Match Thread | Man City vs Leicester (27/09/20)

[Dax777]

apart from KDB there is zero creativity , Foden cant find room , he needs to go wide or drop deeper to get involved standing on the toes of their centre halves isnt working, Sterling isnt a central striker , he needs space in front of him
Pep needs a plan B , becasue this isnt working and Leicester will score another , Delap is our only central option , so bring him on and sacrifice either Rodri or Dinho , we dont need two holding midfield players when the opposition are happy to put ten behind the ball , sort it out Pep.

Either? You can't be serious.

 

[cookster]

Cancelo, Laporte, stones, gundagon, Jesus, Sergio, Bernardo all out and twats on here crying like little babies because we’re not 3 or 4 nil up.

It's not crying when you point out we're already making the same errors that lost us 9 games last season.

It's not missing players, its the fact that with one decent pass the opposition end up one-on-one with Ederson.

 

[FCBarca]

Agree With this take. Thought we did very little from open play. Can’t recall a game where Foden has been this invisible either.

You're always a bit tentative to give up possession against a good counter attacking side like LC but agree that he has been fairly anonymous. Is Silva injured?

I'd like to see two forwards trying to split the the 2/3 central defenders with Bernardo dropping into the middle but they have to get more from the flanks. Sterling for all his ability is a non factor too in this setup, just not working and have to believe Pep will change it at HT

 

[I'm Blue]

Is Stones injured?

You'd be better off asking if he's not injured.

 

[Blu1]

“No one is better than Varey at winning penalties”= He’s good at diving and a cheat

I could name a few utd players :-)

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Zinchenko for Mendy. Torres for Sterling. Delap for Fernandinho

 

[domalino]

Match day threads can often be farcical. There is an argument for getting rid of them altogether. But this place would implode if that happened. US, Ric wouldn't go with that anyway, so the issue is irrelevant.

They really are awful. There's about 10 people trying to discuss the game with a level head and 40 just having a hissy fit for 90 minutes if we aren't 3 goals up.

 

[Petetheblu]

To slow picking up the spare man.

We have a two man defence 90% of the time, then wonder why we struggle against faster teams. We either buy two Olympic sprinters for CB defence or we should go with a three at the back. Maybe an old fashion sweeper type?

It's like ground hog day, surely Pep can see this week in, week out, over 3 seasons?

Pep, we is way to slow to play this defensive system.....hahaha!

 

[Lemon7277]

We will be rite 10 mins after the final whistle has blown while slipping the trackys back on and var gifts us a pen

 

[Mike Cledford]

All came through the academy

And that our squad is bigger (in numbers) than theirs. 25>25 or is it 25<25 or is just bollocks propaganda for consumption by the ignorant masses.

 

[deano ou812]

I was trying to explain last week that it was the press (specifically from Gabby and Phil) protecting our defense and not the pair of DMs.

It's quite obvious today. Less intense press equals weaker defensive cover.

Absolutely this..

 

[Father Paul]

Agree with people saying get Delap on

Delap on and Foden into midfield might work.

 

[christened at st marks]

You would think Stones is on his way if Garcia wasn't playing

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

But a large percentage of that squad are currently unavailable for a whole host of reasons.

We have the same size squad as every other team. The commentator was trying to be a smart arse.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

The man is a disgrace and people take the piss out of Garcia and JFE

You think he deliberately gets injured - imbecile !

 

[Keeper!]

JFE anyday over JFS

 

[damrider]

Alright we calm now?

We were the better team and deserve to lead. Second half is coming. Cmon city!

 

[yankblue]

Probably asking a too much of him and don't think Pep will do it, but I think the move is to sacrifice one of Rodri/Fern for Delap and let Foden drop into central midfield.

We don't need 2 holding mids because Leicester are just going to try to spring Vardy with long balls, and as it is both Sterling and Foden are out of position and ineffective. Might as well let Sterling and Mahrez try to wreak havoc on the wings, KDB and Foden create some magic in midfield, and see if Delap can help with the link up and be a big target in the box.

Caveat: there is a reason I am not a manager.

 

[iwasthere1968]

“Not fully fit.” Again. Somehow.

Walker had a winger on his outside and vardy inside , Garcia doing fuck all to cover him. I wish people would make their own minds up rather than taking the crap that the pundits say as gospel.

 

[cjn]

The man is a disgrace and people take the piss out of Garcia and JFE

Garcia is obviously lacking physicality, but he’s extremely talented. The idea that he isn’t very good is one of the more ridiculous things I read on here. He’ll be a loss.