Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [9th - 12th December 2011]

Bucket said:
All the toys back in the prams now then? Good :)

I do find it quite amusing how much people say Man Uniteds team/squad/everything is so poo and City is omgincredible, yet we are still only two points behind and we've been playing like 5 year olds.
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You seem to forget a few crucial things, Utd started the season very well and

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/teams/ManchesterUtd.html

As you can see, 5 wins on the trot, then 4 games almost completely the opposite, then a bunch of wins but without playing a single "top" team and the only somewhat decent team you played was Newcastle, yeah a bit of a BS result but I'm not sure Newcastle weren't already racking up their injuries list by then, not sure if The Hair played, Tiote was out.


Thing is, a top four team in this league can be poo, and still thump everyone below 7th with complete ease.

City have, literally unquestionably been playing better than Utd from 6-7 games into the season, Utd have been losing in other competitions and been playing badly in a lot of those recent wins, with a couple unlucky dropped points and more than a few lucky gained points off awful performances.

Likewise, 2 points doesn't mean much, City play a top four team and Utd play a bottom 4 team, what do you think will happen, the odds are that the gap will close on a weekend like that. The next weekend that City play Wolves and Utd play Chelsea, that could easily go back to 5 points, in facts it's more likely than not.

Since Utd have been playing badly, City have won more cup games, against better teams, and won European games against better teams, and lost against better teams than Utd lost to.

When you regard a title chasing side as playing poo, its not explicitly stated but most people are generally talking about a top 4 side playing poo, not a premier league team, a top 4 side playing poo, is still a very very good premier league team.

Also again, aside from the results, Utd have been playing crap football, and City have mostly been playing excellent football. Results and quality of football aren't the same things.
 
As you can see, 5 wins on the trot, then 4 games almost completely the opposite, then a bunch of wins but without playing a single "top" team and the only somewhat decent team you played was Newcastle, yeah a bit of a BS result but I'm not sure Newcastle weren't already racking up their injuries list by then, not sure if The Hair played, Tiote was out.
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And lets no forget that before the UTD draw (AT old trafford...) newcastle lost to City 3-1 then after our game went on to lose, AT HOME, to Chelsea 3-1.

That should tell you that in a relative sense, we suck. We struggle to break down ( no offense to newcastle) much lower rates teams than our own. And this has been a very common occurance so far this season.

But of course you'd know that if you looked at the other matches and then stumble upon the car crash that was the EPL UTD vs City game. And of course all of our champions league matches were abominations, except the FC Galati ties.
 
Oh god, is it the school holidays?

So many plastics fans on here, literally bashing their team, saying they are awful cant win anything, WHAT. Try being a bottom of the table team supporter.

You are all miserable.
 
No. certain fans of certain cplubs have certain expectations. Wigan fans for example would be glad to still be in the PL for next season whilst city fans expect there 600m to begin to win titles left right and centre
 
Definitely been odd that keeps going and coming but it's good to now see that there is something official about it all.

From what I've read, its not something you 'recover' from? But that you essentially live with and manage?
 
Robbo said:
That's him out for ages and ages then, nice.
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Shamikebab said:
We're going to be down to one midfielder at this rate :/


Fergie just has to buy/loan someone now in Jan, even if it's just a stop gap.
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I know I made a joke about it being a stomach ache but surely his health is more important than you being without a player for a while? It's not as if he's been available for the last 9 months anyway.
 
BaZ87 said:
I know I made a joke about it being a stomach ache but surely his health is more important than you being without a player for a while? It's not as if he's been available for the last 9 months anyway.
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Of course it is, but it doesn't mean we should be happy about it. :p

In fairness, I don't even rate him that highly anyway.
 
Robbo said:
Of course it is, but it doesn't mean we should be happy about it. :p
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I just found it funny that your first instinct was to worry about your midfield at the weekend rather than his health.

To officially announce that he's taking a break from the game, it's got to be something pretty serious. Despite him playing for Utd, I hope I'm wrong but I'd be surprised if he'll play again because as Bucket's mentioned, this sounds like something you don't get over.
 
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