Match Thread | Man City vs. Chelsea (17/02/24)

[chesterbells]

Just a reminder; a draw isn't disastrous. All it does is remove the safety net of a point at Anfield being sufficient to win the title.

Cheers for pointing that out, genuinely. A bit of context always handy, esp in the middle of a matchday thread! The way that first half went, a draw wouldn’t be a disaster here.

 

[Dax777]

The system that works now is having 3 CBs with Walker wide and the RM coming inside to join the 2 mids behind Erling.

Left mid stays wide and RightBack takes up the RW position... Right mid stays inside.

 

[Keeper!]

Injuries to Stones, Grealish, Kovacic, and Bernardo are fucking us. Just can't get a proper midfield together for more than a couple of games at a time this season. Fitness is causing us huge issues.

Pep fucking about is costing us, we still have the players to beat these, sadly most are say getting splinters on the bench

 

[deano ou812]

Chelsea have set up well and pressed us well. But god are we not at the races. I thought when we were walking around at 5 minutes, here we go this is going to be a long night.

Absolutely spot on with the walking around and you just then get that vibe about the game and how it’s going to play out ..

 

[Blu1]

Just a reminder; a draw isn't disastrous. All it does is remove the safety net of a point at Anfield being sufficient to win the title.

More our performance for me. We look a shadow of city. Yes we generally win but we just have zero energy or fear factor this season.

 

[Chippy_boy]

I think Doku has been awful

But not worse than the rest.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

I really don’t like Phil stuck on the wing when Alvarez and Akanji are in the middle

Best get ready to watch it for rest of this game

 

[BlueMonkey79]

He didn’t look too flash on Wednesday TBF.

That'll be the Kane effect

 

[Beanhead]

Has their keeper touched the ball

No, even when he tried to he missed it lol

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Absolutely abysmal of Txiki not to get that Gundo contact renewal sorted last season. We really do miss him, Riyad and Ayme.