Premier League games 30/31 October & 1/2 November

[Mancity1980]

I would still make them favourites for the league.

The bookies don’t.

 

[NorCalBlue]

Me too. As crap as they are defensively they are far more convincing then we are with their backs against the wall. When they go behind.. you know they will turn it.. you know we will be lucky to claw back a point.

It’s mentality.

I agree, but not that it's our mentality that's the problem - it's more our style of play and personnel up front. In Mane and Salah they have two players significantly more clinical than anyone we have (except Sergio, and he's not much of an aerial threat), so when they get in trouble, just banging long balls into the box is a successful strategy. We don't have that. Instead we work patiently to create chances, which gets very hard to do against a packed defence hanging on for a result, and when we do make the chance, we are currently more likely to miss it (Mahrez, Sterling, Gabby, in particular).

 

[kdbrise]

Mane is a bigger c*nt than Salad, at least Salad just dives around, Mane goes and fouls the opposition. See both the disallowed goal and the winning goal, neither should have been given. Mane clearly obstructs the defender after he loses the ball for their second goal.
Can't stand that team.

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

Mane is a bigger c*nt than Salad, at least Salad just dives around, Mane goes and fouls the opposition. See both the disallowed goal and the winning goal, both should have not been given. Mane clearly obstructs the defender after he loses the ball for their second goal.
Can't stand that team.

Yep. Everyone threw hissy fits about Pickford but Mane fouls our players and it's *crickets*

 

[Dr Jacoby]

The bookies don’t.

They had us as clear favourites before the season began. I have no idea why.

 

[Damanino]

Fucking Jota transfer worked out so well for them. Came in and scoring match winning goals within weeks in very tight games.
We really need something like that from Mahrez, but next time he scores will be the 5th goal when we are 5-0 up...

 

[hertsblue]

Another 13 fouls without a card, it seems they only pick up yellows if the offence should be a red, We get a card on average every 4 fouls, they seem to get one every 15 or so but no point competing in this corrupt game anymore. Everyone knows he is a serial diver, he did the same in the CL in midweek and yet refs cannot wait to give them a pen

 

[kdbrise]

You mean them getting soft pens to get back into it, and clear handball penalties for us not given by Var.

It's a cycle, they know refs are going to give that inevitable benefit of doubt to them. This gives them the confidence in the box, hold off defenders waiting for them to make a mistake, thereby creating doubt in the mind of defenders.

 

[balotellishaircut]

The bookies don’t.

The refs do :)

 

[Mancity1980]

They had us as clear favourites before the season began. I have no idea why.

I thought doctors were intelligent...:)