Match Thread | Man City vs. Feyenoord (26/11/24)

[blueste41]

I wish Pep would play Ortega in goal and try Eddie in midfield.
He’d pick a defence splitting pas better than any of them.

I doubt he would be at a fitness level required to play in midfield, I'm also not buying that he switched to been a goalie because he's lazy-sure he has a great pass and shows good foot control but you need more than that to play at this level as an outfield player.

 

[Lauz9888]

Dunno if this has been mentioned before - can't Grealish play central midfield?

Here's where he's played in his career:


Years since he played in the middle with any regularity though, so I expect we'd only play him there in an emergency. I'll let you decide if current circumstances qualify as that.

 

[MMA]

Be honest now; did anyone else think he was going to miss it? Me? Never a doubt.

;-)

Be honest.
You put a quid on at the bookies that he misses.. ;-)

 

[journolud]

The criticism of Gundogan is off the scale. No way he would have been expected to play the number of games he has and in the position he is. Shown some decent touches but playing in a team on a poor run, not getting the rub of the green and for some individuals running on empty. Don’t know what people expect

 

[middle-englandblue]

Not great but we have a lead at least
Need a 2nd early 2nd half then I think we will be ok

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

You have to be pretty shit to be in the bottom 12 at this stage, don’t you?

Oh, hi PSG.

 

[bluemurray]

Really poor.

So much has been said about us having many players in decline which is right, but doesn't explain how much of the same group can go from a performance of absolute dominance against Real Madrid in May to this shite tonight.

The loss of Rodri is another factor but again doesn't justify this drop of intensity.

For me it's aging players worn out after years playing at an unbelievable intensity, hitting a collective wall having had virtually no 'close-season' rest. Add to this a piss-poor transfer policy and here we are!

 

[Frankie lad]

Gundo needs to be 15 yards up the pitch he’s wasted where he is playing.Stick Jack there he’s doing nothing on the flank.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Rudiger. Ugh.

 

[Gabriel]

Really poor.

So much has been said about us having many players in decline which is right, but doesn't explain how much of the same group can go from a performance of absolute dominance against Real Madrid in May to this shite tonight.

The loss of Rodri is another factor but again doesn't justify this drop of intensity.

Just checked and 7 of the starting eleven against Real are starting tonight. We looked on our chinstraps at the end of that game and some have looked tired for a while, understandably.