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[Lavinda Past]

There's a lot of blame on haaland here but he continues to be misused. The one time we played him through he puts it on a tee for two players. Lobbing the ball in when marked by 4 defenders, anyone is gonna look shit.

He should be playing at Liverpool or Real Madrid, not City. He doesn't fit into our style of play at all.

He's a big lump of a passenger at City

 

[TShed]

If the club are going to start handing out apologies for shit performances I reckon I'm still owed for Halifax and and Shrewsbury.

And Bolton 71 and Bury 72 league cup debacles lol

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Team selection
Team selection
Team selection

Today was totally on the players. I could have been manager today and we should have won.

 

[Phoenix900000]

I'm still fucking fuming.

Same ngl

 

[come-on-barney]

Have a word with Pep

 

[whp.blue]

I think it's Pep, not the players.

Pep has definitely lost his edge, it's as if he is slowly winding down.
He is making some very strange decisions at the moment.

 

[Lavinda Past]

There's a lot of blame on haaland here but he continues to be misused. The one time we played him through he puts it on a tee for two players. Lobbing the ball in when marked by 4 defenders, anyone is gonna look shit.

He should be playing at Liverpool or Real Madrid, not City. He doesn't fit into our style of play at all.

He's a big lump of a passenger at City

 

[madloaf]

He should be playing at Liverpool or Real Madrid, not City. He doesn't fit into our style of play at all.

He's a big lump of a passenger at City

I'd argue that having the best striker in the world is a plus for city and perhaps we don't bore him to tears every game by ignoring his runs and instead having a midfielder doing a pirouette in the middle before giving it to akanji, to give it back to the pirouetted player to give it wide after a pirouette to then get it back and then lob the ball in and hope for the best.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Watching Erling's goals during his first season - at least, prior to the world cup break - they were nearly all scored with him on the move. How many times do we see him receive the ball other than to feet, these days?

It's true that teams don't want to allow us room behind them, but over the past couple of seasons there have been so many chances to let him run, but where we've just played a square ball instead.

We're doing the same to Omar - and he's also looking dis-chuffed with it at least a couple of times per game.

To say that Haaland should be ditched is a stretch, though - or has he just been lucky 115 times?

I’ve never said that Haaland should be ditched. I said that I don’t think Pep is getting the best out of him, something you have just commented on.

 

[dukyblue]

Every other team hasn't had a problem breaking them down. No excuses.

 

[deano ou812]

Let this sink in rags win Europa league (qualifyfor champions league)we miss out on champions league and end up in Europa league and it all came about because we were half arsed in a Cup Final against that shower of cnuts..

 

[Norbert D]

He should be playing at Liverpool or Real Madrid, not City. He doesn't fit into our style of play at all.

He's a big lump of a passenger at City

Brutal but true.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

All on Pep, the man is infuriating

We are a better team without Haaland, and have been for a long while

So not one player to blame for today?

 

[tornandfrayed]

And Bolton 71 and Bury 72 league cup debacles lol

It's going to be a long list!

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

We are in danger of missing out in the Champions League, in favour of two clubs who avoided relegation only because there are definitely three or four worse than them. Football is a lottery. Maybe in a few years time, the National League winners will qualify for the Champions League, which will then have five hundred teams competing, so every club have to play every other day

 

[Bri1975]

Have a word with Pep

 

[deano ou812]

Wonder what people's opinions would be if the choice was FA cup and 6th or no FA cup and top 5.

Football is about watching great football hopefully and your team winning trophies but money has now overtaken this..

 

[theres only one carlito]

Said it all season, he dosnt pick in form players he picks his bum chums. And like a dozen times or more this season the same result. Yet he will continue to do it.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Wonder what people's opinions would be if the choice was FA cup and 6th or no FA cup and top 5.

FA cup and 6th all day long.

 

[Winchester]

Wait till next Saturday
Palace will be the same
Except they have more attacking threat
When required