Match Thread | Man City vs West Ham (03/05/23)

[Tugay One Cup]

Don’t know how Mahrez starts. He’s been woeful for 135 minutes of football.

I am incensed that he's been bad for 8100 seconds of football.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

That **** Dave Jones on Sky cannot hide his glee and praying for more of this shite in the 2nd half , its cunts like him that makes our victories so much sweeter.

 

[Blueknows]

Reading through this thread anyone would think we are losing!
We haven't been at our best and a bit slow at times but it's never easy against eleven behind the ball.

Agree but a draw at home to these would feel like a loss at this stage of the season

 

[Shaffer92]

Mahrez is not the problem. It's the fact there is no one within 20 yards of him when he receives the ball. We have absolutely nothing in the inside right channel and no one over lapping Mahrez. Swapping Foden for Mahrez will not make any difference.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Big half time for Pep - drop points here and the other games become exponentially harder.

 

[vicblueman]

Looks like pg has slept in them clothes lol!

 

[David Kloppesh]

Just keep going

 

[applecentral]

So poor. No pace, no width on the right (I mean WTF is Mahrez doing) and absolutely no ability of anyone in midfield to take the ball on the half turn like KDB does. Alverez doesn't do that because as a forward his first intention is to protect from the defender who isn't even near him. Alverez off, Mahrez off, Stones back to Centre Half and Walker and Ake to push on. Foden and Gundogan to go on.

Don’t worry. We have enough points to avoid relegation!

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Feels like an extension of the Fulham game where there's a very large de Bruyne shape hole in the team!

This needs to be urgently addressed in the summer!

This. Take De Bruyne out the team and you take any sense of urgency out of the team. Pedestrian, tame, slow. It's a difficult watch as it is, if West Ham scrape a goal from a corner or high ball it'll be even harder.

 

[JTFactsPlz]

Been watching without looking here. Come to look at HT. Of course I immediately think I must have been watching a different match. Good grief.