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

[cookster]

Dias is the main offender. Other than Mahrez, who is fucking wank.

Agree on Dias. Looks uncomfortable playing on his own in the centre. He's taking 3 touches when one will do.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Standard pre-world cup performance so far.

We’ll be dropping two points if we don’t buck up.

 

[wolviedinho]

Quiet? Fans in good voice. Any digs with these cunts

 

[the plasterer]

Awful that, slow and turgid, badly missing kev

 

[SidJames]

Without Kev and Gundogan there's not enough creativity. Grealish needs to vary his game much more and Mahrez has offered nothing. Haaland doesn't look sharp though we've given him nothing feed off. A weakened WHU have found it relatively easy going so far.

Dont know why dont we try Grealish in KDB postion.

He is doing fuck all stuck out wide wasted running around in circles then making a shit pass .

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

The precision is poor but I can’t see West Ham lasting the full 90 without letting one in.

We have made enough inroads into the last third but the final ball is too often just hit in hope.

Bernie the culprit a few times.
Alvarez? I love him, but he hasn’t got a great touch in tight space and he can’t pass it 3 yards.

We’re missing the understanding of Kev and Erling, but I do believe the chance will come. Just put one away and it will open up.

 

[kevodevo]

Patience boys n gals - trust in the process wet spam have worked v hard and 6o mins it’ll come

 

[CatMan]

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.

 

[Chak19]

Alvarez, Mahrez and Haaland have been nonexistant so far, that entire half was basically Jack and Bernardo combining on the left then a cross straight to a West Ham player, we need to vary our play in the second half, still have plenty of time.

 

[blue cigar]

Mahrez is so ass. I can’t believe there are people eho rate him

So ass? What the fuck does that mean? He is a one man right flank, no support, no overlaps nothing, he isn't the problem but yeh, let's blame him anyway

 

[zeven]

We are so slow

 

[jrb]

Gondog and Phil needed. Midfield bereft of ideas and movement.

Correct. Nothing in the middle.

 

[mosssideblue]

Very poor from us. Walker and Mahrez absolute pathetic.
Why Walker spends most of the half up front only to pass backwards is sole destroying.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

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.

What is the point of overlapping Mahrez when all he ever wants to do is pass back to Walker? He is the most negative, risk-averse forward I’ve ever seen. He should watch the KDB vid from before the game, where he talks about having 96% pass completion stats but doing fuck all with it. That’s Mahrez in a nutshell.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Dancing around on the pitch after the match v Arsenal last week, like the title was won. Should have clapped the crowd and gone straight off down the tunnel. Been flat in the 2 games since and need more in the 2nd half otherwise we are back in an unpleasant, cheek wobbling title race

 

[wolviedinho]

Only need 1 goal

 

[Gray]

Dullest half I've seen for a while. We need an injection of life from somewhere. A close shot or a hard tackle. Get the crowd up!

We are going through the motions.

I will be having a motion if this dross continues.

 

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[Bluewars]

Got a bad feeling about this game we look devoid of ideas against a team near the relegation zone

I think we'll still win, only fear is if W.Ham score first.

 

[bluethai]

Both wingers kept the ball far too long, got to pass it first time to the runner to unlock tight defence though.