Spurs (A) Post Match Thread

[big gaz]

One WTF moment on my feed yesterday.

At half time they went to Dermot Gallagher to review the Raz penalty incident. Of course Dermot was adamant it was a dive. He even said at one point "look you can here that sterling has recognized he cant get to the ball"

Shearer, who was on the panel stepped in "but he GOT the ball!" and that was the end of that segment. Just shows how the refs see us.

I saw that as well bang on right

 

[bluemonkey71]

Just seen the highlights. How on earth we didn’t score is beyond me. Lloris was all over place. We need to start firing again. Hopefully we get back on the saddle quickly and hit a bag full against the hammers.

 

[Grassland Blue]

I wouldn't even single out poor finishing as the only issue.

It is only part of the problem.

There is a serious lack of professionalism all over the Pitch this season.

Defensively we really are abysmal.You could be forgiven for thinking we dont bother with the defensive side of the game.We see players like Otamendi make the same mistake game, after,game.Yet still he starts.With our corners,and free kicks there is no clear strategy.We saw our corner today turned quickly in to a Spurs Attack.

I remember when Pep used to hook Leroy for not tracking back,regardless of his offensive qualities.Now the whole side do it.A quick opposition counter usually results in a goal against us.

No one wins anything with a bad defense.All great sides are built on solid foundations. Vinny was like having 2 defenders on the Pitch ,he could Baby sit Stones,and make Otamendi look half decent.

I love Vinnie.
He did let us down against R.M. once though...

 

[blue by birth]

Our defence of the title is heading toward one the worst on record.
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We already hold the accolade for the worst title defence ever. 1937-38

So you reckon finishing second is one of the worst title defences?
Points wise it won't matter as long as we finish second ..

 

[old blue]

The stream i had had Graham Le Saux banging on constantly that it was horror tackle by Sterling and should've been straight red. I thought it was an honest challenge and he got the ball first (cant find a vid) but can see why a yellow was given

Was it as bad as two tackles by Kane and Alli at our place a couple of years back. If I remember correctly neither were part of legitimate tackles and both intended harm.

 

[decmancity]

Was in Prague pissed up during the game so barely remember much. Just watched it back.

Same old same old really. How many fucking times are we going to miss chances, every single fucking week. Pep must be tearing his hair out as he's being hung out by the press and even by some on here yet his tactics are producing chance after chance for multiple players. I wish we could say it's just Aguero or someone missing chances but it's the fucking whole team.

Big squad overhaul in the summer needed.

 

[NorCalBlue]

Just seen the highlights. How on earth we didn’t score is beyond me. Lloris was all over place. We need to start firing again. Hopefully we get back on the saddle quickly and hit a bag full against the hammers.

The problem is that some days we're very efficient in front of goal and score a bagfull when we don't really need to, and other days we can't seem to score to save our lives. There has to be a tactical and/or psychological reason for that, because if it was truly random, our goals would be spread out a lot more evenly.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

As I said at the time: against Villa, we didn't even get all our shots on target. We got about 60% between the two posts and under the bar. We know the result. All I'm asking is that we get about 50%. We would win virtually every game. And this would have been a genuine title race, even with the fuck-ups in defence.

 

[kaz7]

Leave the civil warfare out.

We played very well up to a point. VAR was sh't again, however can't blame that for missing umpteenth chances which has become a trend. It's not good enough to say it was a crazy game, and one of those nights because poor finishing has become a trend. That was a game we should have won very easily. As was Man Utd in midweek.

The obvious thing is to look at our forwards:

Aguero,Mahrez and Sterling. Sterling has gone to pieces since the Anfield game. He needs to get a grip. Mahrez is playing very well but he doesn't score many goals. Aguero is scoring but I get the feeling that he should be scoring a lot more.

I'd bring jesus in. Should have happened a while ago. He is hungry and an excellent finisher.

This might do us a favour as the league has gone anyway and it will make us hungry, and question ourselves.

As a club I would really like City to sort Pep's contract out. he wants to leave it to the end of the season, but I think we'd benefit from extending it now if he will do that.

I knew you would say it's sergio's fault somehow

 

[kaz7]

Don't have a negative view on the club mate, and fuck me don't dare to criticise Guardiola, he's immune from any kind of criticism. You can't expect three good seasons on the spin can you, if you do you're a spoilt bastard. Just say, all's well in the City garden.

No you can't expect them to keep up the intensity pep brings for 3 seasons,you are far and away the most negative about being a blue on here

 

[kaz7]

It's the pressure. Liverpool are performing week in, week out. Even when playing not that great, they find a way to win. This relentless pressure has been mounting week after week and, I believe, is affecting the performance of those chasing. If Liverpool had a lost a few games the top 4 would look a LOT tighter.

We didn't falter with the pressure last seasons on the way to back to back titles and the treble,injuries and var have killed us this season,we were the chasers in 2012,2014,neck and neck last season,we can do pressure just fine

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Our defence of the title is heading toward one the worst on record.
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We already hold the accolade for the worst title defence ever. 1937-38

Ok , we did not retain our title and win three on the trot , but the next best position is runners-up , how is finishing the next best team to the title winner the worst ever defence ?

 

[Fordyboy46]

No you can't expect them to keep up the intensity pep brings for 3 seasons,you are far and away the most negative about being a blue on here

I'm not at all, when we are playing well I'll praise City and rightly so. I was frustrated by yesterday's performance not particularly angry because we did put the effort in. We're a very frustrating side to watch at present don't you agree?

 

[Bluekiwi]

Shame, was there ever any mention of last season being amogst the best, if not the best title defence in history?

Don't be silly - we rarely get accolades from the media.I bet they would have trotted out the rags defence as better when they did it in the dark distant past.

