Drop Ederson for what exactly?!Firstly we will still win the title, with KDB back and Stones hopefully coming back into the team we will look completely different.
Personally I would shake things up slightly, which Pep is known to do.
For me I’d throw Ortega in goal for a period of time. I feel he deserves it and is a better shot stopper than Ederson.
Walker has to be rested at rb - he’s like a square peg in a round hole with the way we are currently playing. He needs to be a defensive rb and form part of a 3 at the back when we are attacking.
I’d throw Rico in again and let him do what he did so well last season.
Stones to play instead of Dias - I love Dias but he’s in poor form. He adds nothing to the build up and is rash when defending atm.
Bernardo for me is wasted as a rw, he got the ball so many times today in threatening positions but just didn’t have the final killer ball or shot. Fodens naivety with the pen proves he should be RW where he is much more of a threat. Get Bernardo back at cm and see our control improve immeasurably.
I’d also start Nunes - he has a huge amount of energy and adds something different. Replace with KDB when back fit.
But the main thing is getting a shape the players are comfortable with. Playing more form players and then building a couple up for the business end of the season.
Ortega
Rico
Stones
Akanji
Ake
Rodri
Bernardo
Nunes
Foden
Grealish
Haaland.
Onwards and upwards. We have been fairly shite all season but are in touching distance. When we click like we do every march onwards when it’s game over for the others.
For sure. I am not sure who though?Agreed, we should talk about player recruitment.
We spent on players and two of them will not push the other players for a place. That’s the problem, particularly after winning everything last year.We spent 145m on our midfield, and 80m on a defender. People talking about penny pinching and tight purses need to wise up.
It's not helped that our attack take about 30 shots at goal to score 1!!!Overall a good match. We should've sealed the match way before. Palace were toothless thanks tou our good pressing and good possesion game. People here will cry and say pure doom and gloom, but the fact is we conceded 2 chances, and Palace never had dangerous counterattacks.
Our problem is the defense's confidence. They lose añl the individual duels, they get late to all the chañlenges and they run towards their goal as scared children. Once they gain their confidence back, we will be fine.
That’s the spirit!Clearly Pep needs a challenge so wants to give the others a bigger lead before we reel them in :)
Could have finished after 7 words.Why the fuck are we playing Lewis a right back his whole career,as an attacking mid when Nunes is scratching his arse on the bench and Bobb didn't even make it ?
Wednesday was one of the first games this season I really enjoyed. Aggressive and fluent. Attacking! Today was a real slog!It is frustrating in the extreme. City have won only one of our last 6 league matches and this from a team which was expected to stroll to a fourth title on the run. We can still win it but it will certainly be no stroll. We are favourites for the champions league!! But in our last 6 PL games we have come back to beat Luton but have conceded goals in stoppage time in 3 and a late goal in another which have cost us 8 points. It is hard to excuse such slackness against top four rivals but when the latest beneficiary from our generosity is a team which has taken the grand total of 5 points from its last 8 games it beggars belief. Especially when that team was 2-0 down with 18 minutes to play (stoppage time included). City no longer seem to manage games so much as hope for the best. It is not too late for us to put a title winning run together but time is running out, and I think we need to change our attitude immediately. In support of my claim that attitude may be the problem I claim that on Wednesday it was the young lads who impressed and the more senior players who had questions to answer.
We spent on players and two of them will not push the other players for a place. That’s the problem, particularly after winning everything last year.