City v Chelsea post match

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Don't know if it's been mentioned but Pep refused to shake that **** fabregas hand after the game .

Fabregarse is one of the most loathsome players ever to set foot in the PL. Thoroughly nasty character. Well, done Pep.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Yup the team playing in dark blue.

Glad you're not giving the team talks.

 

[super_city_si]

Ruined my fucking weekend. I really wish I wasn't as invested but I'm so pissed off.

 

[cookster]

just a point to those who say Chelsea defended well, how come we created so many scoring chances ?????

We've got World Class Forward players but an average goalkeeper and defence?

 

[rnblade]

Yet again, not putting out chances away and comical defending cost us a match.
Possession stats DO NOT win matches, goals do!!!!

 

[bondsman]

Played the better football but committed unpardonable sins defensively and if you get past our back four it's a goal as we no longer have a keeper. Until we get a proper keeper I think the back four/five will continue to be shaky as no one has confidence in the clown

 

[super_city_si]

Glad you're not giving the team talks.

Based on current results it's true. We can't hit a fucking barn door and have dropped so many points from positions where we should Ben taking all three

 

[BlueMedic]

just a point to those who say Chelsea defended well, how come we created so many scoring chances ?????

We attacked well until the finishing too, there were many, many "nearly" moments where we ran through but didn't quite create a shooting opportunity or they defended dangerous crosses well. It wasn't an amazing defensive display by them today and we did create 5-6 clear chances, but we could easily have had even more chances than we did due to some pretty good defending.

 

[mancity1]

I agree sort of. Had our players taken their chances we would have won.

But on the other hand, had our player been given the chances we gave the Chelsea players, we would very likely have taken them.

What I am saying is that the way we're playing makes it pretty easy for decent defences to defend against. (We are too slow and ponderous in the build up, allowing them to get organised and to defend as a unit) and on the other hand we are making it very easy for swift attacking teams to punish us (because they catch us when we are out of position and strung out all over the pitch).

I genuinely think if we replayed that game 10 times we'd lose it at least 6 or 7 times. Chelsea are not all that good and yet we still failed to score against them. And they scored 3 against us, at home.

I tend to agree there are no world beaters in this league including us but if we don't get our act together defensively we will struggle to challenge this year.

We give away far too many soft goals and have done for far too long.

 

[Damien10]

He was hardly on, how can you single him out ?

Because he's about to play a big part. I honestly see Gabriel Jesus becoming 2nd choice striker. Kelechi had lots to learn, I think the club should consider getting him a good loan move.