Old time Villan here. Always had respect for the ‘old’ Man City. Remember the first ever Premier League, when Villa were going head to head with Man U, the banner displayed at the away end ‘Good luck from the City of Manchester’. Supporting a team throughout really hard times, whilst your cross city rivals were winning everything. That’s commitment. Since the investment, the ‘new’ City fans have become arrogant and easy to dislike. It’s good to hear from the old school City, well reasoned and well balanced. Good choice of people to interview. Certainly don’t agree with your final comment that Villa didn’t play that well. That sounded a bit of sour grapes, which wasn’t there throughout the Vlog. Anyway Merry Christmas and it’s only a game. Allegedly. UTV
It wasn’t meant as an insult to Villa who deserved to win by a bigger score, simply that Villa played much better when they beat us two years ago, I though the whole game was flat - only my opinion - thanks for watching and all the best to you
Villa Fan here - is it a crisis... going down to the old 2nd div in 98 was a crisis, If I'd asked you then if finishing outside the top 5 of the premiership was a crisis, I know what you would have said!!!! Football is a roller coaster, ups and downs, enjoy the ups and grit your teeth for the downs, you'll be back
If Pep doesn't stop picking Gundogan, Walker and Bernardo SIlva he should go. Amazing players in their prime but his loyalty to past it players is absolutely killing us. We all so easy to play against it's criminal.
Totally agree with the comments from the fella towards the end who was critical of Walker. He’s not interested, he’s obviously sulking about the criticism he’s been getting all season, criticism that is thoroughly deserved. The second Villa goal, what effort did he make to stop that shot, zero. TBH, whilst appreciating what he’s done for us in previous seasons, that’s all in the past, I don’t want to see him in any match day squad again, time to go, preferably in January! And well past the time to put the youngsters in.
@ As a defender he’s absolutely terrible. £77.6M was madness. £53M for Nunes and £100M for Grealish. Whilst letting Cole Palmer, Alvarez and Laporte leave. I think Stones is finished as he’s always injured. Not one player scored more than 5/10 yesterday
Walker should not be the club captain . The captain should be there to set an example , and the way he behaves in his football and personal life is appalling.
Spineless second half, half decent first half, but Ian I feel Mark McCarthy summed it up, it’s a culmination of things, injuries, players low confidence and some playing out of position, but most of all an ageing team coming to the end of its time. We’ve also finally been found out, it’s only took 8 years under pep, but every team deploying the same setup, defending deep, closing us down, pressurising us at the back, forcing errors, then when we do come forward and lose the ball, we’re being hit on the break with quick forwards which is killing us. The lack of pace throughout the team is evident, too slow, too predictable leading to nothing in front of goal. This is really worrying, can’t see where the next win is coming from. Pep needs to change things drastically .
Brilliant vlog as ever Ian, hoping this poor run comes to an end soon 🙏 I for one will continue to back Pep to put it right. After everything we've achieved from 100 points, the English quad, 4 Premier league Titles in a row, the treble, win,lose,draw Boys in Blue from division 2. It's always great to be a Blue 💙
Very refreshing to actually see and hear from City fans with their feet on the ground. Great comments and fair conclusions apart maybe from the end. More credit to Villa than what was given I think. They played very well. I'd like to say they didn't because they didn't need to however, some of the key City players were nullified. I think Cash had to empty his pocket to let Grealish go home. Tielemans tore the mf and defence apart with single passes on quite a few occasions. Rogers hardly had a hand laid on him and they couldn't handle Onana or Kamara. Should have been more than 2-1.
Been a city fan here in Aus for 45 years seen worse times than this. For a long time a successful season was staying up & beating Man UTD. That score against Villa did flatter us as it was the worst performance since the turn of the century. Injuries are only a small part of the issue. The players look tired down and out l. Our real issue is a mental and there is a lack of Effort through the whole team we must overcome this asap
disagree pound for pound this with the quality they have is the worst ever i have never seen 1 win in 12 in all my 51 years as a season ticket holder may be 1996 the first half of the season under alan ball where we picked up 1 win in 11 and got relegated .. but then we had no money and no expectation today we have the best manager on the planet a billion pound squad its f diabolical this drop off something has to break either the players or pep have run there coarse
After the last few years this will seem shite for you City fans and you seem an honest lot, but as a Villa fan from the late 60's we have gradually got to where are through alot of painful years . No doubt you will turn this current bad spell around . Glad it wasn't against us .UTV.
