Recent content by BuzLightyear

Please do keep banging on about Doku! Good on you. Great post. Doku has been a breath of fresh air for us. We must get Grealish involved in the midfield somewhere because Jeremy owns that wide position now.

Their website is quite good - very up to date on fixtures daily in all sports. Their TV channels are pathetic. They put a banner up (covering a third of screen) when MOTD starts telling people they must upgrade from older TV sets etc. Once MOTD ends, banner comes down. Discrimination! As for the...

Great points made. It's early days but maybe Nunes (from what we currently have) could be that creative spark once he has settled in. Ultimately we need Kevin fit and get that creative player in during January. Particularly with Kevin possibly injury prone (I hope not) I still think those 3...

Arsenal didn't deserve to win any more than we did. Nor did Wolves (another deflection goal) Missed Rodri - yes - but one goal scored in those 3 defeats worries me more than Rodri's absence. No striking options on the bench is another worry. Taking Alvarez off with Erling not on his game was...

Thank you for that. I noticed how much Doku tracked back and got really involved. No-one bothered to pass to him on his wing where he was always in position to receive. Instead we seemed to play for the draw and try to keep possession instead of trying to win. Doku could have made a difference...

So how to overcome our predictability? I would suggest the old-fashioned art of taking a player on in both tight spaces and more open play. Doku does it, Nunes too, Bernardo and Alvares. Most defences fear the 'dribbler' and although sometimes possession will be lost, we should be good enough to...

Great points well made. Jack needs to use his undoubted talent in more ways than he currently does. He's making it too easy for defenders to guess him. Phil was doing similar for a while last season but playing centrally has made Phil more of the player we hope he'll become. Doku can be a great...

Thanks Robinho's Subbuteo. Great point about Jack. A year ago, he was my fav player until I noticed what you have. Robbie Savage made the same point in commentary last night. Jack is beginning to turn into 'Right-Angle Ray' (Wilkins) Waste of a great talent. Did it all last season. I noticed Pep...

You make some good points here but I have been worried about Jack for a while now. He carries and shields the ball well but never takes a player on (as Doku or even Nunes do) Nor does he go on the outside and put the crosses in. It's all sideways stuff and cutting in. Maybe he fears losing the...

Thank you OB1 for such and excellent, balanced, analysis of the match. It's refreshing to read this after all the negative criticism of our performance. I'm as gutted as anyone but am amazed at the stick City are getting here.

At last! someone has noted that we had 23 shots and 70% possession. Yes, our shooting was abysmal but surely Wolves were not so great with only one shot on target and 30 % possession. Pep picked his best available team and I agreed with his selection. Wolves usually have a lot of possession...

Well said. Grealish (Alvares too) takes people on. It's time Jack started regularly. Apart from being entertaining, he creates that uncertainty in the opposition. Hence the number of times he is fouled.

Phil passed back to the same player 3 times in a matter of seconds. Clearly his colleague hoped he would skin Miner. With Erling in the team, Phil has been keen to provide for him, and really upped his game. But, as you say, he was stuck in his passing back mode on Sunday.

It's been happening for a long time. Solution- someone tell Phil to wait in or around the penalty box rather than have us reduced to 10 men at corners. Thanks Salobrena for bringing this up.

Great point about the waste of a player around the box when Phil keeps asking whatever corner taker to take a short corner. I wish Pep would tell him to stop this. Been annoying me for a while now. Thanks BelfastBlue66 for mentioning this.