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The commentary from Neville is not commensurate with the footage.

Viewers are watching a young make shift left back,showing supreme skill,ball control and the audacity to take on 2 oppenents in a tight situation..... ,on the touch line,with little margin for error..
Before then sending a 3rd oppenent the wrong way with a wicked body swerve ...and passing to a blue shirt.
Basically the highest ball playing technique you wil ever see from a ' fullback' ..( I've never in my life see a full back do that)

And all Neville can do ,in a low, flat , monotone voice is mumble on about when he was a full back( 30 years ago ?) and say " what is that?"

The state of modern football punditry .....so biased. That audacious bit of skill should be accompanied by " what a brilliant price of skill from the young City left back,look how he controls the ball and outwits 3 players ."


If that had been a utd home grown youngster doing that,it would have been played on Motd opening footage for the next decade.

I am biased,as a blue.....,but why can't pundits do their job and bring the skilful parts of the game to life,educating viewers,esp the young, to what they are actually seeing.

Brilliance.raw Brilliance.
 
Congratulations. I didn't think we played badly and I think deserved a point but it is what it is. Silva immense for City.

Your side did okay , and you came close to scoring on two or three occasions, maybe more, but as so often in these big games it takes a goal out of nowhere to win them, and I actually think that Gabriels increasingly aggressive close attentions in the 2nd half of the match spurred an infuriated and 'fired up' Haaland into scoring that winner ...... Haaland seemed to get more and more involved as the game wore on, and you could clearly see his intent to get one over Gabriel as he tossed aside Gabriels shackles, and manoeuvred himself swiftly into position to score that winning goal.
 
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Why do people moan about banter , the guy with the Goons bottle full of tears is just FUN , its back and forth , its not cockiness its taking the piss out of the opposition , and its happened down the ages , are we supposed to be bothered if oppposing fans do the same ? They sing "you cheating bastards" and we dont have a comeback , if you dont like it go and watch tennis , snooker , golf or some non contact sport that doesnt hurt your precious feelings.
 
Why do people moan about banter , the guy with the Goons bottle full of tears is just FUN , its back and forth , its not cockiness its taking the piss out of the opposition , and its happened down the ages , are we supposed to be bothered if oppposing fans do the same ? They sing "you cheating bastards" and we dont have a comeback , if you dont like it go and watch tennis , snooker , golf or some non contact sport that doesnt hurt your precious feelings.
Because it's not just banter is it, it's lording it over an opponent and goading them about something that hasn't even happened yet. Call it poor sportsmanship, call it arrogance, call it tempting fate, it's a shite look and the kind of thing that London clubs or the twats at Paddy Power get up to. We should be locking in and getting focused, not dancing around with Arsenal tear bottles trying to go viral.
 
Because it's not just banter is it, it's lording it over an opponent and goading them about something that hasn't even happened yet. Call it poor sportsmanship, call it arrogance, call it tempting fate, it's a shite look and the kind of thing that London clubs or the twats at Paddy Power get up to. We should be locking in and getting focused, not dancing around with Arsenal tear bottles trying to go viral.

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Because it's not just banter is it, it's lording it over an opponent and goading them about something that hasn't even happened yet. Call it poor sportsmanship, call it arrogance, call it tempting fate, it's a shite look and the kind of thing that London clubs or the twats at Paddy Power get up to. We should be locking in and getting focused, not dancing around with Arsenal tear bottles trying to go viral.
Completely disagree ,winding the opposition up is part of the game , would draw the line at some of the disgraceful tragedy taunts , that is out of order , the rule has always been , if you cant take it , dont dish it out. Quite sure the Goons will be working on their retort if we dont win the league , and it doesnt bother me one iota.
 
Old age and being wiser
Being positive is one thing, but that bloke with the so-called bottle arsenal tears does us no good, Cocky City fans have to live with the fear of it coming to bite them and hard, Plus all the other city fans that are grounded have to suffer if it goes tits up because of that clown.

It's creeping into our City culture with banners and fans ? Just remember what we all felt about United fans and the ticker banner ? It's slowly happening with our fans
Give over. It's a bit of banter. If we fuck up, it won't be down to one bloke with a bottle. Football had become too sterile as it is.
 
Cherki..
I can't think of enough superlatives to chuck at this young lad.
How other big clubs didn't have him on their radar for this gobsmakingly bargain price is an absolute puzzle.
He seems to have the fucking lot in his bag of tricks and skill.
Surely he's already worth an absolute fortune.
I think he was known inside football circles but not that well known to fans. An absolute maverick superstar.
 
Completely disagree ,winding the opposition up is part of the game , would draw the line at some of the disgraceful tragedy taunts , that is out of order , the rule has always been , if you cant take it , dont dish it out. Quite sure the Goons will be working on their retort if we dont win the league , and it doesnt bother me one iota.
I think something like the 'Panic on the streets of London' banner is fine, for what it's worth. It's poking fun at Arsenal shaking a bit, worrying about us coming closer to them in the league, but doesn't really suggest much else. The "Arsenal tears" stuff goes beyond a simple wind-up imo.
 

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