Thank you Ian, City looked tired out and Villa deserved the three points. Phil's goal will be a turning point for him and City and when we beat Everton at home boxing day we can push on from there. Have a good Christmas to you Ian. It is great to be a blue.
villa fan in peace , thoughts on the game - there is something really wrong , like the players know something big is brewing - we looked like we wanted it more , Rico lewis doesnt look nowhere near good enough - grealish played well but faded
Great Vlog as always Ian, just gotta hang in there. We will be back, if it takes a couple seasons so be it. We have been spoilt in these recent times and we have been in much worse positions than this. Haaland may as well not play as hes getting absolutely zero service at the moment. Lewis seems to be scapegoat but he did well again, despite a lot being asked of him, nows the time to play some of our other talented youngsters a long side. Cant see it happening though. Have a good xmas Ian 🩵
Nice to see the difference between social media city fans and the actually away fans. A completely different perspective. I really thought it was a 50/50 today. But we were the better team and deserved the win..I'm gutted about no clean sheet
Guy saying the injuries are killing us is totally wrong,we are 5th in the prem injury list,Arsenal have had more,and it is a crisis,the players have stopped playing for the manager, total rebuild needed, we hardly create a chance now,poor poor poor.
Why keep playing Haaland? Another 4 out of 10 performance but he’s never dropped? Why? Put Foden and Silva in the middle and Savinho right wing and try something different. Pep does the same thing every game and it’s not working. Why keep doing it again and again. For goodness sake Pep, try something different
Ditto: always great to be a blue! It's no fun witnessing these unusual and losing performances from City. It reminds me of Pep's first year with us, when all the critics surrounded us and the wins weren't weekly. I'm sure this current period too, shall come to pass. Love your matchday coverage @iancheeseman!
Let's say city finish mid table this season. No trophies and out of the champions league. Who will want to come to city with no European football? Nothing to say city will improve the next season either. Pep will walk at the end of the season.
A few injuries , a few ageing players but the foundations of a great club with the supporters is set in stone . Cheers Ian , looking forward to the next win 💙
Pep has to get over his own ego. How many times does he have to see his players failing to defend high up the pitch, and even worse not having the legs to recover, before he changes the system ? He can't make slow players faster by improving their mentality or attitude. Bang average teams have worked out his Achilles heel, and the current group of players can't defend all the open pitch behind them. If he can't change, then he needs to go, and do it quickly. If City get docked 30 points, then our current form would see us down in May.
Oh dear it was all going so well until you said villa didn’t play very well ? Then again if villa had the same success you’ve enjoyed over the last few years then I’d be an expert too. UTV
It's the definition of insanity this. Doing the same thing over & over & expecting a different outcome. I know they'll never do this, but I'd love them to stop torturing our players. We've 2 easy games over Christmas, but we'll lose both. Send the players home until new year & play the best academy players in the next 2. These are unprecedented times & the players will start well rested after the new year
I have no doubt that MCFC will rise like a phoenix again. Although as a Villa die hard, the Villa bossed every inch of the park today. A deserved win that even the most passionate of City fans can't argue that City were anywhere near on par. Giid luck for the rest of the season. Its only halfway, and the PL is full of high calibre competition this season. UTV 💜💙
I'm not an expert or a qualified coach just an old fart that's been supporting city 55+ years... I think having seen them at their worst and seen the team since they got back in the epl it gives a bit of perspective. I honestly feel that the club were in a bad position coming into this season - not having Pep's signature and not knowing what the outcome of the EPL charges meant it wasn't the best time to spend their money (which they have lots of on the balance sheet from sales and income not "oil money") and revitalise the team - so they didn't. The players have aged and played so many matches that some are getting injuries that either re-occur or take longer to get over or in recovery cause secondary ones - this creates an ever changing team that is playing with niggles etc. (Walker looks like he is operating at 50% so as not to twang anything - hence the criticism) People are asking for youngsters to go in for more legs but City haven't exactly played better when they were subbed in (have they?) Haaland is feeding on scraps - only speculative / mostly inaccurate crosses into the box and nobody putting in passes like the one that Villa used to make their 1st goal. KdB used to do this but this supply has dried up... who else is making those defence splitting passes? Obv against packed defences in low blocks it's almost impossible (so they go wide and pop hopeful balls into the box) I think opposition teams have worked out that City aren't able to keep possession as well as previously and that the high defence (on the half way line!?) & inverted fullbacks allows acres of space in their defensive half - which means they are wide open at breakdowns / turnovers / misplaced passes and resulting breakaways... City have fallen foul of this and have just kept on playing the same way...SIMPLY because a game every 3 days makes it impossible to do the work necessary to sort these issues. They need stability and time to regroup but the EPL is absolutely relentless and a drop of 10% is punished like this. Hopefully they can come up with a few tweaks that make us harder to beat - why should we not play on the break or play a bit deeper and ask the opposition what they've got ?
City don’t seem to have had too many blatant refereeing decisions going against them in the last 5-6 years. You would have thought that the bad refereeing decisions between the clubs would have averaged themselves out over that time.
