Two Things I Regret From The Weekend
Well, having had a while to reflect on the weekend, there are two things that given another chance I would probably do differently:
Number 1: Bothering to turn up for the Wigan match.
I don't think I can add that much to the volumes of criticism that's already been expressed by the papers, websites and City fans, but by the interval I was really beginning to lose the will to live.
It just so happened that for this game we took my 12 year old lad's school and junior football team-mate who is a Wiganer. Like a lot of kids, he was able to make the most cutting of observations and ask the simplest of questions that us adults struggle to answer, including:
- Why don't City ever pass the ball forwards ?
- How come the City players look like they don't know what they're doing ?
Number 2: Missing the 1st MCFC Supporters Trust meeting.
Sadly parental duties at junior football meant I couldn't make it in time. Based on Saturday's ( and most previous games of the season ) performance, if ever there was a time for fans to be able to exert some sort of influence over the club it is now.
I've not seen any updates and outcomes from yesterday's meeting, but let's hope the new supporters trust develops into an organisation that can make a difference.
At the moment it's hard to see where the next goal, let alone win is coming from, but it would just be typical of City if we managed to scrape past Blackburn on Sunday and get to the semi-final of the Cup and then beat Chelsea in our next home league game on the following Wednesday...... or maybe we'll just get totally stuffed in both games.
Thank goodness for Watford, West Ham and Charlton otherwise it really would be brown-trouser time!
9 comments:
Shouldn't the second question be "How come the City players look like they have never met each other before"
We are going down, no mistake. One of the bottom three has no better incentive to make a fighting spurt than the knowledge that there is a lame and wounded animal just ahead incapable of keeping up with the pack. All that can save us is if Mpenza can score goals and if SP starts Mpenza and Sturridge. Alas no, much the same with cavalry coming on when we are in the sh_t.
Don't think we'll go down, but it will be a close run thing. Mpenza didn't look properly match-fit to me which is understandable, but did look infinitely more threatening than Samaras and he must start in future. As for Sturridge, he's just a young kid and it's a lot of responsibility to put on his young shoulders, but I agree, he needs more than five minutes on the pitch to make a difference
Shame you couldn't be there mate. Turn out was about 150 and there were some great, passionate and eloquent speakers - more of that to follow on the blog. To cut a long story short, the motion was passed to form the Trust, so the hard work now starts!
The Trust is coming, keep your eyes and ears open.
Psycho has one last opportunity to put things right in the cup tie at the weekend. With nothing to lose but a semi-final place now is the time to make wholesale changes.
The main problem is a woeful lack of pace up front, this can easily be remedied by putting in Sturridge for Corradi, Mpenza for Samaras and Miller for Trabelsi and whilst at it use Sun in place of Ireland and bring in the experience of Hamann in midfield and with Isaksson in goal we then might have some sort of chance of getting out of this terrible mess.
Miller doesn't need to be anywhere near the City first team.
Personally, I'd like to see SP drop both ineffectual wingers & pack the midfield to make us more difficult to break down. I'd play both Hamman & Dabo as holding players with Ireland & Barton in fron of them, with Mpenza & Vassell (if fit) up front, using their pace on the break.
Nick, Congleton
Don't forget about Abdoun. Even from the little I've seen of him, he looks to have a bit of class. Can't understand why SP bought him if he's not gonna play him. I wouldn't play Dabo - he can't pass a ball.
Miller has never been given a proper chance to prove himself like Sturridge he only gets five or ten minutes at a time this is no way to find out if they can hack it.
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