Leeds (H) | Post Match Thread

[Keeper!]

Sterling doesn’t deserve another start, his decision making is absolutely shocking and the finishing is worse. All his “lovers” need to justify his performance today, it was a disgrace for someone who is trying to negotiate a Pay rise/ contract. He wasn’t alone today, Gabby was as bad and Mendy even worse.
Not sure how we go forward from this defeat to a 10 man mid team table.
Our ability to fcuk up chance after chance is comical.

Chill man, we have 40 points in the bag, were safe for another season.

 

[ctwrd]

Still annoyed at the performance yesterday. We are making a hash of winning the league this season. If we are not careful going forward we will be in a title fight. Stats or no stats the team picked yesterday should be able to beat 10 men. Stop fucking bout and get the league won. Yesterday all involved fucked up.

Lost one game = making a hash
What nonsense.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Are you really a blue? Those are some bizarre comments for a side that is carrying all before them.

Mendy has been struggling but Jesus and Sterling are top quality players. I agree Sterling had a bad game but it is you that has to justify your hostile stance not City fans who support Sterling and see their side top of the table.

I am a bit concerned about the form of Sterling but he will come good again. Jesus needs chances. Yesterday we couldn't get in behind Leeds and couldn't get Jesus the ball in the box largely because we played a reserve side and everyone understands why. I would have brought on Mahrez after an hour to get past their defenders.

Add in the fact that Jesus was being targeted by "dirty" Leeds.
Foul after foul committed on him and nothing was done until the potential leg breaker. (Anď even then it took var to get the correct decision!)
People wonder why Pep didn't risk our best players?
I guess he wanted to get through the game with no major injuries to worry about.
Pep introducedt better players into the match after Leeds were hamstrung.
Sterling was ineffective,true, but how much of that would be down to Pep instructing him not to risk injury?
A hard defeat to take (as any defeat is) but no fitness/injury worries to speak of for the more important fixture on Weds.

 

[wolviedinho]

Well we didn't and if you rest a lot of players and then coast against a good well coached side you can have problems. We needed a cutting edge against Leeds. That for this City side is usually KDB, Foden or Mahrez.

Can you imagine though if we had started one of them and they had picked up an injury. We did the rught thing. Give credit to your opponent. Maybe grumble that pep made the wrong subs and the players who started strolled instead of fought.

It will only be justified if we beat Dortmund. Rest who tho? Kev? Sure he has hit form over the last few games but he was rubbish prior. Foden? No need to rest him at his age. Gundo and Rodri I can accept. Dias/Laporte not playing was the deciding factor. The rest put out yesterday served up total shit. Passing was off, closing down non existent. Shooting was pathetic and chance creation abysmal.

Leeds played a good game but a lot of the squad members need to stop hiding behind key players and help win games. Total fuck up yesterday.

 

[wolviedinho]

Lost one game = making a hash
What nonsense.

Ten men for 45 min and we lost. It is not good enough. The club set the high standards and did not live up to them yesterday. Look at Madrid for example, they beat Liverpool then played Barca and won.

 

[Marvin]

Add in the fact that Jesus was being targeted by "dirty" Leeds.
Foul after foul committed on him and nothing was done until the potential leg breaker. (Anď even then it took var to get the correct decision!)
People wonder why Pep didn't risk our best players?
I guess he wanted to get through the game with no major injuries to worry about.
Pep introducedt better players into the match after Leeds were hamstrung.
Sterling was ineffective,true, but how much of that would be down to Pep instructing him not to risk injury?
A hard defeat to take (as any defeat is) but no fitness/injury worries to speak of for the more important fixture on Weds.

Sometimes though Jesus does go down very easily, and stay down in apparent agony. I think a self-preservation skill he learned from playing in South American football where it's probably a lot tougher than here.

I was gutted to get beat but it's obvious why we played a weakened side. Some criticism I think is due for not bringing on Mahrez. He'd have got behind their defence easily. Easy to say that when he's not in the side. Sterling will come good again but his form has dipped. I think he's trying to do too much when he gets the ball.

 

[Marvin]

It will only be justified if we beat Dortmund. Rest who tho? Kev? Sure he has hit form over the last few games but he was rubbish prior. Foden? No need to rest him at his age? Gundo and Rodri I can accept. Dias/Laporte was the deciding factor. The rest put out yesterday served up total shit. Passing was off, closing down non existent. Shooting was pathetic and chance creation abysmal.

Leeds played a good game but a lot of the squad members need to stop hiding behind key players and help win games. Total fuck up yesterday.

The reality is that top sides need their special players to turn games and we didn't start them. Nor should we have done. We wanted the weakest possible side that would win the game and we went too far and then didn't make the right sub. And it went for Leeds. 2 attacks, 2 goals.

