Post match Discussion Thread City v Villarreal
- Thread starter Ducado
- Start date
well said... this win is very important for the future!!! We cant see that now... and we can as usual dissect every part of the game to the last second but the character will only be measured in the long run... wins like this build a winning mentality!! It wasnt pretty but extremely emotional and draining match to watch... but the release of joy in the final second was so intense!!!Dirtymindz said:
Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
I thought it was complete dross mostly last night but somehow we got the 3 points and that's most important.
The quality of our passing was way below the standard we're capable of and we just seemed to have a collective mind-set that we need to play at half-speed in the CL. Villarreal are not a top Spanish side at the moment and weren't much better than Aston Villa. But they were disciplined and played offside very well. I think we were caught offside more times last night than the rest of the games we've played this season so far put together.
Their goal came as a result of mistakes from 3 players who are normally so reliable, which summed up last night. One thing that really annoyed me was how lackadaisical were were even in the last few minutes. The worst example was when we got a goalkick and Hart wanted to take it quickly but all four defenders were strolling in the penalty area when they should have been racing out to give him the short-ball option he'd been playing all night. It was as though they'd settled for the point and that one moment, for me, summed up that we've still got some way to go. Thought the initial selection was odd. I'm not sure AJ is good enough for that level yet and Yaya is so much better up the field (although he was relatively poor last night, particularly with his passing).
But that goal could be so, so important to us in so many ways. Let's learn from it and use it as a springboard.
The quality of our passing was way below the standard we're capable of and we just seemed to have a collective mind-set that we need to play at half-speed in the CL. Villarreal are not a top Spanish side at the moment and weren't much better than Aston Villa. But they were disciplined and played offside very well. I think we were caught offside more times last night than the rest of the games we've played this season so far put together.
Their goal came as a result of mistakes from 3 players who are normally so reliable, which summed up last night. One thing that really annoyed me was how lackadaisical were were even in the last few minutes. The worst example was when we got a goalkick and Hart wanted to take it quickly but all four defenders were strolling in the penalty area when they should have been racing out to give him the short-ball option he'd been playing all night. It was as though they'd settled for the point and that one moment, for me, summed up that we've still got some way to go. Thought the initial selection was odd. I'm not sure AJ is good enough for that level yet and Yaya is so much better up the field (although he was relatively poor last night, particularly with his passing).
But that goal could be so, so important to us in so many ways. Let's learn from it and use it as a springboard.
The game 161
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 24 Jul 2011
- Messages
- 937
Actually they are struggling in Spain this year which is why I was expected to be a sure winkiam06 said:
Ntini77
Well-Known Member
It's encouraging that despite playing way below our best, we're still in contention to qualify from a very tough group.
johnny crossan
Well-Known Member
What was all that aggro about after the final whistle - stewards scuffling with Villareal players trying to get at the ref and tv cameras chasing after Silva on his way off?
Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
They thought the goal was offside. I must admit that on watching it on TV when I got home I thought they might have had a point. I'm not sure Aguero or Silva were ever onside at any point during the move apart from when the ball came in from Zab but I'd need to have a closer look. I'm pretty sure he was in an offside position when the ball went to Zab but it's so open to interpretation these days.johnny crossan said:
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer
Well-Known Member
Prestwich_Blue said:
Didn't become active until the 2nd phase thus on side
quiet_riot
Well-Known Member
Jumanji said:Found this on another forum:
A job at Sky awaits.