Barca v City Post Match Thread

PEP: We created enough chances to score goals. After that, the game was over. Since Glasgow, things have happened like that. #mcfc

AWe have had to change the dynamic but I asked my players to play with personality and we did it. #mcfct that level, it's hard. Until 10 v 11, the game was open and we competed against a very good team with huge personality. #FCBCity

 
We have got to start taking our chances , at Spuds Aguero missed three opportunities in the last 20 minutes , we battered celtic for the last half hour and couldnt socre a 4th goal , we missed two penalties against neverton and we created enough against Barca to be level before bravo fucked up , these are the facts we are playing some briiliant football but making basic defensive errors and missing golden opportunites to win games . It is going to click into place in the next few games and no one will live with us , the month of May is going to be one long celebratory piss-up , keep the faith .
 
hilts said:
You seen some of barcas results this season? And Simeone has done a cracking job but so have plenty of others who have failed at other clubs the result had nothing to do with the manager tonight
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So if we had won, would that have had nothing to do with the manager? I suspect not hey?

Simeone has done it without money by building a team. Maybe Pep will get there eventually but it doesn't look like it's going to be anytime soon. But hey ho, according to some, it's ok because we were shite in the past.
 
hilts said:
That's a whole lot of shit in one post there fella
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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.
 
Messi magic won it for them, helped by sloppy defending when down to ten men.
Should have been 1-1 at half time, Gundogan's effort was brilliant but it was a great save. and with Sergio to come on i was confident of at least a draw.
Get rid of that awful orange kit.
City to batter Southampton.
 
Football is a funny old sport.

We have played worse than that against Barca and been beat by a lesser score.

I actually thought that apart from a 15 minute period in the middle of the first half, we were by far the better side until Bravo got sent off.

We was just as good in possession and created by far the better chances. It was a simple slip which gifted them the lead.

I thought Pep got it spot on tonight and we shown than we can compete with the elite sides as long as we cut out the individual errors. For the first time we went to the Nou Camp and played as an equal to Barca.
 
Feel we're Gona see the end of Kun in the summer :( think pep likes strikers that can do more than just score goals.
 
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 ...
 
robbieh said:
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.
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YaYa's Left Peg said:
So if we had won, would that have had nothing to do with the manager? I suspect not hey?

Simeone has done it without money by building a team. Maybe Pep will get there eventually but it doesn't look like it's going to be anytime soon. But hey ho, according to some, it's ok because we were shite in the past.
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Okay I'll play what team would you have played tonight and of those who made comical errors what would you have coached them to prevent those errors or maybe you would have replaced them with who?
 
YaYa's Left Peg said:
Ok mate - tell me how a 4-0 battering by a strolling Barcelona and Messi playing at 50% of his normal game but still bagging a hat-trick, makes us anything but further away?
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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!
 
We lost because of many things but Pep's tactics wasn't one of them. We pressed them well and managed to keep the ball too.

Just think about that for a second. City managed to play better than Barcelona in Camp Nou.

Now the only thing that we need to hone is turning chances into goals and limiting mistakes and we'll be fine.
 
mavsmcfc said:
We lost because of many things but Pep's tactics wasn't one of them. We pressed them well and managed to keep the ball too.

Just think about that for a second. City managed to play better than Barcelona in Camp Nou.

Now the only thing that we need to hone is turning chances into goals and limiting mistakes and we'll be fine.
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Arsenal have been playing nice football for years.
 
robbieh said:
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.
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But should his current set of players have the limitations they are displaying, mainly the inability to turn huge levels of possession into goals? These are mainly top players, nearly all are regular internationals and most have a fair amount of top level experience. Could it be that the limitations are due to Pep asking them to play in a way that is alien to them? Or perhaps the players physically can't play in the way he wants for 90 minutes twice a week.
I agree it's early days and I believe we'll be three points better off after Sunday, but I have to admit recent results haven't been impressive.
 
Still very early days yet. No need for panic stations. Remember Pellers' early days and we went on to win a double that season with a squad that was nowhere near the quality of this one and also in a harder to win league that year than this.

We do need to beat Barca next time though, as assuming BMG beat the sectarians a draw or defeat would put us as favourites to NOT qualify from the group and that would be unacceptable under any circumstances given our squad quality. Not getting out of the group this season would be a regression of Swales-like proportions. Managers have been sacked for less.

Some big games arriving fast though which can either act as a springboard to a great season or a noose to add pressure to our manager. A league cup derby against united. I shudder to think of the pressure Pep will be under if we lose against Barca and them twats.

An easy run in the league though (on paper) in November but a tough ish December.

Onwards and upwards. Remember 2013/14, an up and down start and we went on to win a double. Tonight isn't the end of the world.
 
Dax777 said:
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!
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Exactly! We're gonna be brilliant, only the beginning
 
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