Man City Match thread

[Bourbon Fox]

2 minutes ago, Tom12345 said:

He poses more threat than Reid but Reid is better at moving forward and into good positions. Mavididi wasted a few good moves due to his poor decisions.

Sam Matterface - Mavididi is a player that can get you up out of your seat, but then makes you sit right back down again

[cruzFOX]

Man if we were still the same squad that came up from the championship I reckon we would be beating city today. The all look so sad. What is wrong with them?

[John rayner]

3 minutes ago, Claridge said:

It was hardly travelling and was a pathetic piece of keeping for the premiership, sure he knows that, people make mistakes.

Negative comment yet again  my question is where was jj

[teblin]

Not bad, I just wish we had a bit more pace. Desperately miss Abdul.

[Winstonthedog]

Defensively they look shakey ... we need to pressure and quicken up the attack ..... not keep stopping the ball .. putting a foot on it and then passing it back  ... Mav if you are a winger ffs take your man on and beat him 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Played really well but you know they get a second over poor distribution between the defence 

[lee7]

Justin is getting the ball in acres of space out on the right hand side and Man City are happy to allow him space and time.

He's not being exposed in 1vs1's defensively so if i was RVN i'd be tempted to bring on a player who is better in attacking situations and take a risk. 

[Beachyboy]

2 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

In possession we have looked pretty accomplished and have played through Man City with ease, however out of possession we are weak, Bilal has been unreal what a talent, so composed and clever in possession, how Cooper thought he should be a bench warmer is absolutely baffling. 
 

Facundo is quite frustrating, regularly makes the wrong decision which causes us to lose possession, I too would like to see Alves in his role. 
 

We are desperate for a RB, LB as we are so exposed in both full back positions. Soumare is an absolute enigma, brilliant in one moment and horrifically lax the very next. 

We may as well develop our own we know the top level of some of these, don't think Facundo is worth signing let's get some of these academy lads in particularly for weak areas like RB, RW so they can learn on the job a bit, how much worse is Nelson also than our CBS?

[Tom12345]

Just now, Bourbon Fox said:

Sam Matterface - Mavididi is a player that can get you up out of your seat, but then makes you sit right back down again

Haha. Yeah, a good description.  He needs a good coach. Maybe RVN can help him out over the next few months. 

[honeybradger]

Just now, Tom12345 said:

Agree he is not Winks’ level yet but he is young and has potential. He is better defensively too. No need to write him off just yet. 

Winks isnt even that good. For £25mil we could have easily signed a clear upgrade on Winks. Skipp is 24 as well, not even particularly young 

[Bilo]

Just now, sishades said:

We won a trophy last season. We won the cup and shield in 2021. We finished 8th before we went down. All in the last 3 years.  So yes, absolutely nothing at all.!!!!!! Try being a supporter before 2015, we spent almost our entire history bouncing between the top two divisions. 

It's because we have declined from a historically high position. We had never ever been a top six side challenging for trophies at home and in Europe before the last decade. 

 

On the plus side, one look at the top eight of the table shows that we could conceivably get there again if we start making sensible decisions again.

[sishades]

Just now, John rayner said:

Negative comment yet again  my question is where was jj

JJ can not be in two positions at the same time!!!!

[trugerkem]

Did the commentator say in our last 42 premier league games we have had just 2 clean sheets 😳

[Bezzanator89]

Not bad first half. Jakub has to do better with the goal, near enough gets an assist for his parry straight to Savinho. But we had a few chances ourselves, there is definitely a point in this game for the taking. COME ON!!

[Sly]

1 minute ago, John rayner said:

Negative comment yet again  my question is where was jj

Marking Bernardo Silva. 
 

Who should have been picking Bernardo Silva up? 

[ian__marshall]

Missed the first 30 mins, but last 15 of 1st half we've looked pretty decent. Think there's at least a point in this game so long as we don't concede an early 2nd half goal. 

[steveb]

best performance of the season so far by a mile, most attacking line up, a functioning midfield, worry is we are still losing, zero room for erorrs at this level.

First time i`ve actually been looking forward to the second half this season.

[Tom12345]

2 minutes ago, cruzFOX said:

Man if we were still the same squad that came up from the championship I reckon we would be beating city today. The all look so sad. What is wrong with them?

Don’t really care about them looking sad. It is a good time to play them given their slump, and we need to take advantage. Don’t let them use us as springboard to bounce back which we all know they are more than capable of.

[urban fox]

I would pull mavadidi, move FB to the left and let Alves have a go down the right

[Sly]

Just now, honeybradger said:

Winks isnt even that good. For £25mil we could have easily signed a clear upgrade on Winks. Skipp is 24 as well, not even particularly young 

Should have signed Rocco Reitz for £25m! 

[Ric Flair]

11 minutes ago, Mark said:

Alves for Mavididi please

Yeah to be fair I'd not be against that and him cutting in off the left.

[Sly]

Just now, steveb said:

best performance of the season so far by a mile, most attacking line up, a functioning midfield, worry is we are still losing, zero room for erorrs at this level.

First time i`ve actually been looking forward to the second half this season.

We can’t defend, so maybe let’s just attack teams! 

[STEVIE B]

2 minutes ago, cruzFOX said:

Man if we were still the same squad that came up from the championship I reckon we would be beating city today. The all look so sad. What is wrong with them?

It's almost as though they know they're being relegated due to 115 charges against them 

[Bourbon Fox]

Palace equaliser

[jamfox]

12 minutes ago, kristianity77 said:

I don’t think we look good at all. It’s still absolute shite.  It just looks better because Man City look like a team who actually can’t be arsed. 
 

City know they can win this playing at 25% of their level. They know it, we know it.

You feel like that after watching the first half?  It's a good as we have been , as yes I know that's a low bar But your bar is unrealistic.  it's going to be a long season for all of us but you're in for torture!

 

 

 

 

Edited 29 December 2024 by jamfox