Hes totally doing his job in ball carrying and gaining those 20 yards and laying it off , he is very good at assisting the assister.Grealish is rarely bad but he's not pulling up trees and that's what people are expecting. TBH, I wish he could just be quietly left to go about his business: there's too much spotlight on him individually (as there is players in general) when the collective outcome is most important. It's the world we live in though.
Kloppy is a city fan ?
Hes totally doing his job in ball carrying and gaining those 20 yards and laying it off , he is very good at assisting the assister.
BUT!!! …. But there was 2 opportunities yesterday where he cut in and it slightly opened up for the shot, but he laid again. Thats where i want him stepping up.
Confidence
Yesterday I cannot remember a player having so much of the ball in the first half with nothing to show for it.Grealish is rarely bad but he's not pulling up trees and that's what people are expecting. TBH, I wish he could just be quietly left to go about his business: there's too much spotlight on him individually (as there is players in general) when the collective outcome is most important. It's the world we live in though.
I take it there will be frequent water breaksHe'll miss the chelsea carribean cup game.
I don't completely disagree, as said before, can see it given. Cal also see it not given.
I might have, if I'd any idea what it meantNow own up. Was anyone else thinking perfidiously, when Erling stepped up, “If he misses this, will he still be everybody's darling on here?” I actually thought KDB would take it. The foul was on him, and I just felt a bit more confident with him taking it. Was half-expecting the Viking freak to mess it up, if I'm honest. Which he nearly did. Wouldn't change a thing in my own evaluation of him, of course: a freak of nature.
Glad you raised this point, I mentioned it at the match yesterday but no one could recall it. Thought I’d imagined it.What ever happened to the new ‘Rashford’ ruling on offside. If it’s so close, “the benefit of doubt is given to the attacker”. Was it only trialled for that one game? Great performance from City, KDB fantastic, as was Stones, Gundogan & Bernardo.
If you recall, Rashford was offside by the naked eye v Liverpool; they stated that “last season he would have been offside, but this season for close calls, the benefit is given to the attacker”… so Rashford’s goal stood. Not happened in any other game to my knowledgeGlad you raised this point, I mentioned it at the match yesterday but no one could recall it. Thought I’d imagined it.
Shoving a player in the back isn’t trying to get the ball.
If he’d dived in and just missed the ball and taken Wilson out, he’d have got a yellow card.
As it was, he didn’t move his feet to attempt to get the ball, fouled Wilson and got sent off for it.
It‘s a textbook example of a DOGSO penalty and red card.
oh that`s so hodginistic of youI might have, if I'd any idea what it meant
It’s exactly what happened.That isn't what happened though is it. For a start there was no shove. And he ran from the side not the back. It was a footrace to a loose ball, he lost and crashed into him.
If it had been given against us as a penalty without a red, I would have understood it. I can see how it was given as well, how it looked at pace. Certainly wasn't a textbook example.
Weird how the goalkeepers wasting time has creeped into the game.No complaints about the red card or penalty against us , very few if any complaints from the Fulham players about our penalty which confirms it was the correct decision. Refs really need to clamp down on keepers wasting time constantly.
Could be the first time these two names have been mentioned in a BlueMoon post and certainly both together. :-)I would like an explanation from Old Mother Riley as to how a player can receive a booking for off-pitch dead-ball removal of shirt and no card for the most blatant time wasting by a goalkeeper since the last keeper turned up at The Etihad. Refs are ripping a pocket off to get the card out and all they do for timewasting is stand looking and impersonating Pontius Pilate.
I know what you mean, he's clearly been hitting the weights since retiring. Absolute unit.His hat wasn’t the first my eyes were drawn to.
There was a clear shoulder in the back, no effort to play the ball, clear penalty and clear decision to send him off for DOGSO. It was a text book example pure and simpleThat isn't what happened though is it. For a start there was no shove. And he ran from the side not the back. It was a footrace to a loose ball, he lost and crashed into him.
If it had been given against us as a penalty without a red, I would have understood it. I can see how it was given as well, how it looked at pace. Certainly wasn't a textbook example.
I think I've mention both before but never in the same post!Could be the first time these two names have been mentioned in a BlueMoon post and certainly both together. :-)