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Let’s not kid ourselves, we are now far worse under Amorim. Never thought that could happen after ETH. And Amorim’s insistence that he will never change the formation is squarely to blame to this current cycle. He even played Dorgu out of position for reasons only known to him. He is far too...

My bet is that we would spend awful lot of money on him only for him to struggle at the club. I insist that a striker ain’t the problem and there is only so much they can do if the midfield behind them is not coherent. In other news… In addition to a history of poor recruitment, it appears...

We’ve also heard before that a striker was the missing piece. I’m not convinced this time is any different. The current setup is wrong for the Premier League.

My! You actually get so fkin enraged over Southgate! You get enraged over choices that are ultimately not yours. You still can’t comprehend from my posts that I never advocated for Southgate. But pointed out that suggesting Southgate, or anyone else for that matter, is somehow destined to fail...

What stupid questions?! You think living right on the M60 gives you some given right of passage for valid opinions? “Have you ever been to Old Trafford?” You’ve gotta do better than that before laying out your points. For everyone jumping the gun… the point is we are not any better off...

Isn’t that a bit of a stretch? For one, Southgate knows how to handle pressure and players better than what most people can conceive. Two definitive skills that you need to manage the club. Now, the suggestion is not to get rid of Amorim now. But come November, the results will be the only...

Actually, you may remember that I raised similar thoughts few weeks ago around the notion that Southgate is the worst thing ever. I don’t buy it! Is he the best, perhaps not. But there’s this insane negative sentiment that he would be disastrous. My argument is that any reasonable manager will...

Who is this Richard Keys?

It wasn’t our money to care how they dished it out. But the pain is here for us all to bear witness to.

That’s the result of years of mismanagement. Those awful contracts are holding the club hostage to players.

I also read today that Amorim wants out. Apparently Southgate would be in line to replace him. I know we are firmly against never having Southgate, but in my option, our situation is so bad that any half decent manager that can be flexible and firm would make things better. We are in deep...

Don’t get me wrong, Chief, the players are effectively the ones kicking the ball, not the manager. However, management is not simply about tactics and formation. I would argue that a bulk of it is psychological and less so physiological. This is where the manager takes full responsibility in...

I don’t think there are a lot of options on the table, Chief. Today is January 21st. How many players have we sold? None! How many have we brought in? None! The reality is we are finding it hard to fund transfers. And if the manager thinks he can’t make the current squad work, then perhaps he...

Or Amorim shifts his own mindset. If he can’t readapt to the changing needs, how can he even expect others to change? BS! The squad is the squad! There’s no money kicking around. This is the reality. Therefore, Amorim must make the fkin squad work. We have tried that nonsense of always getting...

What Amorim needs to do is learn to arrest the situation. If he’s staying stubborn that there is only one way to skin the cat, he will fail badly. The Premier League is extremely physical and highly more tactical than the Portuguese league. He needs to recognize this and become flexible in his...

I don’t see City ever playing a back three in the league. They play 4 at the back in most their games. As hiring Amorim because of his style of football over ETH’s; that’s absolutely not the reason why ETH was sacked. ETH simply had to go because he wasn’t getting results and had spent a fkin...

Everyone that supports the club but thought they shouldn’t care how the club was wasteful in spending money years ago can now see that even if it is not your money to worry about, the implication of indisciplined financial management will be here at club for many years to come and the fans will...

I mentioned relegation battle when ETH was in charge. Sadly, we have lost even more points since he left. The priority of any manager should be to always get points at all cost, then you can start to talk about style. We can’t simply focus on style while we get dragged into the bottom of the...

This is an illustration of lack of dynamism in Amorim’s approach to games. Playing the same system regardless of the opponent is the reason why we keep struggling against teams at OT and beyond. We can’t keep struggling to score goals at home and blame it on lack of a striker.

We took a proper beating today.