


Actually took me a minute to notice what had changed.
Think I might make this my wallpaper at work.
That ratty old woman giving V's top right is class
Special mention to the chap with a pirate eye patch if you can spot him
Better watch out refs...
Imagine the horror of thousands of blue seats hurling insult at you
I have a theory that Pep was always doomed to failure at City.
Think about it, the man hailed as the best manager in all of football given free reign at the club, combined with some of the best facilites money can buy. Players that should be scoring for fun and tearing through defenders like soggy tissue, unlimated budget to sign the players he wants - All huge factors that would guarentee success at the scum/chelski/arsenal or anywhere else.
Unfortunately for him and us, City don't work like that.
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Pep has yet to understand the Premier League.
Till he does he will probably remain unsuccessful.
He tinkers too much. His team selection last night showed that. So many pre-match (some on here) said that the selection of Sane as left wing-back could be a problem. - and so it proved.
More importantly, every team can defend well and taking an extra touch before trying to score makes it easier for the them to prevent goals.
Worst of all is his total dedication to possession at the expense of creating guilt edged chances when the opposition defence is dislocated. If the opposition defence is dislocated you attack it quickly and if you lose possession as a result you quickly press to get it back. Our players seem to be scared of losing possession and thus don't take the risk and thus don't get the gilt edged chances that are easier to convert.
He could be the most successful manager the Premier League has ever seen, but he needs to be slightly more pragmatic to achieve that. Sadly, I don't think pragmatism is in his mindset.
I'm just sick of the experiments. Like putting players in the wrong positions as if to prove how innovative and clever he is. Playing a formation we are clearly not suited for to try and crowbar two strikers who have zero chemistry and play best up top alone etc. After a year of this it's got to the point where you wait for the team news with baited breath to see what he's come up with this time.
I'm just sick of the experiments. Like putting players in the wrong positions as if to prove how innovative and clever he is. Playing a formation we are clearly not suited for to try and crowbar two strikers who have zero chemistry and play best up top alone etc. After a year of this it's got to the point where you wait for the team news with baited breath to see what he's come up with this time.
He could be the most successful manager the Premier League has ever seen, but he needs to be slightly more pragmatic to achieve that. Sadly, I don't think pragmatism is in his mindset.
Haha.
They had a few more. Aguero tried to be too cute and took too much time rather than shooting at the goal in the first half. Silva hitting the post and sterling blazing over were 3 genuine chances I remember.
They've played 2 games
They played two games and looked very good against Everton even with ten men in the second half. Their first half performance was pretty average though.
Too early to judge, but there is a question as to whether the Van Gaal/ Pep style if football can be effective in the Prem, especially against the teams who park the bus and play on the counter.
I think he'll be back at barca next year, the fairytale return if they have a bad season.
That's what I thought. We've already seen the most successful manager the Premier League will ever have.So he thinks pep might stay for 20-30 years and win 14+ PL titles, good luck with that.
The last two quotes are pretty spot on I think.
It worked at barca because whatever he did, the team he put out was miles better than all but one team in the league, and maybe 3 teams in the CL. Even after all the money spent, city are not that far ahead of even the worst team in this league that they can overcome ridiculous set ups every single time.
I think he'll be back at barca next year, the fairytale return if they have a bad season.
I think from the first 2 games who the FA have given the title to. Teams roll over for one team and no red cards for 2 straight yellow tackles and the debacle that was passed off as a referee performance last night. Sad to see English football go this way.
They are the PL bitch. Absolutely fecking toothless whist Dick Scudamore decides who wins the title.
It's the rags title this year. They won't be allowed not to win it with such a perceived big gap between titles.
I don't think anybody is seriously saying the rags have it sewn up, it's just that our biased media have once again been spouting their usual bovine excreteia by trying to tell everyone that the rags are the greatest thing on planet football, and that the rest of us are mere no-hopers, waiting patiently in line to go up and collect our losers medal and then coming down to worship at the altar of all things raggy. Genuflecting before the eye gouger and telling him we're not worthy to lick his boots.
They've been doing this every year since the Premier League started, and they'll continue to do it all the while plastic fans who have never ventured from the comfort of their own armchairs will buy the tabloids, will subscribe to Sky, will masturbate themselves into the Guinness Book of Records whilst listening to the boiled bollock and his co-horts on TalkSport.
Sheep will always need a shepherd.
I was gonna post the same thing and you beat me to it.
I genuinely find it hilarious they think they are victims. I am sane (unlike the posters there) and the way I see it is the media are pro-city if anything. Reason I say that is Chelsea were hated and nobody wanted to like because of the investment whereas they wanted to like City and always suck them off and are always dying to give them credit despite spending more. Also, Chelsea were a cup winning team (fa cups, league cups, european titles) whereas City were relegation fodder. Think United have generally been treated unfairly also (always bringing up our spending whilst almost refusing to acknowledge City's despite it being more) and we get far less teams roll over for us and far less ref decisions than them also.
They so conveniently forget all the dirt regarding tap ups, drug testing, dodgy money and simply deflect it to us based on god knows what.
They really are absolutely mental. I actually feel sorry for them letting anything in life make them so angry. They must have really high blood pressure and ulcers growing in their stomachs!
Well lets face it you're not gonna fill that many seats with City fans.There's so many United fans in that photo from @Scarecrow , not even hiding it.
I genuinely find it hilarious they think they are victims. I am sane.
You 'find it hilarious they think they are victims' and then reel off a load of spurious nonsense about Utd being victims. Your location states you are from the UK but your understanding of irony would suggest otherwise.
They really are absolutely mental. I actually feel sorry for them letting anything in life make them so angry. They must have really high blood pressure and ulcers growing in their stomachs!
They don't have have irony in America? Actually that explains a lot.