Leverkusen (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

[Fordyboy46]

Who else felt as flat as fuck leaving the stadium last night?

 

[Norbert D]

Who else felt as flat as fuck leaving the stadium last night?

About 48000 did mate.

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

Who else felt as flat as fuck leaving the stadium last night?

Felt flat as fuck going in after the team news

 

[cleavers]

A number of posters in this thread feeling sorry for themselves because they travelled or paid money for hotels and trains. The simple solution is to not support a team who play in a different city or if you're from Manchester, don't move away. They deserve no more credit for attending last night than the lad who can see Mary D's from his kitchen window.

Nope, not on my part, I was angry last night.

I could make a perfectly good argument for everyone that started last night, my issue with it, was all of them starting at the same time, it was ridiculous, it was arrogant, it was stupid. Had I known he was going to do that, I genuinely wouldn't have bothered, but I went, because to me it was a big game in the context of this years competition, and I'm still angry he basically threw the game.

I currently live several hours away from the Etihad, and haven't lived in or near Manchester since 1981 (hopefully within a few weeks it'll be half an hour away as I've retired and will be moving back). I've followed the club from wherever I've lived in that time, but I can't remember being as pissed off as I was at 75 minutes yesterday (maybe the cup final against wigan), and I've seen some SHITE in that time, but there was no need for that last night, and I'd have been just as pissed off, had I lived in a house behind the south stand.

 

[cleavers]

Pete the Badge lives in London

Not quite but it's down that way.

 

[HelloCity]

Absolutely mate, zero confidence we'll go all guns blazing on Saturday. I imagine it will be all pedestrian again and will be very hard work

Why? It will literally be a completely different team.

Everyone knows it was shit but it was shit because we made 10 changes, which was a poor decision from Pep.

I know your gimmick is to bring everyone down and disappear when we do well. There’s something very coded about your posts.

 

[cleavers]

Good point. Hopefully it will be Khaldoon.

I hope he was there last night, he puts in a lot of effort to be there, I would imagine he'd have been as pissed off with that as the rest of us are/were.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Donnarumma.

Debatable but maybe, ederson was awesome. But the time was probably right.

 

[big gaz]

Imagine if Haaland & Rodri leave next summer?

The club will have loads of money ;-)

 

[supercity88]

Correct, it's a bit unfair on the second string players to play them all at the same time - that is, if you are one that is actually a better standard than the others it's hard to show because them playing poorly around you drags your game down too.

Players I'm quickly losing patience with;-

Savinho
Bobb

I think when Savinho slipped over and lost the ball late on it couldn't have been a better example of where his career at City is currently!

Reijnders is also incredibly disappointing. He just doesn't seem to have anything other than run and lose the ball to his game, and with Savinho and Marmoush doing the same last night it was a frustrating watch.

Bobb needs to do more undoubtedly but he has the ability to play that more patient pass and move football.

Fundamentally it's a combination of the players being too selfish but also a lack of structure. On and off the ball they didn't seem to know what the plan was. I can't believe Pep told them to just attack with the ball and then see what happened, but that was our plan. There was no patience or guile to try and unlock Leverkusen.

 

[bennyboy]

Kalvin so poor he couldn't get in?

That would have meant 11 changes.lol

 

[big gaz]

Wow...that was a sobering game to endure. Shocking from the manager and his team. Leverkusen easily deserved their 2-0 win.
As for Savinho, Reijnders, Bobb, Ake, Ait Nouri, Trafford and Cherki...the less said, the better.

Keeper not at fault for their goals ?

 

[SWPISHOME]

There wouldn’t be any need for violence either. Says everything about you.

Well you can't go around calling people a "moron" whenever you feel like it and not expect some back...

You're a keyboard warrior, as I've mentioned you wouldn't say something like that to my face.

You carry on and continue being Billy big bollocks on a forum if that's what makes you sleep at night the tough man that you are...

Jog on.

 

[Petetheblu]

Maybe the problem is Pep ball.

Its a mix of things.

I'm confident Pep will get it right.

 

[big gaz]

If the criticism is bad now... it will be ten-fold if last nights result ends up dropping us into the play-offs

Can't imagine the club bosses would be too impressed either

Think the clubs bosses are more interested in a hearing result ;-)

 

[big gaz]

The thing that pissed me off last night was the fuck it attitude from Pep in the post match interview. Seems like nobody apart from the fans was arsed about last night's performance

All the players had a chance to put themselves in the selection window, wow

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Think the clubs bosses are more interested in a hearing result ;-)

Perhaps they’ve heard and that’s our new first team…

 

[Mike S]

It wasn't fair on the 10 players and it wasn't fair to the paying fans who attended. That said, Pep has won a shit load of cups for us (and also lost a good few with baffling selections mostly in the CL) so perhaps he has a lot of good will in the bank.

9 of the starting eleven are full internationals. Pep had one of his biggest brain farts last night but the players are also not above criticism....

 

[Nightmare Walking]

A number of posters in this thread feeling sorry for themselves because they travelled or paid money for hotels and trains. The simple solution is to not support a team who play in a different city or if you're from Manchester, don't move away. They deserve no more credit for attending last night than the lad who can see Mary D's from his kitchen window.

They deserve credit for moving out of Manchester, though.

 

[gocity]

Yes, but they’re having a reasoned debate, unlike you, you nasty little twat.

Have you lost sight, in your angry little hour, that I am one of the people who travels to watch City? I’m proud of the effort me and my boys make to get there but when we lose, I don’t complain about the hours on the motorway because we support City win, lose or draw. You see, it was my choice to move away.

for goodness sake, give it a rest