Everyone needs to relax. This drop off is probably the most predictable, inevitable thing that was ever coming. After a 4peat and Treble the players gave everything, their legs had gone. We couldn't replace adequately due to the charges and the uncertainty. Once the charges are done we can get back to the original plan. A Lion always sleeps when it's well fed. Great vlog Cheesy 👍💙
Not a City fan, but have loved watching this team the last few seasons, this 'the injuries' narrative been spun from some fans is nonsense, you had injuries in last few seasons and it's not affected you, the reality is Squad and PEP are both burnt out and shattered both emotionally and physically after 6/7 years of almost unparalleled success, and now starting to age around the fringes, it's fine, it's natural but please don't hide behind the 'it's injuries' garbage.
I was at work all day on Saturday so i missed watching the game, in fact I'm quite glad i did miss, I had no confidence we'd get a result at Villa, With all the injuries in our defence, and our weak and slow midfield, and team confidence being so low, I'm not sure where our next win is coming from.
In my opinion there are several reasons for our decline. 1/ we have always been a pass-and-move team wearing opponents down, but the rule change in 2023 allowing 5 subs affected us more than most, fresh legs took away some of our advantage. 2/ we like to compress play with a very high line but that leaves 40 yards for opponents to get behind us, our defenders aren't the fastest so we are vulnerable to the counter.3/ teams know this so defend deep and counter attack with pace. 4/ we have lost energy in midfield so don't press like we used to. 5/ we have too many players with skill but lacking strength and energy. 6/ Love Haarland but the way teams play against us we would be better with Niall Quinn
A lot of City's problems on the pitch in my opinion, is we don't seem to make any tackles , we need to win the ball back better by putting a foot in when the other team are running with the ball. We rely too much on just intercepting the ball. These days teams are running through us.
Call me mental, but it's that kit, it's not a nostalgic tribute to 1999, it's the ghost of Division 3 dragging us back down to that level of football, no self respecting City fan of a certain age should have fond memories of those dark days. 😂
@mickfoskett6629 Not bigger, just better, better manager, better team, better stadium, not bigger, just better! Our owners are spending £300m to improve our ground, and yours are begging for the government to build you a new one. Better not bigger.🤣
i wont name individuals but city need a squad rebuild just to be competitive never mind win anything our recruitment has been poor players just not good enough its brutal and expensive but ship the injury prone old cripples out !!!! no matter what pep plays the same system possession without purpose two wingers on the bench today ? haaland should request a transfer for his own career its great to be a blue no ian its not i can accept defeat but this team collapse is criminal
I Was saying about Mcatee starting as he's quality and better than a lot of them who started today. We need some decent signings in jan hopefully we can get our form back again and stop these defeats get us back winning again, Blue moon Banana Army 💙🍌
It's really simple. Pep wants the team to defend on the half way line. They're not capable of doing that for 90 minutes without coughing up far too many chances. Pep needs to get over himself and try something different.
People saying get rid of Pep need to give their heads a wobble…..after all he has brought to city!! Pep will not change his philosophy on how to play football. The players are knackered. Dias out again, the bodies are knackered….come on city
This guy hasn’t got a clue. Regardless of City’s challenges and Villa have theirs too Villa played really well yesterday. Good luck to City for the remainder of there season but please Forever Blue show some humility.
@@SummersCauldron-u8e You are clueless! Doku is a winger so he brings the ball forward and takes on defenders. Same with Savio today he created the space for Foden by attracting 4 Villa players.
Crumbled big time Ian, but what can we do about it? Good job we somehow got the early wins, or else we would be in a relegation battle, this is relegation form, we need to bring in a good signing with a bit of a presence or someone to spark us back in to life. If Oscar Bobb can get back maybe he can lift the gloom. But anyways CTID .COYB.
Maybe their parents were from Manchester. My parents are Welsh 🏴 but I didn’t jump on the Swansea City Bandwagon. I supported my local team Watford. But Hey that’s just me 🇧🇪 🐝
Got no problem with anyone supporting any team ( a part from Luton) my son supports Spurs and Step Daughter supports anyone she is dating supports. At the moment Chelsea. I think a lot of people have a problem with cockney Reds is they were until not that long ago were very successful .Alot of people thought they were only supporting them because of the Glory. But it can be for many reasons. I was trying to say I’m a Watford supporter but if Swansea city were a Powerhouse like Man united or Liverpool I would have probably supported them coz of my family connections.
My wife is from Brazil 🇧🇷 (Brasilia) she supports Bournemouth. Coz they wear the same colours as Flemengo. I would wish Luton good luck 🤞🏻 for the rest of the season but I won’t be fake. 23rd of February we will get our revenue lol.
Look at your players when Pep comes on to hug them after the game, they're looking away..not interested..brushing him off... serious problems in the dressing room from what I can see... The madness of football, we haven't won anything since 1996 haha... all the best guys, I wish we could have your "crisis"
Nothing lasts forever !!! It's been a great run !!! But is this squad just running on empty ??? You cannot keep blaming injuries !!! Where is the depth is there no one coming through the ranks anymore ???
