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[BlueMonkey79]

I think our set pieces could possibly be the worst in the league but in what world would a referee give City an extra 3 minutes to find a goal?He blew up on 7 mins and 30 secs as Southampton had brought on 2 subs in added time…

When we get a corner now I just sigh. Why bother with them. They never find a blue shirt. Or it's straight into the arms of the keeper who collects it unchallenged. I honestly think we'd be better knocking it out for a throw in from where the corner is being took.

The whole set up and movement in the box is non existent.

We must get the most corners in the league and hardly score from them.

 

[heslops barnet]

A marriage break up is a serious emotional issue and it's clearly affected Pep and his thinking, it would be weird if it has not.

But again that is irrelevant in terms of the club, as said earlier the club need to tell him to sort out the issue or maybe it's time to part ways.

What the manager has achieved is incredible, historical but that's now in the past, the most important thing is the future of our club, not individuals.

Hierarchy need to realise there’s no room for sentimentality in business…..

 

[heslops barnet]

When we get a corner now I just sigh. Why bother with them. They never find a blue shirt. Or it's straight into the arms of the keeper who collects it unchallenged. I honestly think we'd be better knocking it out for a throw in from where the corner is being took.

The whole set up and movement in the box is non existent.

We must get the most corners in the league and hardly score from them.

Wasn’t there a time when we had the most goals from corners?

 

[Keeper!]

Wenger at arsenal another good example

Clough 100%

Numerous examples of managers and players not knowing when it's time to move on and say goodbye.

I personally think we have become very lazy and arrogant as a club in the last couple of seasons and was summed up by the sale of Julian Alvarez without replacing him, utterly bizarre, then followed by the resigning of Gundo, a player that 1 year earlier we felt did not warrant the two year deal he wanted.

 

[Keeper!]

Yes I do think they're still playing for him as we were doing well up until yesterday. I mean we're in a cup final next week!!

I read these same arguments for liverpool last season and then they brought in just one player and stormed the league.

A few signings and we'll play better.

I really don't understand the doom on this site because of one season we didn't play well.

Who genuinely are the players that got us to this cup final?

Marmoush, O'Reilly, Nunes all dropped.

And I may be controversial here but CL qualification is essential, far, far more important than a FA Cup.

Losing a minimum of 50m for no CL would be a hammer blow to finances and the ability to attract elite players this summer.

We took the piss out of the rags for playing Thursday night Euro games, that looks like it could come back to hit us hard.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Are we blaming Pep or the players for this seasons poor performances?

I’m blaming Pep for team selection, tactics and systems. Who else should I blame.

 

[Keeper!]

I’m blaming Pep for team selection, tactics and systems. Who else should I blame.

Southampton and any team that dares to defend in numbers ;)

Oh and let's not forget VAR and the Refs, they have tried to stop us over the last decade, that worked well!

 

[hilts]

We paid £100 million for Jack, it doesn't mean he's worth £100 million.

In Peps mind he was for long enough.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

I disagree, so can you name 2 wingers we should be targeting in the summer ?

I’m sure there are stats somewhere of the goals of assists for wingers in europes top leagues this season - Doku and Savinho won’t be in the top 50.

Neither good enough. It’s why they were both on the bench when we played the worst team in Premier League history.

Shit recruitment is why we are on target for 6th place.

 

[hilts]

True
Arsenal and Liverpool score three yesterday without breaking sweat
We’re a team full of cowards at the moment
We pass sideways because only Kev has any balls

You can't presume they pass sideways out of cowardice rather than instruction or lack of options.

 

[balotellishaircut]

I’m sure there are stats somewhere of the goals of assists for wingers in europes top leagues this season - Doku and Savinho won’t be in the top 50.

Neither good enough. It’s why they were both on the bench when we played the worst team in Premier League history.

Shit recruitment is why we are on target for 6th place.

Name a winger we should target in the summer ?

 

[mayo31]

You arent being specific but you use another specific example

Im not sure youre getting what people are saying to be honest

Oh I get what you are saying

Let’s just agree to differ as it’s a nice day today.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

The most important stat from this game is, 50 passes for every shot, in the first half.
Well done Pep you won the midfield battle, at very least Pep should have put on players more likely to score, at half time, but he did not, this failure was shown by Lewis, who on the penalty spot, whit the ball at his feet, and no one around him, chose to pass backwards.

 

[bluedave1894]

Wasn’t there a time when we had the most goals from corners?

