Match Thread | Man City vs. Brentford (20/02/24)

[plongo]

Akanji, Walker, Alvarez.....why?

 

[Mattyc55]

Haaland and alvarez stink at the moment.

Lack of creativity from full back is killing us in these kind of games too.

 

[mccity]

Ooof not a good stat

Scoring at Tottenham clearly came at a cost...

 

[hertsblue]

Sadly we have declined hugely this season and its a mix of poor transfer activity and baffling team selections by Pep.
Our defence changes per game and shits itself anytime someone runs at them and we are way to easy to counter due to only having 1 proper midfielder in Rodri, who isnt the quickest and attacking we have no pace, are far to slow and when we even create chances this is the worst season ive seen us in taking them.
We dont have that fear factor anymore and Alverez anywhere but up front isn’t working, and going forward Kyle has regressed hugely.
We just have a lack of pace in the team and are so slow teams find it easy to defend

 

[spacecadet]

This referee is in the fucking way all the time, surprise, surprise.

 

[BlueLou82]

So boring to watch, no injection of pace and passes just being rolled to each other.

We moan that teams play 11 men behind the ball, but we literally do everything we can to ensure they get chance to get all their men back with the speed of our play.

Could be a struggle this 2nd half and tbh it wouldn't surprise me if they knicked a goal.

Agree with this, it seems to be an obsession with keeping control of the game rather than take a chance and counter sometimes.

All the possession is working in their favour allowing them to keep their shape.

Its lovely tidy football but not really effective sometimes.

 

[madloaf]

I don’t think Bobb could have done much more in fairness. It was great defending from Mee.

Agreed. Bobb skill to get the shot itself was sublime. Hit the target...great defending as you said.

 

[CTID1988]

Walker is shite. Get Alvarez off too. Going to be pissed off if Pep waits til 60 mins to make any subs, needs doing now

 

[SamBlue]

You are not going to move this defence by anchoring Erling in his 4 square meters in the box. I am not sure what is Pep trying to prove this season, but I know we are not going to win the title on a goal difference.

 

[bluemoon32]

One of Alvarez or Haaland off please