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[havefaith]

Pep’s interviews recently remind me of when he went at the team after Spurs in 22/23. He’s trying to get a reaction.

From saying Haaland can get a break during internationals if he needs one to insinuating some players aren’t going through the pain barrier or admitting to getting pissed off at NT injuries and that we pay the wages.

He sounds pissed off. And rightly so.

As I've just told a bunch of giddy rags, when we've been as consistently shit as them over the last 1,2,3,4,5,6 ..... (you get the idea) years then i,ll worry, for now we just have to take it on the chin, we'll come good of that i have no doubt, we just have to ride it out and get behind Pep and the boys.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Embrace the adversity. Most of us have seen it, lived through it and come out the other side better for the experience.
There’s a lot of our fanbase who will never relate to that and have known only good times.
Believe me, it makes you appreciate things much better when things go pear shaped after success.
We are going through it at the moment, on and off the field. The next few months are going to be seismic and it’s probably a good time to rally round and show a bit of support for a group who have made all our dreams come true in the last few years.

My Nephew came round mine to watch the match he's only 11. Losing 3 in a row is something unreal for him, I told him when I was his age I'd be well chuffed if we only lost 3 in a row. Had a good laugh with him but he blagged a pair of Adidas trainers off me. 11 years old and size 10 feet haha.

 

[coolcity]

That loss tonight had nothing to do with the injury list, it was down to the fact we can't put the fucking ball in the net (or even on target), before they scored it should have been 4 or 5-0, and it wasn't like their keeper was having a worldy, he looked dreadful for 30 minutes.

Oh. OK. Might as well pull some more money in then and sell all the injured players.

 

[makinghistory]

Didn't deserve to lose that game 4-1, let's be honest. Actually a very good performance first half. Two braindead moments from Gvardiol and Nunes and Haaland's customary penalty miss of the season killed us.

System probably needs to evolve again, but I don't see how with this group of players. Need a signing or two in January.

I believe we are in transition. Lets bring the kids through and as you say a couple of quality buys to include a recognised goal scorer.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Poor Bernardo, I imagine him on the plane back to Manchester reading Camus or Sartre, all those unanswered questions for a little man.

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva to TNT Sports: "It's disappointing because we're a bit in a dark place right now. Everything looks to be going in the wrong way.

"Even when we are playing well we don't score our chances and we concede too easily. We definitely need to look inside and check what we're not doing well. And we need to get better very quickly otherwise it will be very difficult to come back from these losses.

"It's football. It's difficult to find reasons for what is happening to us. I don't remember in seven-and-a-half seasons this team losing three games in a row. It just looks like this team is going the wrong way now.

"The good thing is even though we have lost these three games we are still in a good position especially in the Premier League. After losing three games we are still in the main competitions fighting for everything. But we need to better, obviously.

"Our injured players need to come back because we need them and it's just not good enough tonight."

Not saying anything different from what we all feel or are saying. Refrshing because most of the time footballers just say the same old boring scripted shite - loads of words while actually saying fuck all. Bernardo has been brutal but honest there. Good to hear. And at least they understand it, they’re not deluded and think everything’s alright.

Sometimes a bad run can teach you some lessons. I’m half glad we got a hammering tonight because sometimes, playing averagely and winning or only just losing papers over cracks and you don’t change things, whereas a hammering can give everyone a massive kick up the backside.

 

[AndyP68]

Should have won. Half the first team is out. Some issues, but good God some people need to get a grip.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Great teams sometimes get their arses kicked.

That’s why we ultimately love football.

The embarrassing state of some of you cunts.

 

[paulchapo]

Looking at the BBC report is odd - they say we were well thrashed yet we had 20 shots, 72% possession & 11 corners to 1 - that tells me we still do certain things very well - we just need to find a solution to stopping teams constantly having 3 v 2 on breaks and counters. We gave away 2 stupid pens tonight because we got caught on the wrong side - we need to pick our best 4 fit defenders and start from there.

I guess we will be fine but the game at the weekend has become very important now.

This is where Pep has to earn his big bucks. We have no Rodri for the rest of the season, he has to find a solution to tighten up the defence.

 

[Petethemancinleeds]

Great result and performance,this is the Man City I fell in love with in the 80s . The bright side is we may get rid of a few plastics if we have a few more defeats and performances like that.
Every cloud lol

Spot on and the new hotel can easily be converted to a multi storey Mary Ds and Chippy.

 

[bluewatch007]

Got my old Man City back finally, get in