hateutd
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jimharri said:I was at that game and the performance was definitely below par, which became the norm for the season. But the worst moment of the season? I envy you if that's the case.Pelly Greeny said:First game of the season - something just didn't feel right and I had an awful feeling that, as we would never match the euphoria of that last few minutes against QPR, it was going to be difficult to get the momentum going again.
The rags goal at home was a pisser, oddly the FA Cup result didn't surprise me so I wasn't that bothered - maybe the lacklustre displys all season had prepared me for what would have otherwise have been a devastating result.
I could name five or six moments off the top of my head that are far far worse than that. St Mary's, Goodison (yet again), Stadium of Light (yet again), Swansea (yet again),Van Persie's last minute winner against us, last summer's transfer window, QPR away, West Ham away, the Cup Final shambles etc etc. Give me 10 minutes or so and I could probably come up with as many again, all of them putting the opening game in the shade in terms of rank ''worseness''.Pelly Greeny said:jimharri said:I was at that game and the performance was definitely below par, which became the norm for the season. But the worst moment of the season? I envy you if that's the case.Pelly Greeny said:First game of the season - something just didn't feel right and I had an awful feeling that, as we would never match the euphoria of that last few minutes against QPR, it was going to be difficult to get the momentum going again.
The rags goal at home was a pisser, oddly the FA Cup result didn't surprise me so I wasn't that bothered - maybe the lacklustre displys all season had prepared me for what would have otherwise have been a devastating result.
It was an interview with baconface before the season started - he'd said something along the lines of how City would struggle after winning the title as it can affect players attitudes in a bad way. He said that the rags were used to it now and could handle the expectation whereas we wouldn't.
There was something about his comment that made it stick in my mind - probably because it was one of the few times he wasn't slagging off a ref that hadn't played by his rules or sticking up for one of his players that had somehow avoided a nailed-on red card.
That game and the atmosphere made me wonder if we the fans, let alone the players on the pitch, could handle it as the atmosphere was very poor considering it was the first game of the new season and we were reigning champions.
That was the day that the doubt started and nothing really happened after that to make me think the old pisscan was wrong.
Am hoping that a new manager, a couple of new players and the realisation that we were shit last season will give whoever is left a kick up the arse and we see some of the football we were treated to 2011/12 season.
yozzer said:lescott as a striker