Match Thread | Sporting CP vs. Man City (05/11/24)

[Colin Bells Boots]

If we could only take the chances we create !

Pep will no doubt be concerned about this aspect of our play.

Hopefully we put this right in the second half and get back home with no more injuries.

 

[Chak19]

No competition for his place. Of course when fit he is undropable but we are too heavily reliant on him scoring as we have ended up with a squad with a worrying lack of goal threat in it

That wasn't a problem when he scored 10 goals in the first 5 games, he's just not firing at the moment.

 

[M23 Citizen]

I think Ferdinand and Lescott are being harsh on their striker, I think he meant that

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Think Bernardo and Kovacic are a huge problem positionally when defending against counters. Both find themselves beyond the ball and if we give it away cheaply they're in straight away. We'll probably tighten up and win 4-1 but the break constantly being on is only gonna make our forwards less certain of what they're doing.

Good point

 

[Blue Llama]

Should be out of sight
Savio so frustrating, great skill but no final ball or finish
Oh for Mahrez right now...

He is playing well and it's down to him to get crosses in, which he is doing. It's not down to him that players are not getting on to them. You may as well blame Foden for nobody scoring from his corners.

 

[TheBlueCat]

Foden needs to keep the momentum. If we keep getting him on the ball things will happen

 

[VOOMER]

Nothing that can't be fixed by buying a quality left back and right back in January.

 

[01cravend]

Rico has a great touch and control under pressure but all he offers around the box are sideways passes/ball retention, not much creativity and is always reluctant to shoot himself. Would like to see him overlap winger every now and then.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Some really good individual showings just that we get turned over and are wide open.

 

[sh249]

We‘ve played well, much better than in recent weeks. Foden has been very good. Should have been 2 or 3 up.
Still feels like we‘re a bit too open in terms of the setup. Lewis plays so far up the pitch - not at all like the ‚inverted full back‘ we‘ve used before. And with Gvardiol playing fairly wide, there are big gaps either side of Kovacic. That‘s why teams find it so easy to play through us.
So different to the treble winning team, with three centre halves playing fairly narrow, and Rodri and Stones in front of them.