fantastic for you. I think we are a brilliant team, but I am not arrogant or complacent enough to think top 8 (with the fixtures we have and how many top teams are after top 8) is anything other than difficult. That’s all I said and all I still say. If we got top 8 with these fixtures and those in contention (many with easier fixtures) we will have done brilliantlyIt is genuinely frightening how little respect our own fans have for our team and its achievements, we won this competition 2 years ago and were knocked out last year on pens by the eventual winners who put in the biggest shithouse performance you have ever seen up until the arsenal game and all of a sudden now we think we can go to sporting, juve and psg and get a results? Of course they will be tough games but my god it will be just as tough for them honestly its like people think we have forgotten how to play football and how to be a team.
We continuously complain about the press and how they are disrespectful to us and belittle our achievements when some of our fans are just as bad if not worse.
Even Sky don’t know the difference, they had us playing in Slovenia.Actually they are Champions of Slovakia, Celje are the Slovenian Champions for last season and didn't make it through the qualifiers.
OK. I didn't hear it on the TNT feed though despite them mentioning several times that Weiss was ex-City and won the Youth Cup.Don't know where the stream was from which I watched, but they mentioned Mak being at our Academy a couple of times
During the days of the European Cup, there were several storied teams who competed with the very best, who we hardly hear of nowadays.IMHO the champions league should just be for the champions of the leagues, but UEFA aren't making any money off that concept.
During the days of the European Cup, there were several storied teams who competed with the very best, who we hardly hear of nowadays.
According to the commentator, the record signing for Bratislava is €1m back in 2017. They've only ever spent above €500k on a single transfer 6 times in their history. There are FL League One teams who've spent more.
If the CL was only for Champions, imagine how the massively increased revenue would effect the Slovak league? There again, Bratislava would end up like the Bayern or PSG of their league which they kind of already are, without the increased revenue this season will bring.
If the CL was for Champions only & the UEFA League (or whatever it's called) was for the rest, Bratislava vs City would be nowhere near the crowd puller of Bayern vs Liverpool in the lower competition.
I don't know what to suggest, because you have to weigh up the fairness of a true Champions only competition, against viewers voting with their TV remotes & bums on seats. As an advertiser, I'd be placing my advert during Bayern vs Liverpool rather than Bratislava vs City. That's the cruel reality of the situation.
at no point did i say it was an easy group, in fact if you read what i put i said of course they will be tough games but what i also said that it will be every bit as tough for juve, sporting and psg as it will be for us and we should respect the team and what they can do is all.If you think it’s an easy group and easy top 8 that’s fantastic for you. I think we are a brilliant team, but I am not arrogant or complacent enough to think top 8 (with the fixtures we have and how many top teams are after top 8) is anything other than difficult. That’s all I said and all I still say. If we got top 8 with these fixtures and those in contention (many with easier fixtures) we will have done brilliantly
But when you have Liverpool, ManUre, Arsenal, Chelsea & Spuds with such financial might & pulling power with UEFA, I can't see those turkeys voting for Christmas any time soon.What it is now is everyone can play in it and the dead rubbers are awful, the elite competition should just be for the elite teams that win their respective leagues IMO but it isn't going to happen because money talks.
This seeding and coefficient nonsense has got to end too, if they are going to stick with the format the way it is (They wont because some idiot will change the format again just because they can) they need to stop giving "Bigger" leagues more teams giving those countries a better chance of winning the competition.
Spot on. Some of the stuff I see, both in the match and post match threads are baffling. Have people forgotten the mentality that Pep has brought to the playing side of the club? The amount of irretrievable situations that we've, er, retrieved. Look at last season;without De Bruyne for half the campaign and Haaland for, what 6-8 weeks. And we still won the league. If we hadn't turned up pissed, we'd have won the FA Cup as well. And we went out of the CL on penalties to the eventual winner. Are there some potentially tricky fixtures in the CL before Christmas? Yes of course there are. Stevie Wonder can see that. But you know what? We're none too shabby a side either. None of the 6 remaining fixtures terrify me. As I've said countless times; go into every game respecting the opposition, but not fearing them. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of those opposing players not looking forward to coming up against us.It is genuinely frightening how little respect our own fans have for our team and its achievements, we won this competition 2 years ago and were knocked out last year on pens by the eventual winners who put in the biggest shithouse performance you have ever seen up until the arsenal game and all of a sudden now we think we can go to sporting, juve and psg and get a results? Of course they will be tough games but my god it will be just as tough for them honestly its like people think we have forgotten how to play football and how to be a team.
We continuously complain about the press and how they are disrespectful to us and belittle our achievements when some of our fans are just as bad if not worse.
No you said “it’s genuinely frightening how little respect our fans have for our fans and our achievements”, that’s what you said in direct response to my post. There was NOTHING in my post that could lead you to that conclusion, so stop being a prick and posting shitat no point did i say it was an easy group, in fact if you read what i put i said of course they will be tough games but what i also said that it will be every bit as tough for juve, sporting and psg as it will be for us and we should respect the team and what they can do is all.
and exactly what shit did i post but thanks for your input and insultsNo you said “it’s genuinely frightening how little respect our fans have for our fans and our achievements”, that’s what you said in direct response to my post. There was NOTHING in my post that could lead you to that conclusion, so stop being a prick and posting shit
Read my original post and your response to it and you might understand itand exactly what shit did i post but thanks for your input and insults
i understand your little tantrum to me not agreeing with you perfectly so ive no need to go back and re read it, at no point did i say it was an easy group i actually said they were tough games if you go back and re read it and if you do the point i was making was that while all games are tough we should not be disrespectful of how good we are and have been and that those teams will not want to face us as much as we dont them, so yes i understand your insults and strop and why but its okay mate you dont have to throw your toys and insult people just because they disagree with you, its just as easy to put together a cogent disagreement but like i say i will take your fantastic points and insults on board.Read my post and your response to it and you might understand it
I told you what you said, re-read your first sentence to my original post. You completely misrepresented what I said.i understand your little tantrum to me not agreeing with you perfectly so ive no need to go back and re read it, at no point did i say it was an easy group i actually said they were tough games if you go back and re read it and if you do the point i was making was that while all games are tough we should not be disrespectful of how good we are and have been and that those teams will not want to face us as much as we dont them, so yes i understand your insults and strop and why but its okay mate you dont have to throw your toys and insult people just because they disagree with you, its just as easy to put together a cogent disagreement but like i say i will take your fantastic points and insults on board.
If that is what you believe then that is absolutely fine and more power to you.I told you what you said, re-read your first sentence to my original post. You completely misrepresented what I said.