Bluemoon goes into Meltdown

Have done a search.

The worst performances as champions, in absolute terms ie total points behind the winners, allowing 3 points for a win in all years:

Top 5:
1971 Everton -44
1969 Man City & 1963 Ipswich Town -39
1920 Everton -38 [this was after a 5 year hiatus for WW1]
1993 Leeds Utd & 1958 Man Utd [United, of course were decimated after Munich]

The worst performances, points per game Top 5 were:

1971 Everton -1.05 ppg
1969 Man City & 1963 Ipswich Town -0.93ppg
1920 Everton -0.90 ppg
1892 Everton -0.88 ppg
 
No surprise City are so far behind considering how bad their best players have been. Aguero, Tevez, Silva, Toure, Kompany and Hart have all underperformed this year. Imagine where we'd be if RVP, Rooney, Carrick, Evra, Rio and De Gea had all had poor seasons.

On top of that they have some awful dross in their squad. It was impressive enough that they managed to win a league with Barry and Milner, adding Rodwell and Garcia was a step too far.

Then there's the fact that their attitude has been poor for large parts of the season. Maybe they never got over their CL exit, maybe they weren't hungry enough having won the league last year or maybe they're just mercenaries.

Finally you have Mancini's erratic management and the fact that everyone knows he'll be gone if they can find a better manager. Not exactly a recipe for success.
 
They are far from average squad, they still have lot of excellent players, but most of them never reached their heights this season, and that's their biggest problem this year, and Mancini is the man responsible for that.

The likes of Aguero, Tevez, Yaya Toure, Silva, Kompany, Hart with last year's form would probably get into any team in the world. Plus they have good players in Zabaleta(who is having excellent season), Dzeko, Nasri, Nastasic, Milner who would also be very good squad players in pretty much every team in the world.

Other problem is that they haven't improved their team from last season, most of their signings could go into category of worst signings of the season:

- Rodwell has played something like five games and was poor in 3 of them, even tough I'm sure he can be a decent squad player in any team.
- Javi Garcia played a lot, but he seems like an average player and nothing more, not the player who should be regular starter in a team that is competing for the tittle IMO,
- Sinclair was pointless signing
- and finally Nastasic, he was a good signing, and he was their only improvemant from last year, he seems like a talented and already good player.

If they sack Mancini and bring good manager next year, I think they will be lot more competitive then they were this year.

Btw, they were awfull today, Everton once again gave them tough game.
 
Hernandez and Rooney individually have scored more than any of City's strikers individually.. and that's not even mentioning RVP who's far ahead of them.

City fans were saying how their strikers are better than ours.. no way.
 
Amar__ said:
Plus they have good players in Zabaleta(who is having excellent season), Dzeko, Nasri, Nastasic, Milner who would also be very good squad players in pretty much every team in the world.
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Stopped reading there, basically. You make a good point in general (and the other players named above are indeed pretty decent), but Milner? 'Pretty much ever team in the world'? You think Milner would be getting on the bench for any of Bayern, Barca, Madrid, Juve, Dortmund, PSG, us? He's one of those 'solid, does the basics well' sorts who ought to be a mainstay for Everton or Sunderland. If Mancini had bought some decent wingers, with the intention of actually playing them, instead of blowing £50mil on crap this summer, then Milner wouldn't be getting a look in.
 
Judge Red said:
There's no Bluemoon meltdown. They're angry, they're upset, but who wouldn't be? You still have to go to RAWK for full-on delusional meltdown about how that Everton victory was settled by the ref.
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You sure? With blue moonie posters like this -

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Will they be holding another massive mini parade for title 20? Hopefully the Asians and cockneys turn up this time if so to boost the numbers from last time

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City were relegated in 1938, a year after winning the league. Is that the only time reigning champions have been relegated?

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The year they won, United were relegated. The following year, United were promoted back up.
 
Someone just show them the streets of Manchester when United won the CL in 1999.

The "huge" crowd of bitters in front of the town hall is ace :lol:
There's more than that queueing up for Bingo in Gorton.
 
If I remember right, our poorly attended parade was due to it being organised at the last minute, as Leader of Manchester Council, John Leech (City season ticket holder), refused to allow the traditional parade route. Bitter Wanker!
 
Also it really wasn't as poorly attended as those pics would suggest, they've chosen the most crowded part of the city one to compare to the most suburban part of ours - classic small time move from the bitters.
 
Anyone who genuinely thinks there's more City fans in Manchester than United obviously isn't from Manchester.
 
Zen86 said:
Anyone who genuinely thinks there's more City fans in Manchester than United obviously isn't from Manchester.
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This.
We massively out number them in Manchester and always will.

Comparing other bits of the country or other countries will just embarrass them.
 
Zen86 said:
Anyone who genuinely thinks there's more City fans in Manchester than United obviously isn't from Manchester.
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Exactly.

Which just adds to the fun seeing some Bluemooners goin on about it. And as verminater & warm said, that parade was badly organised and those pictures are at the North Korean level of unfair spin.

They're just so boring & bitter over at Bluemoon. More dew on the swords of the heroes in the golden dawns and dragons of might arising in majesty, please.
 
The rain has been edited out of those photos!*



*Not really, but it's the thought that counts.
 
verminater said:
If I remember right, our poorly attended parade was due to it being organised at the last minute, as Leader of Manchester Council, John Leech (City season ticket holder), refused to allow the traditional parade route. Bitter Wanker!
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We were pretty much goaded into having a parade by City, and then we completely half-arsed it. A league title shouldn't be enough to get us out on the streets. It's just a shame Rangers ruined our chances of having a massive party in 2008, the cheating, third division cnuts.
 
