Galatasaray (H) | CL | Post-Match Thread

[big gaz]

Yeah. Fucking useless goalscoring twat.

Sarcastic twat ;-)

 

[madloaf]

Sarcastic twat ;-)

Fucking useless sarcastic twat thank you very much

 

[domalino]

If we win all our games from now on, we will do the quadruple

IF

We could win all our games until the end of the season and finish 2nd in the league...

 

[I'm Blue]

They changed the formation & style of play and we struggled for a bit

We come out for far too many second halves like this.
Slow, sloppy and don’t look like we’re fully concentrating.
Frustrating when you consider how well we played first half.

 

[Legal Alien]

Well played City, job done!

We played really well in the 1st half, scored two very good goals and deserved our lead, but should've scored more. Doku's injury is a worry though and changed the way we played.
They made a game of it in the 2nd half and without any wingers we were very narrow.
We had some good chances but we're still not clinical enough and still not finding Erling's runs.
But we hung on and it's a relief (especially after last weeks calamity) that we're not in the playoffs.

Hopefully we can round the week off with a win at spurs now.

COME ON CITY!!!!

 

[Millennium]

I think part of the reason for the second half was that Gala gave it a go, they’d done nothing in the first half.

Perhaps, but this problem isn't limited to this match; even in league matches, we see City playing with less quality and effectiveness in the second half.

 

[bluegaz13]

Job done….very good first half and conserved some energy in the second half….at least I hope that explains the drop off.

Shocking attendance…..never seen so many empty seats around me for a big game.

 

[Norbert D]

Job done, Rodri, Semenyo, Marc all rested nicely for Spuds.
The boys looked fucked second half, but thankfully did enough, avoiding the play offs is a huge bonus.
When Foden drifted to the left he linked play up nicely, maybe that’s where he will finish up.
Anyway, we live to fight another day!

 

[eyalluvitt]

Marmoush simply isn't elite level imo. For a striker, he's too indecisive and lacks killer instinct. Not good enough as a back up for Haaland, not good enough as a wide man.

Phil is trying hard but nothing is coming off for him at the moment. The dilemma is that he has to play to get his mojo back, but we can't afford to carry him too long.

Playing with 9 men at times with laurel and Hardy, and AltNouri clean through and passes to a defender, horrible decision making

 

[big gaz]

That Reindeers run, from Rick Holden to Usain Bolt

And a shot like Bobby Zamora ffs

 

[BlumerMooner]

He's harmless. A bit "peak performance"/Diary of a CEO (that's the modern David Brent to you FOCs) but ultimately he's a young English manager trying to do his best with a job he's underqualified for and probably falling back on motivational platitudes because he's a bit unsure of himself at this level.

I hope he does well, just not too well.

I think he comes across as a patronising ****… but I’m a FOC. Inevitable it will all come tumbling down. He won’t last 2 years.

 

[East Level 2]

He wasn't great but don't think he was awful either. Better than Marmoush IMHO.

Missed a sitter soon after he came on and failed to find Haaland with a simple pass in the second half. Better than Marmoush isn't a great compliment.

 

[Kippax77]

The beeb news just had a report from the Etihad and was very positive about us, shame they didn't mention Cherki or show his goal. Game of two halves, first half very incisive with bags of energy from Doku.
Once he'd been kicked out of the game, we really vanished as an attack. Looking at Erl's goal tonight, why aren't we playing more balls in to him?
Anyway I thought the defence played well, along with big Donna, NOR played v well 1st half, Cherki lively. Need to be more clinical though.
Anyway we'll have our new lads and walking wounded back for the knockout round hopefully a late charge for glory......

The amount of similar goals scored previously in his career.... then Pep has him chinwaggin with centre halves, hoping that the rest of our team can pull the rabbit out of the hat.
Has Pep never heard the chant "feed the goat and he will score"

 

[big gaz]

We play Spurs on Sunday.

Well thats fucked it and mostly all was happy on here tonight ;-)

 

[eyalluvitt]

And a shot like Bobby Zamora ffs

Clean through rolls his studs over the ball, not enough contact and now he is ahead of the ball and can barely shoot, embarrassing for a pro footballer

 

[SamTheGuru]

We come out for far too many second halves like this.
Slow, sloppy and don’t look like we’re fully concentrating.
Frustrating when you consider how well we played first half.

I disagree. We came out the first part of the second half playing like fucking idiots, but we dropped deep after 20 mins or so and started to play on the counter.

 

[Lord Blue]

IF

Rag

 

[domalino]

I think he comes across as a patronising ****… but I’m a FOC. Inevitable it will all come tumbling down. He won’t last 2 years.

I think that would go down as a moderate success for him. None of Maresca, Pochettino, Sarri, Lampard, Potter, Benitez, Tuchel, Di Matteo or AVB made it to 2 years.

 

[Fordyboy46]

We're just crying out for a David Silva type player, who can get a pass turn and run through the centre, not stopping and turning back at every opportunity. Doku was excellent tonight, one of the few who was moving forward, Ait Nouri as well great game

 

[Withnail]

Comfortable win, first half was very impressive when Doku ran the show. Second half not as good, but Gala didn't really trouble us and City still had chances to extend the lead. All round an enjoyable evening apart from the Doku injury.