Spurs (A) | Post-Match Thread

[5 Hit Gibbon]

That was absolutely appalling referreing from Taylor, giving him licence to commit foul after foul, then having a word the 4th time, disgraceful. Then needless to say, Grealish booked for his first foul, unbelievably biased shite

I can't remember even seeing someone get a final warning then instead of being booked the next time, the ref speaks to the captain to give them a final final warning. Bent as fuck.

 

[LucahArchie10]

Literally the only reason Pep started Mendy is because he feels that we don't yet have a fit Zinchenko and Walker. It's painfully obvious. Everyone knows as soon as they're back Mendy is also back on the bench behind Zinny and Cancelo at LB.

Totaly disagree, if Sterling started who was wank then Walker who is fitter than anyone & Zinchenko who is naturally fit & been back long enough to start way before Mendy, the bloke is fucking awfull & Pep let his heart rule his head
Mendy should be nowhere near this 11 simples

 

[blueparrot]

Totaly disagree, if Sterling started who was wank then Walker who is fitter than anyone & Zinchenko who is naturally fit & been back long enough to start way before Mendy, the bloke is fucking awfull & Pep let his heart rule his head
Mendy should be nowhere near this 11 simples

How can you disagree, Pep obviously prefers both Cancelo and Zinchenko to Mendy at left back. Only Pep knows their fitness, and will have decided based on that.

 

[OB1]

My Son is a Clinical Physiotherapist & strength & conditioning coach at Regional Athletics Arena. He also has a private practice with several clients from City & ManUre.

I was talking to him about this yesterday & he agreed that Pep's selection might have been in part to do with match fitness, but he thought it was more to do with giving a chance to those who played during pre-season to prove themselves, which is more than fair.

Now whether this was the match to do so is another matter, however when it was becoming abundantly clear that Mendy was struggling badly, Mahrez was fading & Sterling was becoming less & less effective, changes should have been made earlier.

Are you seriously suggesting KDB & Zin only had 15 minutes in them, & couldn't have been introduced on 55-60 minutes in when it was obvious we were struggling to change the direction the match was going in?

It doesn't take a medical expert to see what was happening yesterday & what needed to happen to change the course of the match. It's funny how I could see how predictably this match was panning out, but our "Medical Experts" (whoever they were on the day), couldn't.

As I said earlier, when you need to start worrying is when Guardiola & his team are deemed above criticism & are perceived to be incapable of doing wrong as you're curiously suggesting if I'm not mistaken. :-|

You seem to be frequently mistaken and certainly so if you think I'm suggesting Pep and his team or anyone else can do no wrong but as ever, they are in a far better position and are eminently more qualified to make judgments about the City team than, in Pep's case, anyone else on the planet.

What is very clear is that Pep left it as late as he could to bring KDB on. It was quite obvious when Pep took Raz off and put Gabby on the wing that his next move would be to take Torres or Riyad off for KDB and put Gabby into the middle.

KDB was used sparingly because of fitness concerns and him being on the bench was totally unrelated to Pep giving guys who'd played in pre-season a chance, which, I think Pep confirms he did do in his post match presser but I have not watched that yet. Whether that was a good idea or not is a matter of opinion but I repeat had nothing to do with KDB's absence.

The side City fielded yesterday should have been capable of beating Spurs and had the chances to do so but conceded a soft goal so it's easy to criticise the decisions; it always is when the team loses but, in real life, shit happens quite often, regardless of the decisions taken.

 

[LucahArchie10]

Ru

Ake played at CB because he clearly feels Laporte/Stones aren't ready yet either. Why are people not getting this? It's clearly only a fitness thing. The selection is being guided by fitness and nothing else. You'll save yourself an awful lot of pointless pontificating if you just accept this. It's blindingly obvious.

Rubbish, Pep has stuck with them as a show of confidence before he ditches them, i respect what your saying but totaly disagree with the reasoning, Spurs were ordinary probably the worst Spurs 11 in the last 5 years
Pep fucked up & should have changed it at HT at the least, if a fan like me could see that from 10 minutes in then why the fuck couldn't his 25 man coaching staff see it

Champions League final & Sunday was all about keeping individuals happy & wrong choices

Very very poor from the players & manager

 

[Dribble]

Ouch! Bit harsh mate

He a notorious loudmouth prick & a bully mate. One of those who'd get smashed into next week if he ever dared get out from behind his keyboard. You know the internet billy big bollocks type....

