The race for the Top 4 - RUNNERS UP, a game to spare

Re: The race for the Top 4

kiam06 said:
I still think we will win the league....
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Er, are you talking about the first team or one of our other teams?
Or did you mean in the future?
 
Re: The race for the Top 4

we have 4 home games left out of 6

the stats say we 4th best on current form

our last 3 home games we have scored 10 and conceeded 0

there is some positivity to be had
 
Re: The race for the Top 4

LoveCity said:
I've been asking myself a question today. It's clear now that some of our big names will be leaving this summer. It's also clear that they have a precedent of downing tools.

The question: Are these players petty enough to deliberately sabotage our top 4 attempts to gain an advantage when leaving the club (lower fee, demanding a payoff, things like that)? Take for example Yaya: it's said he is in talks with Inter. Inter will want to pay as little as possible and focus their investment on his wages and signing-on fee. City will want a fee. If City miss out on top 4 they are weakened financially (c/o FFP) and it plays into Yaya's hands.

It's not even a question that should be asked, but I've seen some horrible evidence in the past and this season that these players are willing to do what suits them when the chips are down (FA Cup Final for example, the efforts to get Mancini sacked). I may be one of the few who still thinks of Spurs away two seasons ago when Dzeko literally stopped playing. He wouldn't do ANYTHING and it was worse than Lee Bradbury's worst. It was even worse than what we've seen lately. And it's memories like those that make me worried and lead me to ask that question.
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The irony is Nasri is playing hard but he's dropped seemingly indefinitely.

Hart

Zabaleta Demichelis Mangala Clichy
Lampard Fernandinho
Navas Silva Nasri
Aguero

^ I'd trust that team
 
Re: The race for the Top 4

NQCitizen said:
LoveCity said:
I've been asking myself a question today. It's clear now that some of our big names will be leaving this summer. It's also clear that they have a precedent of downing tools.

The question: Are these players petty enough to deliberately sabotage our top 4 attempts to gain an advantage when leaving the club (lower fee, demanding a payoff, things like that)? Take for example Yaya: it's said he is in talks with Inter. Inter will want to pay as little as possible and focus their investment on his wages and signing-on fee. City will want a fee. If City miss out on top 4 they are weakened financially (c/o FFP) and it plays into Yaya's hands.

It's not even a question that should be asked, but I've seen some horrible evidence in the past and this season that these players are willing to do what suits them when the chips are down (FA Cup Final for example, the efforts to get Mancini sacked). I may be one of the few who still thinks of Spurs away two seasons ago when Dzeko literally stopped playing. He wouldn't do ANYTHING and it was worse than Lee Bradbury's worst. It was even worse than what we've seen lately. And it's memories like those that make me worried and lead me to ask that question.
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The irony is Nasri is playing hard but he's dropped seemingly indefinitely.

Hart

Zabaleta Demichelis Mangala Clichy
Lampard Fernandinho
Navas Silva Nasri
Aguero

^ I'd trust that team
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That team would get dicked lampard in the middle isnt the answer we have to bring fernando into that role or milner.
 
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birchwoodgingerste said:
NQCitizen said:
LoveCity said:
I've been asking myself a question today. It's clear now that some of our big names will be leaving this summer. It's also clear that they have a precedent of downing tools.

The question: Are these players petty enough to deliberately sabotage our top 4 attempts to gain an advantage when leaving the club (lower fee, demanding a payoff, things like that)? Take for example Yaya: it's said he is in talks with Inter. Inter will want to pay as little as possible and focus their investment on his wages and signing-on fee. City will want a fee. If City miss out on top 4 they are weakened financially (c/o FFP) and it plays into Yaya's hands.

It's not even a question that should be asked, but I've seen some horrible evidence in the past and this season that these players are willing to do what suits them when the chips are down (FA Cup Final for example, the efforts to get Mancini sacked). I may be one of the few who still thinks of Spurs away two seasons ago when Dzeko literally stopped playing. He wouldn't do ANYTHING and it was worse than Lee Bradbury's worst. It was even worse than what we've seen lately. And it's memories like those that make me worried and lead me to ask that question.
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The irony is Nasri is playing hard but he's dropped seemingly indefinitely.

Hart

Zabaleta Demichelis Mangala Clichy
Lampard Fernandinho
Navas Silva Nasri
Aguero

^ I'd trust that team
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That team would get dicked lampard in the middle isnt the answer we have to bring fernando into that role or milner.
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If ever there was a snapshot of where our problems lie then that sentence is it.
 
Re: The race for the Top 4

LoveCity said:
I've been asking myself a question today. It's clear now that some of our big names will be leaving this summer. It's also clear that they have a precedent of downing tools.

The question: Are these players petty enough to deliberately sabotage our top 4 attempts to gain an advantage when leaving the club (lower fee, demanding a payoff, things like that)? Take for example Yaya: it's said he is in talks with Inter. Inter will want to pay as little as possible and focus their investment on his wages and signing-on fee. City will want a fee. If City miss out on top 4 they are weakened financially (c/o FFP) and it plays into Yaya's hands.

It's not even a question that should be asked, but I've seen some horrible evidence in the past and this season that these players are willing to do what suits them when the chips are down (FA Cup Final for example, the efforts to get Mancini sacked). I may be one of the few who still thinks of Spurs away two seasons ago when Dzeko literally stopped playing. He wouldn't do ANYTHING and it was worse than Lee Bradbury's worst. It was even worse than what we've seen lately. And it's memories like those that make me worried and lead me to ask that question.
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The cynic in me says i feel exactly the same about Yaya. A player who has his abilities should be fighting and leading us out of this slump but he just doesn't look like he cares about the club anymore. I'm surprised it hasn't been noticed by the management team and the owners.
 
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I've just read the piece by James Milner on the OS.
Given that Vinnie is out for a few games I'd give the captain's armband to Jimmy because I'd be benching Yaya because of his poor performances recently. And I don't think it is a good idea to have the goalie as skipper.
 
Re: The race for the Top 4

Bluekiwi said:
I've just read the piece by James Milner on the OS.
Given that Vinnie is out for a few games I'd give the captain's armband to Jimmy because I'd be benching Yaya because of his poor performances recently. And I don't think it is a good idea to have the goalie as skipper.
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I'm not sure giving the captaincy to a player who has a maximum of 6 games left with us is a good idea.
 
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