Match Reaction vs Man City (away).

[Letters]

Personally after a big defeat I want them to head straight for the dressing room for a grilling from the manager for an hour, to let them know it's unacceptable. I get what you're saying but when a player doesn't put a shift in during the match thanking doesn't really make up for it.

I don't think players always go and thank fans anyhow.

They pretty much always do, especially for away games to show appreciation to the fans who have travelled to support you.
IMO it's more important when you've just lost.

[Niall_Quinn]

I tend to agree, but spending 42M on one player, and being the only top team in the league with managerial continuity means that we don't have that much moral high ground left on that score.

It has taken 8 years of transfer window profits to scrape together that 42mill - long way from splashing 30mill and sitting the player on a bench for a year then paying him to leave.

[Özim]

I would like to believe this & I thnk I did but now I'm thinking that Jack will never have Ramsey's engine or burst of pace which may stop the kind of progress we've seen with Ramsey. Hope I'm wrong but its what is required to be a top class midfielder.

I might be in the minority but I just don't see the superstar potential in this guy, plus he seems to have got lazier since his early days. He is quite often a liability on the pitch these days.

Can't way for Ox to return, this guy has potential hopefully he can realise it.

[Letters]

I tend to agree, but spending 42M on one player, and being the only top team in the league with managerial continuity means that we don't have that much moral high ground left on that score.

We spent £42m of our OWN money. Money earned from previous success on the pitch.
We haven't spunked half a billion quid of some sugar-daddy's money to buy our way to the top.

[IBK]

It has taken 8 years of transfer window profits to scrape together that 42mill - long way from splashing 30mill and sitting the player on a bench for a year then paying him to leave.

OK - but if we are to be judged against the best teams them we need to put the excuses away.

[Niall_Quinn]

OK - but if we are to be judged against the best teams them we need to put the excuses away.

I would like to be judged against the best teams - but try getting the refs to play along.

[Letters]

OK - but if we are to be judged against the best teams them we need to put the excuses away.

It's hardly an excuse. Money and success are highly correlated in today's game, we have a lot of money which is earned from previous successes, so to ManYoo.
Two billionaire's have come along and spent and spent until their sides have become successful.
It's not an 'excuse' that we're struggling to compete with them. ManYoo only did because they had Fergie. Now they don't and they're struggling too.

[Burley Gooner]

Completely agree with darknight02!!!

[Dein-machine]

Chamack's scored again - thats were our problems lie

[Burley Gooner]

Giroud not even in the top 15 best strikers in Europe. That's where our problem lie