***norwich v city official thread***

[Chopper]

Kompany has become a parody of his former self. A gobshite. "Hunting season", indeed. Tit.

Man of the match for me.

[Spurge]

4th? Highly unlikely with this utter mess. They might if they asked him to leave, tonight. He's bought some utter shite and has no idea other than just attack. Even that has ebbed out to nothing so it is a broken pile of shit. I honk when they got to the point when they had to reveal that Pep we coming, with hindsight, he should maybe have gone. It's clear the players are not playing for him. In fact, I've no idea what they are doing.

No idea than just attack? You are joking aren't you? We weren't attacking enough. That's why we couldn't open up one of the worst defences in the League!

Spot on it was in the last 3rd we were found wanting. Frankly I'm fucking sick to the back teeth of listening to people blaming pellegrini. Look at today nobody would have quibbled with the line up in terms of formation and quality. The players should have been able to have been good enough to have won the game comfortably simple as.

[carl_feedthegoat]

4th? Highly unlikely with this utter mess. They might if they asked him to leave, tonight. He's bought some utter shite and has no idea other than just attack. Even that has ebbed out to nothing so it is a broken pile of shit. I honk when they got to the point when they had to reveal that Pep we coming, with hindsight, he should maybe have gone. It's clear the players are not playing for him. In fact, I've no idea what they are doing.

No idea than just attack? You are joking aren't you? We weren't attacking enough. That's why we couldn't open up one of the worst defences in the League!

Spot on it was in the last 3rd we were found wanting. Frankly I'm fucking sick to the back teeth of listening to people blaming pellegrini. Look at today nobody would have quibbled with the line up in terms of formation and quality. The players should have been able to have been good enough to have won the game comfortably simple as.

WTF ??? Every fuckign cunt quibbled about the inclusion of that bow legged useless cunt being in the team.ITS PELLEGRINIS FAULT, hes the bastard manager!!!

[PrezIke]

We will not get any improvement until the spafia get the boot.

They have destroyed what Bobby Manc was producing.

I hope josef gets rid of those two .

Ummm...

Don't agree.

We were a different type of team then. Defensive oriented under Mancini, and the players miserable by the end.

Txiki and Soriano can't manage the team on the pitch. We had FFP hurting us two summers ago, which is why we didn't sign Pogba, as far as I understand, and all of the hierarchy thought we would pass. We were punished and set us back a season when we needed a top signing.

Soriano has made us a global force, and increased our revenues substantially where we are the fastest growing club in the world. So, Khaldoon/Sheik Mansour should sack him? That's crazy talk, bro.

I also "love" reading the list of Txiki's signings that only list the scape goats, and always exclude the best players he's brought in (i.e. Fern1, KDB, Sterling, Delph). Even those that have fizzled were almost all widely seen as smart ones, spoken about with praise for their potential/quality (Jovetic, Mangala, Bony) even if some irked at some of their price tags.

We wouldn't be getting Pep, arguably the best manager in the world, if it wasn't for Txiki, so you may want to reconsider what you are asking for (which won't happen anyway, fortunately). Remember, we thought we would get Pep after he left Barca, but we ended up having to wait, so we had to do something knowing that would happen later, and Pellegrini was the best manager willing to come in knowing whoever took the job would be replaced by Pep after his contract with Bayern. It was a long term strategy that still netted us 4 trophies.

I'm not please with things either, but let's not write revisionist history because of it. Mancini, who I of course appreciate, needed to go as his big mouth to the press before talking to players, and harsh discipline in house, doesn't fit into man managing many top players in modern football, whether one likes it or not. Pellegrini's approach has it's pros and its cons, but doesn't have the juice to be a straight up disciplinarian, nor is it his style. His stubbornness has been an issue, but so have the abilities and attitudes of some of the players that have been here since before he even arrived when it comes to playing a more pressing style. Who knows what else it is, but I can tell you today we missed Yaya tremendously, because for as great as Silva can be he doesn't dictate the tempo the same way Yaya does, nor do either Ferns play that way.

I would have started Nacho and Sterling, so how is that Txiki or Soriano's fault exactly? Oh, they picked him as manager, right. Yet, again, all that I wrote above is reality, so we weren't really going to fire Manuel unless things really unravelled this season. Also consider all of the injuries over the past few seasons, and you can't entirely blame Pellegrini for that either (we also have been missing KDB, our "crack signing" who has played to expectations, at least, and drove us to several wins while he was fit).

