Match Thread | Man City vs Brentford (12/11/22)

[SebastianBlue]

We’ve been poor, Foden’s brilliant strike aside. Very slow, plodding, playing within ourselves. One eye on the WC it seems. Only Eddie has really played well.

Hopefully Pep lights a fire under their arses in the dressing room.

 

[M Gaudino]

The ref has no business being on a football pitch. Although the fix clearly runs much deeper than just him, when you look at all the VAR checks that come back negative.

We have not played at all well, but the officiating has been beyond abysmal.

what VAR decision were you upset with?

 

[axlgod]

So Foden doesn’t stand next to Kev for corners, then scores.
Who would’ve thunk it?

 

[Brewster's millions]

For all the nonsense from the ref today though we’ve been shit today. Very lethargic performance so far and lucky to go in level at half time.

Can’t believe we started with Rodri and Gundogan given how knackered they looked in the week.

Not starting Grealish was a big mistake - again - and he should be on at half time. We need to run at them in the second half.

Don’t like Bernado on the wing - just takes one of our best players completely out of the game.

Akanji and Stones have been awful defensively and need a rocket up them.

 

[kun]

Grealish and Gómez for Stones and Gündogan I reckon. Foden and Cancelo move to the right. Bernardo moves to the middle. Need more energy in the middle and more natural overlappers. Either way think we’ll win this.

 

[domalino]

I can never understand that. It’s a waste of a player.

It’s fukin stupid! It does absolutely fuck all except put us a man down

Statistics prove goals are overwhelmingly more likely to come from short corners.

So City use short corners and score more goals than anyone else from corners, even accounting for the extra amount of corners we get.

Even when you don’t use short corners, having someone available to take one pulls a man out of the box which makes normal corners more effective.


The club spends millions a year on the best coaching staff in the world to be guided by the best analysts and if they do something it’s because it works.

 

[manimanc]

Beglin is a **** on comms

You missed the word 'scouse' between the words a and ****.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

and rest of the team

Think Phil just showed you he's up for it

 

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

Not convinced any of our penalties were penalties, the handball near the line possibly, we've had our minds elsewhere, mahrez or jack on for gundogan, move Bernardo into the middle

The one on laporte looked the most Likely

 

[M Gaudino]

Six (6) VAR decisions and not a fooking sausage……

We were better that last 5 minutes but pep needs to put some fire into these boys for H2

i wouldnt have given any of them either