Grassland Blue
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I suppose so lol.
I was talking about wins.
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I was talking about wins.
wolviedinho
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“If we lose on Wednesday how is it related to yesterday?” Come again????If we lose on Wednesday how is it related to yesterday? We rested some key players so they can be fresh for the new game lol.
Rotation is not a new thing, check the games prior Pep rotates at least 5 players every game. So no one needs your justification.
We lost yesterday because the squad players did not step up in the absence of our match winners. The gamble has been taken to ensure progression on Wednesday. If we don’t beat Dortmund then the decision to rest key players has not worked. Throwing away points because we have a decent lead is not a good argument.
Rotating 7 players was the wrong decision based on the match result. Dysfunctional performance and poor squad players = no points.
Grassland Blue
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A draw will do...Have to agree, but United gave some massive games if they were to win all of them I would be very surprised, Spurs win tomorrow and I’ll be more relaxed
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Still gutted this morning
Had steeled myself that a draw was a good enough result in the bigger scheme of things
Had steeled myself that a draw was a good enough result in the bigger scheme of things
DruntBlunt
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Agree. I'd like to see him more back at the right wing. The time with him there and Sane at the left was when he was at his best imo. Playing at the right he can use his speed better and it makes him less predictable to the defender. Not cutting in 99% of the time.Sterling will come good again but his form has dipped. I think he's trying to do too much when he gets the ball.
Bigga
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I thought the game was quite interesting. Cancelo was the Cancelo of the past; aimless, poor touch, poor decisions and just poor as a right back. Walker is way more consistent in that position.
Stones? Wow, what a game he had, bar the late finish from Dallas, where he wasn't helped out (Dias would have come across to help from his better positional sense). Superb, confident and truly a driving force.
Zinny, in the middle, was very good in his natural position. My only gripe was him playing it safe. When I wanted him to drive through, he checked and played it to someone else. Much better in that position than he is at left back.
Everyone else was below par with decision making as we all know.
What I do know is that we are terribly slow in the transition and have been for a while. It does make me think how Haaland would fit in to this system if the team are not more direct.
Interesting times ahead.
Stones? Wow, what a game he had, bar the late finish from Dallas, where he wasn't helped out (Dias would have come across to help from his better positional sense). Superb, confident and truly a driving force.
Zinny, in the middle, was very good in his natural position. My only gripe was him playing it safe. When I wanted him to drive through, he checked and played it to someone else. Much better in that position than he is at left back.
Everyone else was below par with decision making as we all know.
What I do know is that we are terribly slow in the transition and have been for a while. It does make me think how Haaland would fit in to this system if the team are not more direct.
Interesting times ahead.
Grassland Blue
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Or 654million 10p bets...Odds reflect markets. Half the forum must have chucked a tenner on, lol.
OB1
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You would think the team would get a bit of leeway after how they have performed this season. It’s never nice to lose and when it’s in those circumstances like we saw yesterday it’s a bitter pill to swallow. Some of the reactions though, Jesus.
I’m surprised some of you make it out of bed in a morning. The world must be a dark place to lose your shit over a defeat that still leaves us miles clear at the top of the league and still in every competition we’ve entered.
We're chasing the (almost) impossible dream and, regardless of what happens in the rest of the season, have given it a bloody good go but there's a reason no English team has done what City are attempting so people need to get ready to deal with defeats and disappointment along the way.
I hate it when the team loses, always have and I have seen plenty of defeats in the last 50 years. I directed a truly embarrassing amount of invective at the TV when Leeds scored their second; there's still a simmering sense of annoyance / disappointment but I try to comment objectively and focus on the positive.
Supporting a football team is an emotional business, that's one of the things that makes it a very special pastime, but that's all it is and Bill Shankly was wrong.
This team has been phenomenal this season and whilst I was gutted yesterday, sometimes these results happen. The schedule we have is crazy over the next month and rotation is a necessity. The starting 11 was good enough yesterday to win and we would have got 3 points if we had finished clinically.You would think the team would get a bit of leeway after how they have performed this season. It’s never nice to lose and when it’s in those circumstances like we saw yesterday it’s a bitter pill to swallow. Some of the reactions though, Jesus.
I’m surprised some of you make it out of bed in a morning. The world must be a dark place to lose your shit over a defeat that still leaves us miles clear at the top of the league and still in every competition we’ve entered.
At one point yesterday, i was having a deja va moment watching the game.
It reminded me off the famous QPR game.
They were down to 10, we had all the ball, and was attacking the end of our most important goal EVER.
At 1 point as was expecting Sergio to come deep to take the ball from (this time John Stones) and well we all know what happened back then.
I quickly snapped out of my daydream and realised there was no Sergio on the pitch only a static Raheem Sterling stood rigidly around the penalty spot, for some reason playing as stationery number 9
I was wondering why he never came deep to pick the ball up and try and make something happen.
Is that lack off confidence, laziness or just can't be arsed?
I know as a fan, games like these yesterday can only make you dream of being a player and being on the pitch, being the one who changes the outcome of the result and basking in the glory off it.
Anyway what i think im trying to say after yesterday performance is we could do with buying a top striker who can finish or another creative midfielder at the club, one who can unlock defences when Kev needs resting for games.
Yesterday we could of done with both
It reminded me off the famous QPR game.
They were down to 10, we had all the ball, and was attacking the end of our most important goal EVER.
At 1 point as was expecting Sergio to come deep to take the ball from (this time John Stones) and well we all know what happened back then.
I quickly snapped out of my daydream and realised there was no Sergio on the pitch only a static Raheem Sterling stood rigidly around the penalty spot, for some reason playing as stationery number 9
I was wondering why he never came deep to pick the ball up and try and make something happen.
Is that lack off confidence, laziness or just can't be arsed?
I know as a fan, games like these yesterday can only make you dream of being a player and being on the pitch, being the one who changes the outcome of the result and basking in the glory off it.
Anyway what i think im trying to say after yesterday performance is we could do with buying a top striker who can finish or another creative midfielder at the club, one who can unlock defences when Kev needs resting for games.
Yesterday we could of done with both