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

[half & half derby scarf]

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

can anyone confirm the goalkeeper continues to be invisible?

Got a good hand to it but wrists are made of jelly

 

[Semper aggressus]

we needed a right back and a defensive midfielder

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

Marmoush looks like he’ll be amazing but I just cannot get my head around why we spent about £60m on two kids at centre back when that’s the one position we’re ok in.

 

[Stoned Rose]

How’s the “there’s a player in there” mob getting on?

 

[Gumzy97]

Every team now knows they can kill us on transitions.

 

[BooksReject]

If I fucking see Akanji dawdling on that fucking ball for 20 seconds only to pass it two yards to Gvardiol, or out to Phil to pass it back to Gvardiol back to Akanji, Im going to fucking scream.

I know it’s hard against that low block, but come on

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Have to get Nunes off (out of the club would be preferred). Stones at RB, 3 at the back and Foden in the middle behind Haaland

It's not Nunes's fault.. he's not a defender.. never has been.

Sometimes you just have to say a dog won't keep you alive in the desert like a camel would!

 

[kanovic]

Can’t blame the players. The buck stops with Pep, he picks them.

Yea idk about that. He doesn’t make the players give stupid passes. Or not track back, or miss an easy tackle.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

I am sick of the TNT commentators, they have been willing City to lose, no commentary, just bleating on and on about how crap we are and advertising other sports in the future. They are gloating, and it makes me sick

 

[Clembo]

0 surprise the state of the game with the 11 he picked, get gundo off for saviniho and move Phil central ffs.

Sticking our most in form player on the wing for the last 45.

 

[Dawsenna]

Lose and don’t sign a midfielder and this is our last game in the champions league for at least 21 months

 

[Ajm1985]

Still amazed at how Pep has come to the conclusion that this is how we'll win.

Akanji shouldn't see that much of the ball. Nunes' strength is literally being far away from our goal. Bernardo and Foden just aren't wingers. Kovacic should not be given free roam to get into the opposition box, particularly when one of our CBs is also around the box. He's overcomplicated it for no reason

 

[Twisted-wheel]

Cannot go through rest of the season with nunes at the back, not done too bad moving forward however will get caught out every time in that position when counter attacked

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

Shut the fuck up!

Yep that’s your level of analysis. Stick with your Trump thread

 

[Blue Bogey]

Brugge technically better than City.

We can dominate possession but technically we are simply inferior. Brugge aren’t even breaking sweat, they just let City have the ball and wait for us to make a sloppy pass, then pass the ball through our team with ease.

It’s been like that all season, but Brugge look very good they would not look out of place as a top 6 PL team.

 

[BigJoe#1]

It’s all very predictable. We’re not playing badly but not doing much to create chances and every time we give the ball away we are so vulnerable. Need someone to step up,,,not sure who what could be

Grealish and Savinho

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Let’s be real that is primarily Pep’s fault. He’s got Nunes as a centre back in a back 3, he’s got Stones in midfield, he’s got Foden on the left WITHOUT Gvardiol overlapping, so Phil has to stay out there being totally ineffective. He’s got Bernardo on the right where any of us on here would do a better job. Then he’s got Gundo and KDB occupying the area that Foden should be in and neither of them can fucking run. Absolute disasterclass by Pep. Literally shocking. We need a totally different shape 2nd half.

 

[BLUEisville]

Honestly finding it hard to be bothered. Sporting was an embarrassment and Feyenoord was a shambles. But this just... is what it is.
For months now I've felt like the focus needs to be top 4 finish & winning the FA Cup. Perhaps an early exit here loosens some purse strings.

 

[svennis pennis]

Got a good hand to it but wrists are made of jelly

Are you joking? That was hit like a fucking rocket.

 

[OntarioBlue]

Go 3 at the back. Foden in the middle and Savinho on the wing, we need some pace.

 

[wattle]

We should focus on getting top four and the FA cup no need to go further in the champions league knowing we don't have a DM.

Yeh let’s face facts, we aren’t winning it so might as well go out early. He’s got to change it though. Gundo off - savinho on surely