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I know it's January and it's notoriously hard to sign the players needed but when Staveley was coming out after the takeover and saying the aim is to win the Premier League, I'd like to think we are aiming higher than Cantwell and Wood like.

Were we schooled? I saw a questionable offside goal for them and very little else. I did however see over hit passes, misses from 6 yards, 2 disallowed goals and a great save at the end there.

Agreed. The players are absolutely hopeless. The fact we have absolutely peppered their goal with shit quality speaks volumes for me.

What did he get wrong? We've dominated from start to finish. They've camped in their own half all game. The players are missing sitters. What could Howe have done?

The class thing gets me every time. It's always the last resort for their one upmanship. Lyeast we have pewer class unlike the gravy stained. You'd be hard pushed to find a less classy bunch of people in the entire country.

They just can't help themselves. They absolutely hate it lol.

Ask that melt Agbonlahor

Seemed being the key word there. No doubt Trips is gonna be awesome.

Reminds me of the time we got Duff for like £5m. Seemed incredible value at the time.

The Rafa / Everton thing never seemed a good fit from the get go. Gut feeling tells me he'll be gone sooner rather than later.

Is a player like Pogba with a questionable attitude what we really need in a relegation scrap? In other circumstances I'd take him absolutely. I can see the reluctance at this moment in time though as crazy as that sounds.

Feeling a lot better now December is out the way. Can't wait until this thread fucks off forever

Such a good feeling to actually be in for players rather than the 'we tried' narrative of the last 15 years.

Aye that's how I see it. Loved it when he was riling Rio up about Ashley spending on the club and he was sitting there like a petulant child.

Course its not given. Bad PL marketing. We can't have Man City not competing at the top of the table in the best league in the world ®

I personally think it's a squad of championship players bar one or two and the position in the table reflects that. For me Howe is trying to play a style of football that's incompatible with the players at his disposal. We've scraped previous seasons because we have played so defensively and it worked to a point until our luck ran out. I like Howe though, I think with the right players he could be very good. It's just I'm not seeing where the wins are going to come from personally.

Thank fuck for that. Yes!

The whole team isn't very good.

Coupled with the fact the teams above us already have games in hand and December's fixture list I just don't see any way you can look at that and not think, aye were fucked.

Call it defeatism or reactionary, pathetic or whatever, I'm just curious on how people think we are going to do something that no other team has managed to do since the early 90s to avoid relegation? Genuine question?

Forget the points to safety for a minute. We are 14 games in without a win. If we can't beat Norwich at home who's scored 7 goals before this game, who the fuck can we beat? Literally the only hope is staying within touching distance till Jan and get some players and go on a run. Think we are gone though.

It's that horrendous run of fixtures in December that's gonna cut us adrift. I'm at a 9.

I'm a bit underwhelmed but there wasn't a lot of options out there and we have to walk before we can run. I mean Mark Hughes was in charge of city when they got taken over. Let's just improve this season, maintain premier League status and start actually competing in the transfer market, starting from January. The main thing was getting rid of Ashley. We've done that. There's nothing but good things to come boys!

I'd be happy with Emery like. Just wish his hair wasnt permanently wet.

Aye the self pity is absolutely pathetic and who would want that type of man in charge of their football club. Putting self preservation before anything else.