chickaroon
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That's what I mean, he has to go looking for the ball. Be the playmaker. Demand the ball.
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NorthamptonBlue
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In these tight games, we miss the guile of David Silva. We are all hoping that Foden can developed his skill but to do that he has to demand the ball more, find the spaces to affect the game. I know he is young but so are a lot of great players. He has to stop thinking of himself as a youngster in a team of established internationals and show them that he is every bit as good.
I just don’t see young Phil as a natural replacement for David. Bernardo is far more suited imo to that role of shielding the ball, operating in tight spaces and making interceptions. Foden is a different, more direct type of player.
Some of the fouls given against us there’s not even any contact. Racking up the free kicks while breaking up any momentum in our play. We’re then getting booked for second offences when there hasn’t even been a first offence yet. The last 20 mins of the first half in particular last night were frustrating. Also should Oepe not have been booked for diving, or do VAR deem it ok to dive cos there was an arm on his back. They decide to take the easy way out each time. It can’t be coincidence that we get corrupt officials and decisions every single game.9 yellows in the last 2 games. The hidden agenda is truly up and running me thinks
kaz7
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People say we give away cheap fouls , some maybe but mostly teams are told to fall downto stop our flow, it is a clear tactic
Had one of ours given away a penalty, (and I’m sure he committed two penalty offences in that passage of play), a few other free kicks, been caught diving and then kicked a player on the ground, the city player would’ve been off probably before the last incident.so he was, point still stands
Gareth Barry Conlon
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Didn’t please the twatty Porto management did it, they almost assaulted the ref at full time.
I have some sympathy (foul before the pen would have had people on here going ape). But we did enough in the end for a win.
It’s why for the last couple of seasons there’s been a narrative about how Ferni is the master of the dark arts. It’s why they reference pep and arteta explaining tactical fouls.People say we give away cheap fouls , some maybe but mostly teams are told to fall downto stop our flow, it is a clear tactic
It’s been set on every level, that we’re cheats, so that’s the general perception by a lot of football fans. Now football fans will believe it, despite the fact that tactical fouls have been part of the game for many many years now. It’s nothing new, every team has done it for decades.
But we get pin pointed and it does give the opposition a chance to get away with stupid non contact dives because the refs and opposing fans already have their perception.
How they’re getting away with implementing it to the point we’re consistently getting 5-6 bookings more then opposition teams who are literally trying to kick us off the pitch. it’s hugely frustrating and as I said previously, it can’t be a coincidence that this is the general formula for refs when officiating City. Or to be more precise officiating against City
ChicagoBlue
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Most definitely a new fangled “wing back,” not a RB in the traditional English sense. He doesn’t seem to understand the concept of where the defensive danger lies.He can't defend, at right back either. He's a remarkable defender, in that he can create a disaster from the most innocuous situations.
He's very very good going forward though & covers ground quickly, so that's the only role he should have, with anything he does defensively seen as a bonus.
He is massively susceptible to the ball tucked in behind him, because he backtracking is horrendous, and him stopping and putting his arms behind his back on their goal made him less useful than one of those wall dummies they stick in the ground for free kick practice, as the Porto lad simply kept moving.
Goal reminded me a bit of Sergio at the Swamp, when we got that priceless mug shot of Phil Jones...but without a Phil Jones making the effort to stop him!
Maybe, Pep SHOULD be “teaching the tackles” to some players?!
And, while I’m on the subject, even though he had an overall excellent game, when is someone going to tell Kyle Walker to stop fouling, diving in, and sliding in in international competitions?
Last night’s ref was the most inconsistent, yellow card happy, idiot I have seen in quite some time! We were a Latvian whim away from red cards all over the park!