 

[norman]

May have been said earlier but we can recover from this defeat and still win the PL. A defeat in the CL ends our challenge so, hard to take as it may be, losing to Leeds isn’t the end of the world. (Took me almost a whole day to get rational mind)

 

[Grassland Blue]

i got stick on here for saying sterling mendy jesus would not turn up and not give 100% today for missing out on starting champions league game midweek but the whole team besides stones was shocking

this result was coming for weeks and its the lack of goals or striker. am praying in the summer for haaland
but the truth is we need 2 strikers not just haaland. sterling is finished at city. jesus is not a striker. torres is not suited to premier league football

the media rave about this city squad. but the truth is they who don't play kick the dummy out of the pram when they are picked in meaningless games in the premier league and cups games. if we keep playing this 2nd string the lead in the league come down fast. utd will keep getting help and dodgy pens and say thank you for the 3 points

pep should be all over the players in the dressing room it was not good enough and you got shown up to a team that played with 10 men for the whole of the 2nd half ? if was pep i would be offering the door to mendy sterling jesus right now and say fuck off and don't come back

forget winning anything other than the premier league just get the title in the bag and then rebuild in the summer
we are not that good a squad people think we are. over paid players are taking up spaces on the bench that youth could be used. there is 3 or 4 good youth players good enough right now for a place in this squad

mendy sterling jesus aguero garcia torres thank you and good bye

Look we are are fantastic side,but nothing is a given champions to be are ruthless in situations like today,we have seen this before but really if your looking to win even the champions league then you sometimes need to knuckle down and grind things out or come from behind we can’t even do it against 10 men in a league game at home ffs,it’s absolutely appalling ..

We ground it out only recently against Dortmund...

 

[Tokyo32]

It will only be justified if we beat Dortmund. Rest who tho? Kev? Sure he has hit form over the last few games but he was rubbish prior. Foden? No need to rest him at his age? Gundo and Rodri I can accept. Dias/Laporte was the deciding factor. The rest put out yesterday served up total shit. Passing was off, closing down non existent. Shooting was pathetic and chance creation abysmal.

Leeds played a good game but a lot of the squad members need to stop hiding behind key players and help win games. Total fuck up yesterday.

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.

 

[deano ou812]

We ground it out only recently against Dortmund...

true,but we also missed some easy chances to not have ourselves in that position in the first place .

 

[blueabdi]

Sterling is playing at one worlds top clubs and is being paid a fortune. His performances this season have no where near the required standard. He had an opportunity today to stake a claim for a place back in the side, for CL Quarter final and he was absolutely dire. No effort, no guts, no desire. I have completely lost faith in him to turn this around and the rumour that he wants to be paid at the same level as KDB is a joke. As for “Disrespecting” Raheem he has to regain our RESPECT!

Don't judge him this season. so how many seasons he was poor?
He was one of the best players in the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons. He would definitely improve it but he needs motivation and support when he is not performing well.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Just because you’re a spineless soft arse doesn’t mean the players are as well.
Our bottle will go? Haha! Crank.

The Scousers still putting out full strength team, have they not got a mid-week fixture?

Klipperty has prioritised top 4 as he knows C/L is beyond them this season.

 

[blueyorkie]

it’s not obvious that they won’t will all their games though is it? I had no problem with some players being rested but pep done too many to begin the game with and the formation of the team was horrendous! Just get the title won but making 7 changes today was truly not needed.

There was no excuse for that team losing yesterday, too many bad performances and naive defending at the end.

 

[Paul1970]

WHAT??
So you reckon utd will win their next 8 league games?
Just to give you some stats that blow your theory wide open, in the last 13 games in all comps they have won 7, drawn 5 and lost 1.

In their last 11 league games, since January 27th, they have won 4, drawn 5 and lost 2.

What in your right mind makes you think they will win 8 out of 8 league games?
I'm all ears.
Edit...
Compare that to our run.
Played 29, won 27, lost 2 but you say we've got work to do.
Wumming isn't your best quality.

End of the day if they don’t you remind me of this idiotic post I did which could be later on but let’s see

 

[Phil1]

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.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

Knew before the game that Pep would pick a weakened team, he has swapped it around all season, especially against managers he likes, but he butchered this team 4 left backs? one center back 5 midfielders ( Jesus has had his balls cut off by Pep ) and none can score or defend, none has pace power or height to threaten, Pep is the greatest but yesterday he showed all his failings losing to hard working donkeys

 

[wolviedinho]

The reality is that top sides need their special players to turn games and we didn't start them. Nor should we have done. We wanted the weakest possible side that would win the game and we went too far and then didn't make the right sub. And it went for Leeds. 2 attacks, 2 goals.

Good points but we are supposed to have a quality squad. 2 players for each position who can be interchanged for any particular game. The system did not change yesterday, the tactics were the same so why did we not win?

Pep has spoken about the team is stronger collectively as we don’t have a star player to score goals. Well the collective was not up to standard yesterday and it was evident we needed a match winner. With the accounts out and our wage bill going up, you can’t help question the need to 2 quality players in each position when we can beat ten men at home.

 

[Grassland Blue]

With respect, Bill makes it quite clear every week that he would play the strongest line up and make no changes even if it meant the same 11 for the whole season.
That kind of thinking is so outdated I’m shocked anybody still comes out with it.

Rest half the team every match, everone gets games and the players aren't flogged to death, only playing 2 out of 4.
OR - go down the Klipperty road and only go for 1 trophy.
Simples.

 

[nellyonthewing]

We ground it out only recently against Dortmund...

We were close to grinding out a 2-2 draw ..