City v Spurs post match

[Neville Kneville]

Very good post mate.

Pep is on record as saying he will get us from our own goal into the right positions to score but then its down to the players.

He is delivering that in spades and now its down to the players to do their part and they will.

So close to something incredibly special right now and thats with players who he probably doesn't even want and wont be here next season so imagine it when he has built his own side?

Mouthwatering!

My only concern is where we find a back 4.

I think we can still dominate with an average one (Pep has at Barca & Bayern imo, they are not that good) but if we could find some real quality to stand up & lead the team from the back, then we really would be in business.

 

[mosssideblue]

Played really well and didn't deserve a draw. On the other hand, yet again, two shots on target two goals. That is simply not good enough. Might as well have another defender and not bother with a goalkeeper.

So you,re blaming him for both goals then?

 

[mosssideblue]

Brilliant performance, let down by a very poor refereeing decision and Otamendi again.

Two goals against Chelsea, Arsenal's goal and Spurs' first today. He's to blame for far too many goals in big games. Out of position too often, the wrong decision too often. Not good enough - simple as that.

Defence and midfield were fantastic today. Brave, aggressive, technically fantastic. Sterling and Sane were a constant threat too, Aguero was a bit quiet though.

We just dominated one of the best teams in the country, a top centre back and we instantly go up a level.

Ota ? I thought he had a solid game and made some essential tackles

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

So proud of the team. The injustice is hard to take though.

The ancient Marriner should be made to walk the f****** plank.

Mistake 1
Claims to have missed Aguero's elbow on Reid at home against West Ham.
Action
3 match ban for our key player using FA post match video evidence. City punished.

Mistake 2
Seemingly the only person to miss Walker's push on Sterling. Red card and penalty would have been given with video evidence.
Action
FA go "tee-hee" we've done City again. Marriner walks away punishment free.

Sod the plank just throw Marriner overboard.

INJUSTICE

Please update your instagram posts (players excluded)
11 against 13 .... counting linesman who didn't flag Kane offside.

Can retrospective action be taken against Kyle Walker for the push on sterling, which it seems to be universally agreed was a red card offence ?
Presumably the ref did not see it and that's why he took no action ? Or does this rule only apply in the case of violent conduct ?

 

[Bluemanc100]

I know two wrongs don't make a right but if they'd been made aware from the touchline on their intercoms that everyone was saying it was a clear penalty... that linesman could have kept his flag down for Jesus and we'd be buzzing about the game(I still reckon Kanes leg was behind Zaba when the pass was made to him so they owed us double).

Richard Keys has tweeted this morning that he has it on good authority that the officials couldn't get the comms working yesterday....

 

[blueinsa]

My only concern is where we find a back 4.

I think we can still dominate with an average one (Pep has at Barca & Bayern imo, they are not that good) but if we could find some real quality to stand up & lead the team from the back, then we really would be in business.

We need new full backs, everyone knows that.

Pep wants the whole side defending and the system relies on everyone doing their bit and busting a bollock to press and get the ball back as soon as possible and when we do that as a team, we dominate so much that the back 3 or 4 barely have anything to do.

Some of our football yesterday is on an absolutely different level to anything else in this league and we have barely started. We made a fantastic Spurs side look ordinary.

We have to stick with our principles and plan and we have to back this manager to the hilt because his way of playing the game is the right way and we will be one hell of a watch and we will win so much.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

If we accept this season as a transition then there are many positives. Big matches last year we would inevitably lose or at best sneak a draw.

This year we've battered United, battered Chelsea (easily should've won that), battered Spurs, just about edged it against Arsenal & I didn't see the Liverpool game but sounded like a non-entity. The only game against a top side where I've felt we were clearly the worse team was Spurs away - and look at the turn around to that yesterday, totally different match.

Going to be a frustrating season of "if only's", with a fair bit of bad luck it seems. Imagine when we start firing with the new guys, have a new defence next season & get the luck on our side for a change - much to look forward to, just got to be patient.

Yep. I said this earlier in the season. We are as likely to finish outside of top 4 as in it as we don't seem to be able to play like yesterday week in week out. However it has to click at some point. I still fancy us to be top 3 as surely this quality will rise eventually. It would be great if we can win a cup but not sure we will have any level of consistency in those either.

We made some mistakes in the summer, going into the season with Kun as the only experienced striker, not replacing the full backs and hoping that an injury prone Kompany would stay fit when the evidence suggested otherwise.

Some of the football we have played in some of the matches has been sublime but it doesn't happen consistently and we have conceded 6 goals from our last 6 shots on target!

We are one good transfer window away from being dominant for me. We have messed up in this department over the last 3/4 years so need to be really careful this summer not to sign players who are not ready. We need to be signing players between the ages of 23-27 who are pretty much peaking or have peaked.

It was a very pleasing performance yesterday though. Our best since the 2nd half against Arsenal and on a par with how we played against Chelsea for 65 mins.

Our record against the top 6 needs to improve though. Two wins in six isn't good enough.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Ota ? I thought he had a solid game and made some essential tackles

His usual mixture of brilliance & utter stupidity imo.

Had Sane not been playing, I recon we would be talking about Otamendi costing us 3 points now. It was unfolding in front of us until Sane put that tackle in, which may have caused him a tweaked hamstring.

 

[kevodevo]

Danny Rose is another twat that gets on my nerves. Play acting and diving about like he's been shot. Every week he's at it trying to get an opponent sent off. A right little shit.

it is the Pochetino influence- he encourages this type of behaviour- his style of management is push the boundaries as far as you can get and hope the ref doesnt spot it when they do - which they do a lot!

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Magnificent performance. It will all come together next season if we can sort the defence out. Not sure what we can do about the referees. They say it evens itself out but we seem to be on the receiving end every week. Shocking officiating.