 

[Damanino]

@SkySportsStatto
Man City's last 3 PL visits to @SpursOfficial
59 shots
15 on target
0 goals

Fucking hell, 60 shots for no goals vs spurs away last 3 times. I want to see training videos where I see Jesus, Mahrez, Sterling etc doing nothing else but shooting practices for hours with defenders front of them, with keeper and some even without defenders and keeper just on blank empty goals ffs.

 

[JamesMCFC]

@SkySportsStatto
Man City's last 3 PL visits to @SpursOfficial
59 shots
15 on target
0 goals

Fucking hell, 60 shots for no goals vs spurs away last 3 times. I want to see training videos where I see Jesus, Mahrez, Sterling etc doing nothing else but shooting practices for hours with defenders front of them, with keeper and some even without defenders and keeper just on blank empty goals ffs.

Compared to Spurs who probably have had 6 shots and 4 goals or something ridiculous

 

[Dribble]

You seem to be frequently mistaken and certainly so if you think I'm suggesting Pep and his team or anyone else can do no wrong but as ever, they are in a far better position and are eminently more qualified to make judgments about the City team than, in Pep's case, anyone else on the planet.

What is very clear is that Pep left it as late as he could to bring KDB on. It was quite obvious when Pep took Raz off and put Gabby on the wing that his next move would be to take Torres or Riyad off for KDB and put Gabby into the middle.

KDB was used sparingly because of fitness concerns and him being on the bench was totally unrelated to Pep giving guys who'd played in pre-season a chance, which, I think Pep confirms he did do in his post match presser but I have not watched that yet. Whether that was a good idea or not is a matter of opinion but I repeat had nothing to do with KDB's absence.

The side City fielded yesterday should have been capable of beating Spurs and had the chances to do so but conceded a soft goal so it's easy to criticise the decisions; it always is when the team loses but, in real life, shit happens quite often, regardless of the decisions taken.

Mate, I had a feeling of foreboding from when I saw the team sheet. I had the same feeling with the Derby against ManUre, our matches against Leeds in the Prem, Chelsea in the FA Cup Semis & again against Chelsea in the CL Final.

I've no idea where you were hiding, but SEVERAL City fans & many pundits were crapping themselves that Pep would have a brainfart in the CL Final, overthink it & contribute massively to us losing, which is exactly what happened.

Pep has form for trying to pull off the spectacularly unexpected, which in recent times has tended to blow up in his face. It's simple. With three subs allowed we should have started our strongest available team & rotated when necessary.

It's about opinions. I respect yours, but I also respectfully disagree with it. This is the second season running that we've heard the same excuses about us being too tired & not being ready for the season.

Pep talked about it so much, it's as if we talked ourselves into last year's early season malaise. As they say, if you repeat something often enough, people begin to believe, so how about looking at Pep's constant downer on our preparedness for last season as a reason for our early season form?

Like I said, I don't want any other manager apart from Pep, but he's made some really strange & baffling decisions in his time here, so therefore in my opinion he shouldn't be above our criticism. This is why I don't get why you've intimated that none of us are qualified enough to analyse & criticise Pep's decisions.

He's Josep Guardiola, NOT God Almighty.... :-|

 

[FantasyIreland]

Mate, I had a feeling of foreboding from when I saw the team sheet. I had the same feeling with the Derby against ManUre, our matches against Leeds in the Prem, Chelsea in the FA Cup Semis & again against Chelsea in the CL Final.

I've no idea where you were hiding, but SEVERAL City fans & many pundits were crapping themselves that Pep would have a brainfart in the CL Final, overthink it & contribute massively to us losing, which is exactly what happened.

Pep has form for trying to pull off the spectacularly unexpected, which in recent times has tended to blow up in his face. It's simple. With three subs allowed we should have started our strongest available team & rotated when necessary.

It's about opinions. I respect yours, but I also respectfully disagree with it. This is the second season running that we've heard the same excuses about us being too tired & not being ready for the season.

Pep talked about it so much, it's as if we talked ourselves into last year's early season malaise. As they say, if you repeat something often enough, people begin to believe, so how about looking at Pep's constant downer on our preparedness for last season as a reason for our early season form?

Like I said, I don't want any other manager apart from Pep, but he's made some really strange & baffling decisions in his time here, so therefore in my opinion he shouldn't be above our criticism. This is why I don't get why you've intimated that none of us are qualified enough to analyse & criticise Pep's decisions.

He's Josep Guardiola, NOT God Almighty.... :-|

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