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Spurs (A) | Post-Match Thread
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Dribble
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We got exactly what we deserved, fuck all! We started well enough against a cautious Spurs, but after dominating the first 20 minutes, we started walking with the ball as if we were 5-0 up, with 2 minutes to go.
We had no urgency about us, & this gave Spurs the confidence they needed to come out of their shell & attack us. Incredibly, we STILL sat back & allowed them to take the game to us, & every time we won the ball back, we continued to walk.
You'd have have thought a halftime rocket up the crease from Pep would have been in order, & done the trick, but no! We carried on at a pedestrian pace & allowed Spurs to mentally dominate the match. Even after they scored, we could barely muster a mentionable response.
I've defended him as being unlucky with injuries, & just needing time to get over them & a chance to get match fit & to play his way back into form, but as things stand, I'm done defending Mendy. He was average going forward, poor in possession, & utterly shit in defence. I really don't see where his City career goes from here & even though it pains me to say it, I think we should cut our losses & buy a genuinely world class LB, or a youngster with the technical assets we can quickly develop. It'a not going to happen here for Mendy.
I love Guardiola & would have none other, but he's not above criticism. At 60 minutes it was obvious what we started with, wasn't going to work & a change in personnel, mindset & pace was needed. Why wait until 15-20 minutes before the end, before making those changes?
The team we ended the game with, could have been the team we started the game with. Today had all the hallmarks of Leeds at home, Chelsea in the FA Cup semi & CL Final, & Leicester in the CS. It's like we're experimenting in meaningful matches & it's seriously pissing me off.
It's like selection perversion, & tactical deviancy. Too many good players & too many options means Pep has too many opportunities to fuck about, in the belief we'll always have the ability to pull these matches back from the brink. Well that's us losing our last 3 meaningful matches, & in my humble opinion, Pep has had more than a little to do with these narrow, unnecessary defeats.
I'm wiping today from my memory banks as I type, & hope the fact we're already playing catchup is enough to wake Pep the fuck up & to realise if we don't deal with our malaise soon, the leading pack could be out of sight, before we've even got out of bed & had our cornflakes... :-|
We had no urgency about us, & this gave Spurs the confidence they needed to come out of their shell & attack us. Incredibly, we STILL sat back & allowed them to take the game to us, & every time we won the ball back, we continued to walk.
You'd have have thought a halftime rocket up the crease from Pep would have been in order, & done the trick, but no! We carried on at a pedestrian pace & allowed Spurs to mentally dominate the match. Even after they scored, we could barely muster a mentionable response.
I've defended him as being unlucky with injuries, & just needing time to get over them & a chance to get match fit & to play his way back into form, but as things stand, I'm done defending Mendy. He was average going forward, poor in possession, & utterly shit in defence. I really don't see where his City career goes from here & even though it pains me to say it, I think we should cut our losses & buy a genuinely world class LB, or a youngster with the technical assets we can quickly develop. It'a not going to happen here for Mendy.
I love Guardiola & would have none other, but he's not above criticism. At 60 minutes it was obvious what we started with, wasn't going to work & a change in personnel, mindset & pace was needed. Why wait until 15-20 minutes before the end, before making those changes?
The team we ended the game with, could have been the team we started the game with. Today had all the hallmarks of Leeds at home, Chelsea in the FA Cup semi & CL Final, & Leicester in the CS. It's like we're experimenting in meaningful matches & it's seriously pissing me off.
It's like selection perversion, & tactical deviancy. Too many good players & too many options means Pep has too many opportunities to fuck about, in the belief we'll always have the ability to pull these matches back from the brink. Well that's us losing our last 3 meaningful matches, & in my humble opinion, Pep has had more than a little to do with these narrow, unnecessary defeats.
I'm wiping today from my memory banks as I type, & hope the fact we're already playing catchup is enough to wake Pep the fuck up & to realise if we don't deal with our malaise soon, the leading pack could be out of sight, before we've even got out of bed & had our cornflakes... :-|
BlueMoonday
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We lost there last year and still won the league. Let the media think Utd/dippers have won the league already and we just get on with our own business.
It was surprising we didn't see Bernardo when it was evident we needed industry & energy in midfield.
Mendy & Ake shouldn't ever play in the same XI - our left was fragile. Cancelo made some dumb mistakes with passing, that put pressure on the team. Aside from that, it was an example of City's rustiness and our performances away at Spurs.
Mendy & Ake shouldn't ever play in the same XI - our left was fragile. Cancelo made some dumb mistakes with passing, that put pressure on the team. Aside from that, it was an example of City's rustiness and our performances away at Spurs.
Mr Partridge
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Incredible to think that the last player to score a goal for us was Sergio Aguero.
we didn’t have a striker last season and we were the best side in the country. Don’t see how you can already know we will struggle based on one game
We got away with it last season, mainly because Liverpool's were decimated by injuries and Chelsea were a shit show for half a season. The rags have strengthened and are slowly improving.
Bill
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not on here he's not .I said he lost us that game today not what the fuck he`s won in the past.
He is allowed to be criticised when dropping bollocks.
malg
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has someone said the players are tired?And No reason for there not to be on the whole.
"Tired", my f#cking arse.
Pezzer2
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Fucking he’ll I’ve heard some shite in my life but fucking he’ll give it a rest FFS. It’s 1 gameWonder what Grealish thinks he’s walked into..
Rareem?! would rather Jesus out wide than himNeed more aggression. Should Ederson have saved that. Ake, Mendy, Cancelo are mere back up players. Got to go with
Ederson
Walker Dias Stones Zin
Kdb Rodri Grealish
Mahrez Kane (poss) Raheem
I would pay for a quality Left back and sell fringe players if needs be. The only potential weakness above could be Rodri, its this year or bust for him.