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To be honest I would have thought the positive points of my post would have taken care of the context of the negatives...

Steve Nicol on ESPN was sticking up for us last night. To be fair the full panel were full of praise and Nicol pointed out that 8 out of our starting 11 were signed by previous managers and Pep has worked to improve each and every one of them. He also said that the referees need to have a look...

When say shite I mean in the context of the normal level of performance this season. I don't mean shite in the same way that United are shite.

Maybe I just think we have set the bar so high that performances like last night become a little bit maddening. I think the next push we need to make is to find a way to be as relentless when we do make changes. Like you say though it could have been 6-0 really. Just a tough one to judge...

Honest assessment was that we were shite last night. Worst performance of the season. Tempo was slow, concentration was abysmal at times. All the passing in our build up was slow or underhit or played too far behind or ahead of the intended target. Players were constantly having to adjust to...

My question is, if the Sheikh is so disinterested in the "project" at City (attended 1 match in 9 years) why use City as a vehicle to draw attention to the Sheik's relations? Oh wait, it's because he wants people to read it.

Exactly. Maguire climbed up on the back of a defender at every one of their attacking set pieces and nothing was given. Was ridiculous.

No replay of Pogbas terrible tackle last night then? Not even a story about it. Absolute shocker.

Hell no on Tosin. Too poor on the ball. Made Mangala look like Beckenbauer at times with some of his passes.

Yeah I agree no matter what he does his languid style will make people think he is slowing us down. There was a point tonight where he missed Danilo out and played it further wide to Silva but in order to find the angle, he took an extra touch. Within 5 seconds there was a comment on the match...

Yeah the sky sports match report already says Gray was fouled by Walker. Joke.

Yes I thought he played well. He moved the ball tremendously effectively at times, especially when given hospital passes under pressure.

8 minutes of stoppage time for a game that saw no second half goals (at the time of added time being added), 6 subs and a couple of short stoppages. Should have been 5 minutes at the very maximum. And then a penalty to Leicester as a result of Gray going down under a non challenge by...

I feel like referees try and balance out the games and allow weaker opposition to put an extra 20% on all tackles.

Have to say Maddley's decision making towards Kyle Walker is every bit as sinister as Clattenberg's towards Sterling. Something very dubious going. 8 minutes tonight was beyond cheating. 6 subs and a couple of very short stoppages should equal 4-5 minutes maximum. But yeah I hope the club make...

Have to say, Pep's reaction to the small issues in-game is second to none.

Yeah intention matters not one iota. Mane didn't intend to take Edersons head off but he almost did.

Hahahaha He's had a hair transplant. Think they've transplanted a bit of "double hard bastard" into him as well.

Our best performance for a good few games. Outstanding football. Don't think we did anything different to how we have been playing, just think Swansea tried to play a little bit. If we were more clinical, you could make a case for us winning by 5 Or 6 every week. It's that good.

Yeah I'd go with this. Pace is important to recover when we lose the ball and it is important to be quick and nimble off the mark in order to intercept passes. Fernandinho is exceptional at this. To put into perspective how good he is, Casimero at Real, because they're not as ball dominant, has...