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

[eyalluvitt]

Even with half our 1st team missing, we are giving the greaterest manager in isssstree a tough game

 

[Kamaro011]

Not replacing Alvarez was a mistake. Desperately need another striker. Decent performance and you can tell words were had after Saturday, but that crazy high line..

Tell me which world class striker in the world will want to join our club if Haaland still in there.

I will wait.

 

[hammocity]

I think Haaland needs competition he's got no one in the team that can push him for the striker position. He's a world class striker Haaland but competition helps to improve, Aguero became even better when Jesus was his competition.

Absolute bollocks of a post, Sergio improved when Pep came but he was already an outstanding player. Haaland pushes himself, he doesn't need anyone else to drive him on.

 

[Blue Til Death]

A sweaty ballbag with a bit of shit on it.

A chocolate teabag..!

 

[No.8]

Not the most popular player on here but a fit Kyle Walker is a huge miss to City. That goal and the 1 v 1 chance earlier don’t happen if a fit Walker is playing. His pace at the back is a big loss

City should still win this comfortably as they have been excellent at times. Foden on this form is practically unplayable

 

[eastmanc]

Keep going lads we played really well in that half.

 

[johnny crossan]

Almost like TNT studio Laura wants Sporting to beat City - how unusual......

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Disappointing to concede after starting so well but City look up for beating them and I think we will.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

The same problems persist, wide open at the back to every single simple 3 pass attack. how many times have we seen teams get in the exact way they did for their goal the last half a dozen games? It's absurd Pep is refusing to address it.

An improvement on last weekend but their naivety together with foden looking good made us look better than we've been in reality. Foden and Nunes have both been great, savinho looks lively but absolutely zero end product tonight and looks weak, Lewis has been really poor, anonymous in defence and keeps giving the ball away. Bernardo started deeper alongside kovacic and both he and the team looked better, seemed to push up more as the half went on and we looked progressively worse for it.

Kovacic is going to have to come off early, can't risk a red.

Maybe Pep is assuming that we will score more than we concede and if so....so be it. Cant see any other way

 

[vanchi]

We lose the ball and its 3 on 2. Happens every week. We have a systemic error. Is it Rodri missing leaving a hole?

of course it’s a systemic error. and if you check, many goals were conceded last season with rodri playing too. imho pep doesn’t really mind coz he would’ve changed something. many chances created tonight, the finishing sucks.