The Berties are a cut above(below?) when it comes to idiocy.
Bluemoon goes into Meltdown
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The Berties are a cut above(below?) when it comes to idiocy.
British version of the Deplorables.
If it's about the red than Rojo should've stayed on the pitch with his 2 tackles then as well. Fools.
I have maintained for a long time they dont actually have a great squad. They have a couple of standout players (De Bruyne/Aguero), a few who have previously been fantastic players but not consistently for a while (Silva/Toure/Kompany/Zabaleta), a few that I have never really rated much above average (Fernandinho, Nolito, Navas, Otamendi) a few inconsistent younger players (Sterling/Sane/Stones) and then some absolute shockers. Also, once you scratch the surface of the bare XI there is very, very little substance.
Lets not forget, they finished 4th last year and imo that is about right
Lets not forget, they finished 4th last year and imo that is about right
I dont blame him. They can throw tons and tons and money but they're still smalltime.
Why do they even bother with football if they are dead cert the league is fixed ?
I have no idea
It sounds like maybe the journalist? But he clearly did absolutely nothing wrong.
Some of them seem absolutely unstable, mentally.
Apparently Mason is a rag because of yday's performance (in which all his decisions were correct), yet they forget his performance against Boro against us
By goal difference as well,
The arrogance of them to believe that they could just buy an ethos such as Bayern or Barca is staggering. Their moves in the transfer window were odd also. I thought the key areas needing addressing were the full backs and defensive mid, none of which got bolstered, instead they got the crock Gundogan.
He is going into that dark place called "Why always us?". There's a fine line between galvanising siege mentality and the destructive lack of self-awareness of a victim mentality.
He seems to be heading for the latter.
Think too much is being read into it. Pep is very cynical when it comes to the press, always has been. Nothing much new about his behaviour tbh
I would accept this argument if he wasnt calling out the quality of the league or his own fan base, which he seems to be doing repeatedly, hell leave on his own soon enough.
I love how short term their memory is over there. We've been getting screwed over by the refs for the entire season and get two offside goals (1 which didn't matter as the game was already won) and all of a sudden the refs want us to win the league?
All red cards for sure, but I would argue Fernandinho's was worse than either of Rojo's. The scissoring action was the nail in the coffin.
Even worse when in those same games we've still had big decisions go against us.
They're raging. We're doing something right. Love this.
The best thing about this for me is that the entire club has been structured with the end goal of getting Pep as manager. They've been planning and tapping for years and years. Putting his barca cronies in powerful positions in order to convince him to come. This is their shot at the big time, all of their eggs are in one basket. They are counting on pep to make them a real top club, one capable of winning the CL and playing fantastic football which blows the other teams away. So if this fails, where do they go from here? Everything they've been scheming towards will come to nothing and it'll be beautiful.
The decision to sack Mancini was bizarre they played brilliantly under him and were frightening at times.
But but but Pep is the best of the best in the world?
Would be seriously funny to see all the wheels coming off the bandwagon in the next couple of months and see how they deal with it.
At the start of the season it was impossible to have a serious debate about Pep. If, like me, you questioned the substance of his record at Barcelona and Bayern you were accused of being jealous even though we had just appointed arguably the best manager in the business with a proven track record in 4 countries.
I can understand City fans being giddy but surely more "expert" pundits and journalists should have questioned exactly what his role was in creating unstoppable sides at Bayern and Barcelona
I can understand City fans being giddy but surely more "expert" pundits and journalists should have questioned exactly what his role was in creating unstoppable sides at Bayern and Barcelona
You highlight the point, very few of these so called experts daren't go against the grain and challenge popular mainstream narrative. They all had them nailed on for everything after 10 wins at the beginning of the season.
They can be very witty on RAWK, these lot on BM are just scumbags ...all 12 of them.
Lol at this article. Calls City small time, and hints that Pep will be short term. Remember when everyone was criticising the Jose appointment for being short sighted, despite the fact Guardiola has never managed a team for more than 4 years?
http://www.espnfc.com/manchester-ci...-ranks-man-city-as-second-tier-team-co-author
http://www.espnfc.com/manchester-ci...-ranks-man-city-as-second-tier-team-co-author
I agree. It would be nice to see a few more Keane and Sutton's and a few less Redknapps and Henrys.
It wasn't like it was even a tough spot. It was fairly obvious that this was going to happen
so beautifully putI do think we all need to calm down a bit though, including City fans. They are still 3 points ahead of us, and their next few premier league games look winnable. They are having a bit of a bad patch especially with Pep having a meltdown everytime he is interviewed. If the owners see sense they will keep Pep and I can see them spending a lot of money in the next two windows which is always a good way to stop problems at football clubs.
It's great seeing them in a mini turmoil though, considering how optimistic they were before the season started.
It's great seeing them in a mini turmoil though, considering how optimistic they were before the season started.
They're away to Everton next and then at home to Spurs and you think those games look winnable? It's not like they're playing Sunderland and Swansea at home
Plus they have Yaya's birthday coming, always a rough month for that club.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if he did a DiMaria on them.
In fairness Guardiola usually leaves on his terms after domination. Mourinho usually leaves after full blown meltdowns and dressing room disarray.
Guardiola usually joins his teams during domination as well though, that's his trouble this time around.
Mourinho didn't leave Porto, Chelsea the first time or Inter in those circumstances. Real sure, but which manager doesn't there? Chelsea last year was certainly bizarre though.
He first left Chelsea after falling out with Roman.
And yeah, fair enough about Real. Basket case of a club.
And Jose's the first manager to fall out with Roman, eh?
Jose's longevity at Chelsea and Madrid is better than most managers. How many managers stay for three seasons at either club? The man is also adored at Porto and Inter.
This whole meltdown idea has to be seen in context. Any world class manager would have a meltdown trying to deal with Abramovich and Perez.
Carlo Ancelotti coped for years with Berlusconi's craziness, look how long he lasted at Chelsea and Madrid by comparison! You can't make out that only Mou has issues at those clubs.
Right, he left because of a falling out with Abramovich over Shevchenko, but it wasn't really a meltdown and I don't remember their being locker room disarray.
Whatever. Doesn't matter now anyways.
Of course they'll spend a lot of money, but it'll probably be lots of panic buys. Its not exactly a secret that they're a small shithole Barca clone identity-less sugar daddy club, with a rapidly losing cred time bomb of a manager.
Why would you want to go to City?
If money was your absolute motivation, China's the new City.
Well, yes.
Was about to say this. Also with no Fernandinho so 46 year old Yaya doing the pressing in midfield..
Mancini had Kompany, Toure, Silva and Aguero all at their best. Pep would be walking the league with that team.
Doesn't excuse their shit transfer window however.
Pep dropped Aguero in firing form earlier in the season but got dropped for whatever reason. At Bayern, Pep insisted on FBs to play as central midfielders or 3 at the back or whatever when they can just play simple 4 at the back to bring out the best of his defenders. Not like it's the players' fault for defenders got confused and can't defend when being counted
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