Manchester City Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

rwbug · 12-05-2019 5:00pm

That feels so good. Every title has been different but this one feels amazing as that Liverpool team were relentless and fantastic. The fight, spirit and desire this team showed to win14 in a row was unbelievable.

mav79 · 12-05-2019 5:01pm

Congrats on a great season. Absolutely phenomenal run in to win the league, pressure in every game.

Hitchens · 12-05-2019 5:04pm

that goal of Vinnie's against Leicester will live long in the memory as being the boost we needed for the final push, especially it being so spectacular as well

Iused2likebusts · 12-05-2019 5:35pm

Well done lads congrats on the league.

sacamano · 12-05-2019 5:36pm

Hard to say it as a East Thurrock United fan but well done lads.

.G. · 12-05-2019 5:37pm

Liverpool fan, gutted but congratulations lads. See yiz next season!

Marty Bird · 12-05-2019 5:40pm

Your team is a machine. 14 wins on the bounce. Hats off lads well done and enjoy it. I wish it was us but congratulations all the same.

Tom Mann Centuria · 12-05-2019 5:40pm

Congratulations on the league win, well deserved.

Mulumpy · 12-05-2019 6:50pm

Magnificent season. Hard luck to Liverpool. Roll on Wembley

Just An Opinion · 12-05-2019 7:11pm

Congrats on a hell of a league season guys, phenomenal side!

8-10 · 12-05-2019 7:14pm

Congrats lads, ran a terrific race.

Kompany wrote your name on the trophy during the week. Moment of the season

Ronan|Raven · 12-05-2019 7:26pm

Well done, feels like the most almighty kick to the balls.
97 points but ye got there to 98. Some run of results.

Congrats.

blueser · 12-05-2019 7:34pm

Hitchens wrote: »

that goal of Vinnie's against Leicester will live long in the memory as being the boost we needed for the final push, especially it being so spectacular as well

And who it was that scored it. The modern day Mike Doyle.

jesus_thats_gre · 12-05-2019 7:40pm

Credit to City for winning the league again. Can't but be in awe of the teams ability to sweep virtually every opposition aside in such a systematic way. Coming out top on the 1 to 1 league with Liverpool too means there can be no real dispute at all.

Ps. That Kompany goal made me sick in my own mouth.

SlickRic · 12-05-2019 8:07pm

The Kompany goal was the moment.

For weeks pundits and fans wondered what the big decisive race-defining moment would be.

The captain, out of nowhere, with a thunderbastard from the gods, was a worthy one. If we're all honest, we knew that was it.

If we had to lose, I've no problem with it being that one.

shrewd · 12-05-2019 8:13pm

shrewd wrote: »

Lads, after Pool's performance today. i think City will win the league

Next time, i'll put my money where my mouth/instinct is. :pac:

Garzorico · 12-05-2019 8:15pm

Congrats to ye. Easily the best team the EPL has ever seen. The way they play is a tad boring for the neutral but it’s great to watch when they get in and around the box.

Bobeagleburger · 12-05-2019 8:17pm

Huge congrats from Liverpool fan here. The bar City have set is beyond anything I've ever seen. Here's to a good fight next year. Enjoy!

blueser · 12-05-2019 8:29pm

Garzorico wrote: »

Congrats to ye. Easily the best team the EPL has ever seen. The way they play is a tad boring for the neutral but it’s great to watch when they get in and around the box.

I'd imagine that, for a neutral, it probably IS a bit boring. But that's Pep's philosophy. Possession and patience. His view is, while we've got the ball, the opposition can't score. And that if the breakthrough doesn't come quickly, to keep your shape and keep doing the right things and, eventually, you'll score. He won't entertain long aimless balls into the box. No point; all our midfielders and forwards are midgets!

Buford T. Justice XIX · 12-05-2019 8:31pm

Congratulations on the win, lads, well deserved and hard won given there wasn't room for a mistake for months now.

Dcully · 12-05-2019 8:57pm

Lifelong Liverpool fan feeling gutted but also immensely proud tonight.
Congrats to you guys, an amazing team almost hitting 200 points over two seasons.
Both teams have been incredible sadly there can only be one winner but for my team to have got within 1 point of probably the greatest Premier league team ever says alot.
Huge congrats and well deserved, enjoy it lads we hope to challenge you guys again next season.

Bobeagleburger · 12-05-2019 9:02pm

Dcully wrote: »

Lifelong Liverpool fan feeling gutted but also immensely proud tonight.
Congrats to you guys, an amazing team almost hitting 200 points over two seasons.
Both teams have been incredible sadly there can only be one winner but for my team to have got within 1 point of probably the greatest Premier league team ever says alot.
Huge congrats and well deserved, enjoy it lads we hope to challenge you guys again next season.

City have hit a new level.

Imo it's Pep. He's a machine.

noodler · 12-05-2019 10:28pm

Yeah congrats, the twist never came, 14 in a row, difficult to argue with that.

Doesn't feel as bad today because I felt it was death by a thousand cuts. After spire were wasteful, utd woeful, Burnley GLT'd and Leicester thunderbastard'd....

