Must be one of our worst games of recent times (sorry unusually long post commencing).
I'm normally of the opinion that I don't know half as much as the manager. That's still true but today I can't ignore two things.
If we had to make changes at 50 mins then that means the team was wrong, or at least they were playing wrong. I just don't know why Delph didn't start or come on sooner.
Second thing is still about the subs. Fernando has been doing very well this season but was very bad today. I can't help but wonder if he wasn't fully fit like last season. I really expected him to come off for Delph. Instead it was Fernandinho who got my vote for player of the month and always works hard. In fairness he wasn't very good either today but in hindsight it was certainly the wrong decision since Fernando disappeared off injured leaving us with 10 men.
But not even sure Fernando was the worst. Don't think anyone can have their head held high except perhaps Hart who made good saves. I don't believe all our players are bad and our manager is bad and we need to sell and sack everyone, but they were all quite awful today. Then again if KDB had made it 1-1 might've been so different.
Just heard Pellegrini's interview. It's true we have too many players injured. Maybe the players were tired today, but that would be quite worrying. When asked when our important players will be coming back he simply said "no idea" which is not good to hear. Probably he's just as angry as the rest of us but usually is more composed.
The worst I can remember us playing was when Mancini was said to have lost the dressing room. I'm not yet convinced that is what's happening, I certainly hope not.
I'm normally of the opinion that I don't know half as much as the manager. That's still true but today I can't ignore two things.
If we had to make changes at 50 mins then that means the team was wrong, or at least they were playing wrong. I just don't know why Delph didn't start or come on sooner.
Second thing is still about the subs. Fernando has been doing very well this season but was very bad today. I can't help but wonder if he wasn't fully fit like last season. I really expected him to come off for Delph. Instead it was Fernandinho who got my vote for player of the month and always works hard. In fairness he wasn't very good either today but in hindsight it was certainly the wrong decision since Fernando disappeared off injured leaving us with 10 men.
But not even sure Fernando was the worst. Don't think anyone can have their head held high except perhaps Hart who made good saves. I don't believe all our players are bad and our manager is bad and we need to sell and sack everyone, but they were all quite awful today. Then again if KDB had made it 1-1 might've been so different.
Just heard Pellegrini's interview. It's true we have too many players injured. Maybe the players were tired today, but that would be quite worrying. When asked when our important players will be coming back he simply said "no idea" which is not good to hear. Probably he's just as angry as the rest of us but usually is more composed.
The worst I can remember us playing was when Mancini was said to have lost the dressing room. I'm not yet convinced that is what's happening, I certainly hope not.
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