Post Match Thread: City vs Spurs

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

The Spurs winner was a nightmare and most of us appear to hold Kolorov responsible for not following Erikson's run. By repeated freeze framing it emerges that Kolorov followed until in line with Zaba, while Otamendi went to the Spurs lad. If Vinnie had stepped up at that point Erikson would have been clearly offside when the ball was played through - if we could trust the officials to give it. As it was Vinnie stayed put and played him onside. Small margins and probably the result of Vinnie's lengthy lay off.

 

[kevodevo]

This morning all spuds woke up with that feeling that burglars have after their best night and the best bit was the coppers helped him load the fuckin van!

 

[meeesh]

Not that I want him to,but I've read this afternoon that MP won't face any action regarding his comments about Twattenberg.......how come ? I wonder,is it like we know he fucked up so lets let it ride ?

Normally the book is thrown at managers for outbursts,and even more considering he mentioned the last game at Spurs as well

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Not that I want him to,but I've read this afternoon that MP won't face any action regarding his comments about Twattenberg.......how come ? I wonder,is it like we know he fucked up so lets let it ride ?

Normally the book is thrown at managers for outbursts,and even more considering he mentioned the last game at Spurs as well

We could have a rerun of the first Spurs goal at The Lane and hold a sweepstake to see who can guess the correct distance in millimetres that Walker was offside. I'm going for 3768mm! And Old Mother Riley can explain the ins and outs of the latest missive explaining the new rule that if the ball hits yer back it's a pen!

 

[mosssideblue]

Played well yesterday Kompany looked good and gave the team a lift. We were in control and comfortable until cheatenberg awarded that penalty. My 1 frustration was Clichy for Kolarov just after we scored don't know why he did that. We certainly didn't deserve to lose. Anyway let's hope Vinny can stay fit and we can get some sort of run going.

Agree with your analysis. Believe Clichy was hooked as he was injured (someone posted earlier that he was seen going straight down the tunnel)

 

[lasereyes]

But nothing anywhere in the news or on Physioroom regarding Clichy being injured. Maybe he needed to take a shit or something, but his withdrawal might have cost us the game.

 

[johnnytapia]

Bloody hell; I'll have to wholeheartedly agree with you.

And I’ll second it. I sensed a change in the team yesterday - a positive one. We lost, yes, and it’s never good against a team around you. But I see the return of Vinny as a season defining thing - IF he stays fit, we’ll win this league.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

We are truly shite at the moment, never even looked like winning in either of the past two games. And why he keeps leaving Kelechi on the bench is completely beyond me. Yaya toure is not a second striker.

And why the hell is Roberts out on loan when we desperately need a winger.

For a little while, after Crappenberg has given Spuds the leg-up, and after we equalised, we looked as though we were gonna turn 'em over. It was only for a little while, though!

 

[Colin Bell's Boots]

Not that I want him to,but I've read this afternoon that MP won't face any action regarding his comments about Twattenberg.......how come ? I wonder,is it like we know he fucked up so lets let it ride ?

Normally the book is thrown at managers for outbursts,and even more considering he mentioned the last game at Spurs as well

That just about sums it up perfectly - everybody knows that Clattenburg fucked the decision(s) up ( corruptly or mistakenly - take your pick ) and the powers that be don't want the fucking thing raking up !

How very English of them, protecting one of the " best referees in the EPL " !!

 

[Бравый Дератизатор]

Sadly, I have concluded we can't win this season. Tothenham, Arsenal, and Leicester strike me as all better than us. And that says a lot.

I think Tothenham

Yes, they are, but remember how we won the championship for the first time in the 21st century.
Still hope we can win it. Noone is good enough to win this season, so why not us?

 

[kiam06]

I can't be too negative about yesterday we were the better team and were robbed with a shocking decision and individual mistakes.

We can still win the league but I'll be happy with top 4 for now.

 

[blue wang]

Yes, they are, but remember how we won the championship for the first time in the 21st century.
Still hope we can win it. Noone is good enough to win this season, so why not us?

12 games to go is a long way.

Its all down to how we use yaya . how kdb comes back and if Silva can keep improving his form. There were encouraging signs from him.

I would like to see kdb in yaya role. That to me would be the answer to problems

Yaya . needs to play from the bench.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Had to laugh at the after match Spurs celebrations , only short of a Stevie G , "lets go again huddle" .

 

[bobom]

When is KDB due back?

 

[MeatHunterrr]

When is KDB due back?

Around April

 

[malg]

When is KDB due back?

Not soon enough.

 

[cleavers]

When is KDB due back?

In time to be ready for the Euro's ;o)

 

[Gabriel]

The Spurs winner was a nightmare and most of us appear to hold Kolorov responsible for not following Erikson's run. By repeated freeze framing it emerges that Kolorov followed until in line with Zaba, while Otamendi went to the Spurs lad. If Vinnie had stepped up at that point Erikson would have been clearly offside when the ball was played through - if we could trust the officials to give it. As it was Vinnie stayed put and played him onside. Small margins and probably the result of Vinnie's lengthy lay off.

Agree with the analysis, but the reality is that Clattenberg would have overruled the linesman if he'd dared raise his flag.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I enjoyed the game live and thought we should and could have won it. Watching it again on record was a different experience. We truly started to play after their first 'goal'. Why can't we do that from the first minute? If we had I think we would have won. Positives for me, silva, the defence including Oto, who I thought was far more disciplined than usual. Vinnie was good apart from their second when he backed off rather than his usual front foot defending. Yaya put in a good shift. Rahim gives the ball away too easily, as did the Ferns on a number of occasions. Put that down to Spurs energy and pressing. Kun played poorly although he didn't get great service. Kelechi's goal was class and worthy of a celebration. The officials were cheats and Manuel called that in his post match interview. Quinn's commentary was not as bad as some make out. He clearly has a hard on for Spurs but called the penalty correctly 'harsh and unjust'. We have lost two at home to two good teams, wether we would have done better with a full squad - who knows. I am confident that Pep will make the adjustments needed to get us back to the top.

 

[davymcfc]

And yet given just given 50% of the CLEAR refereeing decisions that should have gone in our favour we would have been top.
So we do "deserve to be challenging", as you appear to be denying us.

I think our performances have been really sloppy this season. We started brilliantly and then totally lost our way. The tempo has been consistently poor and we have been taught proper lessons by teams with a lot less quality than we do. Liverpool, stoke and Leicester tore us apart. We were incredibly lucky to beat Swansea, Norwich and Watford. We haven't beaten any of the top 6. The fact we are still up there is a blessing. Who knows, now that Kompany is back we might find a bit of form again and make a push.