Mistake, After Mistake, After mistake! Why Can't We See Games Out?

mcfcbill91 said:
14 individual errors leading to goals this season - not good enough.

Parts of the performance were excellent and some parts a bit shaky, but for the fifth time this season we've been carrying a lead into the last 10 minutes and blown it through pub league play.

It's unacceptable at any professional level to be kicking the ball head height from your hands in that way. Then Lewis should be putting Vinicius on his arse, or taking a red card if needs be.

I feel sorry for Pep and the rest of the squad. The team can be set up in any formation with any personnel, but if you're going to pretty much gift the opposition goals then it's irrelevant.

The errors have to stop now to salvage anything from this season.
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The timing of those errors as well. Foden at Arsenal seconds after we got it to 1-1. Ederson last night heading into injury time. Nunes against the rags, Nunes against PSG seconds after we'd gone 2-0 up, there's probably more. We make game changing errors and that's the killer.
 
City Raider said:
If your goalie is giving you kittens, the panic spreads. How many times in this run is Edison caught in no mans land. His decision making coming off his line is poor. Even the pen that wasn’t given - how many times have we seen that exact foul.
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I agree with you to a pint, and I don't mean to be pedantic, but, it's EDERSON.
 
the ironic thing is I thought we were being more practical and safe with some of our clearances in the first half, there was one from Bernardo that springs to mind where he just did a big clearance up the field rather than trying to play out, and I thought oh maybe we are being more practical in our approach, but then Kovacic goes and trys to play backwards when it should have been hooked over his shoulder either into the stands or up the field...very similar to Nunes in the derby trying to keep playing backwards, which probably comes from trying to impress Pep and to 'keep the ball'
 
It can't be fatigue as the OP suggested but they are obviously right re the individual errors. However, I think there is more to it than that. It's not as if City are playing brilliantly and then we make individual errors.

We are losing self-belief as a group because we have lost our best players and the new ones are yet to emerge. How can they possibly emerge when we only bought them in January.

This is going to be a slow and painful process.
 
Yea
inchy14 said:
It wasn’t an intentional short kick, he fucked it up. Story of the entire season.
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h, he didn’t rush in the slightest. He waited for everyone to get up the pitch and then produced that kick. Same against the scum we were hardly playing attacking football going for the jugular. It was a shite slow game we were seeing out and then Nunes had 2 brain farts in 10 seconds.
It was absolutely pathetic schoolboy stuff but hardly down to style of play
 
Blueknows said:
after last night 4 other games its happened , the standout 1 for me was Feyernoord 3 -0 with 15 minutes to go illustrates your points we were cruising yet played such a high line ( see it out and last nights play off doesnt happen), Brighton 1 up with 12 minutes to go away from home we lose it , rags probably one of the worst game management 1 up with 1 minute of normal time , and drawing to brentford 2 up with 8 minutes to go , do we need a new defensive coach ?
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....or a new coach with a different 'ideology' ?
 
Craig said:
Yea

h, he didn’t rush in the slightest. He waited for everyone to get up the pitch and then produced that kick. Same against the scum we were hardly playing attacking football going for the jugular. It was a shite slow game we were seeing out and then Nunes had 2 brain farts in 10 seconds.
It was absolutely pathetic schoolboy stuff but hardly down to style of play
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The Ederson one yeah it wasn't the style, but the Nunes one we had a corner and passed it all the way back to our own half, the style definitely played a part there.
 
willipp said:
The timing of those errors as well. Foden at Arsenal seconds after we got it to 1-1. Ederson last night heading into injury time. Nunes against the rags, Nunes against PSG seconds after we'd gone 2-0 up, there's probably more. We make game changing errors and that's the killer.
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I completely agree - it shifts the momentum. PSG & Arsenal should've been flapping yet are handed the game almost instantly. Regardless of any aspect, making errors of this magnitude repeatedly can't be tolerated - it's on the players.
 
Chak19 said:
The Ederson one yeah it wasn't the style, but the Nunes one we had a corner and passed it all the way back to our own half, the style definitely played a part there.
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Yeah, but if anything that’s being negative rather than attacking at the end of a game. End of the day at this level if individuals keep making such inexplicable errors it doesn’t really matter how you play.
 
Craig said:
Yeah, but if anything that’s being negative rather than attacking at the end of a game. End of the day at this level if individuals keep making such inexplicable errors it doesn’t really matter how you play.
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If at least it we play negative but make it harder for the opposition to break us down, no what we do is being negative and risky at the same time which inevitabely leads to errors.
 
Asa's left peg said:
We spent 200 m in the window and Pep reverted to the same players that have lost games from winning positions. He has lost all confidence in playing new players and spontaneity on the pitch. I'm still baffled why we didn't sign a fullback, but he probably wouldn't have played last night.

It's been a fantastic ten years with him with some glorious moments and records no one will touch for a long time, but he needs a rest as much as any of the players. Tbh, I think a new manager should be in charge of a re build.
Ake's substitution was planned but the other two were enforced, but to take John out of central midfield was crazy and it was clear what would happen if he didn't put Gonzalez in there. Khuzanov would have been a better fit than Rico. Erl was starved of big chances but it is cruel to put Kev through a game like that let alone lower league opposition.

Our strength was always the team, not one individual. Take out Rodri and we could cope, we've coped without Kev before and John but here are too many broken or missing parts, now. Anyway, suck it up blues and make no mistake - we will be back.
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100 points, a treble, 4 titles in a row.... and one 'bad' season and you want rid of the greatest manager in the world.
 
I think this season we're witnessing the crossover over various issues, that to some degree have been on the horizon for some time.
The injury to Rodri nobody could have anticipated, however we've been crying out for a backup for a long time, to the point he's been on record many times about how he felt fatigued/the ammount of games hes playing.
We also have an aging squad, that has been allowed to fizzle out without refreshing, when we were in a postion of power.
The lack of investment when we were on the front foot is scandelous, when it was obvious to everyone, the current squad was nearing the end of its cycle.
Fitness levels have fallen off a cliff, we look able to play a maximum of about 50/60 minutes, again understandable to a degree, given the level the've all played to for the last few seasons.
Then there's Pep himself, the man is a legend and he definitely gets a pass to some degree.
However, his stubborness and decision making of late is beyond perplexing.
He's just come out of a long term marriage, and I think (understandably) this is definitely effecting him as a person and as a manager. You watch him sometimes, and he cuts a folorn figure on the bench, and at times doesn't seem as passionate.
We'll be forever thankful for what he and this group of players have achieved, and the amazing memories they've given us.
However, something feels really off this season. I'm still hopeful we can turn things around and get the hunger back (although maybe not this season), and lets face it, we've seen a lot worse.
As frustrating as things are at the moment, we're not like that spoilt lot from down the road, nor are we the deserting kind.
Time to buckle up lads and lasses, we're in for one hell of a ride.
 
Chak19 said:
If at least it we play negative but make it harder for the opposition to break us down, no what we do is being negative and risky at the same time which inevitabely leads to errors.
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We did what Pep often does in Europe and play low-risk football but in making individual errors we lost control of the game. And as the original poster has identified this has become a theme in our season.

Pep said in his press conference that he can't explain this. And doesn't know how to turn it around.

City are a dysfunctional side at the moment. Playing on auto-pilot in game management mode requires a player at the fulcrum of your side to recycle possession smoothly. Rodri isn't there. KDB is too slow. Last night John Stones was playing that role and did really well. I think he went into defence at the end of the game. I haven't watched the game back so I am not sure but if we did that, it would part explain the late errors in this game. It's not bad luck. It's a lack of self-belief and quality.
 
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