Match Thread | Bournemouth vs. Man City (02/11/24)

[MCFC1993]

What’s the point of Bernardo playing? He gets the ball in advanced positions with Haaland and Foden ahead, but always slows down to show off some skills and pass backward!

Bernardo is the only one who gets any credit out there, started off most of our attacks.

He's having to do Rodri's (& Kovacic's & Gundo's) and KDB's job in there.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

FFS man!! This thread is about today's performance not the last four seasons. Match day thread - The clue is in the title.

We are currently top of the league with a squad who have played more games than any other team in the last 4 seasons.

 

[nellyonthewing]

From treble winners down to this notwithstanding injuries is a huge drop off .

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Said it when I saw the team sheet, that midfield is only good for walking football.

Gundo on a free looked a fantastic piece of business but with every passing game he looks worse physically. In all fairness, we didn't bring him in to start every week. But Rodri and KDB being out has wrecked our plans.

 

[youngbob]

FFS man!! This thread is about today's performance not the last four seasons. Match day thread - The clue is in the title.

He literally said "Same shit every week". Clearly not just talking about today was he.

 

[cookster]

That's the worst I've seen us play under pep. It's not just the scoreline, but the football...were so fucking boring.

Another half of football without a shot on target.
This is probably the worst squad we've had since Peps first season.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Gundo is a shadow of the player who went to Barca, it’s really strange and sad to see

Him and Kovacic together is a worry every game. They dwell on the ball too long.
Gundogan hasn’t passed the ball to a City player since he’s come back to us, as far as I can see. Keeps giving it away.
Kovacic is too slow.

Haaland’s hold up play for the size of him, is so poor. Doesn’t really offer an out ball.

I think Pep should introduce the team to each other at half time.

 

[MCFC1993]

Lewis on for Gundo for me, stick him in the middle, more mobility and more creativity.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

We could have put the money down for Bruno Guimaraes’ release clause and had energy, technique, dynamism, but we cheaped out and got a 34 year old Gundo that can’t run instead, on a contract where he gets an automatic extension if he plays enough games. And due to the injuries, he will. The board need to show we are actually serious about continuing to be successful beyond Pep. The summer window was dreadful.

 

[deano ou812]

When you keep winning titles year after year. You have to keep evolving your squad bringing in hungry players looking for success and moving on our legends who have done their bit but we have kept most of them and even brought one back and now sentiment is gonna kick our arses . Gundo shouldn’t have come back and Walker should have been let go aswell and as much as I love him kdb needs to be gone in the summer allowing us to rebuild .

Unfortunately you are correct we seem to think these players can go on for another year then another..