FanchesterCity said:It was hardly an earth shattering performance from City, in fact for periods it had a real feel of 'clinging on'. However, we did cling on when we needed to, and we ourselves had some moments when we were putting Spurs under pressure too.
If I was a Spurs fan I'd been feeling a little hard done by, but that's football. You win some, you lose some. We've lost games like that ourselves.
We got the 3 points though, and that's what matters.
On the Aguero penalty, I'd said it was an innocuous coming together (wasn't intentional), but it's still a foul. Sergio's ankle was clipped. I'd probably hate it to be given against us, but technically, an accidental foul is still a foul - ergo penalty.
Defending from set pieces wasn't great, especially corners. I'm worried we're playing the offside trap very dangerously. A better quality opposition that Spurs might have put us to the sword.
Anyway, hopefully Hull can do us a small favour tomorrow, and we can salvage a respectable runners up position.
The Chelsea remark apart, he makes a good point. In fact he makes several. It's drilled into Pep's teams that if they lose the ball they are expected to get it back within 15 seconds or so.Sir Knives said:I don't know what game some of you were watching but Manchester City FC were anything but superb today. The team just basically did what it has been doing all season; doing enough to get by against less than average opposition and holding on for the win. Alot of the players need to be shown the door asap and replaced with players that can play with a bit of sense (and urgency). I also get the feeling Mr. Pellegrini doesn't get it at this level either, it just seems like the only things he cares about are formation and attacking, he has even sacrificed the once formidable defense this team was known for.
To become a European elite you have to change the way the team plays, everytime I watch City these days it feels like something is off, almost like you have all the ingredients of a top team but for some reason aren't making it happen, I never could quite put my finger on it but now I think it has dawned on me. I came to the conclusion that City lacks two things: 1) the ability to retain possession and 2) the ability to press correctly. To rule Europe you have to know how to keep the ball and move it well, have quick interplay, penetrating runs, etc but everytime I see a City player with the ball he either holds the ball far too long and takes unnecessary touches or he tries a sexy hollywood pass to a teammate that's 25 yards away, but watch a Barcelona, Chelsea, or Bayern and see how quickly they move the ball around with short passes and not giving the opposing team time to regroup, when they do lose possession it doesn't take long for them to get it back because they press, which brings me to my next point.
The players you have leak the ball like a sieve and I don't understand why so many expensively priced players can't win a ball back from the opposition, there were times today I would see some of your players practically give up balls that were easily chase-able and would scream and ask myself "Why did he let that go?" "Why not press?" I don't know whether pressing is not emphasized with Pellegrini or whether the players are just lazy but without it you can never be a top tier team. I can now understand why the people at the top want to go for Pep (if the stories are true), he's not just a manager but a coach that will bring this style of play into the team at the same time stamping his authority.
Haha, I nearly let you bother me, fact. Gang of two.squirtyflower said:Simples, he's an idiotBluemanc100 said:i8rags said:It's a fact we could of been two down. Simples unless your an idiot.
Is that the same as saying "could have"?
Exeter Blue I am here said:FanchesterCity said:It was hardly an earth shattering performance from City, in fact for periods it had a real feel of 'clinging on'. However, we did cling on when we needed to, and we ourselves had some moments when we were putting Spurs under pressure too.
If I was a Spurs fan I'd been feeling a little hard done by, but that's football. You win some, you lose some. We've lost games like that ourselves.
We got the 3 points though, and that's what matters.
On the Aguero penalty, I'd said it was an innocuous coming together (wasn't intentional), but it's still a foul. Sergio's ankle was clipped. I'd probably hate it to be given against us, but technically, an accidental foul is still a foul - ergo penalty.
Defending from set pieces wasn't great, especially corners. I'm worried we're playing the offside trap very dangerously. A better quality opposition that Spurs might have put us to the sword.
Anyway, hopefully Hull can do us a small favour tomorrow, and we can salvage a respectable runners up position.
Amazing how differently people see things on here. Maybe it looked different on the telly, but I went today and thought we were very good value. A very disciplined and professional performance away to decent opposition. Not scintillating by any stretch of the imagination, but the only times I was worried all afternoon was whenever they got a corner or free kick. Lots of very good individual displays as well
NeilYoungIsBack said:Nerve-racking stuff, especially when the OS matchday site credited Spurs a goal in the 91st minute and had it at 1-1...
The only FACT is that we weren't, so maybe you should check who is the idiot ?i8rags said:It's a fact we could of been two down. Simples unless your an idiot.
Ali Benarbia said:The Chelsea remark apart, he makes a good point. In fact he makes several. It's drilled into Pep's teams that if they lose the ball they are expected to get it back within 15 seconds or so.Sir Knives said:I don't know what game some of you were watching but Manchester City FC were anything but superb today. The team just basically did what it has been doing all season; doing enough to get by against less than average opposition and holding on for the win. Alot of the players need to be shown the door asap and replaced with players that can play with a bit of sense (and urgency). I also get the feeling Mr. Pellegrini doesn't get it at this level either, it just seems like the only things he cares about are formation and attacking, he has even sacrificed the once formidable defense this team was known for.
To become a European elite you have to change the way the team plays, everytime I watch City these days it feels like something is off, almost like you have all the ingredients of a top team but for some reason aren't making it happen, I never could quite put my finger on it but now I think it has dawned on me. I came to the conclusion that City lacks two things: 1) the ability to retain possession and 2) the ability to press correctly. To rule Europe you have to know how to keep the ball and move it well, have quick interplay, penetrating runs, etc but everytime I see a City player with the ball he either holds the ball far too long and takes unnecessary touches or he tries a sexy hollywood pass to a teammate that's 25 yards away, but watch a Barcelona, Chelsea, or Bayern and see how quickly they move the ball around with short passes and not giving the opposing team time to regroup, when they do lose possession it doesn't take long for them to get it back because they press, which brings me to my next point.
The players you have leak the ball like a sieve and I don't understand why so many expensively priced players can't win a ball back from the opposition, there were times today I would see some of your players practically give up balls that were easily chase-able and would scream and ask myself "Why did he let that go?" "Why not press?" I don't know whether pressing is not emphasized with Pellegrini or whether the players are just lazy but without it you can never be a top tier team. I can now understand why the people at the top want to go for Pep (if the stories are true), he's not just a manager but a coach that will bring this style of play into the team at the same time stamping his authority.
I watched TV, and your post is exactly how I saw it.Exeter Blue I am here said:Amazing how differently people see things on here. Maybe it looked different on the telly, but I went today and thought we were very good value. A very disciplined and professional performance away to decent opposition. Not scintillating by any stretch of the imagination, but the only times I was worried all afternoon was whenever they got a corner or free kick. Lots of very good individual displays as well
Am I losing it, coz I'm sure it's a fact that we could of been, I mean it seems to of ruffled a few feathers that 4 letter word, is it really a that much of a drama, I was going to go to Spurs today but I didn't, that's a fact, I think. Anyway me and my facts have been told off, so I'm gonna have a few brandies and get myself out of here, either way 'twas a good result.cleavers said:The only FACT is that we weren't, so maybe you should check who is the idiot ?i8rags said:It's a fact we could of been two down. Simples unless your an idiot.