Xela Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 1 hour ago, PaulC said: Problem was people got over excited by his beginning. The problems were there last season for City. it will take him a couple of years to build a title winning team. Really? They arguably had got the strongest squad in the league when he took over and he's spend a load of money. A couple of years won't be acceptable to the owners in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Ah the 'philosopher king' exposed as a fraud again. Really pushing the 'boundaries' with a back three of Sagna, Stones and Kolarov LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 11, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 11, 2016 Just how many games does Kolarov need to be exposed as having no pace before Pep spots the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Do feel for Kolarov, because there's simply nothing you can do if you're slower than someone and they have 40 yards of space to get in behind you. If he were in Chelsea's back 3, we'd probably be talking about how good he's been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Kolarov is an attacking fullback being deployed as a centre half, utterly ridiculous thinking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Some guy on reddit predicted how Vardy would destroy Pep 7 months ago. He said he guarantees Pep will play a high line against Leicester which Vardy will easily expose. Guess what happened? If some random redditor can figure that out, I can imagine other managers know how to beat Pep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 £47.5m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 12, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2016 23 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Kolarov is an attacking fullback being deployed as a centre half, utterly ridiculous thinking. And a slow one being asked to play a high line in a risky strategy. Bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Quote Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has pleaded guilty to drink-driving, but says he had not "intentionally consumed alcohol". The 33-year-old accepts he was "above the permitted limit", and did not challenge the charge. The Ivory Coast international was fined £54,000 and banned from driving for 18 months by Barkingside magistrates. "It is well known that I am a Muslim and do not drink, said Toure. "I have always refused alcohol." Toure was driving in Dagenham in east London at the time of the offence last month. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Monday, but did not say in his Facebook statement how the alcohol got into his system. In his statement Toure added: "Drink-driving is a serious crime and even though I was not intentionally consuming alcohol I accept the ban and fine and I would like to apologise for this situation." The Ivory Coast international was recalled to the Manchester City squad earlier this month after apologising for "misunderstandings" relating to comments made by his agent Dimitri Seluk. We have all been there Yaya. I can't remember how many times I have gone out, had a glass of Coke and came back steaming drunk. I don't expect anything less than this from the fraud tbh. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38299308 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) in fairness he got the excuse off a former team-mate Edited December 13, 2016 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 19 minutes ago, Zatman said: in fairness he got the excuse off a former team-mate Probably the wrong thread but that clearing in the woods was punditing on Sky the other day. How? How can anybody take a single word he has to say seriously? Relegation was 'a weight off his shoulders', that's all you'll ever need to know about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 On 12/11/2016 at 12:51, Xela said: Really? They arguably had got the strongest squad in the league when he took over and he's spend a load of money. A couple of years won't be acceptable to the owners in my opinion. yes i do, barring a not getting champions league disaster he'll get time, they'll want his stamp on the yoof set up meaning that he shouldnt be judged for a while yet but our media are desperate to say that english football broke him i think they need a new RB, LB, another CB, another holding midfielder and another striker you look at the team he played vs leicester and question why he played a stupid defence, kompany as always was injured, so was otamendi whos shit anyway, that leaves him with john stones who we all know what people think of him and 19 year old tosin adarabioyo...for a club with a £500m squad to have that kind of depth at CB is criminal but thats the reality of most positions, its a really poor squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted December 13, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 13, 2016 Did someone spike his birthday cake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 6 hours ago, rodders0223 said: We have all been there Yaya. I can't remember how many times I have gone out, had a glass of Coke and came back steaming drunk. I don't expect anything less than this from the fraud tbh. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38299308 Only Allah can judge him now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 3 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Did someone spoke his birthday cake? Too many chocolate liqueurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 On 12/13/2016 at 14:17, villa4europe said: yes i do, barring a not getting champions league disaster he'll get time, they'll want his stamp on the yoof set up meaning that he shouldnt be judged for a while yet but our media are desperate to say that english football broke him i think they need a new RB, LB, another CB, another holding midfielder and another striker you look at the team he played vs leicester and question why he played a stupid defence, kompany as always was injured, so was otamendi whos shit anyway, that leaves him with john stones who we all know what people think of him and 19 year old tosin adarabioyo...for a club with a £500m squad to have that kind of depth at CB is criminal but thats the reality of most positions, its a really poor squad But that's also down to him, isn't it? He obviously knew there would be problems at the back. Instead he spent £85m on forwards and buys 1 defender. He signed Alves and Pique in his first season at Barca and the best defender he's signed since then is probably Maxwell or Adriano, which says it all. The excuses I'm hearing for him are essentially "I know he's spent £180m, but to be fair he needs another £150m to be competitive". Nonsense. Chelsea have David Luiz and Victor Moses as defenders. The issue is tactical arrogance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 2 hours ago, kurtsimonw said: But that's also down to him, isn't it? He obviously knew there would be problems at the back. Instead he spent £85m on forwards and buys 1 defender. He signed Alves and Pique in his first season at Barca and the best defender he's signed since then is probably Maxwell or Adriano, which says it all. The excuses I'm hearing for him are essentially "I know he's spent £180m, but to be fair he needs another £150m to be competitive". Nonsense. Chelsea have David Luiz and Victor Moses as defenders. The issue is tactical arrogance. nail on head, any decent manager going into a club builds from the back unless they have a super defence. Newcastle last season were all over the place and Benitez came in and made a defence with Coloccini and Dummett more solid and harder to break down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 That Patrick Roberts lad can hardly get off Celtic's bench nowadays. Was getting game time at 17 with Fulham before a £12m move to Citeh. No doubt he is on a very good contract, which is all that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 hardly get off Celtic bench? he tore CIty apart 2 weeks ago in Champions League and has played about 25 games for Celtic already this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 4 hours ago, rodders0223 said: That Patrick Roberts lad can hardly get off Celtic's bench nowadays. Was getting game time at 17 with Fulham before a £12m move to Citeh. No doubt he is on a very good contract, which is all that counts. Half way through the season, 23 appearances and 8 goals 11 points clear top of the league, tore his parent club apart in the Champions League. TBF he can't do much more really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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