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

[m4DD0gg]

ah well least it gives hamza a game.

 

i guess quarter finals is respectable

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Get him gone. Even if we win this tells you everything you need to know about the man and where his 'transition' might take us.

[onekeithweller]

Feel sorry for my missus and the dog.

[Brooksy]

Didn't Puel say he wanted to win this competition? 

[LCFC1996]

If we played our "first team" tonight everyone would be saying "Why hasn't he changed it we were shit on Saturday! #PUEL #OUT"

[Sublime_Coatsworth]

That side convinces me Puel is fvcking clueless

[treer]

There has got to be something wrong when we have a rival fan come on before a match and try to console us.

[Legend_in_blue]

Where's the intensiteee coming from with that lineup?

 

Even the balonce looks off as well.

 

 

Expect a drubbing.  0-4.

[weller54]

4 minutes ago, MCFC said:

I wouldn't worry yet, guys. One big weakness in the M. City team for as long as I can remember- make two or three changes and the whole team is affected. I stand by my view that it won't be a comfortable win for either side.

 

Besides we have four academy players starting tonight, one of which has never played a minute of senior football in his 17 years, as well as an out of position Zinchenko. De Bruyne and Aguero also aren't at full sharpness after injury and Walker is basically exhausted. 

I think it'll be a tight game. 

The only thing that will be tight in this game is all FT member's sphincters! 

[Max Wall]

7 minutes ago, Kasey Keller said:

Iam fuming at that team...gonna get bvtt fvcked...

Bit of an extreme reaction. Is that a service available to you locally? 

[Babylon]

Just now, Freeman's Wharfer said:

Get him gone. Even if we win this tells you everything you need to know about the man and where his 'transition' might take us.

It tells you that the club don't care about cups, just like we haven't long before he came here. When you get millions more just for finishing one place higher in the league, what do people expect. All they care about is £££££.

 

I'd rather then just admitted it rather than the bollocks about "wanting to win it".

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

I hope to God we get to open the post match thread with a triumphant Puel "deal with it" gif

[Nod.E]

17 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

Three defensive midfielders and two finished full backs 

Sums it up.

 

How are we going to build any sort of momentum, maintain any pressure or create any chances with that?

 

Iheanacho could still be decent but he needs to play in a team that creates more.

 

Ghezzal doesn't offend me as a player but as a winger in a team with the above, you're going to need blistering pace to make an impact. 

 

Gray flatters to deceive. Runs down blind alleys.

 

You never know with football but I will be surprised if we even manage a shot on target, regardless of opposition.

[lifted*fox]

Just now, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

I hope to God we get to open the post match thread with a triumphant Puel "deal with it" gif

 

i'm considering putting it on ice tbh - I genuinely can't see us needing it this evening 

[weller54]

4 minutes ago, Wrighty22 said:

Bring back Holloway

Better still...  lock up Puel there and throw away the key. 

[Jaspa]

Pitch should be a fast surface with all this rain, gonna chuck it down all through the match apparently

[Jonezy]

Yikes. We are in no man's land in the league and have actually somehow managed to get to the quarters of a cup, and then we field a reserve team.... 

[Buggsteam]

Don’t suppose anyone has a steam?

even though I’m not sure I want to watch it. 

[420Hashish]

I expect a surprise today.

 

 

Where's the fckin optimism anyways? You guys are a joke if you expect to lose everytime you look at the freaking lineups. Have some faith. 

[murphy]

Come on boys and girls.  Three games in a week on top of a hectic December schedule, injuries and players that seem fatigued to me.

 

He has no choice.  He has to use the squad.

[Max Wall]

Just now, Buggsteam said:

Don’t suppose anyone has a steam?

 

[chapero82]

1 minute ago, murphy said:

Come on boys and girls.  Three games in a week on top of a hectic December schedule, injuries and players that seem fatigued to me.

 

He has no choice.  He has to use the squad.

And so the excuses begin....

[Benji]

Happy to be proven wrong and hate to be that guy but God that's a depressing line-up.  I can only see a pretty humiliating score.

[jaslcfc]

Kelechi needs a good game 

[StriderHiryu]

Puel as the manager to go looks like good odds right now. Maybe he’s been told he’ll be in charge till the end of season regardless but that is an extremely dangerous selection given his current situation.

 

I hope we win obviously but if we don’t this is just like digging your own grave!