What happens if we don't' get top four?

It's a battle for 4th, make no mistake. In a parallel universe, we would have snapped out of our malaise and by now be showing our true class. We would have won comfortably last night and now be serious contenders for the title again, favourites even.

But back in the real world, how are we suddenly going to change from the dire shite we saw yesterday? Are the players going to become less tired? No. Is the manager suddenly going to become a genius? No.

This, ladies and gentlemen is how our season is going to continue now, with scrappy performances and dropped points and we will be in a right old scrap with United, West Ham and even Liverpool for 4th.
 
JustAnotherCityFan said:
I'm confident we'll finish 3rd personally. Arsenal have Spurs away at the weekend, Everton away 3 days after their Barca game as well as trips to West Ham and Sunderland and of course, ourselves.
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Doesn't really matter who Spurs and Arsenal have to play, if we can't even string a run of a couple of league wins together, and the evidence over the last 6 months is that we can't, then 3rd place is incredibly unlikely and 4th place is going to be an issue. We may (in theory) have the capacity to go on a fantastic run but I don't see how anyone can be "confident" because let's be under no illusions here, currently we have the league form of a bottom half of the table team.
 
Well no one can say they didnt see it coming. It's been staring us all in the face for almost 2 seasons now. How the owners have let it go on so long is really baffling. We're in deep shit here make no mistake about it. Last night took it to a whole new level of incompetence . Firing on strikers nilly willy with no midfield to supply them. Fkn hell it was hard to believe if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes.
 
Lancet Fluke said:
Doesn't really matter who Spurs and Arsenal have to play, if we can't even string a run of a couple of league wins together, and the evidence over the last 6 months is that we can't, then 3rd place is incredibly unlikely and 4th place is going to be an issue. We may (in theory) have the capacity to go on a fantastic run but I don't see how anyone can be "confident" because let's be under no illusions here, currently we have the league form of a bottom half of the table team.
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True but we have pedigree for finishing a season strongly and we've seen from how we played vs Kiev and Liverpool in the cup that we have a certain level of performance in us. Obviously we need to start showing it in the league.
 
We rode our luck at Watford, West Ham, and Sunderland, but sooner or later, you need to start playing well, and winning games on merit.
Yes, in theory, our next two games are against Villa and Norwich (and Carrow Road will effectively be our game in hand on Utd and West Ham)
Yes, Leicester might lose at Watford, yes, Arsenal are playing Tottenham, and yes, there's countless other fixtures that might work in our favour over the next few months.
However, at some point, we need to start keeping clean sheets, whilst dominating possession, and creating plenty of chances at the other end.
When did that last happen in the Premier League?
 
If we don't get top 4 the pressure will increase hugely on Txiki and Soriano, especially with Pellegrini off anyway, they will be held account for recruitment etc!!
They need their buddy to come in and transform this place otherwise they could be in trouble.

As for Pep, you could argue he could be coming with a bit more power than first thought. He could justifiably insist he wants a 70% overhaul of the squad. Obviously we want Champions league as does Pep I am sure, but to turn a negative into a positive he could well get a season where his sole focus is on the Premier League and without any Champions league distractions, we could rip the premier league up!!
 
I think anybody questioning wherever Pep would still come if we drop out of the top 4 should be given an automatic ban for stupidity.

To answer the question, I imagine nothing much will happen. We would carry on regardless but instead of playing on a Tuesday or Wednesday night we'll be playing on a Thursday. I'd have thought the penny would have dropped by now that this is a long term project and not a rush job.
 
JustAnotherCityFan said:
True but we have pedigree for finishing a season strongly and we've seen from how we played vs Kiev and Liverpool in the cup that we have a certain level of performance in us. Obviously we need to start showing it in the league.
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We have a pedigree for winning two matches on the run too. I hope you're right, certainly we have it in us if we can get our shit together, I don't think anyone really doubts that.
 
Chippy_boy said:
It's a battle for 4th, make no mistake. In a parallel universe, we would have snapped out of our malaise and by now be showing our true class. We would have won comfortably last night and now be serious contenders for the title again, favourites even.

But back in the real world, how are we suddenly going to change from the dire shite we saw yesterday? Are the players going to become less tired? No. Is the manager suddenly going to become a genius? No.

This, ladies and gentlemen is how our season is going to continue now, with scrappy performances and dropped points and we will be in a right old scrap with United, West Ham and even Liverpool for 4th.
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And don't rule out Chelsea. Only 8 points away and they play us at home.
 
it will be embarrassing for us as a "big" club and for us fans as we will get a shit load of crap off other fans but it wouldnt be the end of the world for us.

If anything it should galvanise us as a club and make us even hungrier to succeed.

Well thats my theory anyway!
 
In answer to the question - thread title - we will be able to claim we are the 3rd best supported club (after Rags and Arsenal) in the league.
I agree, it is not much compensation for finishing out of the top 4.
Hey Ho - we need some 'Pep'.............
 
karen7 said:
RAG
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WTF ??????????, Im just a realist as I have been since the 70s and all those years I spent watching city in the lower leagues. so RAG you know where to stick that ;), seriously if you think just because Pep is coming that if we finish outside of top four we will attract the best players, NO WAY.....
 
mayo31 said:
If we don't get top 4 we will be a laughing stock.

Personally I not totally bothered in terms of the actual competition but financially and also attracting the top players it will be a downer.

don't forget also we will then be in the same marketplace as Chelsea who don't look like getting top 4 either.

I hope pep has actually signed and no get out clause is available.
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Not concerned too much as I am certain Pep will come regardless and IMO a lot of his signings are going to be young hungry players hired for at least 3 to 5 years with a view to winning the CL within that period.They will not be the type that only sign for a club because they want to show off on the top stage. Within 2 years I think we will have a team which will be totally different in all respects from the current lot and which will be an actual team rather than a collection of individuals. A lot of his purchases will surprise people and will be in the 20-30 million bracket rather than the 40-60 million. There will of course be one or two superstars should they become available. Pep will view his first job at city as winning back the league title and trying unlike in the past to hold on to it. He would not expect to be in serious contention for the CL until his third season. Personally I believe it will be 4 or 5 years before we will win it and not sure if he will be still around as he may be back in Barcelona by then.
 
If we don't qualify for the Chumps League, then I'd prefer that Pep just focused on winning the title again, and treat the Europa League with indifference.

The Europa League just requires too many games and a lot of travelling midweek for our players, which we can do without.

After all Leicester are where they are because all their rivals are still in Euro competitions at this moment, without this distraction, Leicester would be nowhere near the top.
 
we don't get top 4.

The world keeps turning, a new manager arrives in July, a new season starts in August, and we'll ll be asking the same silly questions next season.

It's just football. Last nights result is now just the numbers 3 and 0 in the history books.

In short, who cares and better still we won a trophy last Sunday.
 
If we win in our game in hand against Newcastle, ceteris paribus we'll be 3 points ahead of the chasing pack. Even after yesterday we're still only 1 pt worse off. So the situation for us, Spurs and Arsenal is pretty similar.
 
Nothing in particular happens if we don't get top four. The manager who has been responsible for the team for the last three years is leaving. Suggestions of sacking him off before the end of the season are risible. Stock will have to be taken of the club and team's situation in the summer. That's it. Story, end of.
 
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