Yeah with every game Jesus is being missed more. For a player who supposed to be a penalty box player you can't be missing free headers from six yards. With the game in general we were certainly the better side in the first half, they went into their shells in the second half. Saying that you can't make the mistakes they made and expect to get a result.

We need Jesus and Partey back asap. We need to scrape any type of win against Villa on Saturday to get back on track

City have been missing key players for big portions of the season.

Of course their squad is deeper and that’s fair enough but you still can’t claim bad luck with injuries as an excuse when you’ve been able to choose mostly the same starting line up bar one or two players all season

City have missed a few defenders but lets be honest they have so much possession you dont really notice it too much.

If they lost EH / DB or Rodri for a few months then i think they would struggle.

comment by Randomer (U5245)
posted 7 minutes ago
City have been missing key players for big portions of the season.

Of course their squad is deeper and that’s fair enough but you still can’t claim bad luck with injuries as an excuse when you’ve been able to choose mostly the same starting line up bar one or two players all season
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The issue is we needed good luck with injuries, of lack of them, to have any chance at sustaining a prolonged big. Losing Jesus for a huge chunk and Partey for a huge game might not be massively bad luck, but for the squad depth we have it's hugely costly.

I get Jesus is a miss but to be fair, those chances Nketiah got, he missed a few fair of them over the years for us too.

I think it’s more you’re missing an out an out goalscorer.

comment by T-SaliBAG (U11806)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Randomer (U5245)
posted 7 minutes ago
City have been missing key players for big portions of the season.

Of course their squad is deeper and that’s fair enough but you still can’t claim bad luck with injuries as an excuse when you’ve been able to choose mostly the same starting line up bar one or two players all season
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The issue is we needed good luck with injuries, of lack of them, to have any chance at sustaining a prolonged big. Losing Jesus for a huge chunk and Partey for a huge game might not be massively bad luck, but for the squad depth we have it's hugely costly.
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Not sure how missing Jesus is the cause of their goal scoring problems. By time Jesus was injured he was less prolific than nunez at liverpool

Not sure how missing Jesus is the cause of their goal scoring problems. By time Jesus was injured he was less prolific than nunez at liverpool

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It's what he brings to the team in his link up play and movement and pressing is what's being missed.

We've had our expected dip in form/fatigue/injuries period, yet we will be 3 points clear at the top if we beat Villa. Who would have been unhappy at this at the start of the season? We've already beaten all expectations and top4 looks nailed on in Feb. Compared to what we all expected,this season is a breath of fresh air - and it ain't over yet!

comment by Admiral Ozil is my new favourite Star Wars character (U10178)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Yeah with every game Jesus is being missed more. For a player who supposed to be a penalty box player you can't be missing free headers from six yards. With the game in general we were certainly the better side in the first half, they went into their shells in the second half. Saying that you can't make the mistakes they made and expect to get a result.
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I'd argue the complete inability to keep a d@mn clean sheet at the moment is just as telling as the missing of Jesus

We hope Jesus, Portey and ES- Rowe returns for the run-in. Frankly, I don’t give a damn about the league until 5 games to go. Lets enjoy the season it’s been a rollercoaster hopefully, we stay close to the top.

Still all to play for. Problem is these sods give you maybe two or at most 3 chances in a season for you to make it count. But then they go on looooongggggg winning runs (not unbeaten ones that use to win leagues before where you could prob win 7 and draw 3 and be comfortable). They will knock 10 wins on the trot and just put immense pressure on the chasing team.
That is the genius of Pep.

comment by The Goofy One (U16087)
posted 6 minutes ago
Still all to play for. Problem is these sods give you maybe two or at most 3 chances in a season for you to make it count. But then they go on looooongggggg winning runs (not unbeaten ones that use to win leagues before where you could prob win 7 and draw 3 and be comfortable). They will knock 10 wins on the trot and just put immense pressure on the chasing team.
That is the genius of Pep.

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Nothing against Pep, but imagine they can afford to buy all those players. Oil money to spend £100m for one player and unlimited budget. It’s a miracle we are even eating on the same dinner table, lets enjoy.

Let me confess, I left UK on the 6th Feb, after beating United, we have not won since and ‘VAR’ Lee ‘‘cripy” Mason also rapped us. I ain’t returning until we win the league.

comment by “Delicious” Saliba (U22894)
posted 59 minutes ago
comment by The Goofy One (U16087)
posted 6 minutes ago
Still all to play for. Problem is these sods give you maybe two or at most 3 chances in a season for you to make it count. But then they go on looooongggggg winning runs (not unbeaten ones that use to win leagues before where you could prob win 7 and draw 3 and be comfortable). They will knock 10 wins on the trot and just put immense pressure on the chasing team.
That is the genius of Pep.

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Nothing against Pep, but imagine they can afford to buy all those players. Oil money to spend £100m for one player and unlimited budget. It’s a miracle we are even eating on the same dinner table, lets enjoy.
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It wasn’t “oil money” that bought Grealish. Even disregarding that though, other clubs have spent far more on individual players and failed. How you’re playing this year is essentially a slightly lesser version of how Pep would be if he had the same players, you’re tactically very similar.

Technically it was oil money that bought Grealish.

It was the same situation last season, except it was a top 4 battle rather than a title battle. We spent most of the season in an elevated position but then one or two injuries exposed our lack of squad depth.

Every team gets injuries, you’ve been lucky to get through half the season with a first eleven for the beta part.

Good point OP.

Eddie has held it together but he is not top level at this point in his career. He is basically Solskjaer type player. He'll do a job of the bench or for a few games but then gets found out.

Still a lot of matches to go. Arsenal are a work in progress. There is no reason why they can't go on another run.

Jesus is key if that is to happen.

Nketiah is not rubbish, just mediocre in all departments & you can’t get away with that at the top level for long.