At one point last night we had 94% possession.
But “dont have enough ball retaining players”.
Have you seen who it's written by though. Proper blueI was thinking about reading that, and then I saw football365.
My issue is that shit has happened all too often this season, frequently against poor opponents like Foeest and Spurs.So what is your issue?
Have you ever thought for just a second that we may have just got unlucky? Play that game 100 time and we win 99 times. Shit happens.
Apologies. I thought the subcontext of recycling possession with meaning - with the purpose of scoring goals, not just retaining possession - was implied.
We don’t retain it well enough to kill games either. As proved with this, 94% possession at one point but still susceptible to a counter.
Which is fucking annoying for a team that has won the title on goal difference, and has occasionally gone into the last day knowing a draw would be enough due to the high number goals scored in previous games.I agree in general but at 1-0 and 2-1 we had the game in the palm of our hand but over did the no-risk, don't lose the ball at all cost strategy.
Thought Haaland made it easy for the ref on the penalty incident. He didn't even look like he was appealing it after he went down.
Playing Foden over Doku or Marmoush was a shocking decision.
Yeah we could have done with even more giving the ball away.
Rodri / Anderson was a follow through. Still a foul.Just seen Dermot Gallagher give his view on the penalty shouts, thank fuck he’s retired, frankly I don’t think either were, Haaland made the most of it moving towards the keeper and Rodri and Anderson it was just a coming together . Gallagher said Haaland was a penalty and Rodri fouled Anderson! What a fucking tool.
Rodri / Anderson was a follow through. Still a foul.
People on here actually thought Haaland foul wasn't a penalty bwahahahahahahahahahaha.
Clear as fucking day.
Mate it's absolutely blatant. Says it all when Dermot Gallagher agrees.I didn’t think it was. He turns his leg away from the ball into the keeper.
Shouldn't have to appeal.Thought Haaland made it easy for the ref on the penalty incident. He didn't even look like he was appealing it after he went down.
He put a great free kick inches over near the end .... and played a superb low ball across the Forest box in the first half, which should have been put into the net by another City player.I thought Semenyo was poor ..granted he scored a goal but did nothing else.
Erling is making some good runs but no fucker passes it to him..
I didn’t think it was. He turns his leg away from the ball into the keeper.
Mate it's absolutely blatant. Says it all when Dermot Gallagher agrees.
What's wrong with that though? It's no different from when Grealish for example used to draw contact to win a free kick. You make your opponent commit and then take the contact. You can go "looking for contact" anywhere else on the pitch and the foul is given. Haaland sees the keeper come and happily takes the contact, but it's a penalty. I'm not sure what City need to do to get a penalty. Foden gets a shot away then completely wiped out against Newcastle no pen. Solanke kicks through Guehi to score, no free kick.
Meanwhile Gabriel flaps like a bird and falls over and the goal is disallowed.
Seems to me if a City player gets kicked it doesn't matter because they look at wider context and decide to make it irrelevant.
weve seen them given that annoying part and sometimes for less contactJust seen Dermot Gallagher give his view on the penalty shouts, thank fuck he’s retired, frankly I don’t think either were, Haaland made the most of it moving towards the keeper and Rodri and Anderson it was just a coming together . Gallagher said Haaland was a penalty and Rodri fouled Anderson! What a fucking tool.