Porto (h) post-match thread

[Neville Kneville]

So mate you're wrong, Barcelona want him

I'm just imagining a neutral & his son in the crowd: "Young lad playing tonight, who Barca are desperate to sign"

"When's he coming on Dad ? "

 

[Craig]

Their record as far as recruitment of late doesn't say a whole lot though?

Plus they’re currently absolutely shite and Madrid aren’t much better

 

[Cityinmud]

Maybe we’ll look for a Ferna replacement in the January window. What kind of injury did he get?

 

[ami]

Well what do you know...

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

I've had trumps more dynamic than Rodri and Gundogan.

The drop off when Kev is out is frightening.

Bloody good result that.

It's far too simplistic to put this on Kev being injured, we have put in similar performances with him starting.

Tonight we had a not match fit Aguero and Gundogan, a third choice left back and centre back and the fact that the squad has had no pre-season.

We just need to make it through the next 2-3 weeks when some players should be back from injury and the rest should be much closer to their usual level.

 

[Neville Kneville]

He won't be match fit for ages when he comes back.

 

[lancs blue]

Just don’t see Cancelo being good enough. Garcia who wants to lave shouldn’t be starting for me.

It may be part of the Messi deal in January, keep Garcia match fit. ;-)

 

[twosips]

Garcia reads the game so well

Does he actually though? Couple of times tonight he was chasing shadows with runners in behind him.

 

[HelloCity]

I reckon Ake could have managed an hour from the start, Cancelo simply cannot defend on that side, we've seen it time and again.

Ake is injured.

 

[Cityinmud]

Oh dear . Looks like this is last season for pep

Edit: was being sarcastic here. But fans are going to take this well. Lol

 

[Neville Kneville]

Well what do you know...

I'd rather Pep quit than watch him destroy the season playing him.

 

[lancs blue]

The referee’s performance was a sad reflection of the problems of allowing officials from third grade leagues - Latvia in tonight’s case- to take charge of first grade teams and matches.

Bit rich slagging off Latvian officials given the shite we see every week.

 

[SamBlue]

That was an eventful second half and a thoroughly enjoyable game of football. I am actually not sure we were so poor or Porto's destructive game caused us to commit so many errors. First Arsenal and now this Porto side, we prevailed against two sides trying to prevent us playing any football at all. The fighting spirit is definitely back on and off the pitch and that makes me so happy. Finally Pep didn't cast a forlorn figure on the touchline, I loved it how he hand-gesticulated like calming down the situation and telling Conceicao to sod off.
Decoupling of Gundo and Rodri definitely worked and both were much more efficient which improved our game both defensively and offensively.
Cancelo and Sterling had horrible personal stats, Raheem tried five dribblings and lost all of them. Cancelo although improving massively, still had too many passes going nowhere.
On the other side, Walker is just going from strength to strength, thank you agent Southgate. He is just immense this season. And that boy Eric didn't put a foot wrong, no matter how unhappy he is with his current status, committed 100%.

 

[OntarioBlue]

At least 4 to 6 weeks is better than I thought when I read “bad “. I was thinking season or perhaps even career ending.

 

[Gingers Dad]

I'm just imagining a neutral & his son in the crowd: "Young lad playing tonight, who Barca are desperate to sign"

"When's he coming on Dad ? "

I know he's not fast, a bit lacking in the tackle, and not very good in the air but he reads the game so well and has got a better passing range than Harry Winks.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Oh dear . Looks like this is last season for pep

? If anything the fact that he's desperate for us to keep him shows the opposite.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Does he actually though? Couple of times tonight he was chasing shadows with runners in behind him.

He's caught one or two already ;)

 

[Stoned Rose]

Garcia reads the game so well

The fact you think that only proves that you dont read the game well.

He's absolutely wank.

Hopefully you're just on the wum.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

I know he's not fast, a bit lacking in the tackle, and not very good in the air but he reads the game so well and has got a better passing range than Harry Winks.

He's not going to be a centre half in England unless he undergoes a massive physical transformation. He could be a 6 though.

 

[lancs blue]

Ake is injured.

Fair enough I was working right up to ko, hope it's not serious.