Match Thread | Man City vs. Salford City (11/01/25)

[TinFoilHat]

22 someone said on tv

He may have played himself into the Brentford/Ipshit squads at least.

 

[bert38]

My only 2 negatives are McAtee’s been quiet and Simpson Pewsey looks a bit suspect

Youthfulness i guess

I agree with JSP-physically he’s struggling but I think McAtee has been very good-some v clever passing

 

[jollylescott]

Very pleased to see the youngsters.

The smile on Mubama when he scored was worth the price of admission, and you can see what a class player Nico is.

Jack looks very sluggish, and Doku has easily been the best out there.

 

[eyalluvitt]

We win the FA pissheads cup for the 76th consecutive season judging by the seat count on 35 minutes

 

[citeh94]

Hart over Micah for sky sports pundit any day?

 

[jimharri]

Good to see a couple of the nippers with goals. I was going to say, start making subs now and bring the kids on. There aren't many kids on the bench; Rico, that's about it. Can't class Phil as a kid any more!

 

[wattle]

A lot more basic forward thinking movement is evident here. Sharper closing down as well. O’Riely looks a natural at left back. Very different tactics from Pep. No idea what half you lot are moaning
about

 

[Ajm1985]

Hart needs to be in the studio for more of our games. He knows what he's talking about

 

[WallyA]

The MOST important thing for a CB is consistency.

JSP just needs to be part of a winning team and do the simple things well.

And while it is just Salford, and he is playing fine, hopefully he can gain in confidence.

 

[Dazzle84]

Joe Hart talking sense. Nice to hear a pundit who gets us.

Really like him, he's clearly been working hard at it and it shows

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

Mubama needs to learn the offside rule.

Grealish and Gundo been poor…

But the kids have been really good!

 

[SWPISHOME]

Hart over Micah for sky sports pundit any day?

Not even debatable.

Micah can go fuck himself he's an absolute knob.

 

[Wellsblue21]

I think both just need to be a bit less passive in their play. Maybe nerves?

Maybe yeh.

I didn’t mean to sound like such an arse

I think particularly in Mcatees case is he knows he needs to perform to get minutes in the PL

 

[adrianr]

Think we might be alright here lads.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

O’Reilly looks like a good player and took his goal well, but you have to wonder whether Simpson-Pusey really is the best centre half we have in the Academy.

Grealish looks unfit and miles off it.

Hopefully McAtee can step it up a bit in the second half.

It’s a bit of a worry that no defender that comes through looks like they can actually defend. All decent enough on ball but we need more than that. I’ve said before that maybe our youth teams have it too easy. They’re winning week in, week out at their level. I admit that I don’t watch them but does them winning easily all the time mean that they never have to do any defending?

 

[BlueDan91]

Shearer praising Mubama.

No-one knows more about being a centre forward than him, to be fair. I know Mubama got his goal but I thought he’d been a bit shit! Shows i know absolutely fuck all.

He's been quality so far, making decent runs, holding up the ball well and been leading the line very well. Deserved his goal.

 

[NorCalBlue]

Now let's get Haaland and De Bruyne on for 30 mins to put another hatful past the Temu Rags and send a message

I thought the Rags were already the Temu Rags

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

No

There was me thinking we could have some fun in here for a change

 

[01cravend]

22 someone said on tv

He's 20

 

[N1985]

Mubama needs to learn the offside rule.

Grealish and Gundo been poor…

But the kids have been really good!

Mubama scored and Jack assisted.