the league and city fans...

[JWP1926]

we have not moved anywhere, we can still get 7th, and we played one of the 'BIG 4' away from home after a busy international break, not much time to prepare because some players didnt get back till friday from south america, and one of our key men this season, ireland, is injured, just chill and instead of getting upset just think about the up and coming hamburg fixture(s) which could see us getting to a semi- final since 1981,

oh and city have not beaten arsenal away from home for the last 25 games so if we were going to loose to an away team then arsenal would be the last team to pick, alot of people over react to results that don't mean alot in terms of our progression into a 'massive' team, i mean who really thought that city would get a comfortable win at the emirates, players are tired we have played 47 games this season so far and we will play at least 56 games that is alot of games to play for any team to play and only the top 4 can really handle that amount of games because they are used to it and have the quality to deal with injury, look at aston villa they have had to sacrifice the uefa cup just so they 'could' qualify for champions league, at least we are not defending for the whole 90mins, we are trying to compete and doing so will mean we will learn from our mistakes and become a better team,yes performances may not be nice to watch but stop expecting city to achieve everything because they have money, money doesn't really help when you cant buy players, alot of things have changed this season we can't expect lots this season, next season is the year to push on and challenge for 6th spot onwards, so take every game, game by game and look forward to the endless possiblilities in the summer and the possibility of winning our first major trophy in 30+ years

 

[Anonymous]

Just one thing to remember Joshua ..... we all know City are on a learning curve , and aren't where they , or us , want them to be just yet ...... BUT ....... you are never gonna win at places like Arsenal unless you go out believing that you can ..... look what a bit of belief did for us at the Swamp last season!

If we're only gonna compete for 45 minutes at difficult locations like the Emirates we're always likely to get stuffed!

We should be coming out each and every season believing that we CAN win the Premiership , if we don't then our focus is wrong ........ if we believe , and strengthen enough , we WILL reach the top ...... but you have to go , compete and at least try to kick ass ....... we don't believe that we can be successful away from home and that's why we aren't!

On the other hand we DO believe that we can win most of our home games ..... and that's why we do!!!!

 

[JWP1926]

we still need a sense of realism but at the start of the season so many changes were happening that some players didnt know if they were coming or going, literally with corluka and ireland, i thought city tried to attack when they could, you cant just attack a quality, fast team like arsenal without taking some caution and defensive responsibilty, when we beat them 3-0 they were missing alot of key players and had only 3,000 fans behind them, next season is the time to think about winning the title, you cant believe every year that you can win the title or else the media, pessimistic fans and even some players with slag you off, thats why i like the idea of gary cook trying to raise the profile of the club so then the media and other fans start to realise and beleive the true intentions of the club, once we convince the media people will start to fear us