Re: **** leicester cit v Man City **** official match thread

[Ray78]

Pellegrini is delusional. In what world did City deserve to win because they had more chances? I recall Leicester had the Albrighton back-post chance and the Vardy 1-on-1 chance that he blazed over. Those two chances were better than anything City had

For all Pellegrini's faults I wouldn't call him delusional.

I wouldnt normally but to think City deserved to win today? No, we deserved to draw.
Just not playing poorly and having possession doesnt mean you deserve to win

Patchy performance (which is to be expected considering our away form) but it was better than our recent away exploits and we should of had a cast iron penalty and created a few chances.

[Sparklehorse]

I was relatively happy tonight.....a clean sheet which has to be applauded. I thought that the Mangler and the Otter were pretty solid. We did enough to win the game. The penalty..
.well I think it looked too much like a dive with his arms in the air. Just go down ffs. 3 points off the top and we have to start scoring away goals soon Bony is not the answer in my book....I think if Iheanacho got more of a run he would prove to be much more effective.......two minutes is not enough !!!
We have to beat Watford. We really do !

[KinkyKinkladze]

After letting myself get over it, I'm happy with a draw. We were ripe for an embarrassment there. A win would've been lovely but the main thing is we didn't get beat and keep in a good position going into the new year.

[PrezIke]

Not pleased. Supportive, but this is not the best we can give in an important game.

[john@staustell]

After letting myself get over it, I'm happy with a draw. We were ripe for an embarrassment there. A win would've been lovely but the main thing is we didn't get beat and keep in a good position going into the new year.

A loss would've been pretty disastrous so all in all a good result. Maybe we should've won but they do defend the area well.

With the build up I was expecting us to lose 6-0, but it wasn't quite like that was it?

Big period coming up now, tired legs. Even I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two kids filling in with all the injuries.

But that's what you have to do to win things, stand up and be counted

[zabbadabbado]

Performance wise it was an improvement. That's about it really.

Last away win in the Premier League, September.

We are on course to finish the season with a paltry 72 points based on our points trajectory. Pretty shocking with the squad Pellegrini has at his disposal.

I am not going to lie, and be a hypocrite, I cant wait for him to fuck off, he is killing us. We cant keep blame injuries for the regression all over the pitch. He brings absolutely nothing to the Table, A good manager makes the sum bigger, than the parts. He consistently brings us fuck all. His in game substitutions are also just as baffling. I accept players are not fully fit yet. But how can we justify finishing a game we want to win, with all our best players off the pitch.

This Season Premier League could potentially see a team lose 8, or 9 games, and still win the Title. What a poor quality league we have this year. There are no stand out sides. The fact we are only 3 points off the top, losing 5 games already and not winning away since September says it all. I cant remember the last time all the top sides look so ordinary. Even Spurs could be in with a realistic shout of winning the TItle.

Been bought the Mark Ward book for Christmas "Right Wing, to B-Wing". Going to give it read when I start de-toxing on January 2nd :-) has anyone else read it ?.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Performance wise it was an improvement. That's about it really.

Last away win in the Premier League, September.

We are on course to finish the season with a paltry 72 points based on our points trajectory. Pretty shocking with the squad Pellegrini has at his disposal.

I am not going to lie, and be a hypocrite, I cant wait for him to fuck off, he is killing us. We cant keep blame injuries for the regression all over the pitch. He brings absolutely nothing to the Table, A good manager makes the sum bigger, than the parts. He consistently brings us fuck all. His in game substitutions are also just as baffling. I accept players are not fully fit yet. But how can we justify finishing a game we want to win, with all our best players off the pitch.

This Season Premier League could potentially see a team lose 8, or 9 games, and still win the Title. What a poor quality league we have this year. There are no stand out sides. The fact we are only 3 points off the top, losing 5 games already and not winning away since September says it all. I cant remember the last time all the top sides look so ordinary. Even Spurs could be in with a realistic shout of winning the TItle.

Been bought the Mark Ward book for Christmas "Right Wing, to B-Wing". Going to give it read when I start de-toxing on January 2nd :-) has anyone else read it ?.

Would you rather we left Aguero and Silva stay on and risk overdoing it, get injured again and then leave us play the second half of this season nursing injuries to our best players?

Both did very little in any case when they were on, not that their replacements did much either.

[zabbadabbado]

Performance wise it was an improvement. That's about it really.

Last away win in the Premier League, September.

We are on course to finish the season with a paltry 72 points based on our points trajectory. Pretty shocking with the squad Pellegrini has at his disposal.

I am not going to lie, and be a hypocrite, I cant wait for him to fuck off, he is killing us. We cant keep blame injuries for the regression all over the pitch. He brings absolutely nothing to the Table, A good manager makes the sum bigger, than the parts. He consistently brings us fuck all. His in game substitutions are also just as baffling. I accept players are not fully fit yet. But how can we justify finishing a game we want to win, with all our best players off the pitch.

