SiJ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Though apparently they won f*ck all in Leicestershire itself. Perhaps the Scousers had a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Forgot Welbeck existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ever the pessimist said: Forgot Welbeck existed. Very much City's to lose now. Chelsea were always an outside bet, but that's pretty much killed them off tonight bar a miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Sat. Arsenal v City Sun. Chelsea v Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Just now, BIG D said: Sat. Arsenal v City Sun. Chelsea v Liverpool 2 away wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 minute ago, BIG D said: Sat. Arsenal v City Sun. Chelsea v Liverpool Arsenal will want to try and play. City will likely tear em a new one. Reckon Chelsea and Liverpool will draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 There’s a notable change in tone on social media (I know, not always a great barometer, but I’m including reputable accounts) to bemoaning the fact City are so dominant rather than just heaping praise on them. Probably partly driven by annoyed Liverpool and Chelsea fans, but still, interesting to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Ever the pessimist said: There’s a notable change in tone on social media (I know, not always a great barometer, but I’m including reputable accounts) to bemoaning the fact City are so dominant rather than just heaping praise on them. Probably partly driven by annoyed Liverpool and Chelsea fans, but still, interesting to me. Don’t think City have looked that great tonight to be honest. They’ll win the league, but Chelsea have dropped silly points in recent weeks which has cost them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Ever the pessimist said: There’s a notable change in tone on social media (I know, not always a great barometer, but I’m including reputable accounts) to bemoaning the fact City are so dominant rather than just heaping praise on them. Probably partly driven by annoyed Liverpool and Chelsea fans, but still, interesting to me. I've seen some journalists complaining about them too. The idea of Chelsea fans crying about City spending too much money is quite hilarious though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 What makes City so dangerous is they not only have loads of money, but they know what they're doing it with it too. As long as Pep sticks around, it will be very hard to stop them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, SiJ said: I've seen some journalists complaining about them too. There’s a Rory Smith (NYT) thread on Twitter tonight saying it’s unhealthy for the league. I suppose a counter point would be that, a middling team like Brighton getting a draw at Chelsea (and Liverpool) is pretty good for a league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Just now, Ever the pessimist said: There’s a Rory Smith (NYT) thread on Twitter tonight saying it’s unhealthy for the league. I suppose a counter point would be that, a middling team like Brighton getting a draw at Chelsea (and Liverpool) is pretty good for a league. Perhaps it is, but then I have little time for fans of Chelsea, Liverpool and Man U complaining about a monopoly at the top. I'm not entirely convinced we'd be getting the likes of Roy Smith complaining if it was a Liverpool or Man United bossing it most seasons. Part of it is because of how City are perceived and how they've achieved their success. There is also a bias towards the traditional top clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birstall Owl Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, SiJ said: Perhaps it is, but then I have little time for fans of Chelsea, Liverpool and Man U complaining about a monopoly at the top. I'm not entirely convinced we'd be getting the likes of Roy Smith complaining if it was a Liverpool or Man United bossing it most seasons. Part of it is because of how City are perceived and how they've achieved their success. There is also a bias towards the traditional top clubs. Exactly! The traditonal red cartel don't like it up em. I don't remember complaints when Liverpool won the league 6 times in the 80's or Manchester United won it 5 times in the 90's & 6 times in the 00's They talk as though every player who pulled on the red shirt has come from Salford or Bootle. F*ck em, City can win it for the next 10 years for me 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Just now, Birstall Owl said: Exactly! The traditonal red cartel don't like it up em. I don't remember complaints when Liverpool won the league 6 times in the 80's or Manchester United won it 5 times in the 90's & 6 times in the 00's They talk as though every player who pulled on the red shirt has come from Salford or Bootle. F*ck em, City can win it for the next 10 years for me There is a high level of hypocrisy. As you say, I can't recall too many people lamenting the dominance of Man United during the 90s/00s. Should also be pointed out that Man U were usually the ones smashing the British transfer record during that period. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Agree totally. I’m old enough to remember Wednesday being in the same division as dominant MUFC and Liverpool teams, so quite enjoy all this. Just interesting to see something of a change in tone. Expect it to grow if City keep dominating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0wl18 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 6 hours ago, SallyCinnamon said: Harry Maguire £80m 28 year old centre half. Club captain and England international. Raphael Varane 30 year old World Cup Winner and numerous Champions League medals. Fred £50m 28 year old Brazilian international. Rashford England international almost 50 caps. Nearly 200 games for Man Utd. I’m sure they can take a teammate having a bit of a dig at them for repeatedly making mistakes and generally playing poorly. All the above players were woeful the other night and Ronaldo or Bruno having a bit of a moan at them is not the problem. You see it week in week out in every league. Watched Spurs beat Palace 3-0 the other day. Super performance and yet Regullion and Moura were whinging at each other right up until full time. It’s a nonsense argument. United players weren’t moaning the minute the referee blew the whistle to start the game. It crept in 30 minutes in after repeated mistakes and poor play against a side in the relegation zone. You see it all the time. Difference is Moura scored and, assisted a goal. Ronaldo and Fernandes were amongst the worst on the pitch the other night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I’d rather city just get a good head of steam now so that they can fully concentrate on the CL liverpool fans on Twitter are just idiots from around the world that don’t have a clue, you would be better looking on their actual forum for a better representation of their sour grapes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 No problem with Ronaldo having a go at his teammates. The best have lost their sh*t on the pitch many times Like the man in my profile pic And I’d be fuming too playing with dross like Rashford, McTom, Dalot, Maguire He must be thinking WTF have I done coming back here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 And I don’t care about City’s oil riches They also get my vote on winning the league every time over Man Utd The most nauseating, self entitled, narcissistic club on the planet whose supporters deserve misery I hate them more than the pigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 You could tell Chelsea were going to concede last night, they aren’t looking anything like they were… good cross and finish by Brighton. Grealish is still ‘settling in’ but he’s not really doing much… just seems to get the ball, get marked and pass it back to the fullback…. It’s a scarily good squad though - anyone they swap out is really capable Win Man U be able to beat Burnley tonight ? Possibly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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