Match Thread | Stoke City vs Manchester City (05/12/15)

[dubblue]

The players and management look like they couldn't care less. In fact id be surprised if most involved lost a wink of sleep over this. An absolute farce and a disgrace to the shirt.

 

[CITYROBBO]

I BLAME the wind..

 

[mancityscot]

if fernando is still on after HT i've officially lost all faith in pellegrini

 

[Feed the Elk]

Michael Owen just said that Stoke have been better than Manchester City today

Derr

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

shocking first half display especially from a defence point of view.....do we actually practice defence tactics during the week because it seems not one player knows where they need to be

 

[daztrueblue91]

Every fucking week it is open season on our back 4.

What exactly is Pellegrini doing on the training ground? We do not know how to defend as a team and roll up on a weekend expecting teams to just put 11 men behind the ball. We have ZERO movement going forward. No one making any runs in behind their defence. We are the laziest and most pedestrian side in world football. There is more movement in that shitty over 50s indoor Masters crap.

Liverpool and Spurs have dicked us. Southampton had chances to get something last week and now Stoke are teaching us a lesson. It simply is not good enough. People can dress it up all they want but average teams are heavily beating and outplaying us.

We are missing Aguero, Yaya and Kompany, add to that Hart and Silva are just returning. Then factor in that we are going to Stoke away who are a traditional tough place to go and the manager tactically changes NOTHING. It's that incredible it's almost laughable.

 

[argyle]

Lets hope he makes he the right subs.

I'll be gobsmacked if he changes it. He'll wait until 60 mins like always.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

We seem to have an attitude problem this season.

fixed

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Pellegrini after the match: "I don't know why we played like today, but it is another fake result. I would pick the same team again. We will continue in this way."

 

[Cambo]

Aye. But look at where the ball bounced for the first goal. Why don't keepers these days come out there.
It's in the 6 yard box. Was always taught, that is the keepers area.

Hart should have come off his line to save it....but Fernando and Kolorov were shocking in the build up.