City Vs Borussia Dortmund (CL) Post Match Thread

[bapi]

And if we'll play in Europa League? Teams like Atletico would destroy us! Completely!

 

[city1999]

Here's the table when everyone has played!!
P. W L. D = pts
Madrid. 6 5 0. 1 = 16
city. 6 2. 1 3. = 9
Dortmund. 6 2 2. 2 = 8
Ajax 6. 0. 5 1 =1

Here's hoping!!!

 

[nehe11]

1st half was pretty even but they are class, fast as fuck and very dangerous

What is Rodwell doing in the Champions League? He's well out of his depth for us in the Premier League never mind at this level.
I can see us getting 10n points and going out again!!

Easy fella he´s only 21 and will get better, patience. Yaya was poor when he first joined the so was NDJ but they improved and so will Jack.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Could have been 5-5 at half time. They were better than us second half and unlucky not to win. Best side I've seen at the Etihad.

 

[Anonymous]

1st half was pretty even but they are class, fast as fuck and very dangerous

What is Rodwell doing in the Champions League? He's well out of his depth for us in the Premier League never mind at this level.

I can see us getting 10n points and going out again!!

I was agreeing with every word you said until you mentioned we'd get 10 points ......

i reckon we'll do well to get half a dozen !

 

[Anonymous]

Have to agree ... Nasri WAS an embarrassment , no wonder he was taken off .

He's not a winger. He wasn't at Arsenal and he isn't at City. Goetze and Reus showed tonight what attributes wingers need to play in a top team. We're as predictable as we were last season in terms of our attacking play. Against inferior opposition the sheer weight of quality wins the day. Tonight against a better team we needed different options and we just didn't have a single answer.

 

[daztrueblue91]

I think Dortmund have shown us tonight what picking out a decent system and then signing players what suit that system can achieve. Its the same with Juventus playing their 3-5-2 the reason it works is because they have the players that suit that system. Tonight has just shown us that we need to find a formation that can suit our most influential players and build around it. I understand the need for a plan B but IMO that should be simple and going 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 depending on the circumstances. I doubt anyone would disagree that 4-2-3-1 is our strongest formation but We get away using this formation in the premiership as a lot of teams play defensively against us but in Europe we will be found out. The main problem we have is that the system is impossible to fit all of our best players in it whilst getting the best out of them. To successfully use the 4-2-3-1 I think you need a solid back 4, two composed holding midfield players, two fast tricky direct wingers, one playmaker and a poacher up front. Now we do have certain players who will relish playing this formation however I think we will not get the best out of players like Yaya, Nasri, Tevez and even to some extent Aguero.

Yaya is IMO the best midfielder in the premiership by a mile however I think he struggles in a midfield 2 and by playing him in the advanced role it means we have to play Silva out of his best position.

Nasri I think he plays to narrow to be on the wing in the formation and does not have the work rate to allow Clichy to constantly bomb forward. I think in the formation he would suit Silva's role but is he not as good as Silva.

There are better options than Tevez and Aguero to lead the line for us as Dzeko and Balotelli are more suited to playing as the lone striker. I do think Tevez and Aguero would play well in a 4-4-2 but that leaves us in a catch 22 situation as players like Silva and Yaya don't suit a 4-4-2.

Overall I think we signed players based on their ability at previous clubs without looking at their adaptability to our formation. Dzeko is the perfect example of this as if he were at Spurs or United he would be a 30 goal a season striker. And untill Mancini decides to drop a few big names unless they adapt to our formation then we will not go far in Europe.

 

[waspish]

the treatment of milner is disgraceful

Spot on! he should be starting in midfield before Rodwell and Garcia for me never given the chance I don't know why

 

[Marvin]

This the champs league - we played the German champs who thrashed Munich 5-2 in the cup FFS they are good FFS they will give real a game FFS we got a point and FFS we will play better over there and they will not play like they did again this season. Even BAllack was shocked how ell they played tonight . It's a point it's still doable and until it is the team have to fight and fight harder than they did tonight - no time for wasters in this company - each game has to be a battle and each player has to give their all .
Not sure if they all did tonight really.
There should be players asking themselves what more they could have done- it was obvious some did not do it and only a small group did.
It's a team game and we watched a very good German team - but their heads went when we got the goal and they will falter again if we hurt them early.

It' just a question of scoring first against them, and we had no problem creating chances today. That was a fantastic game of football, and yes we lot it a bit in the 2nd half, but we came back at them at the end.

Dortmund concede a lot of chances - wouldn't surprise me if Ajax beat them in Amsterdam, or take a point.

 

[Jack Wills]

Not a rag at all, just very frustrated by how we're playing this season, especially as we played so well last season and haven't built on that. If you're happy with seeing us over-run and outperformed then that's up to you - I have higher expectations.