Al Hilal (N) | CWC | Post Match Thread

[ProofMCFC]

Only 70m of that was on the pitch. Gundogan and bernardo..Seriously?

Yeah… that’s the point. How do you not see that

 

[jaiguruKun]

if you think it doesn't exist then you don't remember around 100yrs of our history, we have had typical city moments since the 1930s

Most clubs could say the same.
'Remember that time we lost a game we thought we'd win?'

 

[Craig]

Yeah, we're still very very vulnerable in defence.

The way we play with players so high up the pitch, we're always going to run the risk of being caught on the break too. Part of what makes us a very good team with the ball comes with an obvious hole that teams can exploit on the break.

It's gotten worse over the past 2 years. Even when we won the league the season before last, the signs were there and every goal we were conceding looked nearly identical and it's been getting worse since.

What's the solution? A more conservative/balanced style of play where we don't have 9 outfield players in the final third?

Plenty of time to work on things before the season starts but if I was an opponent if city, I'd be going into games just fancying we are going to get a few chances to nick the ball and run right through City and score.

Or start to play a very quick centre half who’d be able to cut out most of those counters. Dias seems slower than ever

 

[city68]

Slow build up still....

 

[Damocles]

Can we get a coach who knows how to organise a defence instead of Kolo? Nice guy but he offers nothing.

Which of his training drills did you think were poor mate?

 

[bluestevei]

All this fucking pass pass pass and going nowhere is shit, 1 0 up and apart from a few saves by there goalie it looked like we couldn't careless, just keep passing sidewards backwards not trying to move ball quicker, anyway they will have 4 weeks off and then I suppose we will go back to USA for friendlys

 

[mayo31]

Can`t understand why Savi wasn`t subd after an hour as he was poor tonight.

He is always poor for me

Just not good enough, he must be world class in training but then again look at who he is playing against then

 

[dragonman98]

They’re gonna regret this, that bracket is so easy, like, much easier than the other side.

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

Mainly the old players

Same tactics same goals conceded

 

[jaiguruKun]

Or start to play a very quick centre half who’d be able to cut out most of those counters. Dias seems slower than ever

We bought one in January, played him for a month, he won player of the month then the manager decided he wasn't good enough.

 

[eyalluvitt]

I need to bleach my eyes of the 5 minutes after half time

 

[super_city_si]

Well that was embarrassing. They're a decent side and they played well but there's no scenario we should be losing that.

Looks like another season of being targeted in behind our left side, just glad Ait-Nouri had a decent debut before whatever that was.

Defensively, the players themselves aren't the problem, it's the setup, we're wide open regardless of who plays and will be until the structure is sorted.

Cant continually play a ridiculously high line with players that have no recovery pace. Its like watching spurs under villas-boas

 

[mayo31]

Which of his training drills did you think were poor mate?

Sorry i thought you wrote pills

 

[Luke The Blue]

We’ll win absoloutley nothing as long as savinho is a starting winger of ours, he’s absolutely miles off what’s required to get us back to where we want to be.

No output, no fight, lightweight…would cash in asap and move him on along with any of Dias, akanji or Ake

He's awful Dias I don't actually get what he brings to the game. IMO I would keep Ake but I would get rid of Dias, Akanji and Savinho, we can't rely on them. I would think about getting rid of Ederson too. What good is it if he's good at passing but can't make a save.

 

[Lost in space]

Eddy is arsed until he is not arsed, and then he is just gash. I am glad these lads can get a rest as football business is just out to bleed every fucker dry. I hope al hilal win it to piss the yanks off

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Which of his training drills did you think were poor mate?

I'm only going off his experience as a coach so far, which was an embarassing spell at Wigan. Maybe he's a great coach, but we have zero evidence of it whatsoever.

 

[Silva&Silva]

The first goal against Juve got me excited but tonight brought it crashing back down ro earth.

 

[cookster]

Brings to an end a shite season. Mentally weak when it mattered in big games.
We're miles behind the Dippers at the moment.

 

[Alexia_Ko]

On one side, you had a goalkeeper who single-handedly secured the win. On the other, an overhyped, tattooed liability who couldn’t stop a shot to save his life. Honestly, I also think the other side had the better manager-yes, I said it. It’s a mystery how Savinho lasted 120 minutes on the pitch. If Pep had brought on Cherki and Foden around the 60th minute, we wouldn’t have even needed extra time. Just another case of poor game management, as usual.

Agree with everything accept this bit. Pep could have 5 more terrible seasons and Inzaghi still wouldn’t be his managerial match. Even Mourinho is considered better than Inzaghi

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

As always, would like to win every game we play but at least we get a few weeks rest before the start of the season.

Pep needs to get these players understanding his tactics, or change the tactics to give us a chance to stop the counter.

Glad I stayed up, can rest now ;-)