City v Arsenal post match thread

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Hart's hands are made out of poppadoms it seems.
I don't even think that is the problem. Most goalies have a weakness going down and to their weak hand. He's still, for the most part, an excellent shot stopper.

The issue is that his distribution is a nightmare, he can't pass, and hoofs the ball out of play half the time. We lose possession every time it's kicked back to him.
 
I think he's on self destruct mode. He knows that Pep wants his keeper to retain possession and distribute it out from the back but oh no, Joe fucking twats it upfield nearly every time, losing possession straight away.
I noticed the first few minutes he came on he tried to play it out and then after 10 minutes he just thought fuck it and started launching it again
 
Joe Hart is always one of the first to go over to our fans and applaud them so why did Guardiola seem to pick him out of all the players to start pushing him over to our fans? What the heck was Hamman on about with 'body language' remark as well?

Joe Hart was not the worst player on that pitch today and why he has suddenly become the 'boo' boy is beyond me. He wasn't the worst player at the Euros either so I just wish people would get off his back. (JMHO)

i think on here thats the case ( hart the boo boy) in the ground i dont think so. anyone who does try and defend him is a called a fanboy swell haha
 
free shot from a player with enough time to take not one but two touches to set himself.........awful wide open defence, a keeper may get to those once in a while and save them but more times than not they go in regardless. .....watch the training videos from the last week and see how many go in when the players have no defenders in front of them....just like in todays match which is absolutely criminal
Hart low on his left side is a huge liability and it has been his whole career
 
why hasnt sagna been given a go at cb? he can play there and can play the ball? a much better option than Kolarov?

He'd be my first choice at CB at the moment but he has only just returned to training though I think. The worrying thing was playing Kolarov and Fernando, 2 of our slowest players, at CB.

I thought we looked very disjointed and our passing and movement was well below par. Delph runs around a lot but doesn't do much on the ball and Streling and Nolito, despite odd moments, didn't do a great deal.

Only a friendly though and plenty of work to be done before next week. Hopefully we'll look a bit sharper by then.
 
Joe Hart is always one of the first to go over to our fans and applaud them so why did Guardiola seem to pick him out of all the players to start pushing him over to our fans? What the heck was Hamman on about with 'body language' remark as well?

Joe Hart was not the worst player on that pitch today and why he has suddenly become the 'boo' boy is beyond me. He wasn't the worst player at the Euros either so I just wish people would get off his back. (JMHO)

He was comfortably the worst player on the pitch.
 
I think we as City fans need to help Pep this season, make a genuine effort to have some patience and control your urge to flap and worry and pick at everything negative you can find... it's a process learning a new philosophy, finding the right system, your best team and the players best positions for it. If you want to enjoy the good times you have to show a little willingness to go through a little frustration or pain if you like, to get there and City fans should know all about that.

I don't want to see fans causing a stink or a cloud of negativity over the team or certain players on the field next season once it starts, it does no good for anyone in fact it hampers progress.
 
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For a you know, he may never do that again. Or Stones may do it on his debut.

We saw him do it in the Dortmund game as well mate....giving the ball away and poor composure! He's young and will get better but these are the things why Pep says he isnt ready "yet".
 
I can live with not signing a defender as I would expect us to be more clued up in midfield and not leave us wide open on the left side as we always were under Pellers. What I am failing to get my head around is what Pep is trying to do at the back. I don't see the benefit of playing both a midfielder and left back at centre half when we have at least one international on the bench and a kid he has bigged up. I really can't see us going into the Sunderland game without a centre half playing.
 
i think on here thats the case ( hart the boo boy) in the ground i dont think so. anyone who does try and defend him is a called a fanboy swell haha
Depends what you're trying to defend him for. If he makes a ruck he should be called out for it. If he makes a great save he should be praised. There are folk who come across as fan boys because there's no way they can have watched that game and thought he came out of it worthy of praise.
 
Good work out. We looked weak in central defence. No surprise there given the players that were missing

Arsenal looked sharper but then they have been together for a decade.

A pity season starts next weekend. Our own fault for organising the China trip.

I hope we have at least one first choice central defender available against Sunderland.

The mystery of Silva and De Bruyne still remains. Can they play together?
 
We saw him do it in the Dortmund game as well mate....giving the ball away and poor composure! He's young and will get better but these are the things why Pep says he isnt ready "yet".

So ?

Are you suggesting that he will do it forever or is he going to stop doing it ? If he's going to stop doing it, how do you know that won't be after today ?
 
I can live with not signing a defender as I would expect us to be more clued up in midfield and not leave us wide open on the left side as we always were under Pellers. What I am failing to get my head around is what Pep is trying to do at the back. I don't see the benefit of playing both a midfielder and left back at centre half when we have at least one international on the bench and a kid he has bigged up. I really can't see us going into the Sunderland game without a centre half playing.
What's the story with Otamendi and Mangala?
 

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