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Palmer showing here why he wouldn't thrive for City the way he does at Chelsea. As if Pep would allow him to jog about and barely touch the ball in a game of this magnitude.

Also a really great shout.

Yeah, these are shite and low on confidence as well. Only they're playing with a fully fit squad. Need to get back on it and put them in the floor.

Going off the assumption that Grealish isn't quite right for whatever reason.

Reminds me of how Walker's red card against Leipzig in the group stages in 21-22 eventually resulted in us going out in the semi-finals against Madrid. Walker being sent off in the sixth group game meant he missed the last 16 round and the first quarter-final, which meant we had to play Stones...

Nice to know we have an option deep in the ranks who can come in and do a good job if Akanji, Dias, and Gvardiol all stay fit and the team's in better form.

I just mean generally really. The type of football being played throughout the leagues is magnificent to see since Pep came to this country. I'd argue the skillset of your average League Two centre-back is about level with what the average Premiership defender was capable of 20-25 years ago. The...

You're doing the same thing!

The quality throughout the league is genuinely astonishing. The leap that Championship sides have got to make now is huge because they can no longer count on a handful of poorly run mid-table clubs to have an off-year, except maybe Everton. Our Centurions and Fourmidables teams were fantastic...

Have you not seen the form Arsenal, PSG, Madrid, Bayern, and United this year? And Villa, for the record. Arsenal currently 10 points off top spot in the PL and struggling in Europe. Madrid six points off Barca and also struggling in Europe. Bayern are top in Germany but also below expectations...

Don't think it takes three years to rebuild this side. Two tops. Pep built his own team from the ground up in about six months in his first season, it just took a full season with it on the pitch for it to fully bear fruit. From February 1st, 2017 onwards (six months after Pep's game) we lost...

This is just going off Transfermarkt, which is pretty reliable but not 100% accurate. For instance, Rico often plays a hybrid role that you can only really judge with the eye. He might technically appear in a "midfield two" on the teamsheet but will spend most of the game alongside the CBs...

By the end of this season he'll (I predict) have the same amount of senior goals for City as Cole Palmer did at the same age. When he's been played in midfield and been allowed to get into scoring positions he's found the net at a decent rate imo. It's only being played across the back...

Not a defender. That much was clear about 12 months ago. Could really do with growing a couple more inches and filling out a bit - look at what it did for Foden - but that's about all. It'll come, I think Pep just needs to give up on the idea that he's a defender. If we had more options at the...

Needs a break. Can't get one. Needs to be played further forward. Has to fill in defensively.

Let's at least compare his record this season against his record at the same stage last season. By November 9th, 2023, in the Premier League, Foden had played 11 games (9 starts, 833 minutes). 3 goals, 3 assists. As of November 9th, 2024, in the Premier League, Foden has played 8 games (4...

Hahaha! Yes players do often tend to score far fewer goals when they've barely played any football. Funny how that happens.

We'll win this. Big players (and, crucially, leaders) back in, Spurs absolute rubbish away from home. Get behind the lads and we'll do this. 3-1. Ederson Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol Stones, Kovacic De Bruyne, Foden Savinho, Haaland, Nunes

Nothing needs to be said by any of us. The forum could shut down and it wouldn't make a difference to City's performances on the pitch. The team's just in a bad moment but will come out of it, like always. For what it's worth, I think this will be the year we don't quite get enough together to...

Nothing else needs to be said.