Match Thread | Man City vs. Everton (10/02/24)

[PragueBlue]

Not the greatest half. Lots of the ball but too much of it with our defenders and not really created a lot. A few blocked shots but not much else.

I'd take Nunes and Alvarez off and put KDB and Foden in the middle with Bernardo coming onto the left. Not overly keen on Akanji moving into midfield. Much prefer Stones there.

Make those changes, keep it tight at the back and we should win this.

 

[pudge]

No subs until 60 minutes presumably

 

[Iassel]

Erling is getting 0 service I don’t know what people expect him to do.

I mean it’s fair to acknowledge that he looks incredibly lead footed and could’ve had at least one by now by being on his toes across the front man.

 

[Fordyboy46]

I can only assume Pep is bored. Theres no way in a million years he would pick two players like nunes and alvarez to play in his midfield if he was serious.

He has these stupid moments where he thinks it's only Everton I can fuck around with the starting eleven a bit, we'll be OK. Then he sees a 45 like that, you have to play your strongest eleven no matter the opposition

 

[homerdog]

The state of this thread.

And that's just you...

 

[SamTheGuru]

More like Harrison. Can easily see this the way this is going.

Pep arrogance today. I really thought we would go gung ho today.

 

[Revolver]

This is a repeat of last seasons home game. Everton are dogged but painfully limited but can sneak a goal.

Think we need to quicken it up.

 

[mancityscot]

Haaland to come out and score a hatrick

I’ll take some of what this guys on

 

[upb78]

I love Julian, but i would say this is not the right setup for him, and i would dare to say that these 45min are the worst he has played for City so far. Either him or Haaland should come off so KdB can replace one of them.

 

[CΛL]

Alvarez has a touch like a nonce and next to no acceleration, has no place in midfield.

 

[SamTheGuru]

WTF is going on with the TNT coverage lol.

 

[happy]

Got to say, fair play to Everton, defending brilliantly, and looking dangerous up front, excellent press, and working really hard all over the pitch.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Yes but Kaz has a monopoly on going on like a stuck fucking record.

She knows more about the game than you

 

[Blue2202]

Lewis for Akanji, Kev for Nunes, Bernardo for Alvarez. Like it should have been from the start. Wont happen until 70 mins

 

[super_city_si]

Nunes back to being anonymous.

That last corner sums us up. Braindead!

De Bruyne on for Nunes.
Bobb on for Alvarez

Nunes is good when he can run. When the game is stretched. Everton clogging up the middle And sitting deep. its the wrong game for him.

 

[deano ou812]

Hope we don’t have any more 12-30 pm kick offs ..

 

[Fordyboy46]

Hate 12.30 KOs.

I can't remember the last time we played well at that time

 

[Iassel]

Nice stalking!

Feel free to point out how the ball hitting the defenders tucked in arm at shoulder height is a handball..

 

[SWPISHOME]

Its just arrogance to bench kdb and bernardo against a park the bus team

It's not really.

KDB is only back from a long term injury absolutely no way he can go full throttle with three games in a week, He's at a stage of his career where he needs game management and look after his minutes.

Bernie has started every game also in recent weeks. Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup fixtures all coming up and as we know the team needs rotating every week basically to compete in all competitions.

 

[No.8]

pretty embarrassing how reliant on one man we are.

Who’s that?

Ederson? Walker? Dias? Stones? Rodri?KDB? Bernardo Silva? Foden? Haaland? Doku? Grealish?

And so on and so on….

Pretty embarrassing how spoilt some have become. Teams like this don’t come around too often and if you can’t enjoy it then maybe footballs not for you.