Nottingham Forest (H) | Sat 23rd Sept | PL | Post Match Thread

[ZanteWeatherman]

Your comment about Phillips is 100% spot on. He had a couple of runs deep into their half. He lost control and made himself look amateurish. Sorry to say it (I know he wears a blue shirt), but what is he doing in one of the best squads in the world?

Down to 10 men who predictably were going at us big time, I agree he ran deep into their half and lost the ball (as their players crowded him out)...... but he had no other City player within 25 yards to give it to and he had taken it out of our territory, thus giving the defence some respite. Second half we had to tough it out.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Anybody else find something vaguely comical about that business of two grown men putting their foreheads together, rolling them up and down, from side to side, while talking to each other from a distance of about three inches?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

So the answer is: Jail Time.

I’d imagine so, if someone committed GBH on the field.

 

[KS55]

I’d imagine so, if someone committed GBH on the field.

He did.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Watching the match back, and paying closer attention to Forest and their chosen way of stopping the best team on the planet. I now see that City players were getting a real kicking, right through the match. Shortly before his red card, Rodri was absolutely clobbered from behind. Taylor was letting far, far too much go.
Those two goals are among the best you'll see at any stadium on earth. Same thing for that final save from Ed.
Really proud of this team.
Fuck Forest.

I guess that depends on your definition of clobbered.

It was more a push in the back, which should have been a free kick, imho, but not in the referee’s.

Those challenges have gone on since the dawn of the game. They happened again when we were trying to keep the ball near the corner flag later on too.

Rodri lost his head. It happens,

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He did.

It’s why I brought his name into the conversstion.

 

[Gabriel]

Anybody else find something vaguely comical about that business of two grown men putting their foreheads together, rolling them up and down, from side to side, while talking to each other from a distance of about three inches?

‘Two alpha males rutting on the wild plains of the Etihad.‘

 

[waspish]

There were plenty slagging off Rodri during his first season.

Good old Plodri at least Philips doesn't have that type of nikname like Philfloppsy

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

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‘Two alpha males rutting on the wild plains of the Etihad.‘

“The Gibbs-White creature seems to have shit itself and lost all sense of balance.”

 

[waspish]

That’s not the point though is it? When the results dropped off (I assume you mean Brighton and Brentford) Pep made wholesale changes, not just Phillips. The players also had their minds in bigger fixtures, all of them. I agree Pep clearly isn’t keen, but my point is Phillips did ok yesterday yet still he is the one people slag off. Godri got sent off, Erling missed a sitter, but a lot of people just want to dig out Kalvin. He did ok yesterday

Yes philips did fine considering he has hardly played any football! Regarding our other two players you mentioned they have proved themselves! Philips firstly hasn't proved himself in training over the last 12 months+ is why he hasn't been picked hardly!