There's a better chance of me having a threesome with Ana de Armas and Scarlett Johannson then us making a title challenge this year
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Feyenoord (H) | CL | Post Match Thread
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Longballutd
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What does shagged out mean?What's most frustrating is that we actually played well for 75 mins. Drop those 75 mins into a regular run of games for us and it looks more than alright. We reduced Feyenoord to very little and created a lot of openings, and we deserved to be 3-0 up, if not more. But as soon as Pusey, Gvardiol, and Ederson all fucked up, Feyenoord sensed something and we didn't have the players in midfield or defence to step on any rising hope for them. Lewis is shagged out, Pusey is another Boyata, Akanji is playing through injury, and Gvardiol is also shagged out. With Dias and Walker out there that last 15 mins doesn't happen - it's the only hope I've got that we can get out of this bizarre rut and rebuild in January.
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I'd agree, but we were 3-0 up when KdB came on, where was his "experience" at seeing a game out, truly dreadful for me.Pep certainly has things to answer for but he’d have been crucified if we get hammered by the dippers using players even more shagged out than they are now. If you can’t rest anyone when you’re 3-0 up against the Dog & Duck, 20 minutes to play and have a dressing room full of sick notes, when can you?
Criticise other stuff by all means but at least there was a logic:
- Gundo off: age has taken its toll and he’s playing far more minutes than he should.
- KDB on: patently not match fit so it was an opportunity to ease him back.
- Phil off: been looking a bit jaded this season and some suspect poorly.
- Nathan off. Only just back from injury and he’s needed for the dipper game.
- McAtee on: a rare chance to give him some minutes.
Some people want it every fcukin way but hindsight’s all too easy when pontificating on a forum. We don’t have that luxury in real life.
McAtee's sole contribution was a stupid yellow card, he's nowhere near the level we need right now. Simpson Pusey for Ake I had no problem with, we will need Nathan at the weekend.
Was it Grealish took a stupid quick free kick at 3-1 ? Trying to get the 4th, where we gave possession away immediately ? He's not a kid, and with his experoience should know how to keep the ball in those circumstances. Bernardo, again worked very hard (when does he not ?) but he's in awful form right now.
The last 15 minutes were an absolute joke, an excercise in how not to control a football match, very out of City's normal way, at 3-0, or even 3-1, we would 99% win until recently, we currently look a shambles if we concede a goal.
There was more than enough experience out there tonight, for that not to happen, and it was a shambles.
Lets also face it, they are a pretty poor team, and would struggle to stay in the PL, so how did we manage to throw that away ?
cleavers
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Did we ? I thought we were poor for 45 minutes, yes we had the ball a lot, but created next to nothing, and a penalty helped out the non scoring forward players to a 1-0 HT lead.What's most frustrating is that we actually played well for 75 mins.
We then improved and put ourselves in the sort of position where we all expected 5 or 6, well we got 6 but sadly the other 3 were in the wrong end, and all on our players.
I said earlier that it was another shambles, no point trying to make out otherwise, and in this sequence of results, for me anyway, the worst yet confidence wise, especially going into the next game we have.
cleavers
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...and still young.I’ll cut givardiol some slack he’s playing out of position
Mancityphilfo2000
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I honestly don't think things are that bad.just get gvardiol and Dias paired at centre back.joskos marauding runs are leaving us open on the counter because now we don't have rodri covering there.get ake left back get akanji in at defensive mid til Jan with gundo.hopefully that will help us tighten up.
The Stockport Iniesta
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Ederson, Gvardiol and Grealish for starters.Which players embarrassed themselves?
All 3 did things a pro shouldn't be doing tonight.
Teams will still target him if he plays centrally and as we are seeing he is prone to lapses in concentration and silly errors.I honestly don't think things are that bad.just get gvardiol and Dias paired at centre back.joskos marauding runs are leaving us open on the counter because now we don't have rodri covering there.get ake left back get akanji in at defensive mid til Jan with gundo.hopefully that will help us tighten up.