Stoke away post match thread

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

as much as i want him gone, pellegrini will be here til the end of the season. unfortunately, that means more results of that ilk are still to come

Probably starting with Arsenal and Leicester.

 

[mancity1]

So that was tough to watch.


When you lose, you tend to focus on the negatives (BM's good at that) but when you reflect, you end up saying to yourself “if only that shot had gone in” or “if only that marginal offside had gone our way” or you notice we had more shots or possession despite the loss.


But today at Stoke was different. There were very few positives and it felt extremely flat: when Silva fails to play well and very few players step up to be counted, you can only expect one outcome. It was sad to see a number of players exposed so alarmingly.


The worst thing about today for me was the self-righteous caterwauling of a number of fans, almost the expectation to lose and the fulfliment and smugness of being right. This is worrying when it's coupled with losing and sadly the fear factor of the team looks to have temporarily disappeared.


Sort it out lads! Terrible day!

14 points from our last 10 games.

2 points from our last 4 away games

3 thrashings.

Playing as individuals with no cohesion and a lack of bottle.

A few individual performances have got us through most games we have won.

Gone backwards despite the transfers over the summer.

Sacking MP is only part of what needs to be done now.

 

[Champions2012!]

Injuries be damned because toure has been as big a liability as anyone this season so far, add to that silva being back.

Ok no VK or Sergio, but lets be fair having signed otamendi(who i do actually rate)and bony(who i certainly dont), and with the mobile delph also back from injury, against stoke...you really should not have to rely on them to avoid an almost 5-0 dry bum scenario. Weird starting lineups seem like classic pellegrini at this point.

At some point it stops being weird and starts becoming the norm.
We've passed that point quite some time ago.

 

[bobmcfc]

Thank fuck I'm going out tonight

Thank Fook I've got a bottle of Malibu for tonight

 

[3rdgenerationblue]

reminds me of my place of work.

no leadership and despite the incompetence of the management there are still some good performances by staff but because of the overarching chaos eminating from the top allows to many members of staff to cruise along.

MP must go.

 

[stablemcfc]

Just to calm everyone down we have an easy match against Gladbach at home next to regain confidence..

They're currently 3-0 up against Bayern.

 

[schfc6]

Strange absence of pellegrini defenders in this thread

I'm a Pellegrini fan, it looks like he's losing the battle. But to put the blame all on his shoulders is idiotic.

He picked a side that a good percentage of our fans would have. It would have been nice to see Iheanacho over Bony and personally I'd have gone with Delph over Fernando, but those are changes that should make such a difference.

I was at WBA away, despite a terrific performance, ALL the fans were saying can't wait for Sterling, Silva and De Bruyne to play. From WBA away we've swapped Ya Ya for Fernando and Kompany & Mangala for Argentina's back two. Pellegrini isn't fucking around with formations, he's playing the 4231 that the majority of fans have been screaming for for 18 months.

I'm happy for Pellegrini to be replaced, certainly happy to be bettered, and yes I like him, but I've always said I'd be happier with Pep even though I think Pep's weaknesses are similar to Pellegrini.

We now as a club, as a fan base are stuck with Manuel, we are desperate for Pep, I believe it's undermining the manager and giving the players excuses.

There are slight changes that could have been made today, I'd have gone with Delph and possibly Iheanacho, should that really make that much of a difference? Not for me.

We played in a hurricane, Stoke played on a windy day. The difference for me, the players attitudes. You could blame Pellegrini for that, but City have taken away his foundations, it's hard to be strong when the players know you're off.

 

[mancity1]

Strange absence of pellegrini defenders in this thread

He is running out of supporters and so he should.

On track for a 70 point season or dare I say less.

Doubt that will get us Chumps League next season.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Thank Fook I've got a bottle of Malibu for tonight

I only drink when we have played badly , at this rate i will be enlisting at Alcoholics Anonymous .

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Players left their bollocks at home again, happening far too often now.