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

[nellyonthewing]

Put Bernardo on the right take ffs off and put Foden in behind Haaland.

 

[give it to gordon]

Do all teams play like this against arsenal ?

 

[Stoned Rose]

Too slow and too narrow.

I love Alvarez but he isn’t a midfielder and it hasn’t worked that half.

Why is Gundog on the bench?

Need a very sharp upturn in performance this half or it’ll be an unnecessary opening of the door.

 

[bert38]

There is no threat down the right side because there is only Mahrez who has absolutely zero support, Grealish on the left has Bernardo in support everytime we attack, no end product from either so far.

Pep must see it-it ain’t working. Bernie is half the player on the left.

 

[Heath Park]

Just need to stay calm and the goal will come. Change it on 70 for Gundogan and Foden if we haven’t got the break through.

I won't have any nails left by then! :-)

 

[super_city_si]

Hopefully another pep ht masterclass to get us going

 

[heslops barnet]

One of our worst halves all season.

Foden to inject some energy second half.
Gundog to run the midfield.

midfield not the problem……..there’s no space to run into….

 

[svennis pennis]

70! Lol!

Why earlier? We are creating chances, the only worry is a Pep ‘no subs’ move.

 

[Bluethemaway]

Step it up a gear or two City.

 

[wolviedinho]

Do all teams play like this against arsenal ?

Nope

 

[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.