Atletico Madrid | Friendly (N) | Post Match Thread

[christened at st marks]

Phillips coping shit, is fair enough but Gomez should not be in the premier league never mind at City, Lewis is not a RB FFS, AM all day Gundo role but not ready yet, the rest of the kids are not ready and should be loaned out or sold.

 

[Elliot houghton]

Cancelo should become a winger his technical ability is very good

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

This match didn't provide any surprises for most City fans. It confirmed we still have no cover in centre midfield if Rodri isn't playing; the academy kids are not ready yet for the highest level; the right hand side looks a bit shaky defensively without Kyle Walker; we can't afford to lose Bernie under any circumstances.On the plus side Ortega is still excellent (we are lucky to have him as a back-up); we avoided any major injuries.
I have a gut feeling Pep will make some decisive moves this week. We need Guardivol or someone like him. I wouldn't be shocked if we went in for Lavia either.

 

[stan bowles]

Pep probably learns more from defeats like this than wins over Yokohama.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Good, proper game. No point in playing joke teams just to give yourself a false sense of superiority. Pep will have watched — like a hawk — and learnt. That you can be sure of.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Ooooooh

Aaaaaah

Oooaaaahhhh

Jumping up and down celebrating when City conceded goals while wearing City shirts. Annoying fuckers.

Good run out for the lads, wish all pre-season games were as tough as that.

k pop

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Dias Goal

 

[Gabriel]

Good work out but we didn’t learn anything that we didn’t already know. We’re highly dependent on Walker’s recovery pace, we lack an attacking option on the right, Phillips still looks as if he’s brought his finger paintings to the Royal Academy, and seven weeks later the youngsters are still youngsters.

 

[I'm Blue]

I enjoyed that
Played some good football before the wholesale changes.

 

[geek24601]

Treating friendly games like it's Champions League Final.

Match day thread visitors in nut shell, absolutely embarrasing.

Totally disagree. No one is saying this game is important. What it does massively highlight is just how light we are creatively outside the strongest match day squad. As it stands we have lost a lot of goals and assists from Gundo/Mahrez and we need to do something about it.