Perhaps if you didn't parade around like you're some Billy Big Bollocks, insulting anyone who sees it different you, I wouldn't feel the need to call you an arse.
This.
Kept thinking this the whole match. I know that the stats show 19 shots by Citu, but it often felt like things were overplayed to try and get tap ins rather than letting rip from any sort of distance.
Come on Chippy, we're all blues. No need for name calling..
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Feel free to PM me, if, as it seems, you have nothing of relevance to add to the discussion anymore.
With regards last night, there may be something in the criticism of Sane in so much as his part in their goal, but surely there's no need to be overly critiical of a hugely taleneted and exciting young player that was selected in that role as a bit of a gamble and it didn't really pay off. He did look unfamiliar in the position (understandably) and he was restricted in an attacking sense to a point that almost completely nullified his usual threat. Defensively he was always going to be some way short of what is expected of someone that plays the wing-back role.
As for the decision to play him there, I can see why Guardiola would try it. We were likely to be on the offensive for much of the game and he would, in theory, be more of a threat down the left than you'd expect of Danilo, with any defensive duty being a clear secondary consideration. That we went down to 10-men in the first half was beyond Pep's control, and being 1-0 down at the time meant it was worth keeping Sane there.
In my opinion, it was worth a try, it didn't work as well as we'd have hoped, and a lesson has been learnt, that said, I don't think it was the worst performance in the world from Sane and people seem to have got a little carried away and focused solely on the part he played in their goal.
Someone is not "a lesser Blue" simply if they aren't cooing about how marvellous we are every time we kick a ball.
More sanctimonious insults again. Here's another one for you:
sanctimonious
ˌsaŋ(k)tɪˈməʊnɪəs/
adjective
derogatory
adjective: sanctimonious
- making a show of being morally superior to other people.
Did you watch our pre-season games? i did and sane cannot play there,there was no need for 3 CB's at home
I agree with your analysis the big problem is that "finishing" has been letting us down for some time now. In many respects this match was a rerun of 10 or 15 similar games last season. I hope you are right and we do improve and win the league but on the evidence of last night we are likely to come up short again.Well personally what a negative bunch of twots some of you are, I loved last night, improve the finishing and teams won't stand a chance, just the finishing...the defence is as good as its been, we look solid however going forward we play with flow and precision, we just need our scoring boots... don't forget we played blue dippers who have been a bogie team for us and also a top 6/8 team, so challenging. Only the sneidershite first booking should have stood...all the others were absolutely abysmal and referees need to be certain and stop guessing, You people that say walkers first challenge was a booking need to go and have a lie down, booking if he was out of control and heading into the player yes, however walker just crossed the path of the diving everton prick, no contact what so ever. We played some sublime football last night instigated by the directorship of Pep. we will improve game on game and win the league, I've been watching football long enough to know that even with 10 men we wiped the floor with the blue dippers just finishing let us down.
Piss off with your irrelevant ad hominem, Mr Continuous Negativity.
This is some savagely depressing flapper crystal ball stuff going on here.
Bullshit. We had 19 (19!) shots on goal, of which 13 were clear cut chances created from open play alone.
This "Pep cares about possession more than winning" thing is unfounded and wrong.
What was so well drilled about Everton's defence that they let City have 19 shots on goal last night? City's finishing is abysmal, but that's not a credit to Everton.
I saw a team that "went" for it last night, despite being a man down.
Mendy, the person we actually signed to be LWB, probably. Imagine that.
Literally nobody has said that. Neither that you (or anyone) is less a Blue or that we are marvelous every time we kick a ball. I'd say we were very good last night, particularly in the second half, but not marvelous by any stretch of the imagination.
The reason we didn't win, outside of a bent ref, was failure to take chances. That needs correcting and fast.
More off-topic rubbish. Here's one for you:
off-top·ic
adjective & adverb
Again, feel free to PM me if you want to continue this and let's not have you sidetrack actual debate any longer, hm?
- (of a comment) not relevant to the subject under discussion.
"his second comment is entirely off-topic"