What if we struggle next season?

jimmygrimblesboots said:
There will be a positive if our season is just as bad , (champs league football and another visit to wembley what a disaster) maybe the tossers who post all the negative shite in the matchday and post match forums will f*ck off and take their glory hunting , plastic , remote control holding mates with them and leave our club to genuine supporters who do not think football was invented in 2012.
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THIS!!!! Thank you for saving me a lot of time typing!
 
BillCarlisle Ex-Manchester said:
Bad season ? Get a grip. Disappointing season yes, but how on earth can it be described as 'bad' ? We're in the FA Cup semi with an eminently winnable fixture against an apparently de-motivated Arse. We're 4th in the table and looking at everyone's fixtures we look good to finish third.
We've got the look of a team that's going forward into the future with hopefully more good young players coming in this summer.
Bad season ???
Let's face it, it was never going to be easy this year but let's get things in perspective - in my long years watching City, this has been anything but a bad season. If we had taken half the chances we have missed it would have been an incredibly successful season yet it would only have papered over the cracks that Pep has clearly got to fill.
Too many people expected Pep to offer a quick fix. Conte at Chelsea was different - he didn't have as many ageing players to sort out, nor European football to contend with.
As far as I'm concerned next season will be the real test, not this one. If we win the FA Cup and qualify for the CL again then this season will have been OK by me.
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Disagree after the outstanding start we had we messed up, heads dropped and we went into easy street mode again. 14 points behind the leaders with a month to go given our players and summer investment, pathetic. And how has Conte managed to be so much better than our so called worlds best manager?
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Disagree after the outstanding start we had we messed up, heads dropped and we went into easy street mode again. 14 points behind the leaders with a month to go given our players and summer investment, pathetic. And how has Conte managed to be so much better than our so called worlds best manager?
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He had no European fixtures for a start....
 
M19 BLUE since 66 said:
Where were you when we were shit
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Where was I.. ..
Oh let me think I'm 40 on Sunday and had a season ticket for 32 years so have a guess where I was....
It was a question after a conversation at work.
I love pep and think he's the best man we could have
 
goatersnipple said:
I'm a massive pep fan.
But if this time next year we were in the same position do you think Pepsi job would be under threat.
Been having a heated discussion with a bloke at work about it.
He thinks we would sack him.
I say we wouldn't.
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I say we wouldn't, but we should
 
Hang on a minute beat the scum ,beat Barca, semi at Wembley , possible 6 pts off scum bags , possible fa cup final, top 4 finish ? Very likely, finish above Trafford Rangers if next season is as bad as this , I hope so ! CITD MCFC
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Agreed but is it that the obvious convenient excuse or is their more to it?
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Well you could throw in the appalling refereeing decisions in key games, Chelsea at home really killed the title race. The fact that Aguero gets suspended for breathing and Costa can commit ABH on a weekly basis and by and large get away with it. Throw into the injuries to key players Vinny, Gundagon, Jesus, and Kun.....Chelsea havent had them, one way or another it has been their season.

Dont get me wrong I am not one of those who thing Pep is faultless, said all along it would be a much harder challenge for him and it will be interesting to see how it evolves.
 
M19 BLUE since 66 said:
Hang on a minute beat the scum ,beat Barca, semi at Wembley , possible 6 pts off scum bags , possible fa cup final, top 4 finish ? Very likely, finish above Trafford Rangers if next season is as bad as this , I hope so ! CITD MCFC
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goatersnipple said:
Where was I.. ..
Oh let me think I'm 40 on Sunday and had a season ticket for 32 years so have a guess where I was....
It was a question after a conversation at work.
I love pep and think he's the best man we could have
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BLUEMATT23 said:
Disagree after the outstanding start we had we messed up, heads dropped and we went into easy street mode again. 14 points behind the leaders with a month to go given our players and summer investment, pathetic. And how has Conte managed to be so much better than our so called worlds best manager?
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As I said, papering over the cracks. With our squad it was hardly surprising that heads went down. It happened last season too. I maintain that Conte had a ready made advantage over Pep with regard to squad & number of fixtures. Nevertheless he's done a very good job down there. He clearly knows what he's doing.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
There will be a positive if our season is just as bad , (champs league football and another visit to wembley what a disaster) maybe the tossers who post all the negative shite in the matchday and post match forums will f*ck off and take their glory hunting , plastic , remote control holding mates with them and leave our club to genuine supporters who do not think football was invented in 2012.
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You are clearly deluded, What an utter crock of crap. Just because we were once shite does not mean that we should always remain so. Football fans want the best they can reasonably expect from the club they support. When we had Swales/ franny lee and got dumped into division two we were all pissed off because we knew the club was mismanaging its resources.

When we had bernstein and royal and clawed our way back from the brink, we loved it because we achieved what we should have done and the players became cult heroes.

When we got a bit more dosh and keegan took over we played great football and we all relished every game.

When Pearce took the reigns we were skint again and we put up with what we got.

Now we have more resources than any club in world football and supposedly the best manager, it stands to reason that we are not satisfied with finishing fourth and playing in the champions league.

Just except that this season and the last one have been poor and hopefully we can begin to fulfil our potential next season.
 
GeekinGav said:
i'm not happy with how this season has evolved, the so-called aura that is Pep Guardiola has left me wondering was it hype from people that know nothing about football.

But i'll make an excuse that its not his squad. from those he's those he's brought in so far, 1 has been great, 2 have long term injuries, 1 is struggling in a struggling defence and 1 is Claudio Bravo. So given the summer to bring his 'his' type of players and those that arent will go, if its the same this time next season with a team of 'his' players and 'his' playing style, then yeah, he doesnt deserve to here because he hasnt improved us.

emphasis on 'his' team and 'his' style ... cos i dont find him doing his job for City or the fans, just for himself. He hasn't adhered himself to me, so far, as a part of our great club like other managers we've had have done or tried to do.
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Agreed.
 
BillCarlisle Ex-Manchester said:
As I said, papering over the cracks. With our squad it was hardly surprising that heads went down. It happened last season too. I maintain that Conte had a ready made advantage over Pep with regard to squad & number of fixtures. Nevertheless he's done a very good job down there. He clearly knows what he's doing.
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Yes and Hoddle last night (I try not to pay attention to him) but he made a valid point, at times you wonder whether we actually practice defending.
Or is it that Pep thinks fuck it - it's attack and screw the rest. If it is in essence the question is can that work in the English premier league?
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Yes and Hoddle last night (I try not to pay attention to him) but he made a valid point, at times you wonder whether we actually practice defending.
Or is it that Pep thinks fuck it - it's attack and screw the rest. If it is in essence the question is can that work in the English premier league?
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I agree that we need to defend much much better. Monaco away was a classic example of how to throw away a 2 goal aggregate lead. Control the game for the first half hour & we would have been home & dry. Instead we blew it. That's not the question though - it could have been a better season but I wouldn't describe it as a bad one. No way. Just my opinion.
 
ballinio said:
A good & fair assessment , I mostly agree.
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yeah, the last paragraph was my own personal dig as i like managers to be on the touchline representing the club, wear a scarf, a club coat, a training top or a club blazer. he just looks like a bloke who has popped out for a bottle of milk and stopped to watch the local team before he heads home.

Picky i know, dont think he did it at Bayern either, just gives the impression that he's not in it like we are. To me.
 
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