Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Glad I'm not the only one - I can't get excited about watching City at all at the moment and didn't even bother watching the stream of last night's match. You make some good points about the club's attitude, but in my case, my lack of enthusiasm is down to it looking very much like the same old, same old at City - dull football from a team that give the impression that they prefer to let the opposition have the ball.

I've seen brief highlights of last night's match and Mick McCarthy was right about three of the goals coming from us passing the ball to them or losing possession.

in 18/19 we did the double over Southampton with the home game being their current manager's first match in charge, yet there seems to be a chasm of difference between the two clubs now - Southampton have progressed certainly, but we've also declined by becoming even more Warnock like after the man departed. The most telling thing that happened last season was that we had to revert to "the Cardiff way" after a pretty half hearted attempt to try something different because Warnock's influence still runs deep having left behind a squad which is only really equipped to play the game one way.
Here's the thing Paul... if we are going to change personnel by throwing in the youngsters, let's do it and change the tactics and footballing approach! I get that MM can only get the best out of the players available but these youngster are BETTER, or certainly have the potential to be better, than the useless tactics that depend on long balls, low possession and set pieces.

Many of us have been pleading to use more younger players.... but MM seems content to throw in these youngsters into a low-possession / pressing / long ball system that has really failed to deliver any sustainable footballing success.

Surely this is an opportunity to start developing a more possession and passing type game with youngsters who, by enlarge, have been playing a more attractive game in the U23s and U18s than the first team.