[carl_feedthegoat]

Bayern 8 Points ahead of second placed Dortmund.

I thought id add this in for the fans who think the players have slacked off because of the announcement of PEPS arrival.

Here's a reality check - Our shite season has fuckall to do with anything other than PELLEGRINI'S SHITE MANAGEMENT from top to bottom.

[Ray78]

The difference is Bayern can keep all of their key players fit for the season. If Pellegrini was that shite then we would of crashed out of the Champions League in the groups and not ended up with a trophy.

[carl_feedthegoat]

The difference is Bayern can keep all of their key players fit for the season.

Bayern Munich go into the winter break top of the Bundesliga despite their players missing a total of 828 days through injury in the first half of the season -- a number only beaten by Hertha Berlin and Schalke.

Throughout 2015, Bayern Munich's injury woes have been one of the main stories in Germany. The champions had to cope without several key players during the run-in last season -- David Alaba, Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben being among those unavailable.


Look for another excuse RAY....this one isnt one of them !!!!!


3 centre backs and a right winger (Robben)..id say they are fuckign key players..at a glance ,worse record than ours !

[Ray78]

The likes of Neuer (who is their vice captain), Lewandowski and the rest of their midfield have remained intact. While Pellegrini isn't completely blameless he is far from being totally shite either.

[Spurge]

4th? Highly unlikely with this utter mess. They might if they asked him to leave, tonight. He's bought some utter shite and has no idea other than just attack. Even that has ebbed out to nothing so it is a broken pile of shit. I honk when they got to the point when they had to reveal that Pep we coming, with hindsight, he should maybe have gone. It's clear the players are not playing for him. In fact, I've no idea what they are doing.

No idea than just attack? You are joking aren't you? We weren't attacking enough. That's why we couldn't open up one of the worst defences in the League!

Spot on it was in the last 3rd we were found wanting. Frankly I'm fucking sick to the back teeth of listening to people blaming pellegrini. Look at today nobody would have quibbled with the line up in terms of formation and quality. The players should have been able to have been good enough to have won the game comfortably simple as.

WTF ??? Every fuckign cunt quibbled about the inclusion of that bow legged useless cunt being in the team.ITS PELLEGRINIS FAULT, hes the bastard manager!!!

It doesn't come down to one player though. He took bony off reverted to 4-5-1 giving Silva a free role and then changed again to bring Iheanacho on for 2 up top. Plan a b and c each of which should have been enough to deal with Norwich. So easy to play the pellegrini and bony card its fucking boring seriously fucking boring. You lot keep going on about pellegrini's signings but you forget the barca boys influence in any of those - like they have fuck all say in it get real.

[carl_feedthegoat]

The likes of Neuer, Lewandowski and the rest of their midfield remained intact.

Shame about their defence !!..look at those fuckign injury stats...and ROBBEN ?? best winger in europe imo.

[carl_feedthegoat]

4th? Highly unlikely with this utter mess. They might if they asked him to leave, tonight. He's bought some utter shite and has no idea other than just attack. Even that has ebbed out to nothing so it is a broken pile of shit. I honk when they got to the point when they had to reveal that Pep we coming, with hindsight, he should maybe have gone. It's clear the players are not playing for him. In fact, I've no idea what they are doing.

No idea than just attack? You are joking aren't you? We weren't attacking enough. That's why we couldn't open up one of the worst defences in the League!

Spot on it was in the last 3rd we were found wanting. Frankly I'm fucking sick to the back teeth of listening to people blaming pellegrini. Look at today nobody would have quibbled with the line up in terms of formation and quality. The players should have been able to have been good enough to have won the game comfortably simple as.

WTF ??? Every fuckign cunt quibbled about the inclusion of that bow legged useless cunt being in the team.ITS PELLEGRINIS FAULT, hes the bastard manager!!!

It doesn't come down to one player though. He took bony off reverted to 4-5-1 giving Silva a free role and then changed again to bring Iheanacho on for 2 up top. Plan a b and c each of which should have been enough to deal with Norwich. So easy to play the pellegrini and bony card its fucking boring seriously fucking boring. You lot keep going on about pellegrini's signings but you forget the barca boys influence in any of those - like they have fuck all say in it get real.

