Bournemouth (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Zabbasbeard]

Fucking Paul Goddard!!

Ugh. THAT awful awful day. Goddard, Saunders, McMinn and Micklewhite tore us a collective new one. Nightmare.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

This defeat has really shown how entitled some of our fanbase has become. I know Twitter is a cesspit at the best of times, but some of the posts I've seen from people who really should know better was eye opening.

There's plenty of City fans who remember the days where us losing twice in a week was a regular occurance, not major news.

We've had horrendous luck with injuries and we're attempting to retain the title for an unprecedented 5th time, having already won a historic 4 premier league titles in a row. The run won't go on forever, and hopefully this season won't be the one where it ends, but sadly the entitlement we see from the Red Cartel fans is on full display from plenty of City fans tonight.

 

[RayCTID]

A very poor showing but we have had plenty of similar peformances under Pep and did eventually manage to recover over the course of the season. The injuries aren't helping us especially with the latest being both Stones and Dias. I am not ready to throw in the towel.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Problem with McAtee is that when he gets a chance, he doesn’t grab it and say you can’t drop me now. His performance against Spurs was lacklustre and I thought he was outshone by O’Reilly.

For me, Nunes needs to move into the middle now to see if he can do it there and Doku can come back in.

You can’t expect young lads to come into the team and give a 9/10 for the odd game. They need to play every week. The same was said about Palmer, he got the odd 15 minutes on the left wing and people said he wasn’t taking his chance.

 

[Zinchilla]

10 games in & we are in a decent position, particularly given the injuries and lack of rhythm which that creates.

The next two champs league games are important - get a safe platform so we can pace ourselves over Xmas and January period when hopefully our rivals will be flogging themselves with extra fixtures.

Bournemouth are a well coached team, no shame in the loss today, particularly as they had a week to solely prepare for us.

And I think the fixture list will be the key thing for all the teams at the top. Liverpool played Brighton who had also played mid-week - may have been different if Brighton had a full week to prepare, as they have with us next week. It’ll be another tough fixture.

Get this next international fixture out of the way, get all bar Bobb/Rodri back and we can then feel the rhythm till Spring.

 

[malg]

Isn't this result the reason why it's considered one of the most competitive leagues? Anyone can beat anyone else on a given day.

 

[1961_vintage]

Running on empty. To many bloody games and meaningless internationals.

Totally this. It's been relentless and not just this season - but multiple connected seasons. Players have given everything they have to give.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

You can’t expect young lads to come into the team and give a 9/10. They need to play every week. The same was said about Palmer, he got the odd 15 minutes on the left wing and people said he wasn’t taking his chance.

Agree with that bit but Pep isn’t going to do that. He just doesn’t trust them enough. It took 3 seasons of dribs and drabs for Foden to get in the side and he was quality. I’m not sure why we have kept McAtee as Pep shows no signs of playing him regularly.

 

[paulchapo]

Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, speaking to Sky Sports: "They had chances, we created as well at the end too, but we could not win any balls from the wingers.

"They were difficult to play in the first half. We knew how they would play. It was well-deserved. The guys give everything because after nine years together they always will."

On whether players were playing with injuries: "Kyle [Walker], 16 days didn't train with us until yesterday. Nathan [Ake] made an incredible effort, it's not just about that [injuries]."

On how proud he is to have gone almost a year without losing in the Premier League: "We would like to keep defending it but how many games and months we did it... it's great.

"We have another game in two days in Portugal and we have to go again."

 

[Gumzy97]

Midfield is the major problem, Rodri held that midfield together. Without him there it’s slow and lethargic easy to get past. No energy Gundo he got an assist but he’s not the old Gundo we know, age is showing.

Recruitment for midfield has been disappointing. Kalvin , Nunes , Kova. We lack creativity and energy.

Best striker in the world up front but without Kev no creativity to find him consistently.

If we can sort midfield we walk the league.