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Man City vs Reading - Post Match Discussion
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the talisman
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Magicpants said:the talisman said:Magicpants said:How many quality saves was Federici forced to make in the whole match?
Yes we were basically camped in their 3rd but why wouldn't we be when a shit pub team decides to play a 9-0-1.
It was a fucking shite performance, trying to pass it into the net, we got lucky.
We didn't get lucky, Reading were lucky to keep us out for 93 minutes. We got what we deserved and so did they.
We had 3 shots on target in total, yeah we put them to the sword.
I never said we put them to the sword but we were the better team
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Magicpants said:the talisman said:Magicpants said:How many quality saves was Federici forced to make in the whole match?
Yes we were basically camped in their 3rd but why wouldn't we be when a shit pub team decides to play a 9-0-1.
It was a fucking shite performance, trying to pass it into the net, we got lucky.
We didn't get lucky, Reading were lucky to keep us out for 93 minutes. We got what we deserved and so did they.
We had 3 shots on target in total, yeah we put them to the sword.
Have to agree with you , we certainly didn't make enough things happen , or test their goalie enough ....
Millwallawayveteran1988
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Total dross today and we got away with that.We turned up expecting to win without putting the required effort in.
Yaya was fcking awful and silva average and when those two don't play well neither do we.
Need to up it on Wednesday.
Yaya was fcking awful and silva average and when those two don't play well neither do we.
Need to up it on Wednesday.
Armaan said:We need a new manager, got lucky today.
Behave
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herrock said:Stop moaning about Reading just defending, they have been leaking goals lately, it's up to us to be more direct. We couldn't half do with a decent winger.
They may well have been leaking goals , but today was probably Readings best performance of the season .....
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My thoughts on the game:
1- I am not sure Barry and Garcia are good combination
2- Yaya shouldn't start again as attacking midfielder, he is better as a CM
3- Someone has to tell Silva that he is allowed to shoot and score
4- Rekik looked solid, but he doesn't look natural fullback
1- I am not sure Barry and Garcia are good combination
2- Yaya shouldn't start again as attacking midfielder, he is better as a CM
3- Someone has to tell Silva that he is allowed to shoot and score
4- Rekik looked solid, but he doesn't look natural fullback
I can barely believe that game. We should have scored in the first half, couple of "How the fuck?!" chances in the second, and still came 90 seconds away from pretty much burying our league hopes until Barry of all people gets the winner. A few points in semi rant form.
Tevez and Aguero start again, we win again, and again it's pretty much nothing to do with either of them. Fuck knows how that works but keep starting them anyway.
Rekik had a fair enough game, but we heavily rely on our fullbacks for attacking and he's clearly not there yet (as he's supposed to be a centre back). Players didn't look like they trusted him even if he was in ok positions.
Some really nice passes of play THROUGH THE MIDDLE (argh!!) of a 9 man Reading built wall, carved out some fair chances but again everyone too fucking scared to shoot (One point early ish, Aguero pulled the ball back to Tevez who should have lamped it, but for some reason we still felt the need to play 5 more passes before losing possession). If Silva shot nearly half the amount of times he tries to play perfect through balls he'd probably be the leagues joint top scorer.
Yaya was often crap. Some really bad passing from him and letting Macanuff of all people skin you and nearly draw a penalty should be punishable by a night in the stocks.
Barry/Garcia wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, but they still don't offer enough different to one another to be playing at the same time. Garcia looked like he's still on the up though, a big positive. Would like to see some more aerial threat from him ala Stoke, he has it in him. It still doesn't look as good as Barry/Milner (superb to see him even get on the pitch today), but I'm guessing he wasn't fit enough yet, so that's fair doos.
A new back line kept a clean sheet, and a pretty convincing one. Reading had a couple of half good header chances but never properly cut us open on the break. Whatever the commentators were on trying to say Rekik gave away a penalty I want some of. Against a side that put 3 past the Rags, a few past Arsenal over a few games, that's good going.
I may have to admit that we're a better side with Nasri in it than without.
And we weren't as good as we were against Newcastle in that first half. We really need to be more direct sometimes because we seem to love putting ourselves in a position of nearly getting it right in the ass. If we played like the first half against Newcastle (at least the bit when Nasri was on) we'd walk it. We clearly can, so fucking do!
Realistically it was a bit of a cobbled together team, but we were playing Reading, and that cobbled together team still had Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, David Silva and Yaya Toure in it. They're bottom of the league for a reason. Again, a very late goal has saved some very awkward questions. I don't expect us to roll everyone 5-0, but we could make our lives a lot easier if we didn't persist in trying to take 30 touches in the 6 yard box before someone finally puts their fucking foot through it.
Tevez and Aguero start again, we win again, and again it's pretty much nothing to do with either of them. Fuck knows how that works but keep starting them anyway.
Rekik had a fair enough game, but we heavily rely on our fullbacks for attacking and he's clearly not there yet (as he's supposed to be a centre back). Players didn't look like they trusted him even if he was in ok positions.
Some really nice passes of play THROUGH THE MIDDLE (argh!!) of a 9 man Reading built wall, carved out some fair chances but again everyone too fucking scared to shoot (One point early ish, Aguero pulled the ball back to Tevez who should have lamped it, but for some reason we still felt the need to play 5 more passes before losing possession). If Silva shot nearly half the amount of times he tries to play perfect through balls he'd probably be the leagues joint top scorer.
Yaya was often crap. Some really bad passing from him and letting Macanuff of all people skin you and nearly draw a penalty should be punishable by a night in the stocks.
Barry/Garcia wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, but they still don't offer enough different to one another to be playing at the same time. Garcia looked like he's still on the up though, a big positive. Would like to see some more aerial threat from him ala Stoke, he has it in him. It still doesn't look as good as Barry/Milner (superb to see him even get on the pitch today), but I'm guessing he wasn't fit enough yet, so that's fair doos.
A new back line kept a clean sheet, and a pretty convincing one. Reading had a couple of half good header chances but never properly cut us open on the break. Whatever the commentators were on trying to say Rekik gave away a penalty I want some of. Against a side that put 3 past the Rags, a few past Arsenal over a few games, that's good going.
I may have to admit that we're a better side with Nasri in it than without.
And we weren't as good as we were against Newcastle in that first half. We really need to be more direct sometimes because we seem to love putting ourselves in a position of nearly getting it right in the ass. If we played like the first half against Newcastle (at least the bit when Nasri was on) we'd walk it. We clearly can, so fucking do!
Realistically it was a bit of a cobbled together team, but we were playing Reading, and that cobbled together team still had Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, David Silva and Yaya Toure in it. They're bottom of the league for a reason. Again, a very late goal has saved some very awkward questions. I don't expect us to roll everyone 5-0, but we could make our lives a lot easier if we didn't persist in trying to take 30 touches in the 6 yard box before someone finally puts their fucking foot through it.
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Kolo was a rock and always passed forward. Zabaleta was immense again today. Kun was here there and everywhere but can anyone explain what on earth is the point of Sinclair?