This Season Premier League could potentially see a team lose 8, or 9 games, and still win the Title. What a poor quality league we have this year. There are no stand out sides. The fact we are only 3 points off the top, losing 5 games already and not winning away since September says it all. I cant remember the last time all the top sides look so ordinary. Even Spurs could be in with a realistic shout of winning the TItle.

Been bought the Mark Ward book for Christmas "Right Wing, to B-Wing". Going to give it read when I start de-toxing on January 2nd :-) has anyone else read it ?.

Would you rather we left Aguero and Silva stay on and risk overdoing it, get injured again and then leave us play the second half of this season nursing injuries to our best players?

Both did very little in any case when they were on, not that their replacements did much either.

We can all use hypothetical's.

Why then, does he keep starting players in games, that are not fully fit.

If Aguero ,Silva, are not fully fit. Then they should not be starting a game. They should brought on later in the game as impact substitutes. Nurse them to full match fitness. Instead of risking soft tissue injuries, over exerting unconditioned muscles beginning games at full throttle. players who have been out injured for weeks, should be introduced to games slowly.

My opinion, is it is Just another excuse to justify his in game substitutions that make no sense. Personally I don't think Pellegrini really gives a shit about the Premier League. He appears to be treating some of these games almost with contempt, especially if we have an upcoming Champions League game. He very rarely makes substitutions in Premier League games that improve our chances of winning them. Usually his in game substitutions have a negative impact on the game. We finished last nights game with Aguero, Silva, Sterling, on the bench. Our most creative players.

He was happy with a 0-0 draw. To him it was a good result. We have scored just 2 away goals, and not won away since last September in the Premier League. That is pretty astonishing. He is under achieving with one of the best squads in World Football. Grinding out 0-0 draws with Leicester, then bemoaning the fact we didn't win the game out right. Like he does pretty much every week these days.

I am counting down the days to this dullard being given the bullet.5 months and counting

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

Performance wise it was an improvement. That's about it really.

Last away win in the Premier League, September.

We are on course to finish the season with a paltry 72 points based on our points trajectory. Pretty shocking with the squad Pellegrini has at his disposal.

I am not going to lie, and be a hypocrite, I cant wait for him to fuck off, he is killing us. We cant keep blame injuries for the regression all over the pitch. He brings absolutely nothing to the Table, A good manager makes the sum bigger, than the parts. He consistently brings us fuck all. His in game substitutions are also just as baffling. I accept players are not fully fit yet. But how can we justify finishing a game we want to win, with all our best players off the pitch.

This Season Premier League could potentially see a team lose 8, or 9 games, and still win the Title. What a poor quality league we have this year. There are no stand out sides. The fact we are only 3 points off the top, losing 5 games already and not winning away since September says it all. I cant remember the last time all the top sides look so ordinary. Even Spurs could be in with a realistic shout of winning the TItle.

Been bought the Mark Ward book for Christmas "Right Wing, to B-Wing". Going to give it read when I start de-toxing on January 2nd :-) has anyone else read it ?.

Super negative post. Here is the opposite view. We're still in every competition, another semi final coming up, we're well in contention for the league, just three points off the top with all our main rivals to come to the Etihad. We've finally won a group in the CL setting up a less daunting task in the first KO round, and that was from yet another group of death, and also included to fine away wins. As a side effect we have improved our coefficient and will probably pass the filth in this dept.
All this has been achieved with many of our main players missing. This season still has the potential to be great for us. It's stupid to be so down on the manager.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Performance wise it was an improvement. That's about it really.

Last away win in the Premier League, September.

We are on course to finish the season with a paltry 72 points based on our points trajectory. Pretty shocking with the squad Pellegrini has at his disposal.

I am not going to lie, and be a hypocrite, I cant wait for him to fuck off, he is killing us. We cant keep blame injuries for the regression all over the pitch. He brings absolutely nothing to the Table, A good manager makes the sum bigger, than the parts. He consistently brings us fuck all. His in game substitutions are also just as baffling. I accept players are not fully fit yet. But how can we justify finishing a game we want to win, with all our best players off the pitch.

This Season Premier League could potentially see a team lose 8, or 9 games, and still win the Title. What a poor quality league we have this year. There are no stand out sides. The fact we are only 3 points off the top, losing 5 games already and not winning away since September says it all. I cant remember the last time all the top sides look so ordinary. Even Spurs could be in with a realistic shout of winning the TItle.

Been bought the Mark Ward book for Christmas "Right Wing, to B-Wing". Going to give it read when I start de-toxing on January 2nd :-) has anyone else read it ?.

Would you rather we left Aguero and Silva stay on and risk overdoing it, get injured again and then leave us play the second half of this season nursing injuries to our best players?

