devaney » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:51 am wrote:Yakka half the time I haven’t got a clue what you are on about this season

Have you forgotten that we go into the fkg awful Europa League Thursday night debacle or are you suggesting that we just send out a z team and get thrashed in our first game ? You know as well as I do that the club and the majority of fans won’t accept that as an option. The Europa League is far more like to mess up our chances of winning the league than the CL. Perhaps you are hoping that Red Star beat PSG and we come bottom of the table which admittedly would be my preference if we don’t do enough to get through to the knock out stages.
Sending out a z team is exactly what I'd do, I wouldn't give a *****.
I don't think we have the squad to genuinely compete on both fronts, in the premier league era the only English side to win the title and the CL in the same season are United, it's an extremely difficult thing to do, even City and Chelsea with all their riches and open chequebooks have never managed to do it.
We haven't won the title in 30 years and it's still going to take a minor miracle to do it this year, trying to add a 6th CL to that title is pushing it imo. We hit the wall physically last year trying to finish 4th and win the CL never mind the title and CL.
Given our start to the season I would 100% prioritise the league, I don't think we'll get a better chance than this, ironically I actually think City's main priority is the CL which may help us during the second half of the season.
As I said if we go out on Tuesday I won't be shedding any tears, it's the title I want, 30 years for a club of our stature and size is nigh on an embaressment.
Having history is one thing but our history is rapidly in danger of becoming ancient history, unless you are approaching 40 you won't have any real recollection of us winning the title, as I said for a club of our size that's ridiculous.