This for me. There’s no way Nunes, Kovacic, I’d say Doku as well are good enough. We needed to keep improving not plateau. I love stones and ake but they are never fit. KDB Gundo and Walker incredible but they need replacing. No replacement for Alvarez is criminal. He scored goals that we haven’t replaced. It’s really quite worrying. Uncertainty around Pep can’t be helping either. The last two games we’ve been humbled if we are honest and we don’t look like we have a response in us.
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Great (sur) name?1.Score
2.Defend.
3.Control midfield.
Problem solved.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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I’ve seen us thrashed so many times over the years, that wasn’t a thrashing the score shows. We simply couldn’t put the ball in the net.
Threw it away
Actually, we were genuinely thrashed by Bournemouth, more than tonight. The respective results don't seem to indicate it. But it is the case.
Akanji is clearly playing with an injury.I thought the young lad was thrown right under the bus tonight, but Akanji did'nt help one iota
eyalluvitt
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Fireworks?Apparently the players and coaches are arguing now
Can't disagree. It's been fabulous. Can be again.Simple disgraceful tonight the minute they equalised. Played like pussies. No physicality. Defence are guaranteed to give up goals. Incapable of keeping clean sheets. Savinho has done little these last few games he's played. He's weak. It's clear we miss Rodri. More than expected. Haaland is off the boil. I can see us losing 4 in a row this weekend. Just can't see us winning a game at the moment.
The last few years are catching up on us now. It had to happen. It's been a blast. We now need to reset in January and summer. Dare I say it perhaps we need a fresh perspective from the sidelines now as well. Then we go again. CTID.
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I don’t mind this if this truly happened. It’s not just on the players, Pep and the coaches have to work through this together with them. Maybe the players are questioning the tactics. De Bruyne has been in sides @ City and maybe he is wondering what the **** is going on. It all feels a bit experimental this season.Sam Lee has tweeted a confrontation between Kev and coaching staff
Bravo/ so what the fuck is he doing crossing the white line?Akanji is clearly playing with an injury.
Of course, the result stopped being important in those days, we weren’t ever going to abandon the team however shit things got. We embraced it and have been rewarded by the footballing gods in ways we ever could have imagined.When we were a yoyo team, we got to visit some of the lesser clubs in the country. I for one found it very enjoyable.
First half an hour was possibly the most ‘us’ we’ve looked all season. Wingers high and wide, sharp passing, good pressing and that numerical superiority in midfield. Should have been three or four up at half time and they couldn’t live with us.
But fuck me, how vulnerable do we look on the break? Every time they got over the halfway line it looked like we were going to concede and I can’t remember the last time we looked all over the place to that degree. Probably Pellegrini’s last season.
Anyone’s guess as to how we sort it before January when we surely, surely get the chequebook out. Stones would be the most obvious answer on paper but can’t stay fit to save his life. From a technical point of view I’d say Gvardiol but then we’re taking our best defender out of defence.
Grealish is the answer for me. Gives us the control we desperately need, rarely loses the ball and no stranger to winning the odd free kick. Him next to Kovacic and Rico dropping in is by no means perfect but if we carry on like this until January we’re probably out of the title race, bearing in mind we’ve got Tottenham, Liverpool and Villa within four weeks.
But fuck me, how vulnerable do we look on the break? Every time they got over the halfway line it looked like we were going to concede and I can’t remember the last time we looked all over the place to that degree. Probably Pellegrini’s last season.
Anyone’s guess as to how we sort it before January when we surely, surely get the chequebook out. Stones would be the most obvious answer on paper but can’t stay fit to save his life. From a technical point of view I’d say Gvardiol but then we’re taking our best defender out of defence.
Grealish is the answer for me. Gives us the control we desperately need, rarely loses the ball and no stranger to winning the odd free kick. Him next to Kovacic and Rico dropping in is by no means perfect but if we carry on like this until January we’re probably out of the title race, bearing in mind we’ve got Tottenham, Liverpool and Villa within four weeks.