BimboBob
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Re: Cardiff Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread
Yaya sat too deep.
Yaya sat too deep.
Navas and Silva were poor. Navas was running around like he diet know what he was doing, when we needed width he kept coming inside, it didn't help that Zaba was awful and kept taking his wide space up. And Silva wouldn't go and get anything that wasn't passed straight to him. Nobody had a decent game.welsh_andy said:black mamba said:BBC STATS ...
We had 56% possession to Cardiffs 44% ..... we had 16 shots to Cardiffs 9 ........ we had 8 corners to Cardiffs 3 ..... yet we still managed to lose to a distinctly average , if spirited , Cardiff side.
We score our first goal at a great time , just after the interval , and should have built on it ....... but instead we inexplicably then defend like a pub team and throw it all away.
What a fuckin' shambles , a game lost already ..... and hardly a player who put in a worthwhile performance either !
i thought navas and merlin had a decent game, and mp took navas off, why i have no idea, yaya looked like he didnt want to be there, garcia and lezzy looked nervous as hell, fern, havent seen anything from him yet tbh, he wasnt at the races today at all, sergio put some serious effort in imo.
but we looked clueless to break down their bus unit edin cracker, and we has them on the back foot, was wave after wave of attack, then he takes off navas and it was a total mess. imo was taken straight from last season away fixture playbook. and tbh was a shambles at time
taconinja said:I think it was telling that Dzeko went out and suddenly our link-up play was vastly improved. I realize this will have a certain contingent of our fans frothing at the mouth with rage, but it's true. And for that contingent, yes I know he scored the goal, but he needed a lot better movement to create space so players could deliver the ball to him. I would not be surprised to see Negredo soon starting.BillyShears said:Very disappointing. Thought we tried hard enough, but simply didn't show enough quality in midfield or up front. Too many sideways passes, not enough incisive play. Tempo was a huge problem again. All in all, far too reminiscent of last season.
On the plus side you'd think Pellegrini has now seen all our weaknesses at first hand.
Commence the abuse.
Bobbymanc said:We don't seem to have a plan B when teams park the bus. We have the skill but maybe not the work rate.
Bring on Hull we will rip them a new one!
Chippy_boy said:stan bowles said:Chippy_boy said:I am now going to alienate 99.99% no 100.00% of City fans, but wtf.
Zabaleta is a poor footballer. I have never rated him.. 100% commitment? Tick.
Quality? Fuck off. Ineffective going forward, to the point of useless. Average in defence at best. Constantly out of position, slow, switches off, just poor.
Overall, nothing special at all. I really cannot see why everyone rates him. Today he was terrible.
Similar to Clichy then...looks very vulnerable at the moment.
Clichy has pace at least, and can cross. For me, Clichy is a better player
BillyShears said:Very disappointing. Thought we tried hard enough, but simply didn't show enough quality in midfield or up front. Too many sideways passes, not enough incisive play. Tempo was a huge problem again. All in all, far too reminiscent of last season.
On the plus side you'd think Pellegrini has now seen all our weaknesses at first hand.
blue underpants said:We would not have lost that with Mancini in charge, we have dropped a huge bollock80s Shorts said:BillyShears said:Very disappointing. Thought we tried hard enough, but simply didn't show enough quality in midfield or up front. Too many sideways passes, not enough incisive play. Tempo was a huge problem again. All in all, far too reminiscent of last season.
On the plus side you'd think Pellegrini has now seen all our weaknesses at first hand.
Agreed.
He's on the phone getting Bobby in as defensive coach.