HeyMark wrote:The more I look at our last 5 games the more worried I am. That really is one of the toughest run ins imaginable
gillie wrote:HeyMark wrote:The more I look at our last 5 games the more worried I am. That really is one of the toughest run ins imaginable
Is it fuck they are the games we will win its the so called easy games that worry me.
carl_feedthegoat wrote:Btajim.
Hi Garry,I just wanted to shake your hand and ask you a question.I go to COMS as mucha as possible but sometimes I cannot leave the house as Sophie.....sorry..Sophie is my Cat...... needs a carer when Im away and sometimes I cannot find one.
My question is ; Is it possible to bring Sophie to matches at COMS in her kitten box and can she come in for free?
Ted Hughes wrote:A lot of the teams we're playing against will need to beat us. Our weakness is that we struggle to break down ANY team who sets their stall out to stop us but when we have space to break into we're as good as anyone (or we would be if we took our chances).
Therefore most of the games to come should suit us & give us a chance of winning IF we can break down Wigan!
lets all have a disco wrote:Shudder at the thought of those gutless wankers delivering for 8 games.
johnpb78 wrote:lets all have a disco wrote:Shudder at the thought of those gutless wankers delivering for 8 games.
Perhaps a touch harsh, but my thoughts are that they have had the opportunities to prove their bottle against Sunderland, Stoke, Hull etc etc and have kept on blowing the opportunities. Chelsea imploded, Arsenal and U***d look like they may go down to the wire, so we wont find either game easy - there are some saying we will go and beat arsenal on their patch, er, yeah right....
Why should we believe that anything will change? People keep on saying, "we should be well up for the last 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 etc games" - yet forget to ask why we werent up for majority of the run of games we have just had.
Its not the end of the world, we are still in the hint if we win our remaining games, but the fixtures which are coming up look evn more daunting after last night, but hell, typical city to win the games we are not fancied to, and fuck up the ones we should win eh?
Ted Hughes wrote:johnpb78 wrote:lets all have a disco wrote:Shudder at the thought of those gutless wankers delivering for 8 games.
Perhaps a touch harsh, but my thoughts are that they have had the opportunities to prove their bottle against Sunderland, Stoke, Hull etc etc and have kept on blowing the opportunities. Chelsea imploded, Arsenal and U***d look like they may go down to the wire, so we wont find either game easy - there are some saying we will go and beat arsenal on their patch, er, yeah right....
Why should we believe that anything will change? People keep on saying, "we should be well up for the last 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 etc games" - yet forget to ask why we werent up for majority of the run of games we have just had.
Its not the end of the world, we are still in the hint if we win our remaining games, but the fixtures which are coming up look evn more daunting after last night, but hell, typical city to win the games we are not fancied to, and fuck up the ones we should win eh?
I think Everton is just about the worst fixture City can play tbh. That's why we should have just gone for it last night rather than trying to match them. They're better than us at that type of game. The games to come offer a different set of problems to Everton though but ones which we're more adept at solving & ones which suit Mancini more imo. He hasn't got a scooby how to play against a typical rough English PL side but most teams to come don't fit that description bar Birmingham.
johnpb78 wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:johnpb78 wrote:lets all have a disco wrote:Shudder at the thought of those gutless wankers delivering for 8 games.
Perhaps a touch harsh, but my thoughts are that they have had the opportunities to prove their bottle against Sunderland, Stoke, Hull etc etc and have kept on blowing the opportunities. Chelsea imploded, Arsenal and U***d look like they may go down to the wire, so we wont find either game easy - there are some saying we will go and beat arsenal on their patch, er, yeah right....
Why should we believe that anything will change? People keep on saying, "we should be well up for the last 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 etc games" - yet forget to ask why we werent up for majority of the run of games we have just had.
Its not the end of the world, we are still in the hint if we win our remaining games, but the fixtures which are coming up look evn more daunting after last night, but hell, typical city to win the games we are not fancied to, and fuck up the ones we should win eh?
I think Everton is just about the worst fixture City can play tbh. That's why we should have just gone for it last night rather than trying to match them. They're better than us at that type of game. The games to come offer a different set of problems to Everton though but ones which we're more adept at solving & ones which suit Mancini more imo. He hasn't got a scooby how to play against a typical rough English PL side but most teams to come don't fit that description bar Birmingham.
I'm not too disconsolate at losing last night, they are a good team who aside from a poor start would probably have walked 4th place by now and may even have challenged at the top.
The games coming up vs U***d, hopefully we have the sign on them, particularly at our place and the players seem to know what its all about. Whether the motivation from the manager is there, thats a different question. Perversely, that game is the one game I am reasonably relaxed about.
