Spurs vs City post match

Mr HJ said:
Yet still we had two really good chances as well as two great saves from Lloris - not as bad as some seem to think it's only the usual offenders who cost us the game. Sane has to be played before Navas, Gundogan needs to start in all the bigger games as he helps Silva and Sergio, and finally Kolarov and Fernando need to be sent packing. Pep will see this and probably learnt more today than the other ten games put together.
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Kolorov has improved to be fair,yeah,dropped a bollock v Celtic and today,shit happens.
Navas and Fernando out for me.
 
stan bowles said:
Ok so against a decent team Zaba and Kolarov are clearly nowhere near good enough. Same goes for Fernando. They were far better than us in all departments. The Pep honeymoon is over and there is a huge amount of work to be done. Trying to be positive but a lot of the negatives visible last season are still present. I expect us to finish 4th again this season.
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Hahahaha
 
Don't know how many times it has to be said but we can't play against sides that get right in our face. Liverpool and Arsenal will be licking their lips and Spurs will enjoy coming to the Etihad. Pep needs to learn and adapt to this quick. Today was lost as soon as we went behind IMO as Spurs just kicked on and with them having the best defence in the league we never looking in danger of troubling them. That itself is troubling.
 
Heart.net said:
Zaba is past it, and i still can't believe Pep would block his move. Kolarov is just a mentally weak player built on a fragile skillset that has nearly always gone missing against teams that press. I'd rather throw Maffeo and Angelino in the deep end, because there's a chance they'll turn out good. Fernando should just be downgraded to water carrier, he offers absolutely nothing.
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Thsts a fair assessment....the youngsters have to back up Cliche and Sagna....the others thx but just not good enough !!!
 
To be fair to Spurs, I don't think any team for the rest of the season will put in a better all round performance than that, they were excellent. The big teams always have their best game of the season against us, its been like that for a few years. They know how to beat us. Its about time we came up with a proper plan for these games.
 
blueheart84 said:
Outplayed in every facet. 2-0 was flattering to be honest.

Kolarov, Zabaleta, Fernando not good enough.

Stones can hold his head high.

What is Sane doing in training to not be able to get a start in this team?

I fear the same thing will happen at Liverpool, we have zero composure against quality pressing teams.

Silva is too lightweight to start centrally the way Pep sets up his teams.

No De Bruyne no Party.
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the fact that sane has only been used as a token gesture even in games where we have been comfortable says to me that Pep thinks he is no where near ready to play a full game in the prem and from what I've seen I agree...looks way off being ready and he will need time to get his head down and develop as a player.......he aint nowhere near ready to play int his team yet..the work rate aint there and the physical ad mental determination isn't there either.....looks scared every time he comes on but he has a lot of time to develop and the qualities are there
 
A good dose of reality for Pep to ponder. Actually, I think a game like this will ultimately do us good. Pep will have learned more from this game than the previous eleven.

Thought Spuds were very good, got the tactics spot on and deserved the win.

Still confident we will win the league though.
 
@BluePhil8 said:
I didn't say they weren't the better team but it's hard to analyse objectively when one team can push, pull, feign injury, push Bravo in to the net to try to score a duplicitous goal. Not sure why Rose wasn't sent off after diving and kicking the ball away but maybe I'm missing something obvious?
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Holding the ball everytime we had a set piece. They were really dirty throughout.
 
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