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Barca v City Post Match Thread
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simon23
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Think we played well for big parts of the game and can completely see why peo didnt play kun
But it does show us that wothout him we are toothless upfront...we dont have natural goal scorers that can be relied upon.
But it does show us that wothout him we are toothless upfront...we dont have natural goal scorers that can be relied upon.
losing 1.0 or 4.0 we would have learnt a lesson stones needs more big game time the keeper is a clown and what on earth was the city players wearing on the feet slip after slip after slip in all i think city played well up to the sending off and should have scored and won a pen for handball
Gordyola
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Probably not I agree but given the choice of Hart, Willey and Bravo Hart for me should be in. But it's not gonna happen but I don't rate Bravo in the slightest and that's 2 games he's nearly cost us now.
Yes that the problem of a keeper making a mistake but he wasn't the only one as a team over the last few seasons we have been making too many unforced errors and Hart has been as complicit as anyone. I've been going on for years about keepers punting the ball up field its nearly always resulting in loosing procession, look at other teams now trying to play the ball out! If Hart can learn to do this, and I mean under pressure, then fair enough but I don't believe he can so for me Bravo any day who is just as good as Hart between the sticks
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BLUEMATT23
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Yes that the problem of a keeper making a mistake but he wasn't the only one as a team over the last few seasons we have been making too many unforced errors and Hart has been as complicit as anyone. I've been going on for years about keepers punting the ball up field its nearly always resulting in loosing procession, look at other teams now trying to play the ball out! If Hart can learn to do this, and I mean under pressure, then fair enough but I don't believe he can so for me Bravo any day who is just as good as Hart between the sticks
I just feel that Hart wasn't given the chance overall but that's football.
Chippy_boy
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Talk about luck, errors, plucky performances, boots, etc all you like; we just don't have enough players, technically and mentally up to competing with the elites and even determined, quality oppositions ...... yet.
Last night and Tottenham serve as salient wake up calls to the task ahead. The good start has once again clouded a few judgments.
I think our biggest problem is mental actually. Sure we have a couple of players in the squad who are not good enough and I don't mean to suggest otherwise. But that's not the main problem.
For some reason, we lack confidence and show a complete lack of composure unless we are facing a team we know are much worse than we are. So we can beat the bottom half teams for fun, and yet against tougher opposition, we are coming up short. It's been like this for more than a season now.
It's not about how the better sides play, either. Yes clearly they punish our mistakes more, but the big difference is not them, it's us. Last night was not unusual, it just highlighted it. But we are the same against Liverpool and Arsenal every time we play them away. Look at our record at Anfield and compare it to Chelsea's. We bottle it every season.
Fortunately, we have the best coach in the world and he will fix this, but it will take time and some new leadership in the side.
mancity dan
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Overall, I thought we held our own up until Bravo's moment of madness.
We should have been on level terms before the break, and arguably were the better team 1st half.
Too many silly mistakes which cost us in this game.
Plenty of things to correct, but also some positives too.
Thought Sterling had a great game.
We should have been on level terms before the break, and arguably were the better team 1st half.
Too many silly mistakes which cost us in this game.
Plenty of things to correct, but also some positives too.
Thought Sterling had a great game.
Ducado
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Is it safe to come back on here?
I don't deny we are better than last season but against the better teams results haven't improved that's a fact
From a fact perspective no one can argue with you.
There are though 2 sides to any coin and the results have to be compared to your expectations. During the summer I'd consigned myself to a season in which we struggled. It's been difficult not to get excited at our start to the season, so expectations change but if I compare our recent results to my original expectations then they aren't far off. I believe that Pep will turn us in to a force in European football and it will take time. There's always bumps in a road.