| Man City 19:21 - Dec 29 with 2070 views | Pinewoodblue |
Today was their first win since the hearing into their 100+ misdemeanours ended.
Maybe wishful thinking but not convinced it isn’t a coincidence they have been poor since the hearing ended. Makes you wonder if Man City’s legal team’s analysis of how the hearing went was unfavourable.
A case of we aren’t going to win anyway so why bother. |  |
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| Man City on 19:27 - Dec 29 with 1989 views | backwaywhen |
Jamaican Old Holborn……just asking man ! |  | | |
| Man City on 19:29 - Dec 29 with 1972 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Makes absolutely no sense. |  |
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| Man City on 19:32 - Dec 29 with 1938 views | itfctilidie |
makes total sense |  | | |
| Man City on 19:40 - Dec 29 with 1867 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City on 19:32 - Dec 29 by itfctilidie |
makes total sense |
Elite athletes are more self motivated than that. | |
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| Man City on 19:43 - Dec 29 with 1840 views | SitfcB |
Hopefully the weather machine will stop pumping out the fog soon. |  |
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| Man City on 19:45 - Dec 29 with 1831 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Man City on 19:40 - Dec 29 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Elite athletes are more self motivated than that. |
Pep doesn’t look motivated. He always gave the impression he had been told they had done nothing wrong but he looks as down in the dumps as the Spurs manager. | |
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| Man City on 19:49 - Dec 29 with 1798 views | Dubtractor |
| Man City on 19:40 - Dec 29 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Elite athletes are more self motivated than that. |
But if you watch them playing at the moment they really aren't looking motivated at all - their press of the ball against Leicester today was almost non existent. That's so out of character for a Pep team, let alone against a struggling team.
I'm not saying that the OPs theory is necessarily true, but something has clearly stopped Man City's players being properly motivated. [Post edited 29 Dec 2024 19:50]
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| Man City on 20:36 - Dec 29 with 1598 views | HighgateBlue |
They've lost 3 out of 6 since the hearing finished.
They lost 6 out of the 8 matches prior to that.
So I don't think there's any correlation between their poor form and the ending of the hearing.
They will have had advice on the merits of their case from Lord Pannick long before the hearing started. Their legal team's feeling for how the case went is not more significant than that. They have a right of appeal so if Pannick thinks the wrong decision is made, they'll have another crack. But even if their feelings as to how the case went were especially important, they will have been getting those feelings throughout the case in response to their submissions and not solely on the last day. |  | | |
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| Man City on 20:39 - Dec 29 with 1567 views | J2BLUE |
| Man City on 19:32 - Dec 29 by itfctilidie |
makes total sense |
Makes zero sense.
If they are in any danger of a points deduction the last thing they would do is tell the players. |  |
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| Man City on 21:01 - Dec 29 with 1470 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Man City on 19:45 - Dec 29 by Pinewoodblue |
Pep doesn’t look motivated. He always gave the impression he had been told they had done nothing wrong but he looks as down in the dumps as the Spurs manager. |
Pep is Norman Lovett's "Holly from Red Dwarf" to Ange Postecoglu's Tony Hancock. | | | |
| Man City on 21:36 - Dec 29 with 1340 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City on 20:39 - Dec 29 by J2BLUE |
Makes zero sense.
If they are in any danger of a points deduction the last thing they would do is tell the players. |
This. | |
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| Man City on 21:45 - Dec 29 with 1281 views | marcus1642 |
We all know Man City will get fined £5 and a stern talking to about their future conduct. There will be no radical points deductions/relegation. |  | | |
| Man City on 22:40 - Dec 29 with 1145 views | itfctilidie |
Neither of you know what the players would or wouldn't be told. They will have had discussions about it either with management or each other no doubt. Pretty sure Man city have an idea of what might happen. That sort of stuff will play psychologically.
If you think an Ipswich team sheet can be leaked each week, but the Man City players would be in the complete dark about their current situation, that is naive.
They are elite sportsmen but also human beings. So where it might not be a motivator to lose matches, it would no doubt be affecting them psychologically - which recent form also supports. | | | |
| Man City on 23:06 - Dec 29 with 1056 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Man City on 22:40 - Dec 29 by itfctilidie |
Neither of you know what the players would or wouldn't be told. They will have had discussions about it either with management or each other no doubt. Pretty sure Man city have an idea of what might happen. That sort of stuff will play psychologically.
If you think an Ipswich team sheet can be leaked each week, but the Man City players would be in the complete dark about their current situation, that is naive.
They are elite sportsmen but also human beings. So where it might not be a motivator to lose matches, it would no doubt be affecting them psychologically - which recent form also supports. |
It does make you wonder. If there was any closeness to them being relegated.. if you're being paid the same amount each game regardless of the result. Its definitely a different mentality when wanting to win to fight for titles or Europe whilst playing football believing you're relegated regardless of how you perform. |  |
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