When we had Nicholas Jover as a set piece coach, he was appointed on Arteta's recommendation. He followed Arteta to Arsenal, you only have to look at their record on set plays to realise this was a mistake.

 

[Norman kneejerk]

When we get a corner now I just sigh. Why bother with them. They never find a blue shirt. Or it's straight into the arms of the keeper who collects it unchallenged. I honestly think we'd be better knocking it out for a throw in from where the corner is being took.

The whole set up and movement in the box is non existent.

We must get the most corners in the league and hardly score from them.

It's too static.
I won't normally watch our neighbours because I feel nauseas within 2 minutes but I will gladly put tbe last 10 mins on if they ate losing to enjoy the moment..
The one thing they are not bad at imo is rushing the box with running jumpers and getting a lot of crosses in.
It does look quite effective when chasing a game and makes the defenders work.
It does bother me we don't seem to see any benefit in this at any stage.

 

[Harvster]

Wasn’t there a time when we had the most goals from corners?

Think Kevin Reeves was flicking them on for Bobby Mac

 

[Ken92]

Who genuinely are the players that got us to this cup final?

Marmoush, O'Reilly, Nunes all dropped.

And I may be controversial here but CL qualification is essential, far, far more important than a FA Cup.

Losing a minimum of 50m for no CL would be a hammer blow to finances and the ability to attract elite players this summer.

We took the piss out of the rags for playing Thursday night Euro games, that looks like it could come back to hit us hard.

Made our life hard ,but i think we can win 1 of the 2 games remaining and that should be good enough.

 

[argyle]

Who genuinely are the players that got us to this cup final?

Marmoush, O'Reilly, Nunes all dropped.

And I may be controversial here but CL qualification is essential, far, far more important than a FA Cup.

Losing a minimum of 50m for no CL would be a hammer blow to finances and the ability to attract elite players this summer.

We took the piss out of the rags for playing Thursday night Euro games, that looks like it could come back to hit us hard.

Well, if he played them and they got injured before the cup final....

I would have preferred he didn't change things btw.

There are problems with the side, no doubt. But I have every confidence we'll win the cup next week and we'll be back competing at the top next season.

I mean I remember the same things being said when liverpool last won the league and people wondered if we'd be back winning again etc. We then won 4 in a row.

People need to trust Pep and the club. I mean they've not done too badly this past 9 years have they?

 

[give it to gordon]

Why don't City just knock it about around our penalty box to draw the other team out ?.
Which team would get the blame if City knocked it about in their box and the other team just stayed in their box and not press City.
It would be fucking boring but make a good point that these park the bus teams are bad for the pl.
Why should it always be down to City to try a make a game of it ? Surely the home team should be expected to try and win the game.
I pay 70 fucking quid to watch these shit boring park the bus teams. It's not on park the bus teams should refund our money.
Yesterday City fans travelled 600 miles ? And the home team did fuck all.

Yes people will say it's down to City to break the bus down, but fuck me we have been playing against the bus for a decade now. I so miss a great end to end game prefer a City win but as long as it's a good game that's fine.

Football use to be about entertainment at the end of a working week. Us lot meet up just by the M2 around 7'ish and of we go. Full English on the way, a few beers around the ground, proper fish n chips. Than a drive back after the game.

Now kick off times fuck us up, can't get tickets next to each other, tickets prices are a scam, parking costs going up, games are fucking boring, travelling around England is a nightmare. We don't tend to chat about the game on the way back as nothing exciting happen !!.

We use to chat about the games against the dippers, rags, arsenal, psg, rm now we can't even get tickets for these games. Half and fucking half get tickets.

I feel City are going to need us old fans with our kids in the coming seasons. But will it be to late ? This season I've been to just 3 or 4 games not sat with my lad. Return 3 match tickets due to ko time being moved, so around 50% of the games we bought we couldn't attend.

Don't get me wrong I love City but not to sure how much City want me. The 12 hr round trip is becoming less and less attractive. I feel like a customer a day tripper now I don't recognised the Etihad anymore. It use to feel like coming home now I feel I don't belong.

Seen some great games, psg, Messi, naymer, Mbappe, RM and of course that mad 3-2 against Villa hugged my lad so hard after Gundogan scored the 3rd. Sadly those days seem to be gone, I'm lucky if I can see my lad as we are in different areas.

I think my flame is nearly out

My Sunday rant is over :)

CTID

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Not a fan of Dias ranting like that. Not after the stream of turgid shit the players have served up this year.