Spurs (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

Last season has caught up with a lot of players and we look a different team. The ruthless drive and will to win has been replaced with endless squandering of possession and losing 50/50 challenges. The positives (such as they are) are that we are still close to the top of the table and no team actually looks like they will run away with the league.

A fit and refreshed KdB and Stones will make a huge difference but we need them to stay fit for the rest of the season, which is a big ask. Still all to play for but there is a reason why no team has won the league four times in a row in the modern era. It's a huge task, both physically and mentally.
 
nellyonthewing said:
I am not sure how bad Haaland has to perform to get subbed. We played with a false 9 for a few seasons but on his showing today we played with 10 men. He's a great asset when all the other parts of the machine are functioning but a luxury like today when they we're misfiring everywhere.
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ARE YOU REAL, DO YOU THINK HE MISSED ON PURPOSE.
 
Blue2202 said:
It happens but cant recall us shipping as many goals and having as little control on games as this before under pep excluding his first season. From a defensive standpoint we're an absolute shambles, not helped by the fact rodri looks knackered having to carry a midfield in which alvarez is supposed to be playing in.
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Christmas break will help as will warm weather in Saudi almost a short break barring some testimonial style games
 
Every year. Same ol’. Same ol’.

In other news

You should have bought Kane

Ref. Dire.

We are improving.
 
nellyonthewing said:
I am not sure how bad Haaland has to perform to get subbed. We played with a false 9 for a few seasons but on his showing today we played with 10 men. He's a great asset when all the other parts of the machine are functioning but a luxury like today when they we're misfiring everywhere.
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Whilst on the pitch he is always a threat and affects the opposing team psychologically
 
youngbob said:
Sick and tired of the negativity around City and football at the moment.

So we battered Spurs overall but dropped a bollock and they got a stuffy result. Water's wet. It happens basically every year and will happen every year until the end of time. We've been cursed against them since Tommy Hutch's own goal in 81 and it won't change now. Yeah the ref's decision at the end was mental but do we have to cry corruption every time this happens? By my count that's now City, United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton, and Wolves who have all been direct targets of the PL's corruption this season. Makes you wonder why the fuck we bother turning up. What happened to just taking a bad day the office on the chin and accepting that shit happens? Why must every mistake be followed by this kind of outrage and demand for accountability. And I don't just mean today, I mean everyone - Arteta sending letters to the FA and Klopp asking for games to be replayed, Everton fans turning up with big pink cards saying CORRUPT on them. It's all so fucking pathetic. If VAR has shown anything it's that half of refereeing decisions can't be 100% explained and that all we're doing by going to VAR all the time is heading off on in pursuit of an answer that doesn't exist.

Just can't be arsed getting all frustrated and angry about the performance today or the ref being a jobsworth. Yeah we're a bit porous at the back at the moment but Spurs gave us a good game and we've got key lads missing in the middle. That's always a recipe for a bit of a disjointed display. But Pep's a problem solver, he's made a living off it, and if he doesn't solve the defensive issues this season then he'll solve it next season. In the meantime can we not, as a fanbase, just bask in the glory of last season for a bit and cut the lads a bit of slack? Reflect on what we achieved, understand that only one other team in English football history has ever done what we did last season. The players obviously have to stay switched on because it's their job but it's not always possible. Feels like in the summer it was broadly accepted among City fans that winning the treble and going all the way in three comps would take it out of the lads and make this season a tough one, but all that's gone out the window cos of a couple of naff performances? It's made me a bit sad and disillusioned with some City fans really. It's shite from the lot of us.
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We can't bask in the glory of being Treble winners because this country's media won't allow it if you hadn't noticed.
Instead of reading what an amazing achievement that was (like the rags could) we are called cheats etc.
I for one is fucking livid at how we are perceived and you would have to be blind not to notice the agenda against us, on and off the pitch.
 
nellyonthewing said:
I am not sure how bad Haaland has to perform to get subbed. We played with a false 9 for a few seasons but on his showing today we played with 10 men. He's a great asset when all the other parts of the machine are functioning but a luxury like today when they we're misfiring everywhere.
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Maybe Pep sees it as hes hugely important defending set pieces if the game is tight. Hes a huge presence back there perhaps?
 
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