Post Match Thread: City vs Southampton

3 points in the bag but woeful defensively again and any good side could and would have punished us. Need to get back to basics, get everyone fit and keep as close to the top as possible. Re-group in January hopefully
 
Chuffed with the three points, top of the league until the other City beat the scum.

Caballero was excellent, superb saves. Delph, Kev, Raheem, Kolov, Dinho, Baccari, Nico, all had a great game. Merlin is back. I'll take that.
 
Happy with the result. Thought Yaya played aggressively well in the first 30 minutes while we were pressing high, then turned to shit? It's evident that he cannot play box to box and when he runs out of gas becomes a bit childish and quite lazy. If he is an absolute choice for first XI, then would be wise for MP to replace him after first 45 minutes, especially when holding a tenuous lead. Thought with the exception of Bony the rest of the side played well.
 
forever-and-counting said:
Hopefully aguero won't be out for as long as expected
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According to MP he will be available for Hull if required.

Think they will rest him and play Bony as he is short on confidence.

As for MP's view on Kuns ankle which I think he just rolled we shall see if once again he hasn't given us false hope.

Kompany and Zaba and Mangala have been out much longer than expected this season.
 
My take on today, great first 30 mins. Denied a nailed on penalty and red card for handball. Thought Bony was what we needed when he came on miss aside. Silva made several missed passes yet no one his getting on his case. Roger east made is own laws up with his constant advantage law for them yet when Toure is running through but getting pulled back we get fuck all. He didn't have a clue today and to say he was inept is an understatement. Three points all said and done
 
Koeman changed their tactics at half-time and it gave them more options up front. We need to be able to react more quickly to a change in tactics. The third took the self-belief away from them and ended up being a reasonably comfortable win in the end.
 
A poor performance overall. We got through the game on quality alone. No different from any other game this season, still no clear instructions from the manager, everybody is happy to just keep the ball and wait for somebody else to do something productive with it.

players like Sterling are being stifled, he clearly just needs to be told what to do in certain situations. You can see him constantly hesitating on the ball, his first thought is to run at the player then it's like it suddenly clicks the manager doesn't want to lose possession so he cuts back and plays it simple. The way he created the first goal was superb and that's what he needs to be told to do on a consistent basis.

Yaya was decent first 20 minutes then turned to a waste of space, he should of been hauled off around the 50 minute mark but he was bizarrely kept on and at one point it looked like it was going to cost us points.

Kolarov was excellent today, as was Delph. He's a great partner for Fernandinho who was good again. He's finally got somebody who will press the ball with him. Willy should of come out for their goal but he made amends with two important albeit routine saves late on. Everybody else did okay. Baffled at KDB getting MOTM i get he made an important contribution with his "goal" and his set up for Kolarov but thought overall it was one of his poorest games for us. Would of given it to Delph personally.

We got the job done but it's barely even papered over the problems we have, and the majority of them lie with the manager unfortunately and they won't be sorted until that's changed.
 
Vardy has scored - OK not on this thread -

Att. today : 54,102
 
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Delighted and relieved with the points.
Good selection and much more impetus. Excellent first 30 but error strewn and in cohesive thereafter.
Well done Willy, excellent safe, a real test that I'm not sure we'd have come through if they'd equalised.
Decent looking breaks and opportunities ending with the inability to find a man or passing behind a player.
Confidence and anxiety the problems today.
Not the manager nor motivation.
 
Might be cold and wet but I'm fairly happy. Against a side unbeaten away from home with the players available, I thought we did OK. Points in the bag and 3 goals scored. Granted there are problems but nothing that can't be sorted, especially with a fully fit and first choice starting 11. It will be alright.
 
Didn't we win comfortably? Someone needs to tell this thread ffs. Good performance overall, ref spoiled 2nd half with some bizarre decision making.
 
I thought Bony did a job when he came on today - shame about the miss from the fantastic KDB cross.
 
Three points the most important thing,performance first 25-30 mins was good then we dropped off and let them back in,which has always been a problem but thankfully the third sort of knocked them a bit and also eased the jitters amongst the players,good to see silva get some mins all we need now is kompany back fit followed by hart and we can start gearing up for hopefully a long unbeaten run of games,which could see us move away at the top...edit what a poor ref today more so second half at one stage I thought he had swallowed the whistle as everytime he set off running he was blowing it...
 
Good first 25 minutes especially from Sterling and Delph but then we seemed to run out of ideas and momentum. Got sloppy and gave them too much time and space as the match wore on. Caballero did ok with some decent stops and if I had to choose a motm today it would be Kolarov. It frustrates the hell out of me that we are playing Dimichelis at 35 who is well past it when Jason Denayer could be starting for us gaining valuable experience. Really hope Denayer gets his chance next season. Yaya Toure seems to get lazier with each game. Occasional quality and good passing but for the most part he's a passenger. Good to see Silva back but he's going to need a few games to get sharp.
 
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