Both did very little in any case when they were on, not that their replacements did much either.

We can all use hypothetical's.

Why then, does he keep starting players in games, that are not fully fit.

If Aguero ,Silva, are not fully fit. Then they should not be starting a game. They should brought on later in the game as impact substitutes. Nurse them to full match fitness. Instead of risking soft tissue injuries, over exerting unconditioned muscles beginning games at full throttle. players who have been out injured for weeks, should be introduced to games slowly.

My opinion, is it is Just another excuse to justify his in game substitutions that make no sense. Personally I don't think Pellegrini really gives a shit about the Premier League. He appears to be treating some of these games almost with contempt, especially if we have an upcoming Champions League game. He very rarely makes substitutions in Premier League games that improve our chances of winning them. Usually his in game substitutions have a negative impact on the game. We finished last nights game with Aguero, Silva, Sterling, on the bench. Our most creative players.

He was happy with a 0-0 draw. To him it was a good result. We have scored just 2 away goals, and not won away since last September in the Premier League. That is pretty astonishing. He is under achieving with one of the best squads in World Football. Grinding out 0-0 draws with Leicester, then bemoaning the fact we didn't win the game out right. Like he does pretty much every week these days.

I am counting down the days to this dullard being given the bullet.5 months and counting

Thing is mate he is working under advice from medics and analysts so these things are factored into his decision making, we are not privy to this info so we can't say with any certainty what is best practice despite liking to think we can.

[CTID Hants]

Performance wise it was an improvement. That's about it really.

Last away win in the Premier League, September.

We are on course to finish the season with a paltry 72 points based on our points trajectory. Pretty shocking with the squad Pellegrini has at his disposal.

I am not going to lie, and be a hypocrite, I cant wait for him to fuck off, he is killing us. We cant keep blame injuries for the regression all over the pitch. He brings absolutely nothing to the Table, A good manager makes the sum bigger, than the parts. He consistently brings us fuck all. His in game substitutions are also just as baffling. I accept players are not fully fit yet. But how can we justify finishing a game we want to win, with all our best players off the pitch.

This Season Premier League could potentially see a team lose 8, or 9 games, and still win the Title. What a poor quality league we have this year. There are no stand out sides. The fact we are only 3 points off the top, losing 5 games already and not winning away since September says it all. I cant remember the last time all the top sides look so ordinary. Even Spurs could be in with a realistic shout of winning the TItle.

Been bought the Mark Ward book for Christmas "Right Wing, to B-Wing". Going to give it read when I start de-toxing on January 2nd :-) has anyone else read it ?.

You really are the proverbial dog with a bone, give it a rest.

I really hope the de-toxing works, because at the moment you really should be wearing a bio hazard suit.

[getdressedmctavish]

Zabba's over the top(ha) but it is plain to see we lack zip away from home. Pellers isn't inspiring any of us. I suspect the same is true of the squad. We are muddling through to the end of the season, and we may win something, but I don't think any one believes that is due to the managers genius.We've just got to accept what we are seeing is pre Guardiolitis. In the circumstances its not too bad. But I cant wait for the day someone gets this team flying like it should be. On the prem I don't think it is so much that the leaders are poor, rather that the teams in the middle have improved tactically to such a degree. Last night, players like Simpson, Huth, Morgan and Fuchs should be swept aside but they are expertly coached as a unit. Same could be said for Stoke, Palace, Watford etc

[Hutch's Shoulder]

Pellegrini is delusional. In what world did City deserve to win because they had more chances? I recall Leicester had the Albrighton back-post chance and the Vardy 1-on-1 chance that he blazed over. Those two chances were better than anything City had

For all Pellegrini's faults I wouldn't call him delusional.

I wouldnt normally but to think City deserved to win today? No, we deserved to draw.
Just not playing poorly and having possession doesnt mean you deserve to win

Like all managers, his comments were more directed to the message he wants to give the team as an objective analysis. It's pointless criticising any manager for not telling it like it is after a game, that's not what they're about.

[Spurge]

Dear o fuckin dear we've just lost the league it would seem.
Sergio and Silva are coming back from lengthy lay offs and need to be carefully managed during their comebacks. Players just want to play (understandably) and they can be their own worst enemies.
I didn't want to see either come off but if they had stayed on and hobbled off in the last 10 mins when fatigue can increase the risk of injury it would be a bigger issue and pellers would be chastised big time
I applaud pellergrini for seeing the bigger picture and doing the right thing in subbing both but would have brought iheanacho on instead of bony. We won't win or lose the title by drawing at the king power with half the season to go.
It was an improvement on some of our previous away performances and on another day we would have won. I thought Sergio showed signs he is close to returning to form and I was pleased to see sterling switch and join him in more of a 442 formation on the night as we were already bossing the game.
That said pellers is a spineless twat and should be sacked with immediate effect happy new year one and all!!!!