Leicester v City post match

When's dinho back? Saving him for dippers?

If he is out there is an argument for 3 at back with 2 doing dinho job.

Anyway, just play every forward next game and forget defending
 
The whole of the second half I was sat watching knowing what was coming,seen those games so many times, toothless in front of goal and sucker punched. We have so many "nice" players, but when the going gets tough they shit themselves and hide. Only player wanting to grab the game and win it for us was Kev and he got whipped off!
 
We've stopped being ruthless in front of goal, it's reminding me of peps first season when we should put away chances and they only need one chance to score from it
 
Silva top said:
Didn’t see much football or pride today. We are reaping the problem of not buying a replacement for Fernandinho. Most people could see that a strong quick midfielder was more important than yet another not very talented winger. Putting in Gundogan to do a mans job was never going to work today plus Delph is out of form - Laporte at left back is a much better option imo even though he would be out of position or maybe swap Danilo over to the left but Pep thinks he knows best (and Laporte was not the only problem v Liverpool in the Chumps league imo.
Will take a miracle now but you never know. Christmas period has been our undoing quite a few times in the past but we have all 4 of the top 5 at home in the second half of the season
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Good post

We miss Fern so much
Cannot afford to be without him. Look at the last few weeks since chelsea defeat . How did we do without him? Lost twice .Elephant in the room really unless we start admitting what's a gaping hole of a problem .
Same fixture last year , Fern present. Heck leicester even had a good Mahrez that day .We had 70% possession , nearly 800 completed passes and gave them 0 shots on target . This was on the 18/11/17
Pep's teams are so well oiled that even a small percentage of an anomaly can result in disaster . Sorry to be so hyperbolic but in reality the well oiled machine has certain requisites - possession 9/10ths of the law usually, 85% and above pass completion rate so that there's an end product that doesn't often result in turnovers to opposition, low amount of corners to opposition , tackles that involve winning balls back, 2nd actions etc that involves commitment and intensity etc , 5-10 shots on target Did we see an acceptable rate of that today ? Just asking .
Fern does that donkey work that we Unfortunately take for granted in spoiling and
David Silva has also been out injured. Huge player -scores goals too.
Mendy has been missed because his attack keeps oppo on their toes and adds to percentage possession and completion rate. He can be caught out at times but not so much as to concede too many goals.We allied far too many shots on target today -5!
Kevin hasn't been missed until we have lost the other 3 to injury. He only played half a game today. Not enough to secure a result.
It all adds up
But Fern is a huge loss , a spoiler, a grinder, a workhorse, as ubiquitous as the day is long , accurate passing,nearly all moves go through him, director and initiator of actions , scores the odd goal etc list goes on .
Let's see how Pool do withoutVVD and Salah for 3 games. Thing is ,they wouldn't fall apart as much as we do because we are such an optimal machine. A thing of beauty that is disrupted when certain huge players are injured and rhythm is lost.
At Southampton if we have 6 shots on target we will score 2-3 .If we allow them 5 on target they could score 3.
Need Fern back
If not then Pep you have to find something .
 
Let's summarise: Claude Puel, the new genius (!). He beats Sarri and Pep with three DEFENSIVE midfielders who can't control a ball (??)
 
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