I think it's time to critique the team, the manager and the club. This is a crisis and we need to spend in January and the summer. We've got the money so let's invest unlike the last two years where we've been happy to sit on our laurels. If you don't fix the roof when it's sunny you're gonna regret it when it rains. THAT'S WHERE CITY ARE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S PEP'S EGO AS TO WHY WE HAVEN'T
It will come good again keep the faith may be this season wont be a good one but what pep as done for city is unprecedented and is the best manager city have ever had by a country mile ctid 😮
from robust season wit *rodolfo borrell* alongside maresca to blip seasons.. sacked that Spanish "Keegan" *(lilo)* with his wingman *íñigo domínguez* set piece coaching staff *carlos vicens* is disgraceful❗ while fitness coaching staff *simon bitcon & Buenaventura* very questionable ⁉️
Old time Villan here. Always had respect for the ‘old’ Man City. Remember the first ever Premier League, when Villa were going head to head with Man U, the banner displayed at the away end ‘Good luck from the City of Manchester’. Supporting a team throughout really hard times, whilst your cross city rivals were winning everything. That’s commitment. Since the investment, the ‘new’ City fans have become arrogant and easy to dislike. It’s good to hear from the old school City, well reasoned and well balanced. Good choice of people to interview. Certainly don’t agree with your final comment that Villa didn’t play that well. That sounded a bit of sour grapes, which wasn’t there throughout the Vlog. Anyway Merry Christmas and it’s only a game. Allegedly. UTV
It wasn’t meant as an insult to Villa who deserved to win by a bigger score, simply that Villa played much better when they beat us two years ago, I though the whole game was flat - only my opinion - thanks for watching and all the best to you
Villa Fan here - is it a crisis... going down to the old 2nd div in 98 was a crisis, If I'd asked you then if finishing outside the top 5 of the premiership was a crisis, I know what you would have said!!!!
Football is a roller coaster, ups and downs, enjoy the ups and grit your teeth for the downs, you'll be back
I started our rollercoaster ride in 1989. What you say is absolutely true.
Playing midfield players as wingers, when you've got 2 wingers on the bench...
Absolute madness.
City are a massive club
@matthewriley9940 Bigger than your club kid.
City lost again ole ole😂
@@joshthompson5041Oh dear kid... Your team is 💩
@@joshthompson5041Fake face pic too kid. 💀
‘Don’t even think Villa played that well’. Really?!
Don’t agree with that at all villa was the better team by far..villa’s midfield was the difference.
They were decent.
@welshlad6427 possibly our best performance bar bayern utv!
They made City look pretty average. Haaland was non existent.
What game were you watching.?
If Pep doesn't stop picking Gundogan, Walker and Bernardo SIlva he should go. Amazing players in their prime but his loyalty to past it players is absolutely killing us. We all so easy to play against it's criminal.
Wish more fans (on social media) had the attitude of the first interview
Totally agree with the comments from the fella towards the end who was critical of Walker. He’s not interested, he’s obviously sulking about the criticism he’s been getting all season, criticism that is thoroughly deserved. The second Villa goal, what effort did he make to stop that shot, zero. TBH, whilst appreciating what he’s done for us in previous seasons, that’s all in the past, I don’t want to see him in any match day squad again, time to go, preferably in January! And well past the time to put the youngsters in.
It’s probably more to do with the exhaustion of running after all those kids he’s got .
£77.6M on the Croatian Mangala was not good business. Walker and Gundogan are past it.
he has no strength no pace cannot defend no awareness and a day dreamer a f liability he needs to wake up
@ As a defender he’s absolutely terrible. £77.6M was madness. £53M for Nunes and £100M for Grealish. Whilst letting Cole Palmer, Alvarez and Laporte leave. I think Stones is finished as he’s always injured. Not one player scored more than 5/10 yesterday
The 1st person spoke superbly and was spot on in everything he said, the modern city is a world away from the one most of us know in a good way
The guy at the end was spot on
Walker should not be the club captain . The captain should be there to set an example , and the way he behaves in his football and personal life is appalling.
@@darrenwarby32 Walker shouldn't even play.
The team should be made to watch this vlog and take it in . the last guy was spot on .
11 Internationals started for city again today.
No excuses.
Spineless second half, half decent first half, but Ian I feel Mark McCarthy summed it up, it’s a culmination of things, injuries, players low confidence and some playing out of position, but most of all an ageing team coming to the end of its time. We’ve also finally been found out, it’s only took 8 years under pep, but every team deploying the same setup, defending deep, closing us down, pressurising us at the back, forcing errors, then when we do come forward and lose the ball, we’re being hit on the break with quick forwards which is killing us. The lack of pace throughout the team is evident, too slow, too predictable leading to nothing in front of goal. This is really worrying, can’t see where the next win is coming from. Pep needs to change things drastically .
