Mdr said:We were outplayed in every position on the pitch and out thought by management. We had about 10 minutes where Bayern fell asleep and stopped playing, but it's not the equivalent of a bright spell. There really weren't many positives on the night but there are opportunities to be taken from the game, that can hopefully be turned to positives as we go on.
There is no shame in being beaten by a better team, but there is in being out worked. We should never be out worked by any team, ever, never mind when we're at home.
I think we've all seen when weaker teams stay with better teams for a large chunk of a match because they are working twice as hard as them. There should never be a case where we are out worked. It's unacceptable, especially when you look at the wage these guys are on. The least that is expected of these guys is to work for their pay.
Bayern were proactive, they came to our pitch and attacked us. They were proactive, we were reactive, which shouldn't be the way for a home team. They didn't fear us, they came to our pitch and just owned us. That simple. They knocked us aside like we were nothing.
They just seemed so unprepared. Bayern didn't change the way they played over night, but we were so unprepared for it.
They had a better attitude, which is really disapointing. They played as a time, while I've always felt that we act like a group of individual players, which doesn't help.
They seemed to know where their players were at all times, they knew what the plan was with and without the ball, The backed eachother up and filled in gaps. We had a bunch of players going in, making decisions and passing balls on a whim and a prayer. It's not good enough.
The only positive..It wont happen in the Premiership, the teams aren't good enough to do that to us.
Hopefully we can learn from it, work harder and be more prepared in the future.
What's so sad though is our attitude, has we lost sight of where we used to be. This was my biggest concern when the club was bought, have we so quickly forgotten where we used to be. We should be grateful for what we do have, we were incredibly lucky that we were bought and not some other mid table team. Lets not forget the club we used to be.
Not long ago we would just be happy to have the opportunity to play such an incredible team, never mind be calling for players and management alike to be sacked because we couldn't meet their standard.
eddiemarin09 said:The only positive I can think of is how great the card display was I was pleasantly surprised and thought we wouldn't be organized enough to pull it off..the atmosphere was good better than I expected the supporters to me were top class and I have so much respect for the fans that clapped robben off he deserved it and it showed that city supporters can be very classy which is a rare thing nowadays
eddiemarin09 said:The only positive I can think of is how great the card display was I was pleasantly surprised and thought we wouldn't be organized enough to pull it off..the atmosphere was good better than I expected the supporters to me were top class and I have so much respect for the fans that clapped robben off he deserved it and it showed that city supporters can be very classy which is a rare thing nowadays
black mamba said:In my opinion we scored the best goal of the night ..... nobody in world football could have that ball away that any better than Negredo ... a world class strike!
dom said:Mdr said:We were outplayed in every position on the pitch and out thought by management. We had about 10 minutes where Bayern fell asleep and stopped playing, but it's not the equivalent of a bright spell. There really weren't many positives on the night but there are opportunities to be taken from the game, that can hopefully be turned to positives as we go on.
There is no shame in being beaten by a better team, but there is in being out worked. We should never be out worked by any team, ever, never mind when we're at home.
I think we've all seen when weaker teams stay with better teams for a large chunk of a match because they are working twice as hard as them. There should never be a case where we are out worked. It's unacceptable, especially when you look at the wage these guys are on. The least that is expected of these guys is to work for their pay.
Bayern were proactive, they came to our pitch and attacked us. They were proactive, we were reactive, which shouldn't be the way for a home team. They didn't fear us, they came to our pitch and just owned us. That simple. They knocked us aside like we were nothing.
They just seemed so unprepared. Bayern didn't change the way they played over night, but we were so unprepared for it.
They had a better attitude, which is really disapointing. They played as a time, while I've always felt that we act like a group of individual players, which doesn't help.
They seemed to know where their players were at all times, they knew what the plan was with and without the ball, The backed eachother up and filled in gaps. We had a bunch of players going in, making decisions and passing balls on a whim and a prayer. It's not good enough.
The only positive..It wont happen in the Premiership, the teams aren't good enough to do that to us.
Hopefully we can learn from it, work harder and be more prepared in the future.
What's so sad though is our attitude, has we lost sight of where we used to be. This was my biggest concern when the club was bought, have we so quickly forgotten where we used to be. We should be grateful for what we do have, we were incredibly lucky that we were bought and not some other mid table team. Lets not forget the club we used to be.
Not long ago we would just be happy to have the opportunity to play such an incredible team, never mind be calling for players and management alike to be sacked because we couldn't meet their standard.
Who's calling for players and managers to be sacked...give your head a wobble