Still angry

[Chi-town blues]

It's called " hole in the stick" ffs

 

[bellsouth]

Watching the Leicester players celebrating at Vardys last night you had to feel happy for them. We had to wait a long time for our title in 2012, they've waited forever and and we all know how great ours felt.
One thing struck me though, there was a complete togetherness in the way they celebrated as there is in the way they play, a togetherness I don't think we have. We have cliques of players who get on great but I just couldn't picture our current squad doing that last night

 

[winchamblue]

Watching the Leicester players celebrating at Vardys last night you had to feel happy for them. We had to wait a long time for our title in 2012, they've waited forever and and we all know how great ours felt.
One thing struck me though, there was a complete togetherness in the way they celebrated as there is in the way they play, a togetherness I don't think we have. We have cliques of players who get on great but I just couldn't picture our current squad doing that last night

Spot on

 

[flb]

Watching the Leicester players celebrating at Vardys last night you had to feel happy for them. We had to wait a long time for our title in 2012, they've waited forever and and we all know how great ours felt.
One thing struck me though, there was a complete togetherness in the way they celebrated as there is in the way they play, a togetherness I don't think we have. We have cliques of players who get on great but I just couldn't picture our current squad doing that last night

Its a valid observation, Its what has got them through, top for 135 days with that pressure on them is one hell of an achievement.

There is no togetherness with our lot, they prance around shrugging there shoulders when we go a goal behind, until the mentality is sorted out it will be rinse and repeat for years to come.Money is only 50% of the story as Leicester have just proved-an to a lesser extent Tottenham.

 

[Mr HJ]

The problem as I see it in regards to that, is how long Pep is here for.

If he's only here for 3 seasons, is he really going to axe 10 players for being lazyarses or give people like Silva or Aguero shit on a day when they aren't up for it ?

I hope he does but I think it will be somewhere inbetween, unless he plans a long stay, in which case they are all potentially on Death Row.

To be honest I think the days of any manager staying long term has gone. I can see Pep staying for maximum 5 years which would be fantastic. What we really need is a change of emphasis and a more professional approach to each match preparation. Tactically and preparation wise are the two areas I believe Pellegrini is poor at. He wants his team to play a certain way and is inflexible which has cost us many points.He is also reactionary rather than proactive. I don't see us changing too many players, just a few key areas. Pep will instantly have the respect of the squad and hopefully for us fans, he will set us on a slightly different course that will put things in place for others to follow. Despite all the rubbish written on here - including some of my angrier posts after lethargic games - there is not that much wrong or put it another way, not a lot that cannot be fixed quickly with the right leadership. Look at Leicester to see how players can be motivated to perform week in week out. Granted we will have many more high pressure games and need a better quality in the squad. It will be interesting to see how Pep handles the poor quality of some of the senior players that don't play all the time. I for one think he will have a dramatic effect on players like Sterling and Nacho who have vast potential - not sure what he will do about Delph whose passing is terrible, I see Bony, Kolarov, Navas,Fernando and perhaps one surprise player departing.

 

[squirtyflower]

Whilst the world has jumped on the Leicester bandwagon and everyone seems to be giving them hearty congratulations and slapping them on the back I just feel angry. Really, really angry. That is my only emotion. Fair play to them and all that but how the fuck are they Champions?
At this moment in time, and I admit this may change dramatically by tomorrow night, I really could kick our lazy, arrogant team all around their plush dressing room. I don't think anybody would deny we have the most talented team so how are we labouring to scrape 4th place and miles behind bloody Leicester?
The answer is because they don't fucking care. They don't want to work. Don't want to run and chase. They don't want it badly enough. They are a team of pampered superstars led by a weak, ineffectual manager. Souness was spot on. They pick and choose when they can be arsed. Sevilla, Kiev, Paris. Yeah we'll make an effort. Sadly those performances are greatly outweighed by lazy, shit displays.
So sorry Leicester I don't feel your joy at all. I'm pissed off and I can only hope those in charge at our club feel the same way.

