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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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And you’re underestimating the impact of injuries and overestimating Ange’s input on the knackeredness.
Seriously though 2 games a week! In my amateur days I played of a weekend, had a weekday work comp and then a Thursday night indoor comp. Plus a fuck around most nights. And I was generally stoned too.
Great, were you playing against stoned amateurs or top level elite athletes who had been rotated more often?

It's not about how tired they are in general. If you put them up against me they'd look fresh as daisies. They're not up against me, they're up against fellow elite athletes, and against them they look fucked.

I'm not claiming it's Ange's training or his style. I'm not claiming that they shouldn't look so tired, but they do. They look fucked. Deki isn't a quick player on a good day but recently he's looked like he is running through treacle. Porro too. It is no coincidence that these are the two players least likely to be rotated. Porro especially. Reggie and Spence could have played more minutes in the early part of the season to help out Udogie and Porro. Yeah I know Ange doesn't particularly like or want either player, but he has them. They are what are at his disposal, and there's no point huffing about it. Conte was a dick for his treatment of Spence and it is no better from Ange. Is it any coioncidence that we raved about Udogie last season and before but then before he went down injured people on here were calling him shite? Now Porro.
 
Are you believing her because she's blonde and looks fairly decent in that thumbnail?
You'd probably enjoy her videos.
She's a man united fan but does videos on most teams and puts a lot of effort in.
She's been very much an EvAngelist and I think she still is.
I mean, she's wrong about him, which is why you'd probably like her. But it helps with the ol' confirmation bias.
 
I'd love someone to just respond with that when he wheels out the usual injury excuses
well then that would be the players fault, just like when he said subs were not relevant because the starting 11 didn't get to the levels he wants or some shit.

him blaming the players tells me that he knows they are not playing for him. hes fucking right, they gave up a long time ago. yet this absolute moron levy cant see it, even though the caveman is blatantly telling everyone himself lol.
 
Are you believing her because she's blonde and looks fairly decent in that thumbnail?
Decent? She looks like Gareth Keenan from the Office.
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The City team were all looking dead on their feet through November and December. They had a lot of players injured and the ones that were playing were a mix of over used and too old (sometimes both)

They sorted it out by buying their way out of it and having some players come back.
Their injuries weren't all hamstrings and they also don't look totally uncoached. So that's where the similarities end.
 
Thanks for the insight. My feeling - perhaps not a great analogy! - is the modern players are like racehorses, very finely tuned and vulnerable to injury, illness, etc., due to the high performance and so on.
I agree and add in an element of softness and the only reason I say softness is because they bring it on themselves. It destroys me and everything I think is wrong with the game. Every player shows weakness now by staying down and rolling about showing your opponent that they’ve got the better of you or hurt you. Back in the day you made sure you got up as quick as you could even if it was a sore one and bided your time for some payback.
I don’t know if you saw it in the Gazza thread where he mauls Garry Parker in the cup final and Parker is hurt but he gets up and shows that inner strength I don’t see in any player in world football now. And Parker wasn’t your typical 80s hard man but not even the hint of a moan but up and on with it.
 
You'd probably enjoy her videos.
She's a man united fan but does videos on most teams and puts a lot of effort in.
She's been very much an EvAngelist and I think she still is.
I mean, she's wrong about him, which is why you'd probably like her. But it helps with the ol' confirmation bias.
I've watched Alice's videos a few times. She is one of the more bearable Utd fans, and I often hear her compliment the younger players we have.
 
The City team were all looking dead on their feet through November and December. They had a lot of players injured and the ones that were playing were a mix of over used and too old (sometimes both)

They sorted it out by buying their way out of it and having some players come back.
Their injuries weren't all hamstrings and they also don't look totally uncoached. So that's where the similarities end.
watched some of the ipswich game, the difference KDB makes for them is a joke. its amazing what that one special midfielder can do, as long as the rest are competent footballers. his use of the ball is pretty much immaculate, he punishes teams with his I.Q and technique.
 
watched some of the ipswich game, the difference KDB makes for them is a joke. its amazing what that one special midfielder can do, as long as the rest are competent footballers. his use of the ball is pretty much immaculate, he punishes teams with his I.Q and technique.
He looked back to his best. Everything was crisp and sharp and he sees his next pass before he gets the ball. He’s still a brilliant footballer.
 
He looked back to his best. Everything was crisp and sharp and he sees his next pass before he gets the ball. He’s still a brilliant footballer.
oh hes unreal. one of the few players that you actually watch when hes on because hes that fucking good. for me hes the best player the prems ever seen standard wise.

when city have him and rodri back together they are the best team in the world again by a distance.
 
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