Match Thread | Man City vs. Plymouth (01/03/25)

[OrigamiNinja]

Remeber the treble days when this pair were destroying Madrid and the rest of the leauge? How times have changed.

I think that was the last time either of them beat a man.

 

[King Jay]

Bernardo wouldn’t even score against a league 2 side

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

Alternatively we could just ask Grealish, Foden and Bernardo to make a contribution. All three of them have done eff all.

Ask Grealish to do more than progress the ball? He hasn't done that since he got here.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

The Plymouth goalie had a great first half with the exception of the goal....kinda blew his load then.

 

[come-on-barney]

Vitor Reis looks a quality player, some spring on him

Looks a very good player, very controlled performance.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Is that the dude off pointless???

 

[BLOOMUEN]

Turgid, toothless, unnecessary. What are we saving our players for?

 

[brummie blue]

All those people complaining about the team selection. What were you hoping to see. This is not exactly a weak starting eleven

The wholesale changes for out of form players and no central striker is the issue.

KDB is a shadow of his former self no matter who he's playing, Silva, Foden, Grealish and Gundogan have all been poor this season, their usual high quality has dropped massively. All five of them starting is a risk.

 

[WallyA]

Lay off the drugs mate

The idea of playing Nico higher is fairly sensible given his build and that he has played striker before.

 

[jollylescott]

Vitor Reis looks a quality player, some spring on him

It's hard to get a measure in this game, but the signs are very promising.

 

[Coatigan]

Slot was punished for an arrogant team selection.

Guardiola: "I am going to do the same thing".

Slot at least had 4 competitions to juggle. Pep has 1.

 

[samuelyeboah]

So you honestly think that first half is acceptable? Beat in mind it’s the only competition we are in now and this lot are given a chance to fight for their place and their future. Can accept drawing/losing but it’s how you do it, my opinion there is too many lame, half arsed performances.

I honestly think that first half was acceptable

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Think we've been fine. We've had 13 shots, hit the post, had two turned just wide, Reis should have scored that header, so should Gundo. Should be about 3-1 but not taking our chances. Common theme this season.

Whereas, they had 30% possession and one corner. And... well that's it really.

No need to panic and bring on the subs yet when we're so dominant. Give it another 20 minutes.

 

[Keeper!]

Grealish's fitness is shockingly poor, blowing constantly.

 

[PragueBlue]

A much changed side and we haven't been at our best but we have created chances and dominated the game. As usual though the opposition get a goal from their only attempt of the half (Reis really didn't need to play it out for a corner as it was rolling through to Ortega).

Foden doesn't seem totally comfortable in the false 9 role. Maybe worth swapping him and McAtee and giving that a try.

A nice cross from KDB and a good header for the equaliser that was well deserved. I suspect we'll have to replace Ake who looked injured and could hardly move. Not sure really why we kept him on for those last couple of minutes. Other than that I don't think we'll see any other changes until later in the game if we aren't clearly ahead.

If we can cut out the errors and continue to create chances, we should win this.

 

[Axel Freed]

Slot at least had 4 competitions to juggle. Pep has 1.

2

 

[Keeper!]

I honestly think that first half was acceptable

May be at Old Trafford Samuel, get back to the cafe raggy

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Standards have dropped so much at the club. Our set pieces attacking and defending are ahite. We’ve had about 8 corners today which could be a major source of goals and then we have mcatee on a big lad in our box. Far too complacent

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

What a fucking surprise. Another dog shit performance with Gundo, silva and KDB on the pitch! What is pep thinking !

He’s probably thinking that they’re out the door at the end of the season and he needs to rest the first team for more important games…

 

[super_city_si]

Haha watching the replay, Bernardo was marking the other defender.