Leicester Post Match thread.

[PaulMoulden'sRecord]

Maybe, but at least he would have been trying, he never gave up. :-) I'd trust Dunnie over the defence we had today.

100%

 

[monkylarr]

Clearly has his favourites does Manuel. Yaya is at the stage of his career now where he needs to be used as an impact player against tired legs, not as a starter in front of that defence. Delph isn't a top shelf player but he was no worse than anyone else on the pitch today, wrong decision to bring him off imo.

Sterling is having his ability to go past a player coached out of him (just like Navas) and this is the reason he usually comes inside, but not until the opposition has managed to get their whole team behind the ball.

We play with no intensity, we don't close down, we don't get back at pace, we don't go forward at pace. It is boring, ineffective shite that Stuart fucking Pearce would have been ashamed of.

For their 2nd goal today, Zab made a tackle on the edge of their box and went to ground. Both Yaya and Silva were in the same area. Neither tracked back in Zabs place. The Leicester player strolled forward fully 40/50 yards and we backed off him completely. It was pathetic.

I'm convinced Manuel NEVER researches our opponents strengths and weaknesses. He isn't arsed one jot. The fucking ball rolled into the technical area when we were chasing the game and he didn't move a fucking muscle. He stood still and watched it roll past him. What message does that convey to the players?

I have no issue with losing a game, or even 10 games if stuff just isn't going right for us as long as we're having a go, trying different things, putting a shift in. The shit we watched today was pathetic and inexcusable. We're far from out of the race, but fucking hell, we're making it very difficult for ourselves.

Fair play to Leicester. They had a plan and it worked. They worked hard at their jobs and their manager clearly gives a fuck.

This is what I would write if I was a wordsmith like your good self,

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Quite sure most of our supporters suspected we would implode again , like the dipper game , Aguero's recent winning goals have papered over the cracks of an average Premier League season so far . In previous years , i could see a team that is capable of going on a ten match winning run and collecting a couple of trophies , it is not going to happen this time , too many players out of form or running on empty due to our injuries this year. Hopefully we can still beat the dippers , take the title to the last couple of games , and make some progress in the champs league , but i would be amazed if we win anything of real significance on todays showing

 

[Vienna_70]

Awful today. None of them emerged with any credit with the possible exception of Sterling, though Hart made some good saves. Too many passes going to Leicester players. I thought Silva had perhaps his worst game on a City shirt and Kolarov was equally as poor.

However, it was encouraging to see Bersant Celina make his PL début and give the lad his due, he didn't seem overawed by the step up.

Now we learn that Merlin will probably miss next Sunday's game against Spurs. Great! That's all we need!

 

[mancity1]

Agreed but we will do enough for top four, We won't at least mess that up.

Hope you are right but we downing tools too often this year despite the poor performances and results of others.

 

[Ajm1985]

Agree 100%. I always like to stay positive about City, but today I can't pretend that it wasn't shameful. Plus the way we've been playing the last months we ain't looking anything like a title winning team. Not even close. If rags, Chavs, Arse had all been playing like they should be doing, we'd have given up on title talk months ago.

Spuds are winning 1-0 so we're down to 3rd and playing them next week, and we'll almost certainly be down to 4th tomorrow afternoon. So, Spuds next weekend and then after the cup game and CL, the next league game is Dippers away which we also never win. Not looking rosy short term. We could be up against the rags fighting for 4th and 5th spot in early-mid March.

Today we played like we did against Wigan in the Cup final and it's not an isolated example. Looking forward to a clear out. I just hope we win the Cup

 

[stan bowles]

I'd take Drinkwater, Kante, Simpson and Albrighton aswell. Price tags mean nothing when they come to City, just look at Sterling.

Clearly has his favourites does Manuel. Yaya is at the stage of his career now where he needs to be used as an impact player against tired legs, not as a starter in front of that defence. Delph isn't a top shelf player but he was no worse than anyone else on the pitch today, wrong decision to bring him off imo.

Sterling is having his ability to go past a player coached out of him (just like Navas) and this is the reason he usually comes inside, but not until the opposition has managed to get their whole team behind the ball.

We play with no intensity, we don't close down, we don't get back at pace, we don't go forward at pace. It is boring, ineffective shite that Stuart fucking Pearce would have been ashamed of.

For their 2nd goal today, Zab made a tackle on the edge of their box and went to ground. Both Yaya and Silva were in the same area. Neither tracked back in Zabs place. The Leicester player strolled forward fully 40/50 yards and we backed off him completely. It was pathetic.

I'm convinced Manuel NEVER researches our opponents strengths and weaknesses. He isn't arsed one jot. The fucking ball rolled into the technical area when we were chasing the game and he didn't move a fucking muscle. He stood still and watched it roll past him. What message does that convey to the players?

I have no issue with losing a game, or even 10 games if stuff just isn't going right for us as long as we're having a go, trying different things, putting a shift in. The shit we watched today was pathetic and inexcusable. We're far from out of the race, but fucking hell, we're making it very difficult for ourselves.

Fair play to Leicester. They had a plan and it worked. They worked hard at their jobs and their manager clearly gives a fuck.

Agree with everything you say on here. I really think Pellegrini either believes it's all about what we do and not them (that's naïve and disrespectful to the opposition at best and damn stupid at work or he's was told on his appointment that his remit is to play attacking football at all costs. It produces a lazy, arrogant approach that just won't cut it. The other thing is, the players are clearly not fit enough for the demands of the PL. Core fitness is gained in pre-season but the players are not able to produce high energy performances at anything like the frequency required. Training should be damn hard work for all of them. I'm not convinced the training and fitness ethos at the club is anything like strict enough.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Toure, silva, sterling, Demichelis all totally and utter shite. But the starring role has to go to Kolorov! How people think he is good is beyond me. Best left back in the league? Ha ha don't make me fucking laugh. He is wank.

We were gash from the kick off and bizarrely after a 15 min team talk we were even worse after the kick off in the second half! Demichellis being chief culprit.

We are not going to win the league because that is not a team that is playing anywhere near well enough. Spurs will fucking hammer us if we play like that next week. We were fortunate at Sunderland, fortunate to get a point at West Ham and fortunate to get all 3 at Watford. Bar the first 5 games we have been as bad as I've seen us in the last 5 seasons

Pellegrini is fucking clueless and too many players don't give a shit.

 

[Benarbia]

Disgusting effort from the team disgusting tactics from the manager. No heart, fight, nothing. Spuds will spank us next week and we could be in real trouble losing our place in the top four

Can't believe our record against the top 6

 

[blue_sonic176]

Losing is one thing, but this team has been played off the pitch and shipped away 2 goals to Stoke, 4 to Tottenham, 4 to Liverpool and 3 to Leicester. That's just unforgivable.