Brilliant vlog as ever Ian, hoping this poor run comes to an end soon 🙏
I for one will continue to back Pep to put it right. After everything we've achieved from 100 points, the English quad, 4 Premier league Titles in a row, the treble, win,lose,draw Boys in Blue from division 2. It's always great to be a Blue 💙
Very refreshing to actually see and hear from City fans with their feet on the ground. Great comments and fair conclusions apart maybe from the end. More credit to Villa than what was given I think. They played very well. I'd like to say they didn't because they didn't need to however, some of the key City players were nullified. I think Cash had to empty his pocket to let Grealish go home. Tielemans tore the mf and defence apart with single passes on quite a few occasions. Rogers hardly had a hand laid on him and they couldn't handle Onana or Kamara. Should have been more than 2-1.
Been a city fan here in Aus for 45 years seen worse times than this. For a long time a successful season was staying up & beating Man UTD. That score against Villa did flatter us as it was the worst performance since the turn of the century. Injuries are only a small part of the issue. The players look tired down and out l. Our real issue is a mental and there is a lack of Effort through the whole team we must overcome this asap
disagree pound for pound this with the quality they have is the worst ever i have never seen 1 win in 12 in all my 51 years as a season ticket holder may be 1996 the first half of the season under alan ball where we picked up 1 win in 11 and got relegated .. but then we had no money and no expectation today we have the best manager on the planet a billion pound squad its f diabolical this drop off something has to break either the players or pep have run there coarse
Huge respect to the old city fans, especially the chap re the shirt! Villa man here, this is a blip for you
The players have completely downed tools
After the last few years this will seem shite for you City fans and you seem an honest lot, but as a Villa fan from the late 60's we have gradually got to where are through alot of painful years . No doubt you will turn this current bad spell around . Glad it wasn't against us .UTV.
Thank you Ian, City looked tired out and Villa deserved the three points. Phil's goal will be a turning point for him and City and when we beat Everton at home boxing day we can push on from there. Have a good Christmas to you Ian. It is great to be a blue.
Always enjoy these videos you do
No matter the results. Cheers Ian
villa fan in peace , thoughts on the game - there is something really wrong , like the players know something big is brewing - we looked like we wanted it more , Rico lewis doesnt look nowhere near good enough - grealish played well but faded
Good comments wish villa all the best like the football they play
Great Vlog as always Ian, just gotta hang in there. We will be back, if it takes a couple seasons so be it. We have been spoilt in these recent times and we have been in much worse positions than this.
Haaland may as well not play as hes getting absolutely zero service at the moment. Lewis seems to be scapegoat but he did well again, despite a lot being asked of him, nows the time to play some of our other talented youngsters a long side. Cant see it happening though.
Have a good xmas Ian 🩵
Nice to see the difference between social media city fans and the actually away fans. A completely different perspective. I really thought it was a 50/50 today. But we were the better team and deserved the win..I'm gutted about no clean sheet
What game was you watching?
@ianmckenzie2680 I'm a villa fan. Going into the game I thought 50/50 but we were miles the better team. I was gutted we didn't keep a clean sheet
@@tommylee4350 now it makes sense lol up the villa
So many excuses, the players need to take a look at themselves. Banking 200k a week, should be embarrassed
Brilliant work as always ian wishing all the cheeseman family a wonderful christmas and a brilliant 2025 from dublin blue since 1981
End dude is right. Entire team is failing.
Guy saying the injuries are killing us is totally wrong,we are 5th in the prem injury list,Arsenal have had more,and it is a crisis,the players have stopped playing for the manager, total rebuild needed, we hardly create a chance now,poor poor poor.
I heard there was a fall out with pep and certain players a few weeks ago.
Once you lose the dressing room your time is up.
City lost again ole ole😂
@@joshthompson5041Kid go and play.
@@joshthompson5041 🛎️ end
@@joshthompson5041🛎️ end
@@joshthompson5041 🛎️ end
Well said Mark, brilliantly summed up, another great Vid Ian, Up The Blues!
Why keep playing Haaland? Another 4 out of 10 performance but he’s never dropped? Why? Put Foden and Silva in the middle and Savinho right wing and try something different. Pep does the same thing every game and it’s not working. Why keep doing it again and again. For goodness sake Pep, try something different
Ditto: always great to be a blue!
It's no fun witnessing these unusual and losing performances from City. It reminds me of Pep's first year with us, when all the critics surrounded us and the wins weren't weekly. I'm sure this current period too, shall come to pass.
Love your matchday coverage @iancheeseman!
You mean “shall pass”. “Shall come to pass” means “happen”. It is gappening
Tick Tock pep...
The shirt lad summed everything up perfectly 💙👍🏼
City v Salford City next month in the fa cup...
35-1 for Salford City to win.
