Big questions need to be asked if we don’t finish top 5. Like how we can be 6th on January 1st - then proceed to spend £200m in the transfer window - more than every other PL club combined - and still finish 6th.Let’s face it though last minute goals and the post will be reason why we could champions league and tbh we haven’t been good enough and there should be a lot of conversations this summer as to why a team who only 2 years ago won the treble have been allowed to fall so far with absolute shit recruitment . We have sat in our laurels and are now seeing the extent I mean going from a team two years ago who destroyed Bayern and Madrid to panicking about beating fucking Fulham Bournemouth .
Think I’m at a point where I’d be indifferent if we finished outside Europe. Might just provoke a bit of self reflection from the manager and a bit of humility for the players.
He has two seasons leftNot getting champions league football will be a disaster for Pep in his last season, for all the greatness he has shown in domestic leagues, I bet it's the champions league he relishes the most. Any self reflection should have taken place after the Southampton game
Big questions need to be asked if we don’t finish top 5. Like how we can be 6th on January 1st - then proceed to spend £200m in the transfer window - more than every other PL club combined - and still finish 6th.
Shit recruitment, Pep fucking around, Board focused on 115, too many eyes off the ball at City.
If we had to beat dog and duck fc in a must win game people on here would still be shitting themselves. I trust players who can handle the pressure of winning title deciding games to get 4 points to finish top 5.
If we can’t get a point at Fulham then we have no business being in the CL.
Fucking hell the state of this thread.
1963 & 1996 are the benchmarks, one late result in both those campaigns sent us into lengthy spirals of decline. You probably weren't around to experience either of those, I was and our last match had the same taste.Pep's time with City has of course contained hundreds of instances of him changing a team that won the previous game. And of course more often than not we won the next game with the changed team because we're the most successful side ever in English football history thanks to our genius manager
You weren't bitching and crying about him changing the team in those instances were you
Viana out!Big questions need to be asked if we don’t finish top 5. Like how we can be 6th on January 1st - then proceed to spend £200m in the transfer window - more than every other PL club combined - and still finish 6th.
For all intents and purposes it’s a must win, for the sanity of the fans, the nerves of the players. Yes I know a draw and a victory at Fulham will suffice, but fail to win v Bournemouth and we are in grave danger.Bang wrong, look up "must win" in the dictionary
Not getting champions league football will be a disaster for Pep in his last season, for all the greatness he has shown in domestic leagues, I bet it's the champions league he relishes the most. Any self reflection should have taken place after the Southampton game
Liverpool 23/24 weren’t in it. Every team can manage a year out. It’s when your go 2 or 3 it’s a problem.Disagree mate.
Look at United, Chelsea, Spurs.
When you are out of the CL there is no guarantee you ever get back in.
It can set a club back years because of the loss of revenue. Current players have their salary dropped, sponsors don't offer as much and current sponsors may even have clauses in their contract where they don't have to pay you as much.
Your top targets decide to go to another top team because as we know in football a career is short. Some players don't want to wait around playing Europa.
Also you end up in some cases having to pay more in wages to attract the better talent to convince them to come.
Abyss - a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.we're staring into the abyss - I hope the sight puts some fire into our lads' boots.
You deserve CL if you end up in the top 4 (5 this season)Its simple cant string 2 wins v bournemouth and fulham. We dont deserve CL
Youre missing my point. Its our own fault and cant complain or be pissed. If we cant beat both bournemouth and fulhamYou deserve CL if you end up in the top 4 (5 this season)
That's the criteria at the start of the season.
We have 2 games left and need 4 points.
We deserve it as much as any of the other teams that are currently near us in the league
AgreeYoure missing my point. Its our own fault and cant complain or be pissed. If we cant beat both bournemouth and fulham