No, I only remember a one-off end of season result which I understand was a result of players protesting at the sacking of the manager, so otherwise totally meaningless.Oh yer the crowd tonight was true fans
It’s just so many young lads on this forum saying they are going to support other team now. How fragile are they
We used to loose to Middlesbrough 8-1
anyone here remember ?
I'd rather have this City than one that just uses and dumps players like a commodity when they have done with them.The problem that is killing us is Peps loyalty to some of these players. Walkers legs have gone but Pep convinced him to stay. Gundo is to slow but Pep won’t drop him. Bernardo is having an awful season. Stone can’t stay fit.
It’s earned loyalty from what they’ve done for Pep , titles etc but age and the amount of games they’ve played has caught up. They are not the players they used to be
Agree with much of what you say. Imagine had we kept Palmer Lavia and Alvarez. Maybe even Harwood Bellis. Those players in this squad and I think we be in a totally different state. We let talent go and didn’t replace it with similar standard.Pep Said that the over 30 players are still good enough to keep playing at this level, But the thing for me is they can not guarantee they can be injury-free all season, We need a new spine for the squad of 4 or 5 world-class players at the age of around 23 to 25 again.
Walker is the Key replacement with his age a major problem, Stones can never stay fit long enough, Ake is a good squad player, same with Akanji, Silva is always available for a move and maybe this summer he leaves, Ederson is looking for a big money move and if one comes again he's off, KDB well he can leave with our blessing and full honours and a statue.
But back to what Pep thinks and we should all listen to, He thinks they are still good enough and they have got something to offer
Agree with all your points.1. Lack of pace and aging players. We are playing a high line but lack of pressing on offensive third just doesn't work.
2. A series of poor transfer windows is now starting to cost us - Savinho, Doku, Nunes, Philips etc. All too slow and not good enough.
3. Rodri is a big miss but sadly don't have a Plan B and Kovacic/Gundogan are not that sort of player. The whole system is built with him as the engine. Even yesterday the front 5 were playing as if he was there and Spurs had acres of space. Pep needs to go back to the drawing board and abandon 'pivot' system to something that can half work while Rodri is not in the team.
4. After winning 4 in a row there was always going to be a blip and lack of motivation. I only hope that this run and hitting rock bottom galvanises the team.
Josko also had a couple. Haaland one of just a few with any credit whatsoever yesterday. Thwarted by a good keeper on a few occasions.Wonder if Gvardiol showed frustration at Haalands moon shots:-)
Don’t sweat it, we can’t do fuck all as fans, whatever happens happens.what a shit weekend, Arse, Chelsea, dippers all delivering 3 points. I really worried Pep spent two weeks thinking of this Spurs game and this was all what we served up. now he has to win the CL game and then prepare properly for the dipper away game unlike for this Spurs game.