Match Thread | Man City vs. Spurs (23/11/24)

[argyle]

Team has fallen apart without Rodri.

Failure of the club not getting adequate players in 3 summer transfer windows to rotate with him.

 

[Heath Park]

Bring back Elano...

 

[Beanhead]

That Dragusun ALWAYS turns up v City...

He’s definitely winning the battle of the top knots.

 

[kanovic]

I miss us being good

 

[Mancity1980]

We bought Phillips and Nunes who sadly have on the whole been wank.

I really can’t see how Pep thought any of them were good enough. Particularly Phillips, maybe I am being too harsh on Nunes because he has more ability but he doesn’t have the right qualities that fit this specialised position.

 

[TinFoilHat]

John Brooks managing the game well for Spurs.

We're getting there.

Remember the match a few years ago where we ripped them a new one when FFS woke up in the 2nd half?

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

You’re worried we won’t finish in the top four, but sure you’ve not given up

Whatever mate, go and kick your cat if it makes you feel better. But pulling up other City fans for having a different view isn’t the way.

 

[King Jay]

Why is Lewis playing in front of Nunes in midfield? He doesn’t offer anything - neither on the offensive or on the defensive side of the game.

 

[Tolmie scores]

Spurs are so shit too!

Haaland offering nothing & not his fault. Take him off & get a midfielder on.

Not sure what we can do with walker, stones, Rico & Gundy to be honest

I’m just seeing this season as a transitional one & nothing else

Yeah but you can only introduce 2 max 3 players we need a good tbh.. Taxi for Taxi!

 

[paulchapo]

Stone is winding us up.

If Manchester City can get one back here, they will fancy their chances.

Savinho is dangerous on their left and with Josko Gvardiol backing him up, that feels like an area they can exploit.

But equally, they lack cover in front of their defence, so are vulnerable to the counter-attack.

That has been a fabulous and fascinating game so far. I doubt either manager is going to change their philosophy.

 

[knuckles]

Got to bring Ake on, move Stones into midfield, get Foden playing a bit deeper as well to help the midfield out

 

[decmancity]

Team has fallen apart without Rodri.

Failure of the club not getting adequate players in 3 summer transfer windows to rotate with him.

Adequate isn't good enough. Kovacic is adequate, still been shit.

 

[Beanhead]

Bring back Elano...

Bring back Corradi!

 

[merz]

pretty sure thats the worst midfield I have seen in the last 20+ years.

 

[wolviedinho]

Need coote to throw the players a couple lines at ht -:)

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Rodri was our metronome who kept us ticking, not having him has affected everything we do. Plus too many injuries and too many players not playing anywhere near their best.

So we’re a one man team?

Of course we can win the league without Rodri. The same was said when Kev was out

 

[come-on-barney]

The gaps in the midfield we’re completely wide open

 

[argyle]

Adequate isn't good enough. Kovacic is adequate, still been shit.

I don't think Kovacic is adequate for that role. He can't do it.

That's on the club.

 

[TinFoilHat]

I miss us being good

We never win at home
We never win away
We lost last week...

 

[Mr HJ]

Positive is we are still creating decent chances.

Big negative for me is can Pep please stop this Rico playmaker/main part of our midfield experiment - the way he tracks back when we lose the ball is so bad and so slow it's painful - he's supposed to be the legs for our aging players & he adds nothing creativity wise. We need to get Jack and Kev on early and go for it because with our current midfield there is no doubt they will score again.