SECOND WORSE TEAM IN THE PREM (VILLA ARE THE WORST FFS !!)FOR TAKING POINTS OFF THE TOP 10 FUCKIGN PREMIERSHIP TEAMS !!!!!!

Whose fault is that ???? shall we give Pellegrini a pass ???..blame it on the players and not because he continues picking shite tactics...against Liverpool we all knew what the score was going to be after 5 fuckign minutes.....players fault again ???

Do me a favour ffs !!

[Ray78]

The likes of Neuer, Lewandowski and the rest of their midfield remained intact.

Shame about their defence !!..look at those fuckign injury stats...and ROBBEN ?? best winger in europe imo.

Roben and Ribery were lethal in their pomp Carl but they aren't completely reliant on them anymore.

[carl_feedthegoat]

The likes of Neuer, Lewandowski and the rest of their midfield remained intact.

Shame about their defence !!..look at those fuckign injury stats...and ROBBEN ?? best winger in europe imo.

Roben and Ribery were lethal Carl but they aren't completely reliant on them anymore.

Martinez
that cunt Boateng
and 2 tiehr fuckign central defenders out injured ??/


Come on....you cannot defend the indefensible , Pep had his fuckign problems and he overcame them and they are still 8 points ahead of second place , Pellegrini hasn't got it in him to overcome similar problems and we aren't even talking about being in second spot..we are in 4th spot for fucks sake...actually clinging onto 4th spot !

[Ray78]

They have a much better functioning midfield to compensate for their defensive injuries. As I had said earlier Pellegrini isn't completely blameless but the injuries had killed what momentum we had built up at the start of the season in the league but the rest of the competitions have been good.

[carl_feedthegoat]

They have a much better functioning midfield to compensate for their defensive injuries. As I had said earlier Pellegrini isn't completely blameless but the injuries had killed what momentum we had built up at the start of the season in the league but the rest of the competitions have been good.

You're clutching at straws mate.

Pellegrini has not used all the tools he has in his shed correctly..he's managed to turn a fucking lego ferrari into a bastard lego train.

[Ray78]

It isn't solely down to the manager, he is powerless when the players cross the white line. At times our players lack that extra bit of intelligence when coming across teams who park the bus as well as individual error thrown in for good measure.

[Mase]

It isn't solely down to the manager, he is powerless when the players cross the white line.

That's ridiculous! What's the point in having him there on the sidelines then?

[carl_feedthegoat]

It isn't solely down to the manager, he is powerless when the players cross the white line.

That's ridiculous! What's the point in having him there on the sidelines then?

Should never have started him, but seeing as he did, he still should have acted and taken Bowlegs off after the 20 min mark...we would have had a better chance with Nacho on.

[Dub City]

They have a much better functioning midfield to compensate for their defensive injuries. As I had said earlier Pellegrini isn't completely blameless but the injuries had killed what momentum we had built up at the start of the season in the league but the rest of the competitions have been good.

You're clutching at straws mate.

Pellegrini has not used all the tools he has in his shed correctly..he's managed to turn a fucking lego ferrari into a bastard lego train.

Surely the manager has to take some of the blame for all the injuries. The amount of muscle strains and training ground injuries we have had this season would lead to question the training methods and preparations which ultimately come back to the manager and coaches.

Taking the first 5 games of the season out we are a mid table side for me the manager is the person most to blame to season on a whole. He picks his favourite players regardless of form and opposition and expects them to win games for him on too many occasions. Bony out injured, Iheanacho plays some games, does well then Bony who wasn't ripping up trees before his injury comes back and is out straight in ahead of him.

The youth players have been completely overlooked instead of moaning we only have 13 fit players why not try and blood one of them.

If we can scrape 3rd spot and get out of this season with league cup and qualified for group stages of champions league the rest of the season will have gone as well as we can hope.

[Ray78]

It isn't solely down to the manager, he is powerless when the players cross the white line.

That's ridiculous! What's the point in having him there on the sidelines then?

Can the manager win headers, win tackles track runners pick the right pass, . make intelligent runs and finish chances from the touchline? Bottom line it has been collective failure as far as the league goes.