Will always wonder what would have happened if Brighton had held it together for more than 15 seconds but what a season .

For the good of the league I hope it doesn't pan out in such a one sided, two-horse race again next year.

Nerdlingr · 12-05-2019 10:30pm

Congrats boys! 198 points over two seasons is a f*cking crazy bar to set! Hopefully see ye next year for more of the same!

Garzorico · 12-05-2019 11:28pm

noodler wrote: »

Yeah congrats, the twist never came, 14 in a row, difficult to argue with that.

Doesn't feel as bad today because I felt it was death by a thousand cuts. After spire were wasteful, utd woeful, Burnley GLT'd and Leicester thunderbastard'd....

Will always wonder what would have happened if Brighton had held it together for more than 15 seconds but what a season .

For the good of the league I hope it doesn't pan out in such a one sided, two-horse race again next year.

The twist was the 0-0 at Everton.

JP Liz V1 · 12-05-2019 11:34pm

Well it was a thrilling race until the end, well done MC

Utopia Parkway · 13-05-2019 12:21am

Garzorico wrote: »

The twist was the 0-0 at Everton.

That didn't feel like a twist at the time though because everyone expected both City and Liverpool to drop some points after that during the run in but both sides won all their remaining games.

rwbug · 13-05-2019 12:29am

Garzorico wrote: »

The twist was the 0-0 at Everton.

Crazily the twist was that there was no twist. I think we have just witnessed Englands best two teams ever.

I am a City fan but Liverpool were magnificent. They drove us on and we drove them on.

They have to win the CL now and lose the serial loser tag - if not I can see them having major confidence issues and not being a threat next year.

rwbug · 14-05-2019 8:47pm

https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1128378694798647297

doc_17 · 16-05-2019 7:33am

Congrats on the win. But you need new songs lads. What city have done on the field has been incredible, on the domestic front anyway.

But the official defence of that song has been awful. I suppose it’s hardly a shock though.

Weepsie · 16-05-2019 8:45am

doc_17 wrote: »

Congrats on the win. But you need new songs lads. What city have done on the field has been incredible, on the domestic front anyway.

But the official defence of that song has been awful. I suppose it’s hardly a shock though.

Like those Suarez tshirts? (I do agree though)

doc_17 · 16-05-2019 9:07am

Weepsie wrote: »

doc_17 wrote: »

Congrats on the win. But you need new songs lads. What city have done on the field has been incredible, on the domestic front anyway.

But the official defence of that song has been awful. I suppose it’s hardly a shock though.

Like those Suarez tshirts? (I do agree though)

And the defence continues.....proud times it must be for you.

doc_17 · 16-05-2019 9:08am

And I suppose the main takeaway from your point of view is that it’s ok to be vile as long as someone else previously did something dumb.

Weepsie · 16-05-2019 9:39am

doc_17 wrote: »

And the defence continues.....proud times it must be for you.

Not a city fan. I don't defend the singing (i did say I agree did I not), I just think a bit of hypocrisy needs to be pointed out when it rears it head.

And no, my main takeaway is the all clubs unfortunately seem to have a vile element among their fanbase. Only a select few clubs have been caught out by endorsing it in some way through some weird misguided defence

dmigsy · 16-05-2019 9:59am

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/16/manchester-city-hit-out-uefa-investigation-financial-fair-play-champions-league-ban

City sound rattled by this investigation. UEFA are likely to roll over and just issue a fine if there's any finding of wrongdoing imo. Can't see a ban happening.

doc_17 · 16-05-2019 11:14am

Weepsie wrote: »

doc_17 wrote: »

And the defence continues.....proud times it must be for you.

Not a city fan. I don't defend the singing (i did say I agree did I not), I just think a bit of hypocrisy needs to be pointed out when it rears it head.

And no, my main takeaway is the all clubs unfortunately seem to have a vile element among their fanbase. Only a select few clubs have been caught out by endorsing it in some way through some weird misguided defence

You were more or less saying it was grand because some idiot thought wearing Suárez t-shirts was fine.

And it’s not hypocrisy on my part so not sure what you’re getting at there.

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-05-2019 11:26am

dmigsy wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/16/manchester-city-hit-out-uefa-investigation-financial-fair-play-champions-league-ban

City sound rattled by this investigation. UEFA are likely to roll over and just issue a fine if there's any finding of wrongdoing imo. Can't see a ban happening.

rattled?

sounds like they have had enough of playing nice

dmigsy · 16-05-2019 11:55am

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

dmigsy wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/16/manchester-city-hit-out-uefa-investigation-financial-fair-play-champions-league-ban

City sound rattled by this investigation. UEFA are likely to roll over and just issue a fine if there's any finding of wrongdoing imo. Can't see a ban happening.

rattled?

sounds like they have had enough of playing nice

Ha, different interpretations. City have rarely played nice in this space. Interesting to see how it plays out. Could have broad implications on where the balance of power lies in football should Man City be found in breach of the FFP rules.

Hitchens · 16-05-2019 1:10pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

rattled?

sounds like they have had enough of playing nice

liVARpool ....always offended, never ashamed

Weepsie · 16-05-2019 2:16pm

doc_17 wrote: »

You were more or less saying it was grand because some idiot thought wearing Suárez t-shirts was fine.

