Sunday, April 29, 2007

End of Season Blues

Just one more home fixture to go this season and thank Christ for that !

Yesterday's dismal performance was yet another in a catalogue of excruciatingly painful displays from a team who know they have just scraped to Premiership safety for another season and seemed to have very little motivation to entertain their home fans, let alone treat them to the rarest of sights, namely a home goal.

It says a lot about the current state of City that we obviously missed Michael Johnson, just a young academy kid who for the last few games had held our under-performing midfield together.

Joey had a shocker yesterday, but before the knives go in on him, we ought to remember that over the course of the season, he's been one of our better performers; yesterday was just one of those days where he was totally out of sorts. All of us sitting in our section of the ground predicted he'd miss the penalty, which he duly did; nothing went right for Joey yesterday and the kindest thing would have been to bring him off at half time.

Yesterday reminded me very much of the Wigan game a few weeks ago, where were just outplayed and outsmarted by a well organised team who came with a game-plan and stuck to it. City, by contrast looked pedestrian and clueless.

It seemed a bit off to me that we didn't have a striker on the bench, given the probability that whoever started up front were unlikely to score. It's tactics like this that worry the fans and cast increasing doubts over Pearce's tactical ability.

After yesterday's comeback by the Rags, I'm fearful that we'll be humiliated in the derby next Saturday, although you can never quite tell with derbies. Hopefully our lads will be up for it and delay what seems to be another inevitable United title. That at least would give the fans a little something to temporarily lift the gloom

With all the speculation about Allardyce, it's going to be tough for the players to focus on next weeks match, especially those that are making their own plans for next season. Don't know about the rest of you, but I'll be pleased to see the back of this season and hopefully we'll be playing under new stewardship next season.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Villa game was typical of what we've endured all season - Big Sam to take over with a bit of luck

Anonymous said...

The thing that worries me is will the Board go for a complete sell out...I think not...I think Wardle will retain an interest and that being the case I think he will remain loyal to Pearce. In which case let's hope it is a complete takeover and a completely new set-up.

Anonymous said...

City already pouring water on the Allerdyce link. The club need to come clean on all the takeover negotiations and let the fans know what's happening with our club. This is where the MCFC Supporters trust need to step in an pressure the board to give a clear statement about their intentions and current developments