Match Thread | Man City vs Lyon (15/08/20)

[OntarioBlue]

fern

Fuck me

gundogan and Rodri in midfield just does not work

Fernandhino and Gundogan off
Foden Silva on

walker stay back

this

 

[Matt the Giant]

So embarrassing if this turns out to be Dave's last game with us.

 

[Eds]

Odd first half. Odd that Pep would choose a CL quarter final to play 352. Odd that having decided to do so he plays a right footer at left wing back. Odd that he would play Garcia, odd he would play Gundogan and Rodri in this formation. The whole thing is very odd, can’t understand it. Need to go back to how we play best and let them worry about us. Go back to 433 with Foden in for Garcia or Ferny if he thinks Ferny might get sent off.

 

[CatMan]

Just why, why, why was there a need to change shape and end up with a 3 defensive midfielders that are piss slow as our creative core? It's that fucking bad I can only think Guardiola is doing it for a bet! Just shocking and 100% down to tinkerman Pep.

 

[US_Citizen]

It is not the players,they have been shackled by piep

I don't disagree

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

We saw it with Atalanta, RB leipzig and yesterday with bayern. You cannot "over manage" at this stage! Bravery is what pushes a team at this stage.

Pep needs to stop worrying about what the opposition would do and instead focus on what HIS TEAM can do! Make the changes second half and let them play to their ability, win or lose!

 

[@BluePhil8]

Foden, Mahrez or Bernardo. Any of those 3 and a change of shape and we'll win this.

Fingers crossed all 3.

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Personally I don't give a flying shite about the corruption league and haven't done since we were blatantly cheated against the murderers.

And after the way he stuck his neck out for us as a club in the aftermath of the uefa ban I will never ever want pep to not be here. I don't care if he relegates us. The man stood up for us when lesser men would have been heading for the door.

The club however appear to want to win this thing one day which worries me as pep will never win the champions League. He doesn't have the balls to go for it and outsmarts himself every single year. He isn't tactically good enough to win the thing. That's just the way it is.

Hate to say it, but Jose would piss the champions League with this squad. It'd be the most boring season in years in the league but he would win this thing for sure. I'd bet my house on it.

Fuck the champions League anyway. In pep I trust.

 

[Manc in London]

It's like groundhog day.

Champions League knockout game, play a new formation or approach and we under-perform. Fuck me, it's irritating. I could understand it if we were playing Bayern, ot even PSG, but a midtable French team..?

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Patience, we’ve got this