Sporting CP (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

[Chak19]

The players needed might not have been available.

What would be worse would be to go out and spend £50m+ on players not good enough long term just to fill the gaps temporarily.

That’s how you slowly degrade your squad and f up your wage bill.

I disagree, when you know you've got two 30 year old CB's who are constantly injured and a 34 RB who's past it I'd say you need to look for long term options.

 

[levets]

Very very hard, painful watch. We were bang on it in the first half and should have been comfortable with another couple of goals, however their keeper stopped everything. We got a warning when they played a ball from defence between our defenders and the striker brushed off Simpson Pusey, but fluffed his attempt. We didn’t learn from it and they did the same in the 38th min and he scored, he was fortunate as he scuffed his shot and it found its way into the net….

Then we absolutely capitulated. To conceded after 20 seconds from the restart is totally unprofessional and demonstrates a clear lack of concentration, shocking defensively. However, to then conceded a stupid penalty, what appeared to be less than a minute later, when we had possession too, is diabolical. Our defending tonight was not good at all collectively.

Pep dropped a bollock with that back four, those selected all had stinkers, but the high line fucked us. Rico is always going to be pushing on and doesn’t have the pace to recover as we have seen on too many occasions this season. Akanji and Gvardiol played like they’d just been promoted from the youth team, like Simpson Pusey. The poor lad got a roasting, strange choice by Pep to play him in such a game. It was a mistake for sure.

The midfield constantly caught in possession or gave the ball away needlessly, Bernardo and Kovacic can not give us the drive and creativity needed. Neither of them performed well tonight, Phil started well but faded. Our wingers repeatedly wasted opportunities with poor ball into the box or in Savinho’s case, wildly shooting when there were much better options. Erling, started off well, but faded and then that penalty! The keeper had already gone before he struck the ball. Terrible penalty and it could have changed the game.

The only positive was finally seeing Kev back on the pitch. We need to get over Rodri, we won’t see him until next August, we have to get other key players fit and quickly otherwise there will be more of these pastings. The international break can’t come quick enough, but the club MUST put their foot down with players wanting to represent their national teams whilst not being fit for City.

We’re not in a great place at the moment, we are struggling and we look totally disjointed and have done for a few weeks, despite getting wins; but we need to get our mojo back otherwise we may find ourselves in a worse situation.

 

[madloaf]

I must have watched a different game

Both of them, as well as the other two at the back, were a complete car crash

You did watch another game.

 

[argyle]

Shit again.

Gutted.

Awful window and can’t see us signing in January to help us. Looks bleak.

Bleak? Pull yourself together.

When we get KDB, Grealish, Walker, Dias and Stones back we'll be more solid.

We've been here nearly every year. Around this time we have bad results and people on here lose their head. Then we lift trophies at the end of the season.

 

[M23 Citizen]

By the way. Watch the back view of Haaland’s penalty back… his standing foot moves the turf and the ball upwards as he planted it.

 

[TueartsCossackSpray]

4-1 away at Lincoln in League Cup. I knew we’d never win a fucking trophy ever again with that shower of utter shit.

I was at work the day after that defeat, the only blue in a warehouse full of rags/dippers. Some nobhead brought me a red top and the headline was
Imps 4
Wimps 1
Ironically the company name was IMPS!!

 

[Streetsweeper]

What’s Andy Morrison up to these days?

 

[madloaf]

We are missing the best player in the world and were missing one of the best players in the world in KDB.

We were also without Grealish and three of our top defenders.

Give this team a break.

I do think some players aren't good enough such as Nunes. Kovacic clearly can't play the Rodri roll. So that's been some bad recruitment.

We're not left with chopped liver though are we. We have arguably the best striker in the world. We have the premier leagues player of the year. We have some people's pick for city player of the season last year in Akanji. We have everyone's favourite winger Doku and much more.

 

[M23 Citizen]

What’s Andy Morrison up to these days?

He was on commentary on the City app tonight

 

[TheBlueCat]

I see - play football you mean? Good idea

As my late mum used to say, ‘.. why don’t they just get it in the net?’ Wise words..