City v Boro post match

[OB1]

the amount of times he did the diagonal long ball straight to a middlesbrough player was scary

He had 90% pass completion overall and completed 8 out 14 attempted long balls. Bet you spent Halloween hiding behind your sofa.

 

[1961_vintage]

Up to 95 pages.... the thread following the destruction of Barca reached 84 pages.

Interesting.

Naturally. Fans see things that they think are wrong and need to be improved. The Barca game had fewer improvement opportunities than yesterday's game I would suggest.

Look at it another way. Pep would have a longer list of "things we could/should be doing better" from the Boro game than the Barca game - don't you think?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Kolarov did nothing wrong yesterday...

I was hoping he'd take one of those free kicks that KDB commandeered.

 

[malg]

I really don't get this 'hatred' by some supporters about certain players. It's as if they are only looking for negatives, and when they see one, then it becomes the whole story for them.

 

[OB1]

He did that once, Stones did it the other time. I hope you didn't go out on Halloween if you get scared by a few long balls

He might have done it twice, depending on how you want to classify a diagonal ball into their box.

Damn you for mentioning Halloween first :-)

 

[Dax777]

Dispossessed several times, pass completion well down... and Pep hooked him.

Perhaps you are right as to his individual performance.

 

[SilverFox2]

He had 90% pass completion overall and completed 8 out 14 attempted long balls. Bet you spent Halloween hiding behind your sofa.

All we need now is for those with goal scoring opportunities to first of all hit the target with that accuracy then maybe we stand a chance that goals may result.

 

[OB1]

I was hoping he'd take one of those free kicks that KDB commandeered.

Me too. I thought him more likely to bag one than KDB doing it two games in a row.

 

[Rammy Blue]

So say you.

In truth, Kolarov is an extremely talented footballer - unless you think all of our management staff, Pep included, are totally idiots.

Kolarov though likes to go forward. If he's a fullback, he's going to be upfield more often than a defensively-minded fullback would have been. Often way the hell out of position, especially if no one covers for him.

Kolarov isn't fast - in fact he seems a bit slower than average - he's going to be beaten for pace by fast attackers.

And Kolarov isn't good at one-on-one defending - maybe average. He'll frequently fail to block crosses and is apt to be beaten one-on-one at times.

Nevertheless, Kolarov has a great left foot - can make killer passes, and is our best crosser of the ball. He can also take killer free kicks.

Kolarov isn't godawful - and nor is he without big flaws.

A balanced opinion of Kolarov indicates that he has a place in our squad currently until we get upgrades.

So, let me get this straight - he's slow, not good at one-on-one defending, fails to block crosses but he's got a decent left foot.

Fucking lol.

 

[OB1]

All we need now is for those with goal scoring opportunities to first of all hit the target with that accuracy then maybe we stand a chance that goals mat result.

That would literally see us run away with the league.