Mystifying selections last night worry me about the "tinkering". We tried to block up the midfield and then promptly surrendered it for large parts of the game, which shows a huge tactical naivity. Still believe we have the squad and they players, but we have to go out and get this 4th place - its not going to come via cagey 1.0 wins, as our upcoming opposition are too good for that.
Until its mathematically possible, I will not give up thinking that we can do it, but I think we are all massively disappointed that the manager reverted to type last night after a decent attempt at attacking football against Fulham. He needs to set out his stall and stick to it, and playing 1 forward at home is not right, never will be, and will never lead to success.
Original Dub wrote:Our problem is that we play as cautiously at home as we do away. We should have had everton shitting it with a very attacking side yesterday. We should have started with two strikers - Eastlands was the hardest place to win FFS!
Having said that, its over now and time to pick ourselves back up. I did say before the game that contrary to maybe how most felt, I felt Everton was our toughest home game of the run in and I hope I'm right. They have a fantastic away record and are in really good form. We know that our players can naturally raise their game against the big sides and we have Villa, Spurs and U***d in that respect - all major rivals for what we want as fans. Wigan and Birmingham are opponents we'll simply have to outclass, but they aren't the same style as Everton, nor are they as solid. Brum's run looks to be over and we have more to gain, Wigan will simply HAVE to pay the price for what happened last night or else it is over IMO.
So in all, I think we'll win all of our home games if we go out with a do or die attitude. And there is no reason to think we can't sneak 6 points from our away games.
The shackles HAVE to come off NOW though.
Original Dub wrote:Our problem is that we play as cautiously at home as we do away. We should have had everton shitting it with a very attacking side yesterday. We should have started with two strikers - Eastlands was the hardest place to win FFS!
Having said that, its over now and time to pick ourselves back up. I did say before the game that contrary to maybe how most felt, I felt Everton was our toughest home game of the run in and I hope I'm right. They have a fantastic away record and are in really good form. We know that our players can naturally raise their game against the big sides and we have Villa, Spurs and U***d in that respect - all major rivals for what we want as fans. Wigan and Birmingham are opponents we'll simply have to outclass, but they aren't the same style as Everton, nor are they as solid. Brum's run looks to be over and we have more to gain, Wigan will simply HAVE to pay the price for what happened last night or else it is over IMO.
So in all, I think we'll win all of our home games if we go out with a do or die attitude. And there is no reason to think we can't sneak 6 points from our away games.
The shackles HAVE to come off NOW though.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Original Dub wrote:Our problem is that we play as cautiously at home as we do away. We should have had everton shitting it with a very attacking side yesterday. We should have started with two strikers - Eastlands was the hardest place to win FFS!
Having said that, its over now and time to pick ourselves back up. I did say before the game that contrary to maybe how most felt, I felt Everton was our toughest home game of the run in and I hope I'm right. They have a fantastic away record and are in really good form. We know that our players can naturally raise their game against the big sides and we have Villa, Spurs and U***d in that respect - all major rivals for what we want as fans. Wigan and Birmingham are opponents we'll simply have to outclass, but they aren't the same style as Everton, nor are they as solid. Brum's run looks to be over and we have more to gain, Wigan will simply HAVE to pay the price for what happened last night or else it is over IMO.
So in all, I think we'll win all of our home games if we go out with a do or die attitude. And there is no reason to think we can't sneak 6 points from our away games.
The shackles HAVE to come off NOW though.
I can't believe we were watching the same game. We were harrassing them most of the game and were attacking from the start. They hardly touched the ball apart from the goal.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Original Dub wrote:Our problem is that we play as cautiously at home as we do away. We should have had everton shitting it with a very attacking side yesterday. We should have started with two strikers - Eastlands was the hardest place to win FFS!
Having said that, its over now and time to pick ourselves back up. I did say before the game that contrary to maybe how most felt, I felt Everton was our toughest home game of the run in and I hope I'm right. They have a fantastic away record and are in really good form. We know that our players can naturally raise their game against the big sides and we have Villa, Spurs and U***d in that respect - all major rivals for what we want as fans. Wigan and Birmingham are opponents we'll simply have to outclass, but they aren't the same style as Everton, nor are they as solid. Brum's run looks to be over and we have more to gain, Wigan will simply HAVE to pay the price for what happened last night or else it is over IMO.
So in all, I think we'll win all of our home games if we go out with a do or die attitude. And there is no reason to think we can't sneak 6 points from our away games.
The shackles HAVE to come off NOW though.
I can't believe we were watching the same game. We were harrassing them most of the game and were attacking from the start. They hardly touched the ball apart from the goal.
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