Barca v City Post Match Thread

[mashipx]

Having spent half a billion quid on players, you'd think we could fork out fifty more each for some boots with studs in

Players too busy trying to please boot sponsors instead of wearing what's right the the type of grass and taking a wetted pitch into consideration...
Fashion boots are pap always have been. I only let my lad wear good boots with good studs..... Blades are pap

 

[BlueTG]

It's not a 'good performance' ruined by mistakes. It's just mistakes which make it 'not a good performance'.

Sure, we can pass the ball around a lot and look quite impressive for a short while, but it doesn't win you CL games. Time and again we've been exposed by the real quality sides in Europe, and we've even come undone against some of the lesser ones.

CL is not very forgiving of mistakes, and we make far too many.

Hallelujah. The mistakes made our performance a wet one. We need to wise up fucking sharpish as 6 years going we look none the wiser at times.

 

[simon23]

Unfortunately what ferdinand just said was correct...some of the personnel don't have the level of ability to play the way pep wants and it will take time to fix that.

Zabba Kolorov clichy just cant do it and there is a question mark over ottomendi at times (though he played well tonight)...some of those on the bench also just cant do it (fernando being another one)

We played really well for big parts of the game but we had no cutting edge with sergio o

 

[jimharri]

Perspective! We created loads of chances. They won the game because we made mistakes. They were not miles better than us. I'm not buying they had an off night either. We made them look ordinary in the first half. We will beat them at the Etihad.

And until we cut them out, we'll underachieve.

 

[adaminho]

Thought we deserved something from today, do not actually think Barca were better than us, just stupid mistakes being made through lack of concentration. Dont have a problem playing the way the gaffer wants as long as your switched on.

On another note i wasnt a fan of seeing Sergio laughing and joking after the final whistle, would prefer to see our players physically gutted after a 4- 0 loss a bit like sterling seemed to be.

 

[BlueMoonWalker]

Two ways to look at it:

Without the errors and a suicidal goalkeeper they didn't look like causing us any issues, take our golden chances different game.

Or...

On the other hand, one of the worst attacking displays from Barcelona in a champions league game and almost 3rd or even 4th string defence, yet, we still get thumped 4-0.

Half empty or half full?
Someone just fill my glass please.

 

[its grim up north]

Have just spent 20 mins on the match day forum, then it closed, writing an essay on how frustrating it was last Saturday and tonight. Won't bore you with it, but to summerise I feel we really miss a Captain, a leader, a gobby bastard , if you like, that will take charge on the pitch. Come back soon Vinney, I think we need you sooner rather than later

 

[CityFan94]

Tactics were right and we played really well for the the first hour, but some of the individual mistakes were just horrendous. You don't see the top teams making those - teams like Barca, Bayern, Real Madrid and Atletico.

I've liked a lot of Bravo's work so far, but two big mistakes in two big games so far isn't the standard required. He needs to cut those mistakes out ASAP.

Oh, and we need better full backs. They're not just not at that level.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

2 questions
1 why did Kun not get a start tonight?
2 why the fook have we replaced Joe with that one sided clown Bravo?

1 Because it was the right thing to do and was proven by our best performance against the spanish two. Don't let a slip and mistake cloud your judgement
2 To get rid of the most disruptive person in the dressing room and prove that no-one is safe.

 

[Motty25]

And what's this about Silva being sent off at full time too? Didn't see anything?

Only with City could you be wondering whether or not somebody got sent off or not after the game has actually finished. Lol!

 

[KunKun]

Our defence is huge worry. We have one clean sheet on the league. Big questions need answering.

And our big summer defensive signing was a guy everyone on this forum and every other forum was laughing at as he put in woeful display after woeful display. People are trying to be positive regarding him but we are a shambles at the back.

 

[Vienna_70]

Bravo should be ashamed of himself. A 'keeper of his experience and ability should not be making schoolboy errors like the one that led to his dismissal. It was an awful bit of goalkeeping just to flick the ball straight to an opponent in that manner. Hoof it down the field, for fuck's sake.

After that, it was an uphill struggle and no surprise that Barça scored another three. We were holding our own until then, despite the one-goal deficit.

Plenty of work for Pep, his assistants and the players to get their teeth into.

 

[slicky202]

The final whistle blew for me (and half of the players by the look of it) after the bravo red card the game had gone. On to Sunday!!!

 

[Dubai Blue]

Bravo made 1 mistake. And it fucked us. When you are a keeper, you cannot make mistakes. When your goalie plays as a sweeper, they will. Period. Look at neuer, ter stegen. All the time they make mistakes. like last year with raheem, you can all talk shit and i will wait to be proven right. Btw, when we last played barca we conceded about 15 chances cos hart cannot come out for the ball and clean up. They kept playing the diagonal and we would have lost 3 or 4 nil anyway, as suarez, messi etc. Would be through on goal. Fernandinho mistake just as bad. Wtf is up with the studs?

CHILL OUT BLUES.
Nobody, certainly not pep, said this would be easy. So in the nicest way, calm your tits.

Bravo's biggest fuck up was the handball. The pass I can just about put down to one of those things, but to then put his hands up was brain dead.

 

[blueste41]

Is it defcon 5 in here? I'm not a bravo fan at all. When was the last time we had no win in 4?

 

[MarsLlama]

Not sure what pisses me off more- the fact that Celtic play amazingly well against us but are back to being shit tonight now they're against someone else, or the fact that Arsenal have just thrashed Ludoregrets 6-0 and I have to think back years to the last time City got a remotely easy team in a draw in any competition.

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

Small issue but why were so many players slipping, get your studs right fellas.

 

[kevodevo]

Otomendi made several crucial tackles tonight so criticising him is not correct. David got stamped on late first half and this crocked him ( he got zabba too)-the fullback who came on got a few nasty, snidey tackles in and no yellow- Bravo is ,well, a bit ( sorry a lot)daft to do what he did and the poor passes which gave away the other goals were simply poor and not a good enough standard. We had chances but we have to convert- need to be far more clinical in these games- Stones missed two good chances. I actually fancy us at the Etihad. Is Serge carrying something - no speed tonight!

 

[BlueTG]

We should have been at least level at half time and the fact they were in front was pure luck nothing else, Fernandinho doesn't slip 99/100.

Bollocks, our players regularly slip in matches because of wet pitches and inadequate boots. This one happened to cost us, so the others went unnoticed as they didn't n

 

[Blue_eyes]

Keepers were the difference tonight, theirs was unflustered and competent, ours, well pep did want to sign him didnt he.