 

[kaz7]

I'm not at all, when we are playing well I'll praise City and rightly so. I was frustrated by yesterday's performance not particularly angry because we did put the effort in. We're a very frustrating side to watch at present don't you agree?

You were at it pre match

 

[Cornish_Blue]

FFS, looks like no one is entitled to have their moans here. It’s a forum for the snowflakes and ‘PC’ warriors.
Where is the desire and grit? We as fans are entitled to criticise however and as much as we want, if we feel a player(s) isn’t doing as well as he SHOULD, we can say what we like, it’s not going to affect him at all. They live in a completely different world to us. The frustration is that we appear to have crumbled or the manager has lost it. If we get beat by WHU, it could be the start of the rot. The dipper loving media have jumped on the band wagon and said if we don’t win CL the season is a failure?! SINCE WHEN???? If we can win at least one trophy, the season isn’t a failure imo.
We have seen the the transformation of BRITISH football, witnessed the greatest City team I’ve ever seen AND win the FIRST domestic TREBLE, but that’s all hushed up by the dipper loving media cnuts. Unless we win every trophy, every season for a decade, we would never be accepted by the media.
FCUK THEM, CNUTS.

 

[East Level 2]

Yes

In that case you're miles from the truth.
I was fuming coming out of the ground on Sunday and I'm in my 60s. - As for being a JCL, I've been a regular at home games for over 50 years and had a season ticket since 1974. I also see the majority of away games and used to see them when we were in the silly and very silly divisions.
Meanwhile you occasionally post in the match day thread for home games, so either the wifi is far better where you sit or you don't go to games. So who is the fucking rag?

 

[ChicagoBlue]

The unofficial law that says "thou shall not be an utter bellend & push someone over when they are virtually past you & through on goal & you're already on a yellow card"

Clearly, while amusing, your description is not what happened, and I’m not saying that on a yellow card a player needs to give HIMSELF a wide berth when making a challenge, but I’m not sure when a perfectly good shoulder charge became illegal, let alone a yellow card...and a second one at that! Mike Dean gave 50,000 Spurs fans what they wanted and the game changed within 2 minutes.

A game that is dying for the regular fan, especially those of us who remember when football was played by men, not flopping fish!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

FFS, looks like no one is entitled to have their moans here. It’s a forum for the snowflakes and ‘PC’ warriors.
Where is the desire and grit? We as fans are entitled to criticise however and as much as we want, if we feel a player(s) isn’t doing as well as he SHOULD, we can say what we like, it’s not going to affect him at all. They live in a completely different world to us. The frustration is that we appear to have crumbled or the manager has lost it. If we get beat by WHU, it could be the start of the rot. The dipper loving media have jumped on the band wagon and said if we don’t win CL the season is a failure?! SINCE WHEN???? If we can win at least one trophy, the season isn’t a failure imo.
We have seen the the transformation of BRITISH football, witnessed the greatest City team I’ve ever seen AND win the FIRST domestic TREBLE, but that’s all hushed up by the dipper loving media cnuts. Unless we win every trophy, every season for a decade, we would never be accepted by the media.
FCUK THEM, CNUTS.

For the record, no-one else won a domestic trophy last season, so I guess EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE PL had a horrible, end of the world season? What about the season before...same?

City have been so dominant in England for the last two seasons, and so despised for it, that virtually everyone and their brother is LOVING seeing City lose games, Pep holding his head in his hands, and even claiming one of our players should have been sent off TWICE IN ONE GAME! It is simply impossible to fight that seething horde, especially when they control so much of the media...and the media loves A STORY. Their story of choice? Liverpool winning the PL for the first time in its ‘

Klopp feeds the media, Pep loathes it. Liverpool is a story, and people seem to believe it’s a homemade story built on Melwood, but it’s a sham, a smokescreen that the media perpetuates. I mean, who drools over fans who are thugs who smash up away team coaches, crush both away fans and their own fans, yet claim “great atmosphere,” and love “their” song (that multiple teams used to sing!). Even their owners are known to be willing to do ANYTHING to win, as evidenced by their Boston Red Sox stealing plays from the opposition and Liverpool stealing scouting reports. Scum.

City, who were once everyone’s “unlucky losers” second team, are now the despised, oil money, buying the League, hated team...and not just in England! UEFA obviously hates us, but appears to be either afraid of us (or their own lack of transparency) or simply doesn’t have the goods to do what they desperately want to do, which is crush us by banning us, costing us at least £50M in annual revenues, which then makes FFP even harder for the next 3 years, and stops you buying players you need to compete at the top table.

So, against that backdrop, Sky Sports today has the story that Liverpool are sooooo much better than everyone else that City are closer in points to the bottom of the table than the top! Who knew that 2nd was so shit? I guess it must make the other 18 teams feel wonderful!!

The PL season is basically over, but the team has to play well every game, because you can’t just turn up for the Cup and CL games and play well without it being a good habit, and losing games while completely dominating the opposition (Utd & Spurs) might make Pep say positive things about the team in public, but in private he has to be seething at the players who are squandering all the hard work the other players are putting in the create those chances.

Anyway, there are dozens of other professional teams in England and Wales who WISH they had had City’s problems for the past two seasons and I’m proud of the product and results those “problems” have created.

REALITY CHECK: We are SECOND in the League, a shoo-in for the CL next season, in the League Cup final, a good draw in the FA Cup and playing fucking Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League after winning our group AGAIN this season...and all of that after winning 7 of the last 8 domestic trophies available over the last two seasons!

If this is the pain of being a City fan, hurt me some more...please!

 

[stonerblue]

The unofficial law that says "thou shall not be an utter bellend & push someone over when they are virtually past you & through on goal & you're already on a yellow card"

nailed it