Worth a tenner.
This the match is not a given. Can't believe I'm saying that.
@@THE_CITY_BLUE I'm having 20 quid on Salford.
@@THE_CITY_BLUE I'm having 50 quid on Salford
We'll beat Salford 3-2 in extra time!
Ffs can you imagine the fallout 🤦♂️
Let's say city finish mid table this season. No trophies and out of the champions league.
Who will want to come to city with no European football?
Nothing to say city will improve the next season either.
Pep will walk at the end of the season.
Does pep walk or does he get pushed?
City lost again ole ole😂
@joshthompson5041 You kids crack me up.
A few injuries , a few ageing players but the foundations of a great club with the supporters is set in stone . Cheers Ian , looking forward to the next win 💙
Pep has to get over his own ego.
How many times does he have to see his players failing to defend high up the pitch, and even worse not having the legs to recover, before he changes the system ?
He can't make slow players faster by improving their mentality or attitude.
Bang average teams have worked out his Achilles heel, and the current group of players can't defend all the open pitch behind them.
If he can't change, then he needs to go, and do it quickly.
If City get docked 30 points, then our current form would see us down in May.
Oh dear it was all going so well until you said villa didn’t play very well ? Then again if villa had the same success you’ve enjoyed over the last few years then I’d be an expert too. UTV
Great vlog as always Ian, have a great Christmas 🎄
Nice one Cheesey, keep the faith, all the best for Christmas
It's the definition of insanity this. Doing the same thing over & over & expecting a different outcome. I know they'll never do this, but I'd love them to stop torturing our players. We've 2 easy games over Christmas, but we'll lose both.
Send the players home until new year & play the best academy players in the next 2.
These are unprecedented times & the players will start well rested after the new year
I have no doubt that MCFC will rise like a phoenix again. Although as a Villa die hard, the Villa bossed every inch of the park today. A deserved win that even the most passionate of City fans can't argue that City were anywhere near on par.
Giid luck for the rest of the season. Its only halfway, and the PL is full of high calibre competition this season. UTV 💜💙
Best team won today played some nice football did villa wish them all the best for the rest of the season
Usually it's down to the manager 'losing the dressing room' when slumps like this occur.
Peps unsackable... Apparently?
Pep is a legend .
@@MadeInManny0161 😂
@@MadeInManny0161 His time is up.
@@THE_CITY_BLUE he won us the treble more respect.
@@MadeInManny0161He won with money and other managers players.
His time is up.
Erlings hold up play is terrible it’s like playing a ball to a set of rails,the seasons done now rebuild we go again next season
He's control is poor.
City lost again ole ole😂
@@joshthompson5041 🛎️ end
Told ya...
Everton next another defeat. Leicester away another defeat.
The players have down tools
Pep needs to go.
Give your head a wobble ffs
And take the old guard with him
@@HarryMoorhouse Fraud?
No his time is up. Go and play.
@@HarryMoorhouseWorry about your tin pot club kid.
Stay humble eh?
Just like the old day s, hey Ian. When we lived in hope.
We have to play McAtee, O'Reilly and Wright to give more energy
Might as well give them a go. It can't get any worse.
I'm not an expert or a qualified coach just an old fart that's been supporting city 55+ years... I think having seen them at their worst and seen the team since they got back in the epl it gives a bit of perspective. I honestly feel that the club were in a bad position coming into this season - not having Pep's signature and not knowing what the outcome of the EPL charges meant it wasn't the best time to spend their money (which they have lots of on the balance sheet from sales and income not "oil money") and revitalise the team - so they didn't. The players have aged and played so many matches that some are getting injuries that either re-occur or take longer to get over or in recovery cause secondary ones - this creates an ever changing team that is playing with niggles etc. (Walker looks like he is operating at 50% so as not to twang anything - hence the criticism) People are asking for youngsters to go in for more legs but City haven't exactly played better when they were subbed in (have they?)
Haaland is feeding on scraps - only speculative / mostly inaccurate crosses into the box and nobody putting in passes like the one that Villa used to make their 1st goal. KdB used to do this but this supply has dried up... who else is making those defence splitting passes? Obv against packed defences in low blocks it's almost impossible (so they go wide and pop hopeful balls into the box)
I think opposition teams have worked out that City aren't able to keep possession as well as previously and that the high defence (on the half way line!?) & inverted fullbacks allows acres of space in their defensive half - which means they are wide open at breakdowns / turnovers / misplaced passes and resulting breakaways... City have fallen foul of this and have just kept on playing the same way...SIMPLY because a game every 3 days makes it impossible to do the work necessary to sort these issues. They need stability and time to regroup but the EPL is absolutely relentless and a drop of 10% is punished like this. Hopefully they can come up with a few tweaks that make us harder to beat - why should we not play on the break or play a bit deeper and ask the opposition what they've got ?