And it’s not hypocrisy on my part so not sure what you’re getting at there.

No I wasn't. You've made that leap, specifically after I also agreed with your part. I was saying both are examples of clubs not covering themselves in glory due to the ill behaviour of their players and representatives and both have embarrased themselves. The fan of one club who has recent history of ill conceived campaigns for their accused player, giving out about that of another clubs sorry excuse is a bit hypocritical. Anyway you and I are derailing the thread, so I'll leave it at that and let them focus on the cup final.

doc_17 · 16-05-2019 4:38pm

Yes. This will be lit last post on it. You equated Liverpool wearing Suarez jerseys with Man City staff singing about people “getting battered in the street”, where we all know what they are talking about.

Bye

blueser · 16-05-2019 6:57pm

Weepsie wrote: »

Like those Suarez tshirts? (I do agree though)

Or pegging people in fountains. Or singing about Munich. Or about turks with knives. I doubt there's too many clubs out there that don't have some dirty laundry. If our players did sing about Sean Cox, I utterly condemn it. But the club has issued a statement categorically denying that Sean was the intended "target" of the song, saying it was intended to be about Kiev last May. In the end though, people will believe what they want to believe, regardless of what I or anybody else says.

8-10 · 16-05-2019 7:01pm

blueser wrote: »

But the club has issued a statement categorically denying that Sean was the intended "target" of the song, saying it was intended to be about Kiev last May.

Does that make it less inappropriate?

blueser · 16-05-2019 7:07pm

8-10 wrote: »

Does that make it less inappropriate?

Probably not.

TFBubendorfer · 16-05-2019 7:21pm

blueser wrote: »

But the club has issued a statement categorically denying that Sean was the intended "target" of the song, saying it was intended to be about Kiev last May.

I would think it is still very much on the players' mind that they were in the bus that was attacked and badly damaged by Liverpool supporters on their way to a CL match, so they are bound to be gleeful about them subsequently losing the CL final in Kiev.

Doesn't justify singing a song that could easily be misconstrued to be about Sean Cox, but put a bunch of young blokes celebrating something into a confined space and stupid thing do happen.

8-10 · 16-05-2019 8:36pm

blueser wrote: »

Probably not.

So what's the point of the statement?

"we deny that our players were chanting about that particular fan being battered. Instead we can confirm that our players were referring to other fans being battered on a different date entirely" is a pretty weird defence to put out a statement about. I don't get how that makes it better, and if it doesn't, why say anything?

Hitchens · 16-05-2019 9:36pm

8-10 wrote: »

So what's the point of the statement?

"we deny that our players were chanting about that particular fan being battered. Instead we can confirm that our players were referring to other fans being battered on a different date entirely" is a pretty weird defence to put out a statement about. I don't get how that makes it better, and if it doesn't, why say anything?

It's just PR ....ask Leo

noodler · 16-05-2019 10:34pm

Good guardian article on the poor statement

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/15/manchester-city-defence-battered-song-misguided-liverpool

Dr.Winston O'Boogie · 17-05-2019 2:12pm

What's with the faux outrage from all the disappointed Liverpool fans, footballers are stupid, footballers are ignorant. This particular group of footballers were most likely drunk, in great spirits and sang a song they had heard at nearly all of their matches this season. It doesn't directly name check Sean Cox or Hillsbourgh, and if it did I find it very hard to believe they would sing it.

Its just a case of them getting carried away, they don't wish harm on any liverpool fan, they don't think Hillsbourgh was great. It was a stupid moment by them, that is all.

I am a City fan and I actually think its more shameful the City fans sing it. The players were just singing a song, as it celebrates one of their current players within it, of which they didn't think too much into the meaning behind the rest.

One thing I will say is the club should have apologized a bit more sincerely, but this the modern world and every football club has defended their players when they do something stupid. Liverpool/Suarez. Chelsea/Terry. United/Cantona.

citytillidie · 17-05-2019 2:17pm

Dr.Winston O'Boogie wrote: »

What's with the faux outrage from all the disappointed Liverpool fans, footballers are stupid, footballers are ignorant. This particular group of footballers were most likely drunk, in great spirits and sang a song they had heard at nearly all of their matches this season. It doesn't directly name check Sean Cox or Hillsbourgh, and if it did I find it very hard to believe they would sing it.

Its just a case of them getting carried away, they don't wish harm on any liverpool fan, they don't think Hillsbourgh was great. It was a stupid moment by them, that is all.

I am a City fan and I actually think its more shameful the City fans sing it. The players were just singing a song, as it celebrates one of their current players within it, of which they didn't think too much into the meaning behind the rest.

One thing I will say is the club should have apologized a bit more sincerely, but this the modern world and every football club has defended their players when they do something stupid. Liverpool/Suarez. Chelsea/Terry. United/Cantona.

They changed the line from Ramos to Kompany so it was not picking up on what the fans sing, bit crazy for City players signing about fans being battered when one of there own was battered in Germany but hey as you say footballers are dumb

And blaming the bus incident for it is reaching for straws now as players even said it did not effect them

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