Spurs Vs City Post Match Thread

Eccles Blue said:
I've decided that the curse of Manager of the Month strikes again!! Where was Kompany? Did Joe have the back spasm in the warm up? What the heck went wrong? I've avoided all TV/Radio/Computer so I have only just found out the score. So what on earth went wrong?
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We got beat by the better team who wanted it far more than we did
 
Well that was the worst City defensive performance for years.
As to Aguero - that has to be his not very good brother/cousin. He has totally lost it.
 
You have to question what that Juventus game did to us mentally.

Very poor second half today and for me without Kompany we lack a significant leader on the field.
 
There are so many things wrong it is a tough situation. Some controllable, others not.

Yes, one of the worst off side decisions in history changed the game. But City should have been 2 or 3 up at half time and that would have done too.

The reasons are - primarily :- (1) The injuries that are not just bad luck - something is wrong with the training, warm ups, kit, medical team - whatever - and instead of saying it is just bad luck over and over it needs addressing or the 'bad luck' will go on and derail the season, and, (2) Aguero is the sole striker and you might as well have anybody else up there in that position now be they an actual striker or not as his entire body language, form, demeanour is shot to pieces. I said a week ago and meant it that he needs to be sat down with a sports psychologist and try to work out what is up with him here as right now one of our best players and only fit striker is a liability and we are never going to do well with that scenario. It is more than just saying he will play himself into form. I am starting to wonder what is going on off the pitch with Aguero.

The motivation on and off the pitch just wasn't there again today and you cannot win things without that. Partly it is down to the absence of Kompany through illness. But also there was no sign of the manager having motivated them via that terrible decision at the end of the first half. Managing 101 I should think to push them into using that to win the second half. Instead they fell to pieces.

His side picking based on prioritising the CL and League Cup over a key league game also has to be questioned. If Hart was fit enough to come on after 60 seconds had Caballero got injured he had to be fit enough to play. That might not have won the game but it could have been enough to give City a chance of not losing it.

This result runs the risk of City (without both Silva and Toure on Wednesday by the looks of it) all but heading for the Europa League if they lose to a team that has just won their first league game so are on the up. Thursday night football will severely hamper City's chances to win the league.

I understand why the owners prioritise the CL but I don't think that is realistic until all the problems above are assessed. If City end up struggling to qualify in the CL and not winning any other trophies Pelle will be gone next Summer. Question is how long should he be given to get things resolved? If Klopp and Ancelloti go elsewhere to Liverpool as one possibility - and if the reports that England want Pep as their next manager is true then City have to be 100% sure that he is on his way here next Summer to let this season slide. But how can they possibly be that.

Hopefully two good wins next week will turn the mood around but it does not disguise that there are still things wrong that need to be put right for City to be a ruthlewss team that really challenges on all fronts. They have the players to achieve that, but you do wonder what has to be added to turn 75% into 100%.
 
oakiecokie said:
Some people on here really need to look at the bigger picture ... Kolarov is the worst full back in the PL by a country mile.
By the way he wasn`t alone today in having a piss poor performance but after two good games at the start of the season,he`s back to his usual dire performances.
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He's one of those isn't he - the type that will put in a great game the moment you've given up on him and then return to type.
 
oakiecokie said:
Some people on here really need to look at the bigger picture ... Kolarov is the worst full back in the PL by a country mile.
By the way he wasn`t alone today in having a piss poor performance but after two good games at the start of the season,he`s back to his usual dire performances.
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what a load of shit, talk about an over reaction. he's been the best left back in the league up to the west ham game
 
Not happy with that at all.
Sterling and Ottamendi playing to their real value not the price we paid for them. No cover for a really off form Sergio. Yaya playing too high up the pitch too early means we don't control the midfield and Fernando his usual self. Then to make things worse he brings on Navas for Yaya.

Shit mamager, poor transfer window and one month into the season the bubble is burst.
 
There were issues that were beyond our control today, for example, the last minute first half equaliser, which was so laughably offside it's ridiculous, and clearly had a huge impact on the second 45 minutes (1-0 or 1-1 at half time, makes a huge difference). However, when all things are considered we were fucking awful. No attacking threat really, defensive errors throughout, and the keeper was simply terrible. Just not good enough.
 
amazed that we are still being out ran in these types of games

hard work beats talent but not if talent works hard

this current squad is one of the most talented in the world, but the difference is that barca, real, Bayern etc all work hard
 
Where has it gone wrong AGAIN?!
All the big talk from our players about pride and effort, dedication, commitment etc. Obviously just idle talk to get a fat pay cheque.
A payback/wage reduction needs to be implemented.

Losing so heavily to spurs will just give others a boost.
It will be interesting to hear how MP will explain this routing.
 
simon23 said:
you are having a laugh are you...one shot was all he offered other than his normal infurating inability to do anything else creative except either hit the legs of a defender with a cross, run down a vblind alley or miss place a pass.......he was woeful again and is a waste of a squad place
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No, not "having a laugh", looked our most likely player to create something when he came on. Sure you would have slagged David White off back in the day, if you had been around.
 
rnblade said:
Where has it gone wrong AGAIN?!
All the big talk from our players about pride and effort, dedication, commitment etc. Obviously just idle talk to get a fat pay cheque.
A payback/wage reduction needs to be implemented.

Losing so heavily to spurs will just give others a boost.
It will be interesting to hear how MP will explain this routing.
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This, this and this.
 
TheRisingoftheNorth said:
Just when you think it can't get worse, they show Hodgson positively beaning when Kane scored.

Oh, and does anyone know of a button on the remote that turns Hoddle off?
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I lasted just over three minutes before I had the whole show on mute! Didn't do much for the scoreline but it made a massive difference to my eardrums.
 
Hungarian blue said:
I can hardly blame anybody after today. I was so furious and upset after that Kane's offside goal (ffs we still looked comfortable to get at least a point by that point) that I just started browsing some shit sites instead of watching my stream. I hope no one will start crying about Pellegrini as he's got his starting eleven spot on and we if it wouldn't be an idiot linesman or our chance conversion would have been better at 0-1, then we'd easily win this game. I know everybody will though.
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Is the right answer!
 
With the amount of bias/cheating by referees we should do away with the highline ofside malarkey and just defend the men like we did under Mancini
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
what a load of shit, talk about an over reaction. he's been the best left back in the league up to the west ham game
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He has never been the best leftback in anything. He was great going forwards and had no defending to do in those early games, but he is the worst fullback defenisvely in the league by a distance. Whenver there is any defending to do, he is utter shite and has been the entire time he's been here. Sometimes he makes up for it with great attacking play, but when he's not even doing that he is just a flat out liability and I have no idea how we still haven't bought a new LB. Every fucking year we go through patches where both our leftbacks are utterly incompetent, but then they go through a good patch and a lot of people bizarrely believe that they're actually good and that they won't just go to shit again in a few games time. They are both nowhere near consistent enough to be our first choice leftback and it's been obvious for the past 3 years
 
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