Match Thread | Man City vs. Watford (24/09/24)

[Haaland94]

Hope we'll see some subs soon. No need for Walker to go another full 90. Doku can come off at some point, too.

Controversial take, but I would try Nunes at right back, and put Wright on.

 

[SebastianBlue]

There are some real chubsters in the Watford end

And some really fit women behind our bench.

 

[BringBackSwales]

I’m taking it those fans in the Colin Bell stand are FC Twente fans?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I agree, but the problem with that is that we can only accommodate him then by taking someone else out of position to play in midfield, and he’s probably not as good in the position that player is vacating. I can’t see him featuring at Newcastle now, so he could be on Champions League duty for the foreseeable.

I highly doubt he’ll start in the Champions League either. Our away fixtures are very tough so there’s now pressure on our home games, even the ones against ‘easy’ teams. Nunes will make cameos off the bench if we’re up by 3+ but he won’t be starting.

 

[I'm Blue]

He's not a happy bunny though...

Rico is though : )

 

[WestGorton]

I’m taking it those fans in the Colin Bell stand are FC Twente fans?

Yes

 

[ESP Blue]

You see where you went wrong there, don't you?

Yeah, never mind.

 

[Lauz9888]

Savinho on for Doku.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I am not frustrated with that as much as him consistently holding the ball far too long when he has runners taking up dangerous positions and he could often get the ball back in a one-two with his teammates. He’s either lost the ball unnecessarily or killed all momentum numerous times.

His decision making is what lets him down. He has everything else, including excellent vision, ball control, and particularly short passing ability (which he showed several times when he moved the ball on quickly around the box).

It is fine to hold things up when we need to slow the tempo, regain some control, and look to take the wind out of the opposition sails.

But none of that was necessary in that first half, so it was more him just being slow to make a decision, and thus squandering good positions.

Phil looks the most frustrated by it of his teammates, as he has made numbers dangerous runs that have been ignored because Jack was just not even considering it.

As I said earlier, he needs to be more decisive to get more minutes this season.

Say what you want about Doku’s end product, you can almost never say he wasn’t assertive and quick to make a decision, which can cause chaos that leads to a goal. Savinho is the same, with even better end product.

On cue, Pep walks out continuing a conversation with Jack that doesn’t stop until the ref blew for the second half to start.

 

[jimharri]

Match thread being the match thread, I see.