Spurs vs City post match

[quiet_riot]

We looked stale going forward and bringing kelechi on made no difference, letting nasri go maybe a bit short sighted

Nasri, other than on his debut, has never performed against Spurs because they boo him and the precious little baby didn't like it.

 

[mayo31]

We gave away two sloppy goals but with better finishing and luck we would have got a draw and that would include them scoring their penalty

 

[Modest Dan]

Felt we were struggling as soon as I saw Fernando was playing. If this fella hasn't been good enough to start in our other games how can he be picked for this? He was no good in Pellegrinis side when all he wanted out of him was a defensive midfielder. In Peps side that position is pivotal to the way we play and playing Fernando there is tantamount to tactical suicide. Fernandinho in that position has all the tools needed, he's quick, he's got a good first touch, he's good facing our own goal and he can pass. Fernando has none of these abilities. By playing Fernando you also negate other players eg Silva receives the ball a lot slower and has less space.

Then we get to Navas who is actually more of a threat for the opposition than he is for us, can someone explain why we have a £37m player sat on the bench who can't get on the pitch in front of this fraud? With no KDB our potency is reduced dramatically, putting Navas in then weakens us even further.

Spurs were good but not great, we played a huge part in our downfall with a piss poor starting XI.

I kinda felt that Fernando's performance dragged Fernandinho down. Fernandinho's been fine when he hasn't played alongside Fernando.

 

[Modest Dan]

Don't know if it was just Zaba's age or if it was fatigue from the Celtic game, but he looked knackered. Sagna might of done better if he played.

 

[aguero93:20]

So people say but not Pep. He always said the priority is to be able to defend.

Obviously he requires both but it doesn't matter how well you do either, if your arse goes under pressure & it all goes out of the window, which is what happened to Kolarov again.

But we are top of the league, have just come back from a (self inflicted) knackering midweek game & had to face one of the fittest teams in the league, away from home.

We still competed til the end. Sort out the fuckups & we win the league by a margin imo.

Pretty much. Although I don't think Kolarov was our worst player today.

 

[CityForever45]

Too many individual errors in the last two games, we need to cut them

 

[jrb]

Pep got it wrong Today.

Team selection was all over the place.

Had to get beat at some point.

At least there's a 2 week break and a home match to come.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Bad result but wouldnt read to much into it, just a bad day at the office. Zabba legs has gone but can do the job against mid and lower teams but cant anymore against top sides in this system especially, kolorov just had 2 bad games in a row, talk of letti g them both go in jan is amturish, hopefully we can sign 2 pacey full backs in summer, bellerin would be a great addition

 

[kaz7]

 

[Modest Dan]

Pep got it wrong Today.

Team selection was all over the place.

Had to get beat at some point.

At least there's a 2 week break and a home match to come.

He played Navas, that says it all...