Everton - Post match thread.

[Man_City_Loyal]

great game, knew it would happen with that Scouse Rat scoring for them.

Serg left his scoring boots at home.

Be great when both Mendy and Walker play in this 3-5-2. Sane is great going up, just not as good tracking back.

Natalie Pike said it right after the game about Mr Sterling, when he has time to think he fucks things up. (great finish though)

Another day and we would of won that 4/5/6 nil.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Still feel so cheated, fucking bastards. We need a tall striker as a plan B option, someone we can actually cross the fucking ball to. This team of midget shit ain't going to work in the premier league! We need a Dzeko.

Get Crouch .....................................................

 

[Interstate 5]

It was a second yellow so I don't think we can!

We can with this year's new rules, if one of the yellows was for "simulation", diving, play-acting, whatever you want to call it.
But as the FA have already stated they won't be taking action against Calvert-Lewin or Sergio for either of the second yellows as there was contact, no matter how minimal, there doesn't seem much point.

 

[Chi-town blues]

We can with this year's new rules, if one of the yellows was for "simulation", diving, play-acting, whatever you want to call it.
But as the FA have already stated they won't be taking action against Calvert-Lewin or Sergio for either of the second yellows as there was contact, no matter how minimal, there doesn't seem much point.

Hack on kun should have been a straight red.
Walker was a feather touch and the **** goes down like he was shot by a cannon . Ffs football use to be contact sport.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Me too & I think we will do a fair bit. Jesus is perfectly cabable of rotating with Sane or Sterling as well as with Aguero, so it shouldn't be a problem.

But we wre playing what is supposed to be one of the best sides in the country last night & barring a bit of hesitant finishing & ball watching at the back, we were on another planet. It might not yet be time to start writing off formations, maybe just work on stuff more.

I think people think I have an issue with Sergio. I have tried to separate the emotional attachment I have to what he brings to the working parts of this Pep set-up.

He actually holds it back. He's not the player he was. Pep won't see him scoring when it "doesn't matter" when we have a bit of breathing space or flat-tracking. He's counting on Kun to deliver that first crucial blow, the one which usually makes all the difference when the margins are so tight between the top teams.

He's perhaps catching the eye but opponents are quite happy to see him trying to take five players on thirty yards from goal.

I do have hope that if we sign Sanchez he will be the person running at teams from deep, he's better than most, and that will free up some of our other attacking players.

4-5-1 might not be reinventing the wheel, but it affords us the right mix of protection, especially if we are serious about also intergrating Bernando.

Pep is overthinking things IMO. It doesn't need Stones or Otamendi in there with Vinny.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I don't think Aguero and Jesus look like a good partnership anyway and i'd rather us play 4-3-3 or 4-5-1, think it'll suit the personnel better personally.

For all the talk on here regarding the ref or Sane's error in the lead up to their goal, i can't get my head around Sergio not shooting when clean through? Why the hell he decided on 2 extra touches i'll never know, something doesn't seem right with him and i'm certain he kicked out at their fullback in the first half in front of the East stand whilst running with him for the ball.

I just think that Sergio isn't the player he was. He tried to be too clever in that moment and thought he could feint and allow the covering defenders to go to ground.

We don't need 30 goals a season from Sergio, that won't win us the title this year.

What we need is five players all between 10 and 15 goals.

 

[SiMCFC]

Instead of digging out Sane over his ability to play wing-back, I would prefer someone to teach him how to take a proper throw-in?

Pep is caught between a rock and hard place right now because of the targeted spending he had made, and the need to replace the full-backs.

We can't accommodate Sane and Sterling if Mendy and Walker are bombing on.

The only way we somehow can is by not playing two up front.

Personally, I would prefer to see 4-5-1

I honestly think he intends to play one up top but he is playing games like he did last year to force us to sign another forward and centre half, soon as they are signed he will go back to one up top and a back four in my opinion.

Basically had we stuck Danilo and Walker behind Sane and Sterling last night with Jesus up front I think we would have shredded them last night, instead Pep stuck round pegs in square holes for some strange reason, all we missed in them sorts of games last year were decent fullbacks so why change so much? That front 3 were immense when they played together the downfall was they had Kolarov and Sagna behind them!

 

[ancoats]

now for the match and i don't like saying this but pep got it wrong tonight

we did not need the 3 at the back and with everton just having one upfront the midfield was lost and everton control the game from there
city needed yaya and the 2 centre backs splitting like the end of last season but we was just scared of the ball over the top

but i will say we are still not in full flow and players missing and new to the premier league and manchester city we need time unlike last season we hit the ground running and got off to a great start winning our first 6 games we can see what can happen its a long season

 

[Neville Kneville]

I think people think I have an issue with Sergio. I have tried to separate the emotional attachment I have to what he brings to the working parts of this Pep set-up.

He actually holds it back. He's not the player he was. Pep won't see him scoring when it "doesn't matter" when we have a bit of breathing space or flat-tracking. He's counting on Kun to deliver that first crucial blow, the one which usually makes all the difference when the margins are so tight between the top teams.

He's perhaps catching the eye but opponents are quite happy to see him trying to take five players on thirty yards from goal.

I do have hope that if we sign Sanchez he will be the person running at teams from deep, he's better than most, and that will free up some of our other attacking players.

4-5-1 might not be reinventing the wheel, but it affords us the right mix of protection, especially if we are serious about also intergrating Bernando.

Pep is overthinking things IMO. It doesn't need Stones or Otamendi in there with Vinny.

I thought Jesus was more of a problem tbh.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I honestly think he intends to play one up top but he is playing games like he did last year to force us to sign another forward and centre half, soon as they are signed he will go back to one up top and a back four in my opinion.

I think you are bang on the money.

Pep is biding his time and then Aguero will represent nothing more than another option for him.

Still, the manager shouldn't try to make examples of any player to get a possible point across to the board, who have backed him to the hilt.

If Sanchez is signed, it could even be him up top and the young lads all rotating in the wide areas, which is where they are best suited.