Take it

Rodri was dire.

comment by PersGsus (U16509)
posted 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
Am I the only one that thought Rodri had a stinker?!

Others who weren't at it, Foden, I can forgive Diaz and Jones but Cancelo and Walker also had a bad one also.

Add to that the fact that Newcastle were playing well and had the stadium behind them.

To be fair to Newcastle they gave us a game, we have had negative teams sit back and win against us so at least this was entertaining...
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Thought Foden wasn’t good. The rest were ok, think it was just early days trying a new tactic and the movement not quite being there yet. Walker and Stones in particular got exposed a lot because of it. When it was working it looked good though so give it a few fire games I think.

Didn't think Foden was that bad, I think Pep needs to coach him to automatically pass to Haaland if he's waiting unmarked in the middle.

ASM had Walker's number today, we'll handle him differently next time we meet.

Annoying that Trippier openly admitted it was a professional foul on KdB as if it was expected of him. Yellow card was right but I'd have had no sympathy if the red hadn't been overturned.

It was less he didn’t make the pass to Haaland, he turned into trouble quite a few times today.

Walker, that’s because he was so central. When he was in his normal position, he had ASM covered which is what I mean about the tactics not bedding in yet. If we’re going to do that, cancelo has to hang back more and stones go further right. We played right into his hands bit doing that and you could see Pep saying it a few times on the touch line.

One of those though, could have reverted back but he clearly wants the team to get used to it and we could have won it still. We did give up a lot of chances at the same time though so draw was pretty fair I thought.

A draw was a good result as we played badly. Rodri was the old Rodri, when he first arrived, dithering on the ball. Foden was lost out there. KDB was invisible first half and the entire back line exposed.

I thought only Haaland , Bernardo and Gundo had good games

A draw was fair, but when we equalised it’s a shame we couldn’t maintain the pressure and get the 4th. I thought we might have seen Alvarez come on at that point.

Early days, we’ve started well enough. I just think this season you want to get as many points in as you can before the WC break

comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
A draw was fair, but when we equalised it’s a shame we couldn’t maintain the pressure and get the 4th. I thought we might have seen Alvarez come on at that point.

Early days, we’ve started well enough. I just think this season you want to get as many points in as you can before the WC break
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Said the same thing on the live thread. Lots of decent teams out there. Palace away, Leeds away, Brighton, Brentford and Fulham are difficult games outside your traditional Top6

Foden should have squared it, as others have said but good to come back against a team that were committing cynical fouls and timewasting hugely.
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Citys tippy tappy 30 pass build up tosh finally bites you in the arris, and you got the nerve to blame opponents for time wasting ....when you do lose or draw your guilty of wasting your own time

comment by chelseadagger64 (U22880)
posted 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Foden should have squared it, as others have said but good to come back against a team that were committing cynical fouls and timewasting hugely.
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Citys tippy tappy 30 pass build up tosh finally bites you in the arris, and you got the nerve to blame opponents for time wasting ....when you do lose or draw your guilty of wasting your own time
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How did Chelsea do at Leeds you numbskull?

Given that the most likely challengers for the title dropped all 3 points, it is actually a 1 point gain. Not ruling out Arsenal but keeping it going is a big step up for them.