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wolviedinho said:
That’s it mate. Apathy, no one could be arsed and it shows every single game.

Bode
Spurs.

It won’t end until a ruthless approach is taken.
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Time for change mate, nothing will change if Pep stays until the end of the season. Liverpool next week could be the game to pull the trigger
 
The harsh reality is we simply haven’t been good enough this season. I can count on one hand our decent performances.

Too many Joe Averages. Too few leaders. Too many bottle merchants.

Thank Christ Haaland had his shooting boots earlier in the season else we’d be mid table
 
hogismuir said:
Fair enough. But again we're still (technically) in all 4 comps. No other top team does this every year. See Liverpool playing their youth team players in the FA Cup last year.
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That's all well and good IF we have a big enough squad...all this ''i want a small squad'' then try and win all 4 x cups = crazy management from the club ..top down
 
Just read that City have yet to score a goal in any Premier league game in 2026. Can't see that changing next Sunday unless they let us have a consolation goal!
 
Berti No Show said:
It’s difficult to stay positive when the same issues resurface every week. The moment a team applies sustained pressure, we seem to fold. There’s no clear identity, no recognisable style of play. We look like a side that looks unsure of itself. Everything feels overly safe and cautious, stripped of ambition and creativity. It’s dull to watch.

And then the club/supporters acts surprised when midweek Champions League attendances start to dip.
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Top 8 in the Champions League. The title is still definitely in reach if we pull our fingers out. Carabao Cup semi final (2-0 up), still in the FA Cup. Every team goes through a bad patch, Arsenal for the last few weeks, Liverpool in September, we have to keep pushing. Being negative is never going to help and some people just can't resist!
 
ancoats said:
It's so right in front of your eye's NO manager, just let the team stroll about at 2.0 up
Pep did fuck all about it he was not shouting or screaming, just nothing
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Should have tore in to them at half time. Even winning, that first half was not acceptable. We needed urgency and energy. Instead he probaly said he was so so happy but we needed to slow it down and pass more.
 
twosips said:
I would love to know what's going on at half-time in City's dressing room. It's been happening for over a year now. Are they trying to keep their composure and control the game but just can't? If so, fuck that off. Just come out aggressive and fight for a bit to counter the expected increase in intensity from the opponents - or just be ultra conservative and kill the game. I dunno. Surely just anything other than whatever this is every other game. It's so predictable. Genuinely disappointed with Pep that he hasn't gotten on top of this.


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We don't have the legs in midfield to play that way. That's why Pep changed to the 442 which worked very well the last few games and again in the first half. Today wasn't a tactical issue.
 
skillman said:
Goalkeeper and defence are fine. Thought Don, Guehi and Khusanov were all fantastic. Nunes was steady too.

Midfield is OK too with Bernie, Rodri and NOR providing steel, composure and attacking ability.

The attack, however, being spearheaded by the elephant in the room sets a dreadful tone for the rest of the side IMO.
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Glad you did not include AN with the back four
 
Fordyboy46 said:
I think something is happening off the pitch, it's not a happy camp. Body language all round looks poor and something is definitely amiss with these performances at utd, Bodo and now Spurs where we could've lost by a lot more in each game, we deserved to lose today
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Those 3, worse than anything in Pep's first season and some of those were dire.
 
VAR howler for 2-1 goal. Solanke clearly kicks Guéhi. Gary Neville is an idiot. It's like they awarded Solanke the goal to justify their cock up.

It's a nice bit of improvisation from Solanke for the 2nd goal, but Donnarumma should probably do better. He gets a big hand on it.

City's weakness is the CM/DM area. The likes of Bernardo, Rodri and Nico González are vulnerable to counter attacks. They can't live with powerful runners who drive forward with the ball. And players can run off them. If Pep doesn't make that a priority position in the summer, City won't win another title in the current climate.
 
I've said it for yonks...if we still didn't have the 115 hanging over our heads pep would step to one side...hes determined to be at the helm once the verdict is out and say I told ya so then we all move on
 
balotelli's back pocket said:
Enough of the fucking revisionism that we weren't good in the first half. Yes we were. One of our best performances of the season, really comfortable with the ball, pressing high, only negative was not scoring more than 2. The issue was the second half and particularly, the response to their first goal.
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This has been going on about 18 months now, no matter who plays in the back four it's the same old story!

We have players who are made of wet bog roll and collapse mentally when we concede and its inevitable that we will concede again.
 
daztrueblue91 said:
We’re better than Arsenal man for man. Arteta plays a boring style of football to get the maximum from his side which is why they’ll win the league this season.

We’re in denial about the football we play and seem unable to accept we’re equally as boring as Arsenal. Yet we play a style that limits our best players.
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Raya and Donnarumma prob even (Raya far better than Donnarumma with his feet)

Nunes and timber id prob have timber

Gabriel and saliba are better than our cb pairings

We have better lb options imo

Id have rice over this version of Rodri and Nico g
Odegaard js better than the bernardo of today
I’d have cherki though

Saka is better than we have anywhere
Doku lw
Haaland st hut all strikers limited for varying reasons.

So imo Arsenal edge it just from starting eleven. Including bench arsenal strength in depth is far superior imo.

Plus they are starving for success. We look like we are at the end. They look like we did in terms of hunger and passion when pep first started. That’s both the players and from the fans
 
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