There is an old saying in football, you only play as well as your opponent allows you to. As City fans we always underplay how well we preform, we do it all the time.Bang average? No, they were shit. And we exacerbated their shitness through us beng on top form.
Agree. But personally I would stay away from playing KDB and Gundo together anymore as much as possible. There's too much pace and aggressiveness these days in the Prem with younger middies and such for them to keep up with every three days. Bernardo is never outworked and should basically always be in the middle two except for the occasional break. JMO.Hopefully both will remain rested until the derby. That's a week and a half rest.
United at home 2012, Kompany header. Yaya was everywhere that night, one of the greatest performances I’ve seen by an individual.We just beat Fulham with 10 men and De Bruyne produced an all time great performance where he ran himself into the ground for the whole game and delivered some sensational balls. Yaya couldn’t have put that work in when he was 21 never mind 31.
There is a case for giving Ortega a bit of a run in the side, this would put pressure on Eddie to preform.Are we a better team without Eddie?
Staggering yes. One can add idiotic, non-sensical, ridiculous, and on and on and on...No , but we do need to adjust to Haaland though , he is the best No.9 in the world and we have changed our tactics , we are crossing more balls into the box because Pep knows he will more than likely get on the end of a few and score goals.
Only a City forum could have a thread with this title , a striker who scores 27 goals less than halfway through a season , staggering.
Anything asked in a vacuum that ignores about 100 other pertinent and inter-related factors regarding a sport like football is not "legitimate". It's overly simplistic click bait. And of course you know that.It's not a stupid thread.
It's a forum discussion.
The last 2 home games have been a defeat and a draw with Haaland.
The previous game v Chelsea with Haaland 1-0 to City. Yes many changes on both sides on Sunday with a comprehensive win for City without Haaland.
It's a legitimate question to ask
People who never say no? Ironic postThese threads attract quite a few no nowts
Chelsea had a front 6 of Havertz, Mount, Gallagher, Ziyech, Jorginho, and Kovacic. That's a Prem level group and we ran roughshod over them. They did play 2 youngsters at the back, by choice. Cucurella and Azpiliqueta were both available but were dog shit in the previous game so Potter decided to leave them out. He also left out Thiago Silva in deference to his age with a league game v Fulham coming up on Thursday. We were good, they weren't. Poor form is not an excuse. Great win, move on.No idea but yesterday was the first time in what seemed like ages the real Manchester City turned up. On the front foot, pressing hard, moving the ball more quickly and forward, not sideways and back and totally controlling the game. Forget Chelsea's so called injuries that was still a top side they put out and they couldn't live with us.
When in midfield Bernardo always puts in a shift...The thing that was noticeable yesterday was the amount of off the ball running Mahrez did and tracking back when Chelsea won the ball.
We need that high energy pressing in the team and more so when Haaland is playing. Our lacklustre performances are nearly always when our wingers and at least one of the midfield three don’t put in a shift and aggressively chase down the ball.