We did ok against Chelsea , Ipswich , West Ham but it’s went awful since thenDon't think we did. We were lucky against several sides. Fulham, Wolves and Southampton spring to mind.
Hate to agree. Whether the club are being overly cautious due to the money criticism when the likes of Chelsea appear to be able to spend what they want on who they want is a possibility. In real terms we haven’t invested in the playing side for 3 years. Most of the signings have been offset against sales. You can get away with it for a while but it finds you out.
To be fair, everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. We have the set up and manager to recognise the issues and do the right thing, but they need to get their finger out in January and this summer.
The crowd stuck it out until very close to the final whistle so no blame on tonight's support. That was unbelievably dreadful in all aspects but there were no boos, just a stunned resignation that maybe this team is done.prime time for those new city fans to leave and support other team
Reduce the ticket price for the game next season.What now?
A forum means we can all have different opinions without name calling other blues, my opinion is we won’t be champions come May, we may finish 7th or 8th at this rate, only my opinion.Love this forum. Absolute wet lettuces who know nothing other than being spoilt
For the empty heads, this is football. Sometimes you go through a major slump, the same ones you all enjoy other clubs’ demise when they’re going through it.
We WILL be champions come May.
And then you can all take your faces for a massive dump an apologise.
The day the title went
Wish I could like this post more than once!!!!!We could be FIFTH by the end of next weekend!
For perspective, that Spurs team lost at home to Ipswich! So Spursy!
Same EXACT game plan that beats us every time we lose beat us again today:
Don’t finish our chances
Concede on first break
Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
Looked a shell of the team that won it all in 2023. Just don’t have it if we don’t have the top 14 available and in form, and even then everyone knows we can be overrun on the break.
It definitely will not happen, but we need AT LEAST a new RB, CB or two, at least 3 midfielders and a striker. Between January and July-August Txiki & Hugo need to start writing some cheques and rebuilding this team with some size, strength and speed.
Look around at the strong midfields and they have all three, or at least 2 of the 3 in every player.
Much work to be done inside the club to redefine who City are going to be going forward.
Lastly, I think Pep has to look at himself.
He changed the League when he came to City. People said he couldn’t play his way in the PL and yet with the exception of Liverpool, his ideas have not only been absorbed by other PL and Bundesliga managers, but improved upon by inserting SSS into them.
However, while teaching other teams how to play for 9 years, they have not only learned the lesson, but understand the weaknesses and, more importantly, how to exploit the system.
Pep has tweaked things, and we have lauded those tweaks, but they have merely spackled over the cracks of a rapidly aging team.
Today, every crack was laid bare and the weaknesses of certain players were highlighted by Spurs players who were hungrier, more aggressive, first to every ball, and who know where the goal is.
Today, nobody covered themselves in glory, but more importantly the players whose glory days are behind them was on full display.
As I’ve said repeatedly, we need more size, strength and speed in our team, but when Pep is winning everything people come back over the top with “In Pep We Trust.”
Yep, his historical record is ridiculous, but anyone still ignoring the obvious, both with Pep and the squad, is whistling past the graveyard. History is in the rearview mirror, but that is where most Spurs players saw their marker today.
Not a good day at the office and if that spectacle didn’t light a fire under ownership and executive management, nothing will.
A few players are STEALING A LIVING at City at the moment, and they know who they are.
Bigger, stronger, faster…there endeth the lesson. Go in peace.
Oh yer the crowd tonight was true fansThe crowd stuck it out until very close to the final whistle so no blame on tonight's support. That was unbelievably dreadful in all aspects but there were no boos, just a stunned resignation that maybe this team is done.
It's not going to be an easy fix unfortunately.
The injury thing and drop off was bound to happen at some point after 4 in a row.Peps teams need to play with high intensity and need legs around the pitch and in midfield in particular.
We don't have that at all in midfield as we have players getting on in age and players that aren't capable of going through the work that's needed.
I'm sure Sam Lee (before the posts, yeah I know people are critical of him but he does have sources) said that Pep had an impact on transfers - preferring City kept money in the coffers than go over our perceived valuations. Would be interesting to get an insight into how the windows are decided.