So playing the weakened team against Utd worked out

I would much rather look back on an historic win over barca with a full rested squad than a cup win over the rags who are no threat to us anymore,perspective people
 
Corky said:
It would have worked if we had won. In both the Swansea and United games better players were brought on so I don not think the intention was to get knocked out.

The win against Barca still means we are likely to come second, so it was not that important to qualification.
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Isn't hindsight wonderful.
 
Up to three midweek games less for us.

That's got to be a good thing in the long run now that last 16 CL looks likely.
 
sir baconface said:
How many posters called for his head?
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Ok ok there here were only a couple who specifically said it, but the rest (In a meaningless B team game against Utd!) was about how Pep doesnt know what he is doing.

I dont mind that, we all have a hissy after a game. But it's nearly every game we lose, they come out from the back and start talking about Pep as if our manager is an idiot. It's those people who boo the team on the pitch imo. They want Instant gratification or sack the manager - Whoever he is!
 
tramazi said:
Ok ok there here were only a couple who specifically said it, but the rest (In a meaningless B team game against Utd!) was about how Pep doesnt know what he is doing.

I dont mind that, we all have a hissy after a game. But it's nearly every game we lose, they come out from the back and start talking about Pep as if our manager is an idiot. It's those people who boo the team on the pitch imo. They want Instant gratification or sack the manager - Whoever he is!
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Disagree again. The primary reason a number of posters were unhappy was because it was against the hated rags, not because it was stupid. I doubt a single person on Bluemoon thinks the manager is stupid, even if they take issue on the odd point.

In footballing terms, the decision to field a seriously weakened team was arguably vindicated by the two subsequent (excellent) wins. We will never know for certain, and it might have gone a different way, but on balance it worked out. That doesn't alter the fact that, in some eyes, the price was a high one. It's just not as black and white as some would have it.

Anyway, isn't it time to move on? The vast majority on both sides of the argument are getting more pleasure from the last two performances than the opportunity to wind other posters up.
 
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My frustration with that game wasn't the weakened team, but what looked like a lack of desire to win it.
 
its worked out for the Rags , held by the mighty Burnley (37 shots) at home and now getting stuffed by some Turkish waiters whilst injuring the most expensive hairstylist in football. Yooonited the football club that just keeps on giving
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
its worked out for the Rags , held by the mighty Burnley (37 shots) at home and now getting stuffed by some Turkish waiters whilst injuring the most expensive hairstylist in football. Yooonited the football club that just keeps on giving
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And it could've been 6 to Fenerbahce and they're making the rags look like a conference outfit lol. Our dominance and magnificent entertaining football with the best manager on the planet combined with their demise, boring crap and the most pathetic gurning manager in league is just so unbelievable I sometimes think I'm going to wake up and find it was all a dream lol. What a time to be Blue
 
How do we know we wouldn't have won all three?
 
Ed2607 said:
And it could've been 6 to Fenerbahce and they're making the rags look like a conference outfit lol. Our dominance and magnificent entertaining football with the best manager on the planet combined with their demise, boring crap and the most pathetic gurning manager in league is just so unbelievable I sometimes think I'm going to wake up and find it was all a dream lol. What a time to be Blue
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ive taken over 30 years of crap from that lot , them winning champs league whilst i had the joy of a visit to Bootham crescent on a wet saturday afternoon (never seen so many blues there must have been at least 250,000 of us :)........................ isnt payback a bitch
 
Ed2607 said:
And it could've been 6 to Fenerbahce and they're making the rags look like a conference outfit lol. Our dominance and magnificent entertaining football with the best manager on the planet combined with their demise, boring crap and the most pathetic gurning manager in league is just so unbelievable I sometimes think I'm going to wake up and find it was all a dream lol. What a time to be Blue
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ive taken over 30 years of crap from that lot , them winning champs league whilst i had the joy of a visit to Bootham crescent on a wet saturday afternoon (never seen so many blues there must have been at least 250,000 of us :)........................ aint payback a bitch
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
How do we know we wouldn't have won all three?
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The players aren't machines, they're human and tire. We all see it, especially the next game after tough midweek CL matches. They need to rest and no one knows better about how they recover than the boss and his dedicated team. To be honest the team that played the rags could as easily have won but on the grand scheme of things City are now bigger than that, far bigger and yes derby day is always a game we all want to win but to focus on winning the league, where they haven't a hope in hell, as well as focusing on the CL when they lose to Fenerbahce in the Europa league is absolute joy. And if the rags suffering is eased by boasting about beating our kids and reserves in the tinkers cup then we've already won the war ))
 
That would have likely been the case had we got beat due to head to head and BM playing barca. We will just get a stronger 2nd position.
 
Where does this idea that he played a weakened team with the Barca and Baggies game in mind come from?

He adopted a policy for the League Cup, he simply continued that policy against the rags rather than giving them special treatment. The end.
 
I don't think we lost the derby because we fielded a weaker team. I think we lost because Jose decided to field a very strong team if that makes sense. I don't think anyone was expecting him to rock a full strength side. If he would have fielded a similar one to us then chances are we would have probably won
 
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