Spot on. In summary, no legs and left exposed over and over again
Excellent blog Ian..UTV.
Expected a reaction today after last week's derby defeat but no passion hunger or desire from the team that's all we want to see in defeat
City don’t seem to have had too many blatant refereeing decisions going against them in the last 5-6 years. You would have thought that the bad refereeing decisions between the clubs would have averaged themselves out over that time.
The bloke who does the MCFC foodbank at the end made some good points as did Mark McCarthy at the start. . .
No desire that's all I saw.
Everyone needs to relax. This drop off is probably the most predictable, inevitable thing that was ever coming. After a 4peat and Treble the players gave everything, their legs had gone. We couldn't replace adequately due to the charges and the uncertainty. Once the charges are done we can get back to the original plan. A Lion always sleeps when it's well fed. Great vlog Cheesy 👍💙
Clueless.
@THE_CITY_BLUE New fan? 🤣
City lost again ole ole😂
@@SuperCityMCFC Maine Road Kippax stand kid.
Born Manchester.
Now be a good boy and be quiet.
Copium
Great to see Jules!
Not a City fan, but have loved watching this team the last few seasons, this 'the injuries' narrative been spun from some fans is nonsense, you had injuries in last few seasons and it's not affected you, the reality is Squad and PEP are both burnt out and shattered both emotionally and physically after 6/7 years of almost unparalleled success, and now starting to age around the fringes, it's fine, it's natural but please don't hide behind the 'it's injuries' garbage.
Cool story bruh
Thanks Ian insightful as always
Happy Christmas Ian 🎄
Meanwhile alverez and cole palmer top scorers
Sane, Torres and Laporte all playing well too
HERE WE GO !!!. Wait till rodri in prime.man city need more...
Back to pre oil form 😂😂😂
I was at work all day on Saturday so i missed watching the game, in fact I'm quite glad i did miss, I had no confidence we'd get a result at Villa, With all the injuries in our defence, and our weak and slow midfield, and team confidence being so low, I'm not sure where our next win is coming from.
That guy was spot on about Walker and Gundo
Absolutely pathetic 2nd half again no fight no pride
In my opinion there are several reasons for our decline. 1/ we have always been a pass-and-move team wearing opponents down, but the rule change in 2023 allowing 5 subs affected us more than most, fresh legs took away some of our advantage. 2/ we like to compress play with a very high line but that leaves 40 yards for opponents to get behind us, our defenders aren't the fastest so we are vulnerable to the counter.3/ teams know this so defend deep and counter attack with pace. 4/ we have lost energy in midfield so don't press like we used to. 5/ we have too many players with skill but lacking strength and energy. 6/ Love Haarland but the way teams play against us we would be better with Niall Quinn
Jack Grealish made in Aston destroyed by Guardiola.UTV
Care to tell us what he would have won with Villa?
@@clario2178 At city he's won everything.
@@SummersCauldron-u8e Respect
@@CityBlue_1 Yet it's all meaningless. You would have won those trophy's anyway.
@@royaltyfreemusiccollective8662Trophies not trophy's 🤡
As Roy Keane would say. Relaaaax.
The guy at the end was right. We are running out of ideas.
A lot of City's problems on the pitch in my opinion, is we don't seem to make any tackles , we need to win the ball back better by putting a foot in when the other team are running with the ball. We rely too much on just intercepting the ball. These days teams are running through us.
Call me mental, but it's that kit, it's not a nostalgic tribute to 1999, it's the ghost of Division 3 dragging us back down to that level of football, no self respecting City fan of a certain age should have fond memories of those dark days. 😂
Get used to it pal..you're heading back there!!🤣🤣🇪🇬👹
@mickfoskett6629 Ask me if I'm bothered, you ever seen four in a row?
And you'll never be bigger than United!👹
@mickfoskett6629 Not bigger, just better, better manager, better team, better stadium, not bigger, just better! Our owners are spending £300m to improve our ground, and yours are begging for the government to build you a new one. Better not bigger.🤣
i wont name individuals but city need a squad rebuild just to be competitive never mind win anything our recruitment has been poor players just not good enough its brutal and expensive but ship the injury prone old cripples out !!!! no matter what pep plays the same system possession without purpose two wingers on the bench today ? haaland should request a transfer for his own career its great to be a blue no ian its not i can accept defeat but this team collapse is criminal
I hear same thing every year from city injury players out this that like every club dont go threw same thing always same old excuse.
Mcatee needs to start, Akanji was awful yet again amongst other's we definitely need a lot of new signings in Jan.
Blue Moon Banana Army 💙🍌
Top players might not fancy it if we don't look like top 6, also those charges hanging over us.
I Was saying about Mcatee starting as he's quality and better than a lot of them who started today. We need some decent signings in jan hopefully we can get our form back again and stop these defeats get us back winning again, Blue moon Banana Army 💙🍌
It's really simple.
