Stoke away post match thread

[mancity1]

this has got the end of bobbys era all over it, pellers knows hes goin, the players know hes goin and no one seems to give a fuck, its just like the cup final against wigan being played out every week

The problem is that they lift when they feel like it but the inevitable towlings like the 3 in the league so far and the two friendlies along with the losses like West Ham and Juventus at home which while perhaps not as pitiful are still irksome because we know inferior sides can close the deal time and again in similar situations to drag on the inevitable that was the signature of our season last year.

The only thing now is we are reaching new lows and more often so MP has to go for that fact alone and it should be done swiftly.

The fact that this year is the poorest the premiership has been for sometime ( better for the neutral albeit ) could be the kick in the guts we need because we really risk falling off the cliff with sides like Liverpool , Leicester , Spurs even Crystal Palace and Everton seeing an opportunity to dismantle the natural order.

Chelsea won't be playing Chumps next year and it could be the best thing for us as well to bring home the knowledge that when it comes to player recruitment and player management both on and off the field we need to up the anti by some margain.

You cannot afford to bring in players who are crocks waiting to happen or don't fit in with the so called holistic approach otherwise you turf that approach and hire proven winners who do the job no matter the cost to the so called entertainment side of things both on and off the field because that all they know and that's all they want.

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

As has been said above - another shambolic performance just before a European game. Doesn't MP realise that if we don't finish in the top four then there won't be any Champions League football. Two points out of twelve from our last four away games is totally unacceptable. I really feel for the travelling fans, they turn up in numbers, shout encouragement to their heroes and what do they get in return - absolute rubbish.

Today's result is all Yaya's fault, he didn't turn up for this game, invisible for the whole 95 minutes, and his teammates were wandering around looking for him. (Shit, just remembered he was injured that was why he wasn't there).

Being serious - we played that whole game with ten men, Bony is just not suited for our style of play - there is simply no movement from him for the "creative" players to put balls into space. Sterling took too many wrong options today trying to beat players rather than playing the ball into the box (Oh just a minute there was no one in the box to play to). The only defenders that seemed to try were Sagna and Otamendi the others were just not switched on defensively and Fernando was hopeless today, just when I thought he was coming good.

I honestly expected a half time reaction (as per Liverpool) but no, same starting 11 until the 60th minute.

I'm getting a bit pissed off at getting up in the early hours of the morning with great expectations only to have then shattered by players that don't perform. The only consolation I had today was that I was sitting in a nice warm house not suffering like those poor souls who were at the Britannia.

That's my two cents worth, its up to MP and the squad to turn it around YET AGAIN.

Hi BK. I am a season ticket holder who made the move to Auckland in October.

I still miss not being at the games and hate it when we lose, especially so meekly. However, the great thing about being in NZ is that I can get over it easier by enjoying a day out in the sun with my family!

Judging by recent performances it looks like I picked a great time to emigrate...

 

[Bluekiwi]

Hi BK. I am a season ticket holder who made the move to Auckland in October.

I still miss not being at the games and hate it when we lose, especially so meekly. However, the great thing about being in NZ is that I can get over it easier by enjoying a day out in the sun with my family!

Judging by recent performances it looks like I picked a great time to emigrate...

Hi Wanchope - you are so right, it is easier to get over defeats because there are (were in my case because I'm retired) no rags to "rub in" our lapses. Having said that it takes me a long, long time to get over any defeat to the rags. And it took me a couple of weeks to get over the loss to the spuds in the 1981 final.
Am I correct in assuming you watch the games through PremierLeaguePass.com? Prior to that becoming available I had to wathc the teletext transmissions on ESPN or the OS - that was so nerve racking in the game against QPR.
Out of interest we live in Paeroa which is near Thames, not too far from Auckland. And we came to NZ in 1974.

 

[chaddblue]

Still pissed off this morning after that car crash of a performance yesterday

Wonder if the players woke up in their Cheshire mansions feeling pissed off... Doubt it

 

[plongo]

Still pissed off this morning after that car crash of a performance yesterday

Wonder if the players woke up in their Cheshire mansions feeling pissed off... Doubt it

They don't give a fuck. I was personally in the company of YYT after the car crash cup final and he couldn't give a toss when asked how he felt about the fans reaction

 

[kiam06]

What shocks me is that anyone actually thought we would get anything from yesterday's game.

I knew before the game we had know chance and until Pep comes in the summer I'm afraid we will have a few more days like this.

I'm not worried though the owners made a plan three years ago and it's pretty obvious what is going on so id say relax blues.

 

[East Level 2]

The idea this is like the end of Mancini's reign is both interesting and worrying, but is it correct?
We were told the players and many others at the club were fed up of Mancini so he had to go. It's easier to change one manager than several players and many from the non-playing staff. But if the players knew he was going why were they so shite against Wigan at Wembley and then against Norwich in the final game of the season? They'd got their wish so why didn't they get on with the job?
If they won't work for Pellers then we're fucked as no decent manager will touch us with a barge pole as they won't want to work with players behaving as a set of petulant little shits.
There is the possibility they don't believe his tactics are suitable so are going on the pitch with a negative state of mind. That's not quite as bad but still leaves the possibility of the season petering out and us missing top four, which will reduce our attractiveness to potential successors.
Abramovic might be a clown, but Maureen is toast and Chelsea still have a few good players hidden amongst the arses. And Arsenne isn't getting any younger. We aren't necessarily the destination of choice for the manager "who can take us to the next level".
I'm hoping yesterday was just a rare collective bad day at the office, but I thought that after West Ham, Spurs, Liverpool and Villa. It's not rare, it's happening far too often.
I like Pellers as a person, I thank him for those two trophies a couple of seasons ago, but how much was down to him given the squad at his disposal.

 

[lasereyes]

The idea this is like the end of Mancini's reign is both interesting and worrying, but is it correct?
We were told the players and many others at the club were fed up of Mancini so he had to go. It's easier to change one manager than several players and many from the non-playing staff. But if the players knew he was going why were they so shite against Wigan at Wembley and then against Norwich in the final game of the season? They'd got their wish so why didn't they get on with the job?
If they won't work for Pellers then we're fucked as no decent manager will touch us with a barge pole as they won't want to work with players behaving as a set of petulant little shits.
There is the possibility they don't believe his tactics are suitable so are going on the pitch with a negative state of mind. That's not quite as bad but still leaves the possibility of the season petering out and us missing top four, which will reduce our attractiveness to potential successors.
Abramovic might be a clown, but Maureen is toast and Chelsea still have a few good players hidden amongst the arses. And Arsenne isn't getting any younger. We aren't necessarily the destination of choice for the manager "who can take us to the next level".
I'm hoping yesterday was just a rare collective bad day at the office, but I thought that after West Ham, Spurs, Liverpool and Villa. It's not rare, it's happening far too often.
I like Pellers as a person, I thank him for those two trophies a couple of seasons ago, but how much was down to him given the squad at his disposal.

I think yesterday was the collective impact of many players injured, the rest of the players consequently having played too many games, along with a gale force wind which eliminated the technical advantage we have. If Kompany were playing, I think we get something out of yesterday's game.

 

[Goater=Legend]

More concerned now about us playing this way against Arsenal and Leicester City

 

[lasereyes]

More concerned now about us playing this way against Arsenal and Leicester City

Neither MDM nor Fernando will be playing in those games which will immediately make us look better. And Aguero and Kompany could be back for both games. Add to that Arsenal missing several key players, and we should go to the Emirates with at least a 50/50 mentality. Leicester is an interesting one, but I think this coming stretch of tough games is where they will start to falter, and we may just be lucky enough to catch them on the down-swing.