Mistake, After Mistake, After mistake! Why Can't We See Games Out?

[jrb]

What is this constant need and urge to want to attack and to play out from the back, even when we are leading and there are a few minutes of the game left?

2-1 up. Ederson has the ball. Instead of holding on to the ball, wasting a bit of time, telling the players to get up the pitch, wasting a bit more time, forcing the Real Madrid players back up the pitch, out of our half, he takes a quick and short kick, and...

What has happened to us seeing games out, slowing games down, and taking our time at the end of the game when we're winning?

There's no need to constantly chase another goal. We're already winning! See the fucking game out. Waste time. Hoof the fucking ball into row Z. Do anything to not give the ball away, and to waste some time.

Frustrated rant over.

 

[inchy14]

What is this constant need and urge to want to attack and to play out from the back, even when we are leading and there are a few minutes of the game left?

2-1 up. Ederson has the ball. Instead of holding on to the ball, wasting a bit of time, telling the players to get up the pitch, wasting a bit more time, forcing the Real Madrid players back up the pitch, out of our half, he takes a quick and short kick, and...

What has happened to us seeing games out, slowing games down, and taking our time at the end of the game when we're winning?

There's no need to constantly chase another goal. We're already winning! See the fucking game out. Waste time. Hoof the fucking ball into row Z. Do anything to not give the ball away, and to waste some time.

Frustrated rant over.

It wasn’t an intentional short kick, he fucked it up. Story of the entire season.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Pep is so so proud, no worries

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Mistake after mistake after mistake is a consequence of giving up control of football matches, imo, which is the bigger problem.

For years we've had a side which didn't always win but, particularly at home, penned opposition sides in for 95 minutes. Created chances, tested their goalkeeper, corner after corner etc.

This season has seen that element of control completely disappear and with it comes more pressure on our defence than we've watched for the last decade. Mistakes are following in turn.

 

[TFC]

I wish I knew mate, I do know I’m fucking sick of it tho.

 

[.db.]

We’re a 75 minute team playing 90 minute games.

Our lack of fitness is a massive issue.

If games lasted 75 minutes, we’d probably be in for quite a few trophies this season. Unfortunately for us, they aren’t. It’d genuinely do us good to go out of the CL and even the FA Cup and just concentrate on getting enough points from our 75 minutes we have in us each week and see if we can get that 5th spot in the league.

I feel sorry for the lads. Some of them only have an hour in them.

We were even hanging on late on against Leyton Orient the other day. Their fitness shone through over ours towards the end.

‘We’re Man City, we fight til the end’ has never been so far away from this team.

 

[youngbob]

Tired legs and minds.

We'll be back next season.

 

[Axel Freed]

We’re in need of developing our dark arts skills.

As soon as we scored the pen we should’ve been time wasting and rolling around on the deck clutching our faces from any contact

 

[Xhavenjoe]

It wasn’t an intentional short kick, he fucked it up. Story of the entire season.

How do you mean it wasnt intentional.
He deliberately kicked it short.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Tired legs and minds.

We'll be back next season.

After the 14 day break we get?

No chance. Next season IS the rebuild season.

 

[East Level 2]

Tired legs and minds.

We'll be back next season.

No proper rest unless they cancelled the Club World Cup.

 

[moomba]

How do you mean it wasnt intentional.
He deliberately kicked it short.

It was a miskick.

 

[mancityscot]

It’s almost comical the complete capitulation as we near the final whistle in games now.
Not sure I can recall it happening to another team in quite the same extent it’s been happening to us. It’s really fucking bizarre.

 

[theres only one carlito]

We’re a 75 minute team playing 90 minute games.

Our lack of fitness is a massive issue.

If games lasted 75 minutes, we’d probably be in for quite a few trophies this season. Unfortunately for us, they aren’t. It’d genuinely do us good to go out of the CL and even the FA Cup and just concentrate on getting enough points from our 75 minutes we have in us each week and see if we can get that 5th spot in the league.

We were even hanging on late on against Leyton Orient the other day. Their fitness shone through over ours towards the end.

‘We’re Man City, we fight til the end’ has never been so far away from this team.

I think 75 mins is generous. For me it’s an hour and we’re done. You can see the legs fading and the intensity drops significantly. Especially the likes of Kdb, kova, ilkay. There’s others too.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Nerves I think. We get to that phase of the game and the players, the fans, the media know it, the opposition know it, we are susceptible.

Too much pressure, the players need to have more balls and trust themselves.

 

[Chak19]

We’re a 75 minute team playing 90 minute games.

Our lack of fitness is a massive issue.

If games lasted 75 minutes, we’d probably be in for quite a few trophies this season. Unfortunately for us, they aren’t. It’d genuinely do us good to go out of the CL and even the FA Cup and just concentrate on getting enough points from our 75 minutes we have in us each week and see if we can get that 5th spot in the league.

I feel sorry for the lads. Some of them only have an hour in them.

We were even hanging on late on against Leyton Orient the other day. Their fitness shone through over ours towards the end.

‘We’re Man City, we fight til the end’ has never been so far away from this team.

A major reason of that is Pep not using his bench well, rushing injured players back and not giving younger players a chance and rest some of the more senior players who have been flogged to death, how in the world did Kev play 83 minutes tonight ? it makes no sense but Pep has been making nonsensical decisions all season.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

It was a miskick.

Didn't look like he wanted to kick it to the other end of the pitch which was what he should have done.
He made some good saves other than losing the plot in the last few minutes.

 

[WestGorton]

Just got home. Painful last few minutes. So good for so long then comical defensive play. Would have taken the draw.

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

I think the players need to go up to Edale, sit in a field together, and each take a good dose of magic mushrooms. Clear the neural pathways. Reset the mind.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

What is this constant need and urge to want to attack and to play out from the back, even when we are leading and there are a few minutes of the game left?

2-1 up. Ederson has the ball. Instead of holding on to the ball, wasting a bit of time, telling the players to get up the pitch, wasting a bit more time, forcing the Real Madrid players back up the pitch, out of our half, he takes a quick and short kick, and...

What has happened to us seeing games out, slowing games down, and taking our time at the end of the game when we're winning?

Well according to some people on the match day thread, if we didn't win that one 3 or 4 nil, we didn't have a hope in hell of winning in Madrid. We've got much less of a chance now.