In which case we'd have to reflect on the fact that our strongest team just isn't good enough. Title-winning sides get over the lines in spite of being patched-up and struggling with niggles all over the pitch, week in, week out, because they're very good and they're also incredibly strong and focused mentally. Too much rotation too often and it gets into players' minds that they're all just a bit fragile. This fan base has been so used to failure that it's become almost laughably fearful of anything that could possibly undermine a rare challenge. It's as if the fans are a collective Mrs Pike and the team her scarf-coddled son. This is a BIG team. It's supposed to be capable of winning everything, not nervously surrendering entire competitions for fear it will otherwise collapse. City aren't like that. The old Ginsoak teams weren't like that. Mourinho's old teams weren't like that. They were confident, bordering on cocky, and they scared other teams, rather than themselves. This team needs to act like it's a steely machine, not a matchstick model.
