City v Arsenal post match thread

[Dribble]

Many of the same people who have spent the last 4 years slating our title-winning and cup winning managers and telling anyone on here that "Pep would have won that game" EVERY time we didn't win are being a little defensive shall we say.

We were told last season, from game 6 onwards, that the "fucking corpse" should be winning the title "easily" with the squad he had, and that the second best manager in the German league would "walk" the title over here .

Since then we have lavished more tens of millions on the "should be pissing the title" squad and appointed pep four years after first asking (begging) him to be our manager.

By that logic this season should be done and dusted by March. Champions again.

You say it for four years, using it as a stick to annihilate a good man and a great manager with, you own it.

Bring on the title.

The last incumbent took 12 months to destroy what we'd spent the previous 5 years building. He took over a well drilled potential Championship winning side and broke it.

Pep has taken over a side who were nearly relegated from the Champions League & just about scraped 4th place. I was one of many who warned that it would take Pep time to stop the rot and fix what was broken and on today's evidence, this is exactly what may happen. We haven't even kicked a ball in anger yet and already you're out seeking revenge for the object of your desire.

Do us all a favour fella, stop being a tit and just drop it.........

 

[FanchesterCity]

Kicking it in the air is basically the last resort in a Pep team though & a failure to find a decent option, unless it's onto the chest of a player.

If you watch the academy teams, they are tought to pass to the point of danger of giving a goal away. They are never discouraged even when they fuck it up. Pep actually applauded Caballero at one point tonight when he fucked up a pass to the wing, because he had tried a few passes previously.

All things being equal, when you think about a typical goal kick, the ball is in the air long enough that it's effectively 50/50 who wins the balls. If you're dominant in the air, it makes sense, but if you're not, it's a bit of a crazy thing to do, it becomes worse than 50/50 in that situation.

If you're a strong passing side, passing just makes more sense - it's what 2-3 passes to midfield and you're much more likely to be in possession once it reaches midfield. It's a no brainer in that sense.

 

[Neville Kneville]

“The two goals came because we attacked the byline. It was two crosses; one from Sterling and one from Jesus. Today all the typical players go inside but I like to attack byline,”

Pep, I love you.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Many of the same people who have spent the last 4 years slating our title-winning and cup winning managers and telling anyone on here that "Pep would have won that game" EVERY time we didn't win are being a little defensive shall we say.

We were told last season, from game 6 onwards, that the "fucking corpse" should be winning the title "easily" with the squad he had, and that the second best manager in the German league would "walk" the title over here .

Since then we have lavished more tens of millions on the "should be pissing the title" squad and appointed pep four years after first asking (begging) him to be our manager.

By that logic this season should be done and dusted by March. Champions again.

You say it for four years, using it as a stick to annihilate a good man and a great manager with, you own it.

Bring on the title.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

“The two goals came because we attacked the byline. It was two crosses; one from Sterling and one from Jesus. Today all the typical players go inside but I like to attack byline,”

Pep, I love you.

playing AK and Fernando at CB over Tosin? Thought you'd hate him, fitting in the past-it pro's in any position over the promising youth.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

Indeed.

 

[FanchesterCity]

The last incumbent took 12 months to destroy what we'd spent the previous 5 years building. He took over a well drilled potential Championship winning side and broke it.

Pep has taken over a side who were nearly relegated from the Champions League & just about scraped 4th place. I was one of many who warned that it would take Pep time to stop the rot and fix what was broken and on today's evidence, this is exactly what may happen. We haven't even kicked a ball in anger yet and already you're out seeking revenge for the object of your desire.

Do us all a favour fella, stop being a tit and just drop it.........

I think he's making a reasonable point in the sense he's saying people said Pellers was the problem, far less the players. We had a seriously good group of players and Pellers ought to be getting more from them. In that sense, he's right to say that now we have a manager who most regard as one of the very best, if not the best in football. Given that, we should be expecting him to prove the Pellegrini naysayers right and that a quality manager will do much better even with the players he had, let alone with new 'improved' players.

What's not being said is that Pellers did manage to win a league and two league cups, and that last season was truly an atypical one in which 'top teams' fell below par.

To my mind, he's only saying that all those who said 'anybody decent would walk the league' now have somebody decent - so let's see. It's a fair point.

Personally I think the game's a lot more complicated and it's never as easy as just having the best manager. Pep is not a guarantee of anything, and he himself readily admits that. We hope he's going to significantly improve us though - and thus increase our chances of success.

 

[Neville Kneville]

playing AK and Fernando at CB over Tosin? Thought you'd hate him, fitting in the past-it pro's in any position over the promising youth.

I don't read anything into the pre season teams.

But I'm absolutely delighted with the game time Tosin has had & that Angelino, Maffeo & Garcia have figured. I just hope Denayer doesn't fuck off, but judging by Pep's comments tonight, Mangala is surplus, so even if Stones arrives, there may still be a role for Jason in the squad.

 

[FanchesterCity]

“The two goals came because we attacked the byline. It was two crosses; one from Sterling and one from Jesus. Today all the typical players go inside but I like to attack byline,”

Pep, I love you.

There was a time when this was the mantra of every winger - 'get to the byline and cross it in' - and it was up to somebody else to make sure they were in the box.
There's no reason why it can't still work. The game is a simple one, people just want to make it sound complicated.
Mind you, it helps if you've got Joe Royle in the box ;-)

 

[Vienna_70]

Just going to list the positives to be taken from the match:

• Sterling is looking hungry and more comfortable on the right
• Aguero is starting things off well and seems to be sharp
• Nolito appears to have the dribbling skills to give us that different look when needed
• Delph's workrate is second to none
• Plenty of younger players with something to contribute

No injuries on the day

Zaba looked sharper.
Yaya looked slimmer.