Porto (h) post-match thread

[Shaffer92]

All of those yellow's carrying over is a worry.. good win overall though..

 

[PragueBlue]

I bet Garcia became a shit defender on the very day he announced he didn’t want to extend with us.

That’s logic for some people.

I hope Eric can stay. Rate him above Stones and always did.

I have no problem with him deciding to go. I think it's best for him and for us. My only problem with him is that I just don't think he's anywhere near good enough as a defender. He's awful in the air, doesn't have much pace and frequently fails to track his runner. Not really the attributes I would want in a CB.

He will probably be better suited to playing in Spain and I wish him luck there.

 

[sir baconface]

Scrappy stuff on the whole but Gundo’s and Ferran’s goals were peaches. And a win’s a win.

 

[citizenyank76]

Pep and Dino telling off Conceição on the sidelines. If that's true... much deserved.

 

[simon23]

very average first half but steadily improved in the second half.

great third goal

the injury situation is getting increasingly worrying

thought Walker was excellent - certainly the pick of the back 4

 

[Robanompivenov]

Garcia reads the game so well

If constantly losing his man, badly playing the offside trap and generally being a bit shit qualifies for reading the game well then, yes he reads the game well.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Good for you. He will look a lot better when he's at Barca

He has the makings of being a good player but he doesn’t want to play for us. Why not give game time to others?

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

He has the makings of being a good player but he doesn’t want to play for us. Why not give game time to others?

Ask Pep not me . He wouldn't play again if up to me.

 

[ami]

I have no problem with him deciding to go. I think it's best for him and for us. My only problem with him is that I just don't think he's anywhere near good enough as a defender. He's awful in the air, doesn't have much pace and frequently fails to track his runner. Not really the attributes I would want in a CB.

He will probably be better suited to playing in Spain and I wish him luck there.

People don’t recognize his intelligence. He knows he can’t win an aerial duel against a big strong man towering over him at 1.92m, so he stands behind and try to catch the second ball instead. I watched his performance a little extra tonight after reading a lot about him being useless in the air in the prematch thread. He’s a smart player and reads the game well.
imo a lot better than Stones ever did.

Stones has like 70% success rate in the air. Does that make him worldclass? No. It means nothing and tells you nada about a defenders overall capability.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Doesn't need to be

On the B list for the game.

(I mean would have to be & can't)

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

People don’t recognize his intelligence. He knows he can’t win an aerial duel against a big strong man towering over him at 1.92m, so he stands behind and try to catch the second ball instead. I watched his performance a little extra tonight after reading a lot about him being useless in the air in the prematch thread. He’s a smart player and reads the game well.
imo a lot better than Stones ever did.

Stones has like 70% success rate in the air. Does that make him worldclass? No. It means nothing and tells you nada about a defenders overall capability.

Better become a real cule then and join @ FCBarca , as you both talk and think alike.

 

[PragueBlue]

People don’t recognize his intelligence. He knows he can’t win an aerial duel against a big strong man towering over him at 1.92m, so he stands behind and try to catch the second ball instead. I watched his performance a little extra tonight after reading a lot about him being useless in the air in the prematch thread. He’s a smart player and reads the game well.
imo a lot better than Stones ever did.

Stones has like 70% success rate in the air. Does that make him worldclass? No. It means nothing and tells you nada about a defenders overall capability.

Being slow, poor in the air and losing your man aren't good attributes for a CB in the PL. I'm not convinced that he reads the game that well either.

I don't think Stones is the answer but I do believe he is a better CB than Garcia at present.

 

[decmancity]

Hopefully he gave the back four a good talk after the game. Was really poor all round for the goal.

 

[Javi Garcia's Hairstylist]

I'll fully admit that the fact Garcia decided to announce his intention to return to Barcelona on the eve of our tie with Madrid has influenced my opinion of him.

Previously, I felt him to be slow, undersized, bad in the air, and abysmal at tracking runners. After, I added "is a twat" to that list.

 

[Burtonblue]

I bet Garcia became a shit defender on the very day he announced he didn’t want to extend with us.

That’s logic for some people.

I hope Eric can stay. Rate him above Stones and always did.

You don’t get capped by Spain at his age if you’re shit do you!

 

[Neville Kneville]

People don’t recognize his intelligence. He knows he can’t win an aerial duel against a big strong man towering over him at 1.92m, so he stands behind and try to catch the second ball instead. I watched his performance a little extra tonight after reading a lot about him being useless in the air in the prematch thread. He’s a smart player and reads the game well.
imo a lot better than Stones ever did.

Stones has like 70% success rate in the air. Does that make him worldclass? No. It means nothing and tells you nada about a defenders overall capability.

What a load of cock.

You mean other players stepped in for him.
You watched his performance & he read the game ?

What did he read when he was facing the fucking lino with his hand up & the City backline, behind him, playing the player on, like he's done in a whole bunch of games costing us ?

What was he reading when the player ran across our defence to score & he hid behind Rodri doing fuck all ?

What about the cross that came in & he let the cf who was in front of him, run behind him without even noticing ?

He's like a fucking tutorial on how not to defend & Pep bigs him up.

It's like fucking Wille McKay & Kevin Keegan with Pep & Puyol

 

[Gingers Dad]

I'll fully admit that the fact Garcia decided to announce his intention to return to Barcelona on the eve of our tie with Madrid has influenced my opinion of him.

Previously, I felt him to be slow, undersized, bad in the air, and abysmal at tracking runners. After, I added "is a twat" to that list.

I thought it was Pep that announced that Garcia wanted to leave ahead of the Madrid game?

 

[Cityfan]

Didn't want Garcia playing after refusing a contract but thought he was decent today.

 

[Neville Kneville]

You don’t get capped by Spain at his age if you’re shit do you!

The whole Spain cb squad is shit.

 

[Gingers Dad]

You don’t get capped by Spain at his age if you’re shit do you!

Of course not