Match Thread | Manchester City vs. Tottenham (23/08/25)

[Ezy]

Dias new contract lewis new contract fucking madness

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

Bernardo is playing right wing again lads.

I don’t know if what he is doing over there qualifies as “playing”

 

[argyle]

Totally out played in every department and they want it more.

About sums it up.

 

[Mancity1980]

Great against the cannon fodder, but he is in nowhere near CL quality level.

You think spurs are CL quality level? I think this is them being an annoying bogey team. We had chances, their first was marginally onside and the second was a Trafford brain fart.

 

[Silva&Silva]

This is beyond embarrassing

 

[CTID1090]

Are they not allowed to play Halaand in the through the middle ? He makes so many runs and we just play it wide over and over again. The entire point of us keeping such a width is to make space for that type of ball through to him. I don’t get it

 

[Bluearmy]

Not sure he is anything in a possesion side

Tend to agree. Central or nothing and would suit a counter attacking team much more!!

 

[hoppy]

I miss 'cutthroat' City.

It used to be the opponents throats that we cut.

 

[chesterbells]

Probably.

But the difference in physicality and athleticism today looked a lot like some of the worst days last season too. Reijnders will adapt. But guys like Rico and Bobb and Nico are liabilities in games like this.

Two windows to address that and it’s still a problem. Clearing out the old guard will help, but are we addressing the problem? Or just swapping for younger versions of the older guys creating the problems?

Yeah, a lot of teams seem to target big, tall, strong, quick athletes for their teams, but we don’t do we?

But then on the other hand we do tend to be a lot more successful than most other teams!

 

[01cravend]

We're becoming a midtable club

 

[Gazza]

The only comfort is, at least the transfer window hasn't shut yet.

 

[TFC]

Love it when City get the weekend off to a flyer.

 

[King Jay]

I just don't understand how we have allowed so many bad signings.

Who is scouting these players. Window after window, and now its clear as day for even the happiest of happy clappers

@blueparrot

 

[theholysmurf]

This ref nonsense has to stop every time we get beat. A lame excuse for a woeful display

We’ve been shite I agree, but me pointing out one clear blunder from the ref isn’t my trying to excuse anything. I’ve been shitting on the performance all match.

 

[deano ou812]

Out coached out played out thought out fought at home to a team that will finish 8th.

Yeah but going on this we’ll be lower..

 

[El Ingeniero de Noruega]

only positive i take from this match is that is still 9 days left of the transfer window.

 

[Briggs1969]

Every single player on the pitch today and for the past season is RIco or sub-Rico level. And let's not forget Pep.
It is just good to see our level for this season, although if this is Pep reenergised, I don't want to see him late December.

Just thinking myself. It's early days mind out but your right.

 

[argyle]

Never seen so many of our players constantly slipping.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Nothing to say really. Outfought, outrun, outcoached. They deserved to win, we to lose.

 

[vmsuhail]

We need a fucking set piece taker. Everyone is awful at it.

We had a world class one within our ranks, and sold him to a rival.