Match Thread | Man City vs. Aston Villa (03/04/24) 8:15pm K/O

[Sky Blue]

Luiz is a dirty ****..should have had another yellow

Ref a shithouse.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Fantastic intensity that half. Team well up for it.

we can alway up our liver if our heart demands so but my gut feeling is we can end this game without any head aches

 

[hilts]

Nice to see a bit of pace and sharpness back.

 

[Shuffs]

Bloody good half that, some lovely football which deserve goals at the end of it.

Only worry is how quick they are onto the back line when we lose the ball on the edge of their box, and the one on one's from the long balls.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Has Lewis played himself into contention to be the starting RB these last few games? Feel like it's almost been a bit unfair how little he has played this season, he looks sharp and threatening

No, because John Stones will be back in the team soon. Rico can only play right back if he inverts into midfield. He is a midfielder not a defender. But he can’t invert into midfield if Stones is in the team as Stones is just better at it, unfortunately for Rico.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Generally a good half. No doubt that was a second yellow for Luiz, would be a clear yellow if any non-booked player made the challenge.

Think we're much sharper up front, and it's not just as simple as Haaland not being there, we're changing up the pace way more than we have been doing recently. Those quick little interchanges, absolutely no reason we couldn't do that with Haaland on the pitch. I think Lewis has had a lot to do with those moves, he's been very good.

Alvarez is a bit of a catch-22 player, he must be a pain to play against for a defender, he's constantly moving and constantly closing down. He just lacks a bit of composure sometimes. Will come with age I think. Grealish and Doku both doing a good job on their respective wings, getting in behind.

Foden and Bernardo look like they're just missing a killer instinct. So many nearly moments.

Goal Difference matters, we should go out with the intention to bag another couple at least.

 

[Barcon]

Let's get this wrapped up in the first 10 mins of the 2nd half so we can concentrate on taking the piss out of the Villa fans.
****'s should come with subtitles.

 

[ThreesKompany]

The backtracking by Rico and Jeremy on that goal was not great.

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

I love Akanji, but my biggest criticism of him is his mentality. He's far too lacklustre on their goal. Everyone is blaming Dias, but it's a perfect assist because he's completely unbothered by Akanji.

 

[RobinHood]

I think grealish has played well, much more direct today.

I'd love a goal from him. For a number of reasons.