I have warned against this and it keeps happening. All clubs seem to play the same now again City. Stay deep and defend agsinst City with counters. Pep's obsession with multi touch football is having a toll on players. The passing is so preditable and unchanging. Some 42 against Tottenham's 17 today in their box! Most shots if any astray or blocked due very slow transition. 58.4 per cent possession with nothing to show. Am afraid this will continue. Pep can't fathom change of game plan. And it has nothing to do with the depleted midfield or defence. Stupid unnessary passing that caused the goals today are to blame. You can claim the same game plan has won trophies but coaches have now found out City! Two centre back deployed against Halaand today and for 90 minutes City tried through passes in a crowded defence. A total of seven shots were blocked.
My bald friend needs help! 😂
City tamed
posted 1 month, 1 day ago
this was the same args labelled by Spurs fans at Ange only few weeks ago
posted 1 month ago
Man Cs* r without at leased 2 top class players in Rodni n The Brown
that is tuff too combat
posted 1 month ago
Don’t worry guys City and their fans will “stay humble”!
posted 1 month ago
I think time has caught up with that squad finally. Yes City had injuries, so did Spurs - our first choice CB’s and our first choice CM.
But yesterday, Walker, KDB and Gundogan looked ancient - this surely has to be the last year for all 3 - but my word, that’s is incredibly difficult to replace, KDB is possibly irreplaceable.
Gvardiol - massively overrated in my opinion. Pre City I thought this guy was the nuts, I was wrong, he lacks pace and never looks comfortable on the ball - horrible performance yesterday.
Rico Lewis - I don’t get the hype, he is Man City’s Harry Winks - neat and tidy, completely ineffective.
Grealish - does this guy still want to be a footballer?
The overall squad is tame as faaack these days, you take Rodri out and KDB loses his stardust and you’re not left with much - a top keeper, a top striker and an unbalanced defence and midfield filled with players past their prime or who were never really good enough.
Pep needs a rebuild
posted 1 month ago
comment by #4zA (U22472)
posted 12 hours, 59 minutes ago
Man Cs* r without at leased 2 top class players in Rodni n The Brown
that is tuff too combat
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Spurs were missing Romero & Van De Ven, so your point is🤔🤣
posted 1 month ago
Tottenham capitalised on our ineptitude yesterday and congrats to them.
I respectfully disagree with some of the OP's thoughts as the gameplan looked good in the first 10 minutes. We had our chances and blew every single one of them. Had we been more clinical, it might have been a different outcome. Might.
I say that because I re-watched the match and our midfield continues to be woeful. Not Gundo's fault but he doesn't have the legs and we all knew he wasn't brought in to play the majority of every single game. We all age, and surely Pep can see that. I just wish I knew what his thinking is.
First goal, Maddison just left him for dead and all Ilkay can do is point. For Spurs' second, Gvardiol did pass to a good space where one would normally expect, but Gundo couldn't turn quickly enough, and Walker was having a snooze again.
Walker's concentration has gone to pot. Who told him to start giving himself an extra challenge at the age of 34 by letting opposition players have a sprinting start these days?
The counter attacking pace of Liverpool next weekend will leave Gundo for dead in the midfield. With Rodri and Kovacic out, and if he doesn't trust Nunes, Pep should give O'Reilly a chance. Yes I know. If he has a stinker then we'd will probably destroy the young lad's confidence but Pep will have to man manage that. He wanted a small squad, and it's what he's paid for.
posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago
comment by mancWoohoo- maximus mardius cob-onius (U10676)
posted 1 day, 1 hour ago
Tottenham capitalised on our ineptitude yesterday and congrats to them.
I respectfully disagree with some of the OP's thoughts as the gameplan looked good in the first 10 minutes. We had our chances and blew every single one of them. Had we been more clinical, it might have been a different outcome. Might.
I say that because I re-watched the match and our midfield continues to be woeful. Not Gundo's fault but he doesn't have the legs and we all knew he wasn't brought in to play the majority of every single game. We all age, and surely Pep can see that. I just wish I knew what his thinking is.
First goal, Maddison just left him for dead and all Ilkay can do is point. For Spurs' second, Gvardiol did pass to a good space where one would normally expect, but Gundo couldn't turn quickly enough, and Walker was having a snooze again.
Walker's concentration has gone to pot. Who told him to start giving himself an extra challenge at the age of 34 by letting opposition players have a sprinting start these days?
The counter attacking pace of Liverpool next weekend will leave Gundo for dead in the midfield. With Rodri and Kovacic out, and if he doesn't trust Nunes, Pep should give O'Reilly a chance. Yes I know. If he has a stinker then we'd will probably destroy the young lad's confidence but Pep will have to man manage that. He wanted a small squad, and it's what he's paid for.
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O’Reilly or White should have a chance. We’re just too light in centre mid. Also I was just behind Kulusevski when he hit the cross for the first goal.what a fecking crosser of the ball he is.