You can pretty much tell 'what City' have turned up after about 2 minutes. As ridiculous as that sounds, you can often get a clear picture as to whether we are up for it or not, after the first few minutes of the game.
I've thought for a while that we seem to concede goals early on, and even more so, just after half time. I haven't done loads of research, or compared this to other clubs, but it has got me wondering why we 'come out of the blocks' so slowly. We concede 10% of our goals in the first 10 mins (maybe not as glaring as I thought), but 25% between 40 -60 mins (granted, some of these will be just before half time).
What is, or isn't said to us in the changing room - particularly at half time. The way we started both halves against Leicester was a disgrace. And whilst we ended up dominating the 1st half, we got worse in the 2nd. Is it a lack of motivation by the manager - I don't know. It does seem like the opposition is much more ready for us, than we are for them. I'm not necessarily talking about the lack of preparation as referenced in another thread, but more a lack of motivation that is causing us to start so sluggishly.
A few examples of goals conceded:
Leicester: 3, 48, 60 - 2 goals 3 minutes into each half
West Ham: 1, 56
Watford: 55
Stoke: 7, (15)
Southampton: 49
Liverpool: 7
West Ham (h): 6
Some are less relevant, and more into the game (Stoke's second for example) but there is a pattern of goals being scored early into the halves against us.
I've thought for a while that we seem to concede goals early on, and even more so, just after half time. I haven't done loads of research, or compared this to other clubs, but it has got me wondering why we 'come out of the blocks' so slowly. We concede 10% of our goals in the first 10 mins (maybe not as glaring as I thought), but 25% between 40 -60 mins (granted, some of these will be just before half time).
What is, or isn't said to us in the changing room - particularly at half time. The way we started both halves against Leicester was a disgrace. And whilst we ended up dominating the 1st half, we got worse in the 2nd. Is it a lack of motivation by the manager - I don't know. It does seem like the opposition is much more ready for us, than we are for them. I'm not necessarily talking about the lack of preparation as referenced in another thread, but more a lack of motivation that is causing us to start so sluggishly.
A few examples of goals conceded:
Leicester: 3, 48, 60 - 2 goals 3 minutes into each half
West Ham: 1, 56
Watford: 55
Stoke: 7, (15)
Southampton: 49
Liverpool: 7
West Ham (h): 6
Some are less relevant, and more into the game (Stoke's second for example) but there is a pattern of goals being scored early into the halves against us.