Barca v City Post Match Thread

[Chippy_boy]

Ιt was our best game so far but the absence of Yaya and Hart pisses me off so much that I could blame Pep for Catalan hidden agenda theories ...

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We were beaten 4-0 by a distinctly poor Barca side! I thought we were "OK" in parts but that's about as far as I could stretch it.

We were terrible in defence and rubbish in front of goal. Our best game, it was not.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Which part? That Spurs have a few decent players or that Guardiola, who lost three times consecutively to Spanish opposition in the semis, whisper it quietly may not be the best manager in world football.

Look I get that he's the best manager that City have ever employed. But what pisses me off is that he doesn't recognize the limitations of his current set of players.

Pep does recognise the limitations of his players , but one transfer window will not repair the mis management of the last couple of seasons and Sterling , Silva , Otamendi , Stones , Kolarov are just a few players who are playing far better football than last season , he has had 3 months to totally change a teams attitude and its tactics and we are still top of the league and playing some breathtaking football at times.So whisper it quietly , give him a f*cking chance

 

[argyle]

I'd hate to think what a Barcelona team that actually played well would have done to us.

We are clearly playing better but we need new full backs and another top class DM before we can become a top team.

 

[hilts]

Which part? That Spurs have a few decent players or that Guardiola, who lost three times consecutively to Spanish opposition in the semis, whisper it quietly may not be the best manager in world football.

Look I get that he's the best manager that City have ever employed. But what pisses me off is that he doesn't recognize the limitations of his current set of players.

Well you said for instance you would have dier,Erikson,Ali and rose so I presume you think they are better than kdb,silva,dinho and kolorov and not only better but can play in peps preferred way? What limitations are you talking about dinho slipping? Bravo fucking up a 5 yard pass? We all saw with pellegrini that he was a fuckwit and tactically useless so what formation would you have played that would have prevented tonight's result

 

[blueincy]

Feel we're Gona see the end of Kun in the summer :( think pep likes strikers that can do more than just score goals.

Sure he does http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...-new-contract-at-man-city-to-keep-him-at-the/

 

[oakiecokie]

I called this at 7.20pm as soon as I saw the team !!
No Sergio and KDB as a false centre forward !! Do me a fucking favour !!
Shit decision,shit formation and shit managerial overall aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ..
call it what you want.

 

[hilts]

Ιt was our best game so far but the absence of Yaya and Hart pisses me off so much that I could blame Pep for Catalan hidden agenda theories ...

Yaya and hoof boy really?

 

[YaYa's Left Peg]

Because the results does not tell us as much. We were better than the year we lost 1-0 there with Joe in maniacal form. We controlled lots of the play. Pressured them early and they often couldn't get out of the back. We created chances and wee toe to toe for good seats of the game. In every prior meeting, we looked like we were playing with 10 men to their 12 from the start. This game looked nothing like any of the previous games. Yes we lost. Probably worse than ever before. But we are clearly closer to them now than ever before.

Any one game can get out of hand, especially on errors and bad luck. But if you couldn't see the closing of the gap, well!

Barca played poorly tonight, and not all of that was down to us making them play poorly. They replaced two of their main defenders and still we fail to score. If the game had ended 4-3 or 3-2, then I'd agree that the evidence supported a narrowing of the gap. But what could have been 5-0 without the penalty miss does not a narrowing a gap make!

 

[TCIB]

I called this at 7.20pm as soon as I saw the team !!
No Sergio and KDB as a false centre forward !! Do me a fucking favour !!
Shit decision,shit formation and shit managerial overall aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ..
call it what you want.

Sorry but you are dead wrong, the tactic was working well. Pep can't be held up as a bad tactician due to a slip and a bad individual error. How many other teams keep their front three quiet like we did, next to fucking none. Sorry but you should be more level headed and have a better understanding of the game.

 

[Pezzer2]

Lets not get over critical.
I'm frustrated big time in the basic errors we have made tonight but I can see the bigger picture. The future is as bright as you can get it. We will have to inevitably take a few bumps along the way and unfortunately that might mean coming up short this season. We have been playing beautiful football and Pep is still toying around with what he has got at his disposal, we might have to take a few steps back to achieve our main goal in the long run.
Pep is obviously a stubborn man and a perfectionist and he will leave no stone unturned in trying to get to where we won't to be.
I have been pessimistic as much as anyone the last few years under Pellers, as I couldn't see any development, we seemed to hit a plateau. Now we are invigorated and have young talent bursting at the seams to come through including Jesus Mark 2 to come and blow us off our feet. I have never been as happy or confident as I'am now being s blue. Let the media and other fans laugh at our setback tonight but I'm pretty sure they will be eating their words come the next few seasons. Enjoy the ride!!