Man City (EFL Cup - 18/12/18) - Match Thread

[justfoxes]

1 minute ago, Corky said:

Set-pieces are crap, Iheanacho just isn't working up front. Choudhury and Fuchs have done well. 

 

Maddison and Okazaki on for the second half.

Keep Gray and Choudry on Ghezzal and Nacho maybe ?

[Blue Ed]

1 minute ago, Philkeavo said:

Fraude Puel has sucked the life out of the team. What a sorry depressing sight.

Don't be daft. This team has scored more at home this season than any other team home and away. We don't look that bad against them

[StriderHiryu]

Chasing shadows out there.

 

A bit like the Tottenham game where it feels like we're not even having a go. To be fair they are a very good team, Diaz looks good and KDB is running the show in the middle of the park, but they have complete control and are just passing us to death. It's just too easy for them.

[Lcfclad2013]

4 minutes ago, Beechey said:

Otamendi, Stones, Walker, De Bruyne, Aguero and Mahrez are playing against us, along with Phoden and Diaz. 

6 out of 11,both aguero and de Bruyne have only came back from injury, foden and Diaz are young kids. Talented but still young and inexperienced. (Foden might be slightly more experienced having played a bit now and again.) 

[Fightforever]

just put maddison on purely for set pieces and okazaki and albrighton for work rate

[rachhere]

Good to see Hamza getting stuck in there, and Gray putting some hard work in. Fuchs also done his job well, hence Mahrez moving over to the left to try against Danny Simpson. Can we get Ric, Maddison and Albrighton on now please? 

 

[don_danbury]

quite shocking that kelechi cost 25m. 

[sishades]

 

Man city goalkeeper reflects on the first half and all of the hard work he has had to do.

 

 

 

 

Hamza looks good by the way. Anyone else as bored as I am?

 

[gw_leics772]

3 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

Half a Mahrez

Id say almost a full mahrez.

 

They are like mahrez with his head and feet chopped off.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

Think we've been alright

 

De Bruyne scored a bit of a good goal. Shame its similar to most recently conceded goals

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, Kitchandro said:

Their reserve players don’t actually look very good, that’s the sad thing.

 

Same as last year, we start with 2 up front (one being Vardy) and we win.

 

Poor, poor game.

I'd agree, but if he's not fit, he's not fit.

 

I think we have done ok.

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Zzz...

 

Wake me up when Man City inevitably kill this off between 45 and 60 minutes so that I critique the defending.

 

I'll try and stay awake for the last 10 minutes when they decide to sit in and protect and we have a couple of half chances and shots on goal that lead to nothing.

[Corky]

Just now, justfoxes said:

Keep Gray and Choudry on Ghezzal and Nacho maybe ?

Yes. I feel a bit for Ghezzal (his crap set-pieces aside) as he's got no-one to aim for ahead of him. Okazaki will at least pressure their defence and hopefully Maddison can get involved just behind him.

[Dahnsouff]

Wilf is badly out of form. The gap between defensive mids and front3  is too large. Puel keeps waving them on? Or,do I need new glasses?

[Dr The Singh]

Just now, Blue Ed said:

Don't be daft. This team has scored more at home this season than any other team home and away. We don't look that bad against them

Not quite, majority are second teameds, shame we didn't take the competition seriously enough

[coolhandfox]

Great skill by KDB, to be fair.

[Mike Oxlong]

KDB is such a pure striker of the ball

[vanity]

2 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

£37 million pounds on Ghezzal and Iheanacho

Ghezzal is better than he's shown I suspect, just based on the flashes we've seen. Though the one-legged crap is incredibly predictable.

 

Iheanacho is just sandbagging so that Man City doesn't exercise their option to buy him back. 

[Tuna]

Still only 1-0 but feels like Man City aren't even out of second gear.

 

Choudhury and Gray had decent first halves.

 

 

 

 

[Nicolo Barella]

Surely Simpson is starting because he's in the shop window? No other reason. Happy Hamza is on though, had a feeling he would play tonight. 

[copunk]

As expected hardly seeing any of the ball, think weve contained them fairly well but they havent exactly got out of 2nd gear, few postives...ward continues to look like the keeper we wanted to challenge kasper, i really like him, grays trying to get us going when hes on the ball and hamza i feel has had a brilliant 1st half, negatives... what the f**k has happened to ndidi, nacho simply cannot play up top on his own, and ghezzal continues to look like hes won a competition to play for us

[Vacamion]

 

I don't agree with those saying that the manager should be sacked.  We are a mid table team in transition with a bit of an injury crisis, playing against a wonderteam which still has some superstars.

 

But I can't see the point of Ghezzal, Iheanacho looks semi-bothered and Wilf's famous wand of a first touch has deserted him. 

 

Would like a jammy goal and cling on for penos.

 

COYB.

[baldeagle]

After watching that and  a couple of his other cameos I cannot honestly see why people are craving for Iborra to be playing 

[Master Fox]

13 minutes ago, Brooksy said:

Iheanacho really is thick as fvck. Why does he go for the ball there?

Iheanacho's brain when playing football......

 

[justfoxes]

Wonder what CP was thinking when he could here his own fans singing bring back Mourinho during the first half cheering for a wrongly sacked in my eyes manager than for him ?