What a soft arsed ****

 

[gregblag]

Why is it an embarrassment? There is no divine right. We haven't played well all season for a number of factors, but mainly injuries and a declining squad that FFP affected more than people realise. There is still everything to play for. We may miss out but so be it.

Injuries aren't the reason we haven't played well. We haven't played well because we have been mismanaged and because the players only turn up when they feel like it. Injuries have exacerbated the situation but they have not been the root problem.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Watching the Leicester players celebrating at Vardys last night you had to feel happy for them. We had to wait a long time for our title in 2012, they've waited forever and and we all know how great ours felt.
One thing struck me though, there was a complete togetherness in the way they celebrated as there is in the way they play, a togetherness I don't think we have. We have cliques of players who get on great but I just couldn't picture our current squad doing that last night

Abso-fucking-lutely! We have 3 main cliques, based on language - the English-speakers, Spanish-speakers and French-speakers. It never looks like a cohesive unit, a team. There are groups within the the changing room for sure. Leicester are all together as one.

 

[purplenose]

What a fucking fuss....to those having a tantrum because little Leicester have won the league....and how very dare they? accept this is football. Its what makes football great. Some lucky enough to be in Madrid will have been present when City played Macclesfield and Stockport in the League. Manchester City will never win every game they play with or without Pep its not the end of the world. I will be gutted if we dont go through tommorrow night, I will be angry if we are shit and get our arses on a plate especially if a certain ex rag portuguese poof is responsible but ffs it wont be the end of the world and we will be in Europe one way or another next season.

Yes its right to be pissed off when players seem to amble around with little or no apparent motivation. Sadly when you put all the circumstances together it was almost inevitabel. Players who know they are passed thier best and are likely to be gone in a few weeks, a manager who knows he is gone prioritising the Champions league as he doesnt know if he will get as good a chance of winning the thing. The fact all those players and even the manager who knows the whole of this and probably last season has just been a filler whilst the club await the manager they have wanted all along. We all know that the squad needs rebuilding significantly and that really wasnt going to start until Pep was in place.

I fear for the blood pressure of some next season if it proves a little patience is required whilst Pep does rebuild and get it all together and well it might.

 

[gregblag]

I agree with the OP, I couldn't care less about Leicester winning it, with the side we have we should be winning the league at a canter. That isn't me behaving like a "spoilt rag" that is me looking at how much we have spent, looking at our playing staff and believing that this season, with Chelsea imploding, United nowhere to be seen and Arsenal being Arsenal we should have won the league by February. Instead we are struggling to finish top 4, in a league won by Leicester, a league where Spurs are likely to finish 2nd and a league where West Ham are right up our arse. You can buy into all the fairy-tale stuff if you like, I wont, Pellegrini has been an absolute disaster.

The decline in the quality of the side has been there for all to see over the past 18 months under his leadership. He won the title and should be leaving the club a hero but instead many fans cant wait for him to go. He is tactically inept and is clearly unable to motivate the players, that on Sunday was an absolute disgrace and was like watching us 20 years ago.

Its not all Pellegrinis fault, the player recruitment from Txiki has been terrible. Millions wasted on centre-backs, no improvement in full-backs for years, Kolarov was no good 5 years ago yet hes still in the side. We've let countless center-midfielders go and continually replaced them with inferior players, Gareth Barry wasn't good enough for where we wanted to be, yet we replaced him with a worse player in Garcia and then replaced him with someone who looks like he is carrying a fridge-freezer on his back in Fernando. We haven't signed a top-class striker since Aguero, we have wasted millions trying to do so but consistently end up cursing because we have nobody to replace him when he is injured.

I live in hope that we can somehow fluke a Champions League win and then the season will suddenly become a success, however I feel getting knocked out this week and then failing to finish top 4 is more likely. In this scenario the club is left in turmoil and the media would absolutely slaughter us, loving the fact that Pep is coming in without CL football. Pellegrini will be ok though, he walks away with the world stating that he is a really nice guy and his head held high despite being a complete failure.

Iheanacho has the best scoring rate in the Premier League this season, better than Aguero's. There is nobody to replace Aguero if you are as blind as a bat as Pellegrini somehow is.