Match Thread | Man City vs B. Dortmund (14/09/22)

[MarsLlama]

Harsh. He was the most threatening player in the first half.

Honestly I think he created the illusion of threat just because he shot a few times, but I don't think there was ever any danger of those shots testing the 'keeper

 

[homerdog]

I thought we played alright, BD are clearly a decent, well-drilled, team.

Grealish has been frustrating though - it's obvious to me that he is playing to Pep's plan out on the left, because Foden does it too. But twice in a few minutes he cut into the box and got into an excellent position, but, instead of trying to find Haaland, he didn't even look up and shot straight at a defender.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Good side Dortmund. Organised and wily as fuck.

Stones doesn’t look comfortable at the attacking element of RB.

Need a bit more pace, guile and vigour. Alvarez, Foden and Bernardo need to be getting warmed up.

Thought Ake had a stormer of a half there.

 

[gaz76]

Harsh. He was the most threatening player in the first half.

Now I know you are on the wind up, every match day you come on with the same shite, your either related to him or work for him, grealish has been shite, every touch is backwards and slows the game down, there has to be a reason you come on every week not seeing what everyone else can

 

[01cravend]

Pep NEEDS to swap some things around. Gomez on for Stones, Canelo to the right. Will make us so much better going forward.

 

[Burtonblue]

Foden and Silva to come on at 60 min if we haven’t scored
Need to move the ball wide much quicker

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Don’t be stupid. He’s having a bad run. No need to go over the top like that.

It’s not over-the-top when we know how it will go before KO. Mahrez and Grealish doing the same thing they do every week. How long do we have to wait before people can actually comment on this “bad run”?

 

[SebastianBlue]

We seem strange this season. One minute incredible the next a bit lost

We often look lost when we play Grealish and Mahrez on the wings, as one isn’t a winger, and the other requires a high energy partner down that side to be effective.

And even when Walker is playing, Mahrez as of late has looked quite sluggish.

 

[cookster]

Early days but biggest concern is we can't seem to put 2 decent performances together. Hot one game, cold the next.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

He needs at least 3 seasons to come good. He would eventually come good. Remember it took Bernie, Sane, Mahrez and Gundo four seasons to settle in.

Jesus. You must be the most patient person ever. 4 seasons lol