Pep wants the team to defend on the half way line.
They're not capable of doing that for 90 minutes without coughing up far too many chances.
Pep needs to get over himself and try something different.
Won't happen. He's too stubborn.
Gone so so badly wrong for City.
People saying get rid of Pep need to give their heads a wobble…..after all he has brought to city!! Pep will not change his philosophy on how to play football. The players are knackered. Dias out again, the bodies are knackered….come on city
😂Go away... Players are knackered.
Stop talking ⚽ 🔒 🔒
This guy hasn’t got a clue. Regardless of City’s challenges and Villa have theirs too Villa played really well yesterday. Good luck to City for the remainder of there season but please Forever Blue show some humility.
Two wheels fell off our midfield. If not we'd have won eight or more of those games. Buy two top midfielders, THEN worry about the rest..
Great. Video
No champions league football next season.
Winning Jack 💩 this season.
Lucky to finish in the top 10.
I don't blame Pep. It's the player's (prima donnas) who just don't give a toss.
League 2 incoming from the 115.
The club and players know it.
First bloke spot on
im dissapointednone of them mentioned rotherham
Doku and Savio have to start every game just like at the start of the season.
Doku clueless
@@SummersCauldron-u8e You are clueless! Doku is a winger so he brings the ball forward and takes on defenders. Same with Savio today he created the space for Foden by attracting 4 Villa players.
@@kevinthebest6268 Doku brings the ball forwards and as there's no barn door to hit who knows where it will end up but not to a City player
@@SummersCauldron-u8e Maybe in goals? Watch his last 2! Proper quick counter attacking football. Can't do that with Grealish. Sorry!
Last bloke spot on 👍let the youngsters on it can't be any worse than this
Crumbled big time Ian, but what can we do about it? Good job we somehow got the early wins, or else we would be in a relegation battle, this is relegation form, we need to bring in a good signing with a bit of a presence or someone to spark us back in to life. If Oscar Bobb can get back maybe he can lift the gloom. But anyways CTID .COYB.
Fans from London eh😂😂
Maybe their parents were from Manchester. My parents are Welsh 🏴 but I didn’t jump on the Swansea City Bandwagon. I supported my local team Watford. But Hey that’s just me 🇧🇪 🐝
@lucaschapman2188 I was being ironic because they say United fans are from London.
Got no problem with anyone supporting any team ( a part from Luton) my son supports Spurs and Step Daughter supports anyone she is dating supports. At the moment Chelsea. I think a lot of people have a problem with cockney Reds is they were until not that long ago were very successful .Alot of people thought they were only supporting them because of the Glory. But it can be for many reasons. I was trying to say I’m a Watford supporter but if Swansea city were a Powerhouse like Man united or Liverpool I would have probably supported them coz of my family connections.
@lucaschapman2188 I'm English, born in Germany and live in Brazil. Cmon the Hatters!
My wife is from Brazil 🇧🇷 (Brasilia) she supports Bournemouth. Coz they wear the same colours as Flemengo. I would wish Luton good luck 🤞🏻 for the rest of the season but I won’t be fake. 23rd of February we will get our revenue lol.
Guardiola out now before we're doomed to relegation and Championship mediocrity !
Look at your players when Pep comes on to hug them after the game, they're looking away..not interested..brushing him off... serious problems in the dressing room from what I can see...
The madness of football, we haven't won anything since 1996 haha... all the best guys, I wish we could have your "crisis"
Good comments wish villa all the best
Nothing lasts forever !!! It's been a great run !!! But is this squad just running on empty ??? You cannot keep blaming injuries !!! Where is the depth is there no one coming through the ranks anymore ???
I think it's time to critique the team, the manager and the club. This is a crisis and we need to spend in January and the summer. We've got the money so let's invest unlike the last two years where we've been happy to sit on our laurels. If you don't fix the roof when it's sunny you're gonna regret it when it rains. THAT'S WHERE CITY ARE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S PEP'S EGO AS TO WHY WE HAVEN'T
Do you not think the spectre of the 115 charges has meant City have had to be cautious with spending ?
It will come good again keep the faith may be this season wont be a good one but what pep as done for city is unprecedented and is the best manager city have ever had by a country mile ctid 😮
This is quite amusing
from robust season wit *rodolfo borrell* alongside maresca to blip seasons.. sacked that Spanish "Keegan" *(lilo)* with his wingman *íñigo domínguez* set piece coaching staff *carlos vicens* is disgraceful❗ while fitness coaching staff *simon bitcon & Buenaventura* very questionable ⁉️
Are some people still blaming Haaland for everything going wrong 😒
He did nothing again.
Just broke records and helped us win the treble. The entire team is failing. @@CTID_BLUEMOON
Just broke records and helped us win the treble. The entire team is failing. @@CTID_BLUEMOON