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[TShed]

If it could only be just football …. But it isn’t … is it?

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Eh? I just posted a gif mate. Where is this hysterical, prepubescent, 13 year old writing of mine to which you refer?

Praps its the turd before you.

If so apologies

Pep Guardiola: “I don’t have a defence! I’m the manager, I have to find a solution - and I don’t find a solution! This is a big club, when you lose 8-10 games - something wrong is happening! I can say the schedule is tough, I can say injured players - but NO! I’m the boss, and I’m not good enough - it’s as simple as that! I’m not doing well, that is the truth!”

Pep tonight he doesn’t know how to fix it.

Virtually signing his resignation letter.

Please say nowt Pep.

Anything you say will be deliberately mis interpreted and used against you and the club by a venal, malicious media.

Silence is golden !!

 

[ancoats]

Honestly don’t know where we go from here.

Several hours on I’ve progressed from furious to numb.

Yep, it's painful
Questions can not keep being batted away or blamed on injuries

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

I wonder if quite a few of the players know this is their last season and have transitioned into “Fuck It” mode?

 

[BlueMonkey79]

In other words ‘people with opinions’

Ssshhh.

We aren't allowed to comment on what we and the rest of the watching footballing world are seeing.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Praps its the turd before you.

If so apologies


Please say nowt Pep.

Anything you say will be deliberately mis interpreted and used against you and the club by a venal, malicious media.

Silence is golden !!

No worries blue.

 

[ancoats]

In other words ‘people with opinions’

its Question time

 

[argyle]

Worst rag team in years and they still beat us.

I've seen us bad but never this bereft of belief.

Good job it's only football.

They've beaten us when we were the best team in Europe.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Hard to know what to add, to be honest.

Shades of 'Apart from the shooting, Mrs Lincoln, how did you feel about the play?'

Let us be honest, even Pep finds it difficult to know what to advise. The situation is unique in his experience.

Two poor teams (made up of wonderful players, mind), both playing very badly - I honestly can't ever remember seeing such a bad United team, by the way.

Anyway, City's confidence is on the floor, which, I suppose is a lesson in life. Even at that level, once your confidence goes (whatever line of work you're in), it's a slippery slope. Everything that was easy yesterday (well, last season) is now difficult. Everyone needs that extra touch. The angles, those little triangles, that were once everywhere, have all closed up.

We'll get out of it. But it looks like it is going to be a horrible season. The team is going to have to adapt. Thing is, it looked like we had gone full ugly-win pragmatism. Only for poor old Nunes to leave us all prey, as they say, to conflicting emotions. In his defence, an honest examination of what he actually did over the course of the 90 minutes will discover more to praise than to blame.

Been trying to think of other runs like this. And how we got out of them. Anyone remember us going to Goodison Park with Alan Harper as a sweeper?

Anyway, brace yourselves, Blues! Stand firm, Men! Sell your lives dearly! Don't give in now!

A couple of things, though. What does it mean to 'lose the dressing room'? Serious question. How far are we now from whatever that actually means?

And why not bring young O'Reilly on for a run? The crowd reaction alone would almost make it worth a try. Just saying.

A fair assessment

Having played to a reasonable level, losing the dressing room is looking at the coach and not buying into what he is telling you to do. Thinking he is getting it totally wrong.

I dont believe this could be the case for city. I think hes just squeezed them dry and they have nothing left to give. Which is why the squad shouldve been refreshed with a player or 2 each season

 

[OntarioBlue]

I decided to get home from the game, have dinner and a couple of drinks before dipping in here again.

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON ?

That was piss poor. We are mentally and physically weak. It kills me to say this but we have too many players are past their best and need to be replaced, we have too many players who are just not good enough for this team and too many players who are just not performing at the required level.

To capitulate the way we did today is a disgrace. Something needs to change quickly. If we hadn’t had a decent start to the season we’d be in a relegation battle on this form. Just take that in !