Laser pens directed in the faces of players should not be laughed off or seen as an excuse but we are not making it easy for ourselves by playing slow ball walking technical football.
The fact that we will have to play on rubbish football pitches in Europe is something we will have to get used too, this is the norm in the Europa League until you progress far enough to meet the drop outs of the Uefa Champions League that is.
Against Aris I believe it was not such a bad result or performance but, I do believe one or two players are under-performing and I am not talking about Edin Dzeko.
I have always been a fan of Shaun Wright-Phillips but I think he has seen his best days off, on top of that I believe we have seen the best of Micah Richards and I really don't think we will see any better from him.
I don't want to lay blame on just one or two players as I believe we can improve a whole lot more than we have done, Kolarov was right when saying we need to keep spending even if it is only just one more player.
Our defense may be one of the best in the league this season but, that is also where our ultimate weakness still festers without a world class center back to form a partnership with Vincent Kompany.
When Richards defends he defends well but when he attacks his defending suffers, he relies on his pace to save his backside from a grilling and most of the time he saves himself from humiliation but when he fails our defence suffers and we concede sloppy goals.
I believe we are shooting ourselves in the foot by playing slow and technical at times, allowing opposing teams to get back in position while we play a stupid passing game.
Possession does not win you games and we lack moments of brilliance that are needed to win games and ultimately win titles and trophy's, a prime example would be the sucker punch very recently from England flop Wayne Rooney.
We do sometimes see a glimpse of hope in Dzeko, Silva and Kolarov with shots from range but not enough as far as I am concerned. There is no doubting Tevez's ability as he is one of the best strikers in the world but, that does not mean the rest of our team have to play the same way.
It is time to start balancing our technical ability with some moments of magic, it is time to start playing like we should play or we will struggle across the finish line.
Aris and Nott's County will now have to play on our turf and it is time to destroy them with ease, this is what we should be doing with a squad like ours despite losing our most exciting player in Adam Johnson.
It is time to wake up and play with no fear or hesitation, will our players and manager do so?
Final thought: At present to expect anything more than a Champions League place would be wishful thinking as we still cannot shake the same old same old typical City syndrome.
