He picked the sides that have lost to Spurs away the last 4 times and Chelsea 3 games on the trot.
Same issues with counter-attacks, we lost the biggest club game in European Football due a counter attack from left to right.
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Spurs (A) | Post-Match Thread
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Same issues with counter-attacks, we lost the biggest club game in European Football due a counter attack from left to right.
nellyonthewing
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A very fair summation. Not quite as optimistic as you right now. Recently we seem to have gone from a Ferrari to a Volvo 440 estate.
mscenterh750
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There really is no need to worry, 37 games left and the boys will soon be up to speed and with a returning Stones, Walker, Kev and Zinchenko we’ll be much better at the back.
I really don’t understand the need to flap, panic and slate the players.
Let the rags, dippers and chavs enjoy their weekend wins, because I can guarantee we’ll finish above them all in May.
I really don’t understand the need to flap, panic and slate the players.
Let the rags, dippers and chavs enjoy their weekend wins, because I can guarantee we’ll finish above them all in May.
Yep and it won’t but should result in:At least this puts to bed all the talk of going unbeaten this season.
Mendy only playing domestic cup games
Cancelo only playing when Walker absolutely cannot
Ake being 4th in line behind Laporte
A striker being played when fit ahead of anyone who isnt
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Poor today overall. Started off OK & played quite well for 10 mins, pretty crap after that apart from towards the end when KDB came on.
No coherence going forward. Three of the starting back 4 were not first choice. Slow walking pace with no urgency after we went behind.
Sterling carried on his City form from last season. Torres anonymous after the first 10 mins. Mendy & Cancelo were shit. Not many of the starting 11 covered themselves in glory.
The lack of a booking for Tanganga was bizarre in the first half. I think our favourite ref left his cards in the dressing room.
No coherence going forward. Three of the starting back 4 were not first choice. Slow walking pace with no urgency after we went behind.
Sterling carried on his City form from last season. Torres anonymous after the first 10 mins. Mendy & Cancelo were shit. Not many of the starting 11 covered themselves in glory.
The lack of a booking for Tanganga was bizarre in the first half. I think our favourite ref left his cards in the dressing room.
Overall not the best way to start a season, but not the worst and imo nothing to really worry about.
Good start to the game 20/30 mins, then we seemed to let them back into the game and it proceeded to look more like a pre season match the longer it went on.
Grealish the shining light, head and shoulders the best player on the pitch until Kev came on, really happy with his performance and really liked the fight he showed through the game.
Was surprised by Gundo's poor showing tbh and even more surprised by the hesitancy of the back 2 to play the passes, it was way too slow at lot of the time and it just killed the flow that we wanted to build, Stones and Laporte a massive miss in this sense.
Thought Ferran made a lot of really good runs in the first half, but other players seemed really hesitant to play the pass for some reason.
I actually thought it was a decent match overall, even with a number of players not playing well or lacking fitness, we could and maybe should of got something from the game. It was always going to be a slowish start to the season as yet again our pre season have been affected from forces outside our control, only way is up from now. Good fixture for us next week and real good opportunity to win convincingly and with a good haul of goals.
Good start to the game 20/30 mins, then we seemed to let them back into the game and it proceeded to look more like a pre season match the longer it went on.
Grealish the shining light, head and shoulders the best player on the pitch until Kev came on, really happy with his performance and really liked the fight he showed through the game.
Was surprised by Gundo's poor showing tbh and even more surprised by the hesitancy of the back 2 to play the passes, it was way too slow at lot of the time and it just killed the flow that we wanted to build, Stones and Laporte a massive miss in this sense.
Thought Ferran made a lot of really good runs in the first half, but other players seemed really hesitant to play the pass for some reason.
I actually thought it was a decent match overall, even with a number of players not playing well or lacking fitness, we could and maybe should of got something from the game. It was always going to be a slowish start to the season as yet again our pre season have been affected from forces outside our control, only way is up from now. Good fixture for us next week and real good opportunity to win convincingly and with a good haul of goals.
Agree with most of that but still think Kane scores or creates more danger from the 11 corners we completely wasted. Plus he holds and finds space much better than Torres.What excuses did Mendy, Ake and Cancelo have, certainly wasn't tiredness.
Horrible from so many but the glaring issue remains and a top striker would have made little difference today.
The defensive midfield is too slow when the ball breaks down.
Fern still sees the danger but his legs can't get him there.
Gundo, Rodri, nobody solves this issue right now, certainly when we want to front load the top half of the pitch.
Thought Grealish was a real positive.
I think we do some great transfer business, but it is just weird squad management that we have no main goal scorer. Even after we get Kane (presuming we do) it is bizarre we would enter a new season with just one striker. How did we get into this position?
I know there are different managers, and Pep has led us to incredible success, but compare this to that season under Mancini when we had Tevez, Aguero, Dzeko and Ballotelli...
I know there are different managers, and Pep has led us to incredible success, but compare this to that season under Mancini when we had Tevez, Aguero, Dzeko and Ballotelli...
Well Bernardo would help in midfield, as he has done consistently for usWhat excuses did Mendy, Ake and Cancelo have, certainly wasn't tiredness.
Horrible from so many but the glaring issue remains and a top striker would have made little difference today.
The defensive midfield is too slow when the ball breaks down.
Fern still sees the danger but his legs can't get him there.
Gundo, Rodri, nobody solves this issue right now, certainly when we want to front load the top half of the pitch.
Thought Grealish was a real positive.