The mancityfans.net football forum

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:

Dunnylad wrote:At least he was nearly there for their 4th, Hart beaten at his near post, Mangala oblivious to what was going on around him, none of that absolves Kolarov from a poor performance, but this witch-hunt against one player masks that there were far too many players having lamentable performances yesterday

Nearly there!!! Should have gone for that with his head in which case he would have got a foul for dangerous kicking. Might have woken him up too.

That not their 3rd? Too many goals too many could have been stopped by half decent defending

Is he gone to China yet?

A witchhunt....did you see what did yesterday. There is trying and playing poorly and then there is not giving a fuck, yesterday was the latter.

Kolarov hasn't give a fuck all season , a stronger manager wouldn't let him anywhere near the first team squad . His pathetic attempt at turning up yesterday just about sums up our Premier League campaign this season . Not on his own yesterday with a shocking half arsed attitude and work rate but he was head and shoulders the biggest disgrace !

Kolarov couldn't give a fuck yesterday. Neither could the manager. So if the manager couldn't give a fuck at the top, as he hasn't all season, shouldn't that be more of a worry?

Mase wrote:Kolarov couldn't give a fuck yesterday. Neither could the manager. So if the manager couldn't give a fuck at the top, as he hasn't all season, shouldn't that be more of a worry?

Two disastrous premier league campaigns where we have failed to compete. Losing 10 games in one season. Shocking. Potentially in the Europa league next season. He has been replaced for these reasons. If we hadn't got Pep we would have gone for someone else as Pellers hasn't been good enough at the bread and butter stuff like competing in the league.

Sister of fu wrote:A witchhunt....did you see what did yesterday. There is trying and playing poorly and then there is not giving a fuck, yesterday was the latter.

He's been consistently called out for many a season now - yesterday was not excusable, but it shouldn't blind people that there are others around him who are being masked by the complete focus on him. The excuse now being peddled that if we played Saturday it would have been different, just allows people to coast - why wouldn't you if you knew your boss would just continually cover your ass

The whole season has been handled terribly. People have said 'oh well Pellers won't be here next season so he probably doesn't give a fuck about getting top 4' the same could be said about a few of those players yesterday. It shouldn't be like that be this is the modern day footballer.

You've got players like Kolarov and Bony (not sure what Sterling's excuse was) that’s know full well they won't be here next season and that they 100% won't be playing against Real. So what's to stop them not giving a fuck? It shouldn't be like that but it is.

Like I say, the whole season has just been handled badly from top to bottom.

I've defended Kolarov. He did well when Cliché was out and offered far more than Cliché in attack with not too bad defending. But the display yesterday and at Newcastle was a two fingers to the team and the fans purely because he knew he wasn't selected for RMadrid. As Big Blue says elsewhere, in a pub team (or if we were a team), he would have got a fat lip from one of those who cared. Unfortunately, apart from Nacho, there didn't appear to be anyone who did care, least of all the fucking manager. Kolarov will get it in the ear from the fans next week and rightly so. What a huge number of fucking mardy arsed ill disciplined bunch of wankers we have got for our fucking billions. There has got to be something wrong at board level to allow this kind of thing to happen so many times, probably starting with the leeway given to the manager who should have been out the door after the Liverpool at home debacle. Once that was allowed, every fucking cheat in the squad knew it was open house.

Also throw into the mix that Pellegrini gave the team selected an excuse not to perform with his lame blast at the FA in his Friday presser for not bringing the game forward 24 hours . Its as if MCFC as a club have given up on the Premier League since we won our group stage of the CL and these half arsed PL performances have become common place .

As has been said before, the team on the field is a reflection of the manager. If the players dont think the manager is giving 100% then that will filter down. Bacon was a cunt but he rarely had players not putting a shift in and they were soon fucked off in any case. Pep seems to be cut from the same mould so i for one am hoping we dont witness yesterday again. Not the defeat as they will happen, but the manner of it.

A number of our playing staff are going to get a very big rude awakening from July. Bring it on

nottsblue wrote:As has been said before, the team on the field is a reflection of the manager. If the players dont think the manager is giving 100% then that will filter down. Bacon was a cunt but he rarely had players not putting a shift in and they were soon fucked off in any case. Pep seems to be cut from the same mould so i for one am hoping we dont witness yesterday again. Not the defeat as they will happen, but the manner of it.