Zen86 said:
Anyone who genuinely thinks there's more City fans in Manchester than United obviously isn't from Manchester.
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I've no idea when all this shite started. When I was at school, City fans were a distinct minority. Even if you discounted the fans who travelled to Old Trafford from other parts of the country and Ireland each week, there would still be a higher number of Manchester-based reds.
 
Loving all the bitter City fans at the minute.

Hopefully they'll spend another couple hundred million again this Summer and at least make it interesting next season...
 
#Carl said:
Loving all the bitter City fans at the minute.

Hopefully they'll spend another couple hundred million again this Summer and at least make it interesting next season...
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If we do win number 20, I'd love to roll up that cardboard gravestone, shove it up Tevez's arsehole, and pour molten glass down it so his arse can match his face.
 
Moriarty said:
If we do win number 20, I'd love to roll up that cardboard gravestone, shove it up Tevez's arsehole, and pour molten glass down it so his arse can match his face.
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His arse will look better than his face in any state to be honest.
 
There's no denying that 2011 was the most miserable parade ever. Standing in the pouring rain after being humbled by Barca was no cause for jubilation.
 
Judge Red said:
There's no denying that 2011 was the most miserable parade ever. Standing in the pouring rain after being humbled by Barca was no cause for jubilation.
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I think that's the issue.

Also, when you're doing a parade every year, it's only going to be the 'big' ones that turn out the crowds, especially if the weather's foul.

Going to the parade?

Nah, went last year & the year before & the year before that & look at the weather.

I'll go next year's instead, as long as the weather's nice.
 
Zen86 said:
Anyone who genuinely thinks there's more City fans in Manchester than United obviously isn't from Manchester.
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Thats their problem. The majority have only been supporting the club since the takeover so have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to levels of fanbase in the city.

It's been said numerous times before but they only fill the council house when we come to play.
 
TheReligion said:
Thats their problem. The majority have only been supporting the club since the takeover so have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to levels of fanbase in the city.

It's been said numerous times before but they only fill the council house when we come to play.
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It's not a new thing though. It was a mainstay of Bitter sniping, along with:
You buy players, you don't make them - (that stopped)
You don't have any local lads in your team - (that stopped)
You buy success - (that stopped)
You don't come from Manchester - (ignorant of history)
You are glory hunters - (ignoring history, then greatly increasing shirt sales post success)
You are in debt because you buy success - ( :wenger: )

Not an exhaustive list, but it illustrates the size of their imaginations, and their hypocrisy when it comes to finding negatives to attack reds.
 
Try asking them why the biggest gate ever at Maine Road, was when United played there - against Arsenal I think, and at a time when there weren't a lot of travelling supporters.

They never give a proper answer.
 
Totally give up on title, revert to type about Manchester being Blue. Can't quite reach straws...
 
Judge Red said:
There's no denying that 2011 was the most miserable parade ever. Standing in the pouring rain after being humbled by Barca was no cause for jubilation.
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I was there for that, it was alright actually, winning the league is still a huge deal, and plus - the bus stopped for a bit right where I was standing and I yelled out 'RYAN!' and Giggsy waved at me. :D
 
Brightonian said:
Stopped reading there, basically. You make a good point in general (and the other players named above are indeed pretty decent), but Milner? 'Pretty much ever team in the world'? You think Milner would be getting on the bench for any of Bayern, Barca, Madrid, Juve, Dortmund, PSG, us? He's one of those 'solid, does the basics well' sorts who ought to be a mainstay for Everton or Sunderland. If Mancini had bought some decent wingers, with the intention of actually playing them, instead of blowing £50mil on crap this summer, then Milner wouldn't be getting a look in.
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I know someone would quote me just because I included Milner there. I know he is decent player, and that's about it, but people here are talking about him like he is championship level player. It's not like he is their worst player, I have seen him having good game when the likes of Silva, Tevez, Aguero and Toure all had poor games, and that happened a lot of times. But, let's compare him to some other squad players in those teams you mentioned(not necessarily his position):

Bayern: van Buyten, Rafinha, Pizzaro, Contente, Tymoschuk are all squad players and at least two or three are included in their team every week, and I would have Milner in my team over any of those.

Barca: they have a lot of exciting and talented players even in their B team so I won't argue too much about them, but surely he is better player than the likes of Tello and Cuence were last year, and they got a lot of playing time last year.

Madrid: Granero played lot of games for them last season, Callejon also, and they aren't better players than Milner. Then you have Essien who isn't half of player he used to be, and couldn't get game in Chelsea last season, but still played a lot of games for Real Madrid this season, same goes for Albiol who is far from Real Madrid quality and he plays some games from time to time.

Juve: they have lot of mediocre players who are starters every week for them, let alone on the bench.

PSG: You think Beckham would get any game time at City, Real, Barca, us, etc?

Dortmund: Santana, Leitner, Scheiber?


Every team has decent players like Milner, or worse who get a lot of games during the season, that's why they are called squad players after all, and Milner is squad player, nothing more, nothing less.
 
I honestly doubt if Aguero/Tevez/Toure/Silva would still be there if someone came in for them. You can throw as much money as you'd like but i do believe these players would want to win and they'd leave if an opportunity arised. They may not get as much at City but they'd probably still manage to recoup at least a half or 3/4 of it.
 
SilentWitness said:
I honestly doubt if Aguero/Tevez/Toure/Silva would still be there if someone came in for them. You can throw as much money as you'd like but i do believe these players would want to win and they'd leave if an opportunity arised. They may not get as much at City but they'd probably still manage to recoup at least a half or 3/4 of it.
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Its not just about headline earnings.

A player with us, Madrid, Barca has much more worth in their image rights deals because of the exposure and larger fan market they represent.
 
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