Liverpool (N) | Community Shield | Post-Match

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I was positive yesterday, but something’s happened overnight and I’m negative now.

10 days of Covid was enough.

We’ll still win the league, in all probability.

 

[alexmcity]

City are always good even when we are poor. By that I mean we consistently create the better chances and that categorically happened yesterday - 5 big chances against Liverpool is unprecedented.

Sure, they exposed us but fuck me "the best back 4 in the world", er, wasn't.

You always back your points with facts mate. Keep up the good work.

Let me add that Liverpool's first 2 goals were a bit lucky: unfortunate deflection by Ake and unfortunate handball by Dias. Such things happen, next time hopefully in our favour.

 

[vicblueman]

Guess it's the latter.

Also, given that we need Cancelo in atrack as well, Ake's experience at LB was needed because of Salah. Dias would struggle vs Salah more than Ake.

Didn't work though did it ?
When dias 1st came to city & was partnered with stones you could see that they enjoyed playing together & had a very good understanding .
Then Laporte was put back in the team because of his sulking the following season .
I would of started with stones yesterday & the defence would of been a lot better.
On Cancelo he's good going forward with the ball ,but his defending is questionable, the space he gave salah at times was poor .
We need to bring in a proper leftback that can complement what walker does for the team on the rightside, then the defence will be balanced or their will be a few away games where it could go pearshaped.

 

[carlosthejackal]

might take another month of games for the players to get up to speed and implement any new progressions in play but no doubt whatsoever we'll be tearing it up soon. Alvarez is already a fan favourite, cant wait to see him play in the flesh.

The question is can we afford a month of getting up to speed , City and Liverpool have created a league where the margin for error is minuscule.

 

[give it to gordon]

I will probably get some grief for saying this.
I cant get excited about the charity shield. It's a game played when most of the players arent fit. I sat at home on my sofa not bothered about it, didnt make a noise when we scored.

Plus I would never spend my hard earn cash on attending the charity shield, fair play to the blues that do, but its not for me.

I prefer to spend my cash during the season so looking forward to the 27th when we attend our first of the season.

This isnt sour grapes I just dont class the charity shield as a major final. Well it's not a final really lol. As only two teams enter it !

CTID

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

On a serious note what are your thoughts on yesterdays match and the coming season? Nothing can be gained from that gane yesterday as city start slow in most seasons and don’t really perform in friendly matches. It would have been nice to have won the game but it’s not to be and we will have gained an insight into we’re we need to be . As for haaland he will take time to adjust to our play as will our players who will need to play ti his strengths and that miss wasn’t great but he also had one chalked off aswell . Once again both teans will go toe to toe again .

I’m dying to know who his deleted post was aimed at. I really wish it was me.

 

[give it to gordon]

The question is can we afford a month of getting up to speed , City and Liverpool have created a league where the margin for error is minuscule.

Time will tell. But can you keep pushing the players 100% ?

They had two seasons back to back ( two week gap ? ). This season starts early because of the stupid world cup. Last season was the National league thingy. Most think it's odd how the dippers keep playing 100% mph day in day.
Pep feels our players cant do that so he trys to give them a decent break.

Remember last year the dippers pretend to have an out break of covid19 to give his players a break. In that time City pulled clear. Once the dippers out break was found to be down to a faulty batch ( bollocks ), they went back to 100mph hoofball.

Press/media say nothing about the dippers covid19 outbreak or their mid season break

 

[ancoats]

OK people, let's get back to earth after the summer of excitement with new signings and Haaland

nobody is ever going to give Manchester city anything even credit when we are unstoppable, we need to be 100% match ready, pre-season is meaningless for results and go and look at arsenal and united both think they are going to be champions again and flying, well let's see when the games have something on them like 3 points,

everybody knows pep and city's plans in pre-season, he does not burn players out before a very long season,
YES we needed another week or so, YES players will need time to bed in, YES Haaland is going to miss chances

also, IF Liverpool think they have the upper hand already then fine, it's their way of thinking and also media lead
BUT you can look at it the other way, a very much undercut Manchester city was in the game for 80 minutes before the dodgy Liverpool pen,

# TOGETHER

 

[Kamaro011]

Sense.

Not popular around here, need moar flapping and moaning.

 

[alexmcity]

Then Laporte was put back in the team because of his sulking the following season .

Pep wouldn't be Pep if he were influenced like that. Some fans go with shit conspiracy theories instead of seeing the facts. Last season Laporte was our most available and reliable defender. He risked his health and played injured in the last games to help us win the title.

If Stones wants to be our main CB he should stay fit for longer than 2-3 months. When Laporte got that bad injury, Stones was so shit that Pep had to play Ferna at CB. I get the bias with Stones. It's natural, he's English, looks like a great lad, and so on. Nobody is guilty that he is injury prone though, or that he listens to his anti-vax GF.