rangers v city, defence..worrying!!

Nothing short of a pathetic shambles at times, no where near good enough for where we need to be. Richards, Dunne and Bridge are not at the level we need and if they all play first team football this coming season we will be a laughing stock.
 
I can see why we want another defender, we are going to have some embarrassing moments. There are some very large holes there.
 
Why the fuck cant we defend a corner ,every fucking time they get one i shit myself,no wonder he wanted Terry cause i cant see a top 4 defence tonight
 
our left handside was crap tonight and when petrov came on it went worse he never tracked back once ?? not just him !!
 
Garbage at the back mate,absolutely awful,that Toure is gonna be saying Christ what am i trying to defend with here.

Dunne - finished
Richards - Needs to go
Bridge - 12 m ???????????????
Ben Haim - Do i need to comment ??????????????

Worrying indeed,no matter how people on here may try to dress it up as a meaningless friendly
 
if MH wants to keep his job then he needs to get rid of Bridge(cover), TBH(sell), Dunne(cover), and cash in on Richards NOW!!

simply because of the horrendous defending they display week in week out. We don't need to see the comedy of errors this season do we.

I would like to see along with toure a new left back and i would put Barry or Lescott there if we can get him, and find a true centre back monster in heading and winning the ball. the right back position is up for grabs but who will fill it?

Start from the back with solid defenders and we will be fine keeping WANK limp wristed players like the ones mentioned and we will be a joke of a team i would of thought from last season MH and his defensive coach Bowen would put it right but it seems they haven't learnt a damm thing.

i know tonight was only a friendly but nothing has changed we look a shambles and Petrov will get worse if he has someone like bridge behind him just like he got fed up with Ball/garrido.
 
Is it obvious our manager was a striker or what?! We're a mess at the back and I can't see Lescott alone remedying that.
I know the manager tried to sign JT and is still in for Lescott but the new season is less than 2 weeks away and our defense looked as weak as it ever was. I think its naive to think Toure can come in and turn round our defense.
I never thought I'd say it but VK may well be our best option along side Toure, god help us if he goes to Barca!!
 
Hughes stated there is work to be done between the back 4 and midfield, as it was so evident last season, even with 2 defensive midfielders, we had huge gaps in the back so he is aware of it.
So he is aware of the weakness which is good but what i did not like was he said its not been possible to work on it because Dunne missed a weeks training.
Going forward we look like top 6, defending and defending from corners we look like bottom 8.
Alot of 3-2 wins/defeats this year i reckon but top 4, not a chance with current defence.

pre-season, so it doesnt matter people will say, but its worrying how many chances Barnsley, Rangers (same team Arsenal kids ripped apart) etc are having against us.

I think Celtic on Saturday will be as close to a 1st 11 as we will see, baring injuries, so lets see how we do then.
 
I can't understand why, with the height and bulk we have at the back, we do not ATTACK THE BALL....both on offence and defence?! I am SO tired of City players looking around at dead balls as if they are covering someone, something, some space, or anything at all! Pick a man, get up his arse and beat him to the ball ffs!! After all, the attacker has to put the ball on goal while the defender ONLY has to stop that from happening. A decent clearance would be nice, but JUST STOPPING THE ATTACKER GETTING TO THE BALL FIRST is not exactly rocket science, is it?

Maybe the problem has been that we have had absolutely NO-ONE UPFRONT who could attack the ball like the opposition, so in training, it is easy pickings for the first team defence??!! I don't know, but whatever it is, we have become the cardiac kids from EVERY dead ball that gets pumped into the box!
 
we have become the cardiac kids from EVERY dead ball that gets pumped into the box!
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no, we have been that since the 70s

Dunne had another shocker, never thought Richards was a natural right back and Toure is findng his way in the side. TBH is not up to it.

However Im putting on my tin hat and saying that I thought Bridge did ok considering he receive no help in the second half what so ever.

Teams should defend from the front, second half the side we had out that was never going to happen and it just piled pressure on an already creaking defence. Cant see Etuhu petrov weiss bellamy on the pitch together next season with toure in midfield and tbh at centre half.
 
club captain,,16 million pound center half ..12 million left back..and so called international potential righ back ..we could nt be any stronger in defence last night...yet we looked like someone who took a knife to a gunfight ..USELESS...
 
After watching this shambles defence, how are going to shake of this "Typical City tag"?

Dunnie has to go, hes a championship player imo, Ben H is a league 1 player imo. At the moment our away form is still the same as last season shocking.
Im just hoping we are all so excited and ready for the big kick off that we dont fall flat on our faces, only to be beat everygame 4-3 :(

At the mo i feel we still have this typical city cloud over us.
 
alibobs36 said:
Why the fuck cant we defend a corner ,every fucking time they get one i shit myself,no wonder he wanted Terry cause i cant see a top 4 defence tonight
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I have been more worried on corners than free kicks for a few years now when will this be sorted
 
Don't worry.... pre season does not matter and as soon as the season starts we will, as if by magic, stop playing like disorganised planks who cant defend and dont know what system, if any, we are supposed to be playing and begin looking like a team that can finish in the top half. The welsh numpty has got it all under control.
 
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