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[Beanhead]

Nunes was the least of our problems tonight and for those making him out the scape goat needs to look at other players who play on a regular basis who were dog shite.

I thought Nunes was one of brighter players.. lost his cool but he was great first half.

 

[I'm Blue]

Pep’s interviews recently remind me of when he went at the team after Spurs in 22/23. He’s trying to get a reaction.

From saying Haaland can get a break during internationals if he needs one to insinuating some players aren’t going through the pain barrier or admitting to getting pissed off at NT injuries and that we pay the wages.

He sounds pissed off. And rightly so.

He’d be better off starting himself in midfield at the minute ; )

 

[Great Kompany]

The shit squad building was waiting to bite us in the arse and here we finally are!

How the fuck do we have some 30 year olds minding our midfield when it’s the most important part of Guardiola’s team.

Even Kloop manage to replace the old farts with Maclister Gaverbarch Curtis Jones and as such. They ain’t Rodri or KDB but atleast they can run and cover spaces.

Awful squad building and a tough job for the next guy.

 

[paulsimpson]

Looking at the BBC report is odd - they say we were well thrashed yet we had 20 shots, 72% possession & 11 corners to 1 - that tells me we still do certain things very well - we just need to find a solution to stopping teams constantly having 3 v 2 on breaks and counters. We gave away 2 stupid pens tonight because we got caught on the wrong side - we need to pick our best 4 fit defenders and start from there.

I guess we will be fine but the game at the weekend has become very important now.

And tweek that High Line a good bit

 

[ancoats]

A song also goes

and now the end is nigh.

Maybe your right

But one thing that will never die is our love for Manchester City, We'll Support You Evermore

 

[ysmsa]

Can we please stop saying Nunes is ok and making excuses for him.

The man is absolutely wank. How can there be so many of you who just won’t have it?.

I wouldn't like to go that far with a City player, but you are absolutely spot on ;-)

A terrible signing, on a par with Philips but unfortunately he has to play as we have no one else.

Having said that, he'd be nowhere near the starting 11 Saturday for me

 

[coolcity]

The first one was definitely a penalty and the second one is more likely to be given in a European game than not

The blame lies on both guardiol and Nunes both gave the ball away and needed to be calmer as neither player was going to score from where they were fouled

I've only seen one quick replay of the first one, second one was very soft, there was more contact with the tug on Savinho (I think it was), in the first half. I doubt if any of the three pens would have been given in a Prem match.

 

[Mike N]

We went 34 years without winning anything…… I think the old guard City fans will cope with this current blip. More recent fans sound like they need counselling after this trauma.

Not completely sure about that. I think some of the cry babies on hear tonight are as old as me and I’m nearly 60!

It’s as if the last few years never happened and we’re still crap!

 

[iwasthere1968]

Wouldn't be too sure about that!

Well he would have had at least 2 pen chances ,
Errrr mmmmmm

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Agree with most of this except the bit about Haaland. He had more than enough chances to have hit a hat trick tonight, besides the penalty. He was not good enough today..

And he will know that, and no doubt be really upset with his performance.