Match Thread | Man City vs. Brugge (29/01/25)

[Wellsblue21]

Still fancy us to win

Keep the faith

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Serves us right for serving up that tepid, boring, slow as fuck pile of shit.

It’s so fucking obvious. The opposition are literally waiting for the bad pass and know they can kill us on transition. Everyone can see it.

 

[Halloween Jack]

Don't want to lose, but it might be for the best.

 

[Dax777]

Start 4 30 year olds and we lose. Always!!! Get some young legs on the damn field Pep!!!

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Complete waste of a half. Passing with no purpose, shit scared of loosing the ball, yet they had the best chances. Just dogshit football yet again. How is crab football scoring against a low block. Far too easy for them

 

[borassic]

Has he actually got Gundo playing as a number 10 and pushed Phil out to the left?! He is mental at times

 

[Blu1]

Pep is picking these players & 99% of football fans can’t understand it never mind most city fans who are baffled.

Pep is becoming a bigger issue than these players. Nunes, Gundy, Kev should not be playing end of. Certainly not starting in a game we must win.

Savio & jack on the bench whilst pensioners are playing is shocking!

 

[BossHog]

That’s all he can do

He looked either injured or knackered

 

[Blue Llama]

Its what happens when you disrespect the abilities of the opposition by a abandoning defending for a dad's football sideways game 5m into the opposition half.

 

[B\connellblue]

ive only seen the goal once live streams went down during the replays

can anyone confirm the goalkeeper continues to be invisible?

On this occasion not so much.they blame lies solely with the man who set us up to be countered.

 

[bert38]

When do we all think pep will change and throw the kitchen sink at them

Do we even have a sink?

 

[Haaland94]

Yes. We'll be out of the CL next year too if we don't buy a midfielder.

I hope that our management can see it too. We are not making top 5 playing the way we are.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Gundogan, Kev, Bernardo and Kovacic making up 4 of the front 6 and we wonder why we are slow and devoid of ideas

Only chance now is Savinho on for Gundogan and Phil out on the right

Let's be clear, Brugge are an average side, no better than a Brighton/Brentford, let's not pretend this is a top European side

Sick to death of watching Gundogan plod around the pitch offering literally nothing apart from a bounce pass

Sadly all true. And we have seen the same pattern in games time after time after time this season. So so frustrating

 

[M Gaudino]

we needed a right back and a defensive midfielder

let the only right back leave and signed two teenage centre backs and a striker

 

[roy.or.r]

Our drop off has been insane. Probably the biggest in a while.

 

[iTyler]

It's criminal that McAtee still isn't starting games for us. Just the fact that he can move makes him better than the likes of Gundogan and Kovacic.

 

[AlexGrimaldo]

Nunes is dumb, thats his problem

 

[Fordyboy46]

That’s completely on Pep. Fucking awful set up of the side.

Bernie RW? He’s not beaten a man for 3 fucking years. He doesn’t create and he doesn’t score…lets play him wide forward.

Foden, scoring for fun…let’s put him out wide.

Gundo, Kova and Kev, slowest midfield on the planet…yeah let’s go for it.

That half was fucking dogshit from start to finish and it came from a turd team selection and tactics.

Will anything change regarding subs though, probably on 85 minutes when we're still a goal down

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

Huge half incoming. We battered Southgate for playing Phil on the left, we know he has no impact there yet we are happy to throw him there, to have Bernardo right and the slowest centre mid pairing since time began.

Gundog off, Savinho on, Bernardo central and Foden right. Lets attack quicker, direct and with pace. Our line up was always going to be slow and eye of a needle final balls to break through. Come on Pep

 

[Twisted-wheel]

We desperately need to get the summer right. This team is old , slow and devoid of ideas

100% bang on