Fair play to you.
Like I have said many times before,I have always maintained the fact in not to get too carried away with anything associated with us,but let me be honest here.
I like loads of others rocked up on that Sunday afternoon last summer at the Academy,to watch the events and unveiling of our new coach /manager,and as excited as I was,there was something inside of me that couldn't get too carried away with all the furore that was happening around me.
I'm not one for looking back,but as we stood there waiting,news broke through that Jimmy Frizzell had passed away,which obviously makes you think back to the past,and I immediately pushed my thoughts as a comparison to a person dying,and another being born.
It was ironic that our new manager was then presented to us,albeit staged arriving in the back of a black cab,but it was fun,so I went along with it,but you know somert,even after Noel Gallagher had done his starry eyed interview with Pep,a horrible thought of do you know what you have let yourself in for here pal,this is the biggest poison chaliced job in world football !!!
We back our team,whoever we have with us,managers and players,this is what makes us as special as we are,but to say I'm gobsmacked as to how this season has panned out,considering the start we had,well like I say,gobsmacked.
He had all the summer to realise we had ageing defenders,but it is more personal than this,as he chose to get rid of Hart,and bring in a useless mon who couldn't catch a cold,and with what has happened with Kompany these last few months is nothing short of madness,but as we draw towards the end of the season,we all have to pray that we remain in a top 4 spot.
Maybe he thought that he can't bring in too many new faces, he had ageing defenders who refused to leave and decided that he look at the forward line this year and the defence next. He can't force those players who wished to see their lucrative contracts out through the door so has decided to let them stay but bolster the forwards. Nasri, Bony all went and we're replaced by Sane and Jesus, if we hadn't got them last summer we wouldn't ever have got them as they'd have been snapped up. He'll replace the back 4 this season and then it'll be really his team.
As for Hart, i can see why he got rid, been having the argument regarding his distribution and saves to his left for a couple of seasons with match going mates, some agree some don't. However no one could have foreseen how Bravo would turn from a top 5 keeper in the world to a nervous wreck every time he played, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
As for Kompany, we all want him to start every game but it's been fairly obvious to me that Pep just isn't sure he'll last, i was at Swansea in the cup this year, watching him walk off in the 92nd minute after we'd used all our subs was heat breaking for him and then again to witness it at Old Trafford in the next round at half time, but it will have also made Pep even less confident in his ability to say injury free, no doubt in my mind this is the reason we have waited until he's 100%.
Building for the future is all well and good,but others will also buy to improve,and not just youngsters
Of course all will improve their squads but so will we and the fruits of this season will blossom next as the players are more used to Pep's methods with better quality defenders to compliment it further.
I do take the point we have been fucked over big time with referee decisions this season,and as for injuries,well,all teams suffer that fate during a season,but I am genuinely concerned as to where we will finish this season,which will have a major impact on our potential transfers this summer
