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[chiswick blue]

Although we were shit today it's hardly the first time United have beaten us at home.

I said some time back I felt he might be nearing the end of his stay. There was something terminal about that display today. If he is to turn this around he must start soon.

having a difficult 2 months does not mean things are terminal. He cannot just turn things around at the moment but it will come probably towards the end of January but an improvement when defenders return in the next couple of weeks.

In our lives we’ve all gone through bad patches, keep calm and plan logically to get through it accepting things may not change overnight

 

[makinghistory]

Dont think you can blame Pep for schoolboy errors that are costing us dearly. Yes he has to take overall responsibility but no matter how good a mechanic is, he needs the right tools to do a proper job.City presently do not have the right tools. Quality players that are passed their used by date and players brought in that are inferior to those quality players. It's not rocket science. January will be a critical month to improve the squad.

 

[chaddblue]

October 2011?

I'm talking about a last gasp collapse

We've battered them, they've battered us. I can't ever recall one team conceding two pathetic goals in the last few minutes to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Feeble

 

[chaddblue]

Doesn’t change the fact we’ve gone as a team. We are above some other shit teams as well but we don’t look like winning a game anytime soon so won’t be 5th for long

If this carries on over Christmas we'll probably be in the bottom half going into the new year

 

[Palerider]

Although we were shit today it's hardly the first time United have beaten us at home.

having a difficult 2 months does not mean things are terminal. He cannot just turn things around at the moment but it will come probably towards the end of January but an improvement when defenders return in the next couple of weeks.

In our lives we’ve all gone through bad patches, keep calm and plan logically to get through it accepting things may not change overnight

Agreed. Let's not panic and rush into crap decisions.

That said, I watched Zulu Dawn yesterday and the commander of the British Forces bollocked a messenger with the words 'Stop panicking. A professional soldier keeps his head in times of stress so that he can make the right decisions'. The British forces were then massacred!

 

[Father Paul]

I'm pissed off with that today. We were not in total control at any point really but were doing what was necessary. Then we have an episode of total ineptitude within a couple of minutes to hand the tosspots a victory. Diabolical play at the back by us.

Although we were shit today it's hardly the first time United have beaten us at home.

having a difficult 2 months does not mean things are terminal. He cannot just turn things around at the moment but it will come probably towards the end of January but an improvement when defenders return in the next couple of weeks.

In our lives we’ve all gone through bad patches, keep calm and plan logically to get through it accepting things may not change overnight

My point is he may not be able to turn it around in his own mind. Anyway we will find out soon.

 

[middlewichblue]

I honestly thought after the treble season we would really struggle but last year surprised me. This year it’s really caught up with us. This season now will most likely be damage limitation and aim to finish 4th if that’s even possible? Pep will have to take this year to learn a different way to play, make a couple of signings in January and the same again in the summer. The squad just needs a freshen up.

I said to my lad at half time we need another 2 goals to be sure of winning this and I wasn’t wrong. Sometimes we just look devoid of ideas and pass it around like the old arsenal used to do, but if anyone can do a rebuild and find a way, pep can.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

What a shit-show that turned out to be. Rags were shite and get a stupid ‘in’ from a player who has been decent until that point. Then, smack a ball where we just can’t control, where certain players must take responsibility.

Sometimes it’s luck, sometimes it’s quality. We have neither of them at the moment.

 

[ysmsa]

Jesus, my local FB Group is full of Rag posts after today, the group rarely does football.

Rags crawling out from under rocks, they're like those Aliens in war of the worlds, buried and hidden for years.

That's what today has done, if you want a Norwich scarf bob down to your local Charity shop tmrw, it will be full of them.

City gear on all week for me, fucking Rags, still 13th aren't they.

Still pissed with that collapse though!

 

[Roachy]

This slow and ponderous and build up play against a wall of 8 or 10 players is clearly not working anymore and Pep needs a completely new way of playing to break this run of poor results. Nothing else will change it. Haaland looks uninterested and fed up and will want out if this continues. Imagine him in this young vibrant Chelsea team, he would be loving it and racking up the goals.

We're playing possession football slowly edging up the pitch to the oppositions goal area taking 2 or 3 minutes. We then concede possession with a misplaced pass and the other team is knocking on our door within 10-15 seconds. It's unreal.