Original Dub wrote:brite blu sky wrote:i am getting a real strong sense that a lot of people are starting to bottle it, worried as fucl, clammed up and looking at the half empty glass..
please tell me im wrong
My concerns about our credentials under Mancini against the top teams are valid. That doesn't mean I'm not behind the team and its kind of getting a bit tedious that everytime anyone voices concern they're shot down. Its not gonna affect the team, its an OPINION.
Not directed at you solely mate..
well for the record OD i think your thoughts and analysis are some of the best ones and perfectly valid. Forum to chat and all that. In many ways what people express is probably going through a lot of peoples minds anyway, even if they wouldn't say it outloud.
So in relation to your concerns over our record against top sides with Bob at the helm, im thinking that a lot of the games were pretty close tbh. Pool, Chelsea, Rags.
My own opinion is that none of us as yet know, as he has only had half a season and we need to take it as it comes. The next 3 as they are all top 6/7 will provide some answers one way or another.
i do get a feeling that the loss to the fuclin scum has set a lot of people on the doom track. im a Manc and i understand that, but i have never let the c*nts ruin my approach to city as i dont want to credit them with that in any way shape or form, i just let it go there and then. shit happens.
as for the rest of the top 6/7 teams i really dont see why we should be frightened or worried about playing them, home or away. Yes we have to turn up on the day, but that applies to virtually all Prem games or your fucled ( Hull ).
Some people will take results only.. we had thread on that recently, some people look deeper into performances or the mentality of the team.. some people who have been around city for a long time or even a VERY long time like john1868 can take a well balanced long term view that now sees us scrapping it out for a top 4 place.
Some fans cannot take the disappointment, so they guard against it by not holding out any hope ( at least in public ), some will just be out and out optimistic, iether cos they can take a knock on the chin or they perhaps have a life experience that dictates people respond better to optimism than negativity. A lot of people are probs somewhere in between.
We could get held off by Arsenal and lose to a RVP late volley. We could get outplayed by Spurs, held to a draw by Villa and end up going to WHU totally out of it and get panned by a team fighting like hell to stay in the premiership.
If it genuinely makes someone's day to day life happier thinking like that then way to go.
Ultimately we can only try and get a sense for what and how we see things and interpret that to get a feeling of positive or negative.
Personally i have had a good sense about the Arsenal game for some time as is documented on this forum. The Spurs game is a different matter all together, and in fact it is the one that concerns me most.. i can't get beyond thinking that the two teams will cancel each other out and it will be a draw.. similar in many ways to the Pool game at coms.
As to your concerns OD, i just think that we have the players to do it, it all comes down to if we get it right on the day. Its football so any sh*t can happen, so i suppose you have to say and we get the run of the ball as well.