City v Swans post match thread

We are too slow and predictable. Tactics and team selection are not good we don't seem to be able to dominate the midfield leaving the centre backs exposed
 
Got away with that one.

Don't think their disallowed goal was a foul, I thought they should have had a penalty in the last second of the game, we allowed a fair few decent chances, we got a deflected winner...i'll take it though!
 
I think a lot of fans are not giving Swansea credit - they are a decent side who have had a terrible run. Monk always got them to play a possession type football unfortunately for them they don't have the knack of finding ways to win. As regards to us, I thought we dug in, and at times during the game were not playing well, but as others have alluded to the extra 2 points won today could be the difference come seasons end. We all know we will play much much better but they did put a lot into the win midweek and the weather was atrocious. I do think we should consider partitioning for Sheik Mansour to give the go ahead for a retractable roof, it was still wet 25 rows back. I also think we need to take a leaf out of the German fans and think up some new songs, it was very flat.
 
Mr HJ said:
I think a lot of fans are not giving Swansea credit - they are a decent side who have had a terrible run. Monk always got them to play a possession type football unfortunately for them they don't have the knack of finding ways to win. As regards to us, I thought we dug in, and at times during the game were not playing well, but as others have alluded to the extra 2 points won today could be the difference come seasons end. We all know we will play much much better but they did put a lot into the win midweek and the weather was atrocious. I do think we should consider partitioning for Sheik Mansour to give the go ahead for a retractable roof, it was still wet 25 rows back. I also think we need to take a leaf out of the German fans and think up some new songs, it was very flat.
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I thought Swansea played very well. And imo & the opinion of most City fans I've spoken to, deserved at least a draw, which Pellegrini also agrees with.

I didn't see the 'digging in' bit you are referring to, I thought they just ran through us a bunch of times & Joe Hart saved it, but he 'dug in' I suppose. We did show some urgency when they scored & got the winner, but then straight away, we went back into the same shit, came ambling forward in a bunch & lost the ball only to be caught on the break & Hart having to make another save. You would imagine we may have been given instructions to tighten up for 30 seconds but it appears not.

The big difference between yesterday's near disaster & previous defeats or draws v lower table teams is that usually there is an element of fluke about it. Like Stoke when that no mark ran 60 yards from our corner & scored, or Burnley when they suddenly came out & lumped everything forward having been battered beyond reason for 45 mins & we missed about 10 chances.

Yesterday, Swansea were passing the ball, moving & defending largely with more skill & intelligence than City. We could have been Aston Villa or Newcastle. We had no quality, no particular cleverness, were tactically inept & defended like a 2nd Div team but without the aerial power.

I can recall a number of fuckups v lower placed sides & in Europe, but I can't recall us being outplayed like that, at our own game, by anyone other than top sides.

It is becoming a theme, that the opposition is actually better than us. We really need to get some work done now, & sort it out, like the players did after the pre season fiasco. Get Kompany involved even ifhe doesn't play, get him leasding the team in training.

The weather was indeed awful.
 
Horrible performance by City yesterday .
It matched the weather .
Although i will give credit to Swansea
 
3 points. Tired players and lots of injuries. Swansea had nothing to lose. Terrible weather and little support from the crowd.

For all those reasons I'm happy this morning.

Time to get a bit of a rest this week and give the arsenal game a good go.
 
Neville Kneville said:
but then straight away, we went back into the same shit, came ambling forward in a bunch & lost the ball only to be caught on the break & Hart having to make another save. You would imagine we may have been given instructions to tighten up for 30 seconds but it appears not.
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I thought Norwich must have been a one off game for this poor play in the last 5 mins but yesterday was proof it wasn't. I couldn't believe they did it again yesterday.
 
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