A number of our playing staff are going to get a very big rude awakening from July. Bring it on

Here here !

nottsblue wrote:As has been said before, the team on the field is a reflection of the manager. If the players dont think the manager is giving 100% then that will filter down. Bacon was a cunt but he rarely had players not putting a shift in and they were soon fucked off in any case. Pep seems to be cut from the same mould so i for one am hoping we dont witness yesterday again. Not the defeat as they will happen, but the manner of it.

A number of our playing staff are going to get a very big rude awakening from July. Bring it on

It's a malaise that has been present in our squad for years, even when at times in title winning years. That ruthlessness we are hoping for and I agree with you on that, is something that nobody should be exempt from.
We discuss on here the pros and cons of youth in the team or in the squad. For me, 4-5 youth team players who've progressed through the ranks, pushing those that haven't performed out of the match squad and starting team if necessary, would eliminate performances like we saw from SOME yesterday.
I'm hoping Pep overhauls a regime. Overhaul might be overstating it. I think all the basic ingredients are in place, the recipe just needs tweaking.

I hope I never see him in a City shirt again after that second goal. He can't be arsed doing what he is primarily in the team for which is defend. Joe Hart was laughing and shaking his head. He should have been giving him a bollocking for his lack of effort. His left foot is overrated as well. Sick of seeing him put it into row z from 30yds out.

Mase wrote:You've got players like Kolarov and Bony (not sure what Sterling's excuse was) that’s know full well they won't be here next season and that they 100% won't be playing against Real. So what's to stop them not giving a fuck? It shouldn't be like that but it is.

Many things should stop them from not giving a fuck:

1. Their personal pride
2. Respect for their teammates
3. Knowing that they get paid as much (or more) to run around a pitch for 90 mins each week as most fans do for a years worth of 9-5 work.
4. The chance to show millions of people why you should be starting vs Real and/or remind other clubs why they should offer you a fat contract in the summer

But what we got from Kolarov was inexcusable:

https://streamable.com/h0q2

Last game he showed that he has little to no personal pride, no respect for his teammates, no respect for the fans, and doesn't deserve a spot in our squad let alone second string. I saw that MEN gave him a 2 rating which is just about the worst I can ever remember. Sums it up really.

bigblue wrote:

Mase wrote:You've got players like Kolarov and Bony (not sure what Sterling's excuse was) that’s know full well they won't be here next season and that they 100% won't be playing against Real. So what's to stop them not giving a fuck? It shouldn't be like that but it is.

Many things should stop them from not giving a fuck:

1. Their personal pride
2. Respect for their teammates
3. Knowing that they get paid as much (or more) to run around a pitch for 90 mins each week as most fans do for a years worth of 9-5 work.
4. The chance to show millions of people why you should be starting vs Real and/or remind other clubs why they should offer you a fat contract in the summer

But what we got from Kolarov was inexcusable:

https://streamable.com/h0q2

Last game he showed that he has little to no personal pride, no respect for his teammates, no respect for the fans, and doesn't deserve a spot in our squad let alone second string. I saw that MEN gave him a 2 rating which is just about the worst I can ever remember. Sums it up really.

I totally agree mate. I'm not defending it, just telling people why it's happening.

Mase wrote:Kolarov couldn't give a fuck yesterday. Neither could the manager. So if the manager couldn't give a fuck at the top, as he hasn't all season, shouldn't that be more of a worry?

The manager's going at the end of the season. I can only hope that Kolarov follows him

I detest Kolarov with a passion and his performance yesterday was another disgrace. But we know what we get from him. I was more annoyed with the performance of a number of the others, particularly Delph. The goal from the corner was from him giving the ball away in their half - anyone can do that, but he jogged back, just behind the ball with no attempt to get it back.

Kolarov has had his time and must know he's out, Delph has got a chance at last and should be having to be carried off the pitch each game

As a centre-mid? LOVE IT!!!!!!!

Maybe we should rename the thread, "What does Kolarov actually do?"