Brentford (H) | Post-Match Thread

[HelloCity]

I’d be very happy to say that we’ve improved over the course of the full season if that ultimately proves to be the case. I’d be formulating an opinion based on the available evidence, just as I’m doing now. And I’d still be ‘in the moment’ when doing so.

Nobody is writing the team off, as you imply. My argument is that based on what I’ve seen so far, we’re behind where we should be, slightly below par in terms of performances and a bit below last season when you consider that we’ve added Haaland to the team. I’ve also outlined a couple of concerns as to why we may not be able to assume a significant improvement in our form in the second half of the season.

Are you suggesting that no one should offer or formulate an opinion as to how we are playing until the very end of the season? If someone asks you how we are playing, how certain players are performing or simply what you thought of the match today, do you just tell them to come back in June? Would be a bit odd if you did.

Nope. Just that any claims we’ve gone backwards can’t be reasonably made at this point in a season. We’d be making that claim every single year otherwise since we start below our best and finish so strong most of the time.

Now, you might not have noticed but we’re also playing a condensed season. Most of the top sides in Europe aren’t at their best. We’ve played 6 CL games already in a time we’d usually only have played 4. Liverpool, Real, Barca, Bayern, Juve, as well as others far below their best. Arsenal as it happens don’t have that on their schedule and can afford to change most of their team in the Europa.

When you add that in to missing key defenders, evolving how we play etc, I’d say it was incredible unfair to state we’ve gone backwards at this stage, and also that history probably shows it’ll be proven incorrect as well.

 

[M Gaudino]

hard to know why we were shit - Pep picked just about his first choice 11 except walker.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Its not that difficult,he picked the wrong starting 11 and,despite the fact every long suffering City fan knew what was coming.....he did fuck all to rectify it.

I trust Pep's selections over the opinions on Blue Moon and the Facebook lads. Pep's selections seem to do rather well in the grand scheme of things.

 

[B\connellblue]

hard to know why we were shit - Pep picked just about his first choice 11 except walker.

Because we played so slow, lazily even.

 

[chaddblue]

Was it as bad as the dog shit performance in dortmund?

Much much worse

 

[LongsightM13]

Fair play to Brentford today, they were the better team and deserved the win. Too many players off the pace, but warning signs have been there for a while. Decision to go into the season with only two proper full-backs, and one natural winger, was always going to be a bit risky.

More than a goal a game on average conceded at home. That isn’t right

 

[chaddblue]

Hopefully we see a different City when this farcical shitshow in Qatar is over and the dust is settled

17 players in our squad can focus on what is really important

 

[Goldust]

Feels like pep is a bit concerned about losing gundogan and bernado, ie the game time they are getting bernado deservedly ye, in the correct position but gundo not so sure. Phil best 2 games v utd and Sevilla he played on the right can’t remember him there since. All very odd, as is the lack of a proper fullback.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

hard to know why we were shit - Pep picked just about his first choice 11 except walker.

Because the players are more arsed about their country than their club. Shambolic half arsed performance today. So many tackles shirked, so many headers lost. Pathetic performance from us and they will know deep down the reasons why. It’s been coming this for weeks and they need to improve a lot after the World Cup as these performances recently have been poor. Lumping aimless balls into the box for Haaland and defending like a bunch of players on their debut.

 

[Zinchilla]

i was looking at the stats for our game on the BBC and stumbled into reading some of the bitter drivel that was supposed to pass for a match report from that utter wanker McNumpty. Also a few snide digs in the live feed from the cunts **** Stone. Of course they have to make hay whilst the sun shines and jump on any defeat but the pure nastiness and spite surprised me even by their ultra low standards. They got what they prayed for a City home defeat with six weeks to gloat, sad bastards. We‘ll see these bastards in May.

That report which alluded to it being a tactical masterclass from Frank and Brentford played in a flamboyant, uninhibited way as they showed Leicester and the rest of the league how to deservedly beat us. Contrary to comments on here I don’t wear blue tinted specs, but McNulty must’ve been at a different game to me. We were poor, Brentford were poor, it was a poor game to watch, but they won.