Stoke Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[Cobwebcat]

Very poorly organised. No leadership on or off pitch

 

[dex2010]

We had a quality team out but we were outplayed!
Pellegrini looks like a rabbit caught in headlights at the moment. Ok it's early days,but we were told he plays different systems depending on who we are playing. But he seems to keep with 4-4-2. Now it's early days but we can only go on hat we've seen...........
I think hes been brought in to do well in the champions league , The league comes second best. For me ,That's just wrong! IMO.
I don't want to talk about Mancini so I wont ,but it's always going to be hard for Pellegrini following a successful manager and a fans favourite.
Good results will calm the fans and players but with united coming up it ain't going to get any easier!
I'm worried ...............................

 

[AntiUnited]

Would've been worse with Dzeko out there. You think we lost possession with the team we had today?! It could've been worse with him. We did look better when Aguero was on.

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[gangerolv]

We're definately going nown. Definately! No shaddow of a doubt. Not a decent player in the team. Worst team City have ever had!!! No excuses that we were missing our best defender, best creative midfielder, new centre back, left back and best forward for most of the game. No excuses at all. Yeh, deffo going down. Oh well - Championship next season. All our NEW fans are right. We are rubbish. Should have got Rafa/Davie in. Defence is awful. Two clean sheets in a row means nothing. As nor does top scorers in the league. Every top team beats Stoke at their ground. Im not supporting them anymore. Come on Chelsea!!!!!

ice

 

[Goo]

Not surprised by the flapping and whining. We were poor today, no doubt about that, but really with the injuries we have, and a CL game in midweek, plus the rags next weekend. The point and clean sheet will do.

Absolutely no need to panic or make rash judgements about the players or the manager. We will get much better.

Billy apart from 1 win against 10 men at home we've been shite all pre-season and now for the last 3.

Rightly or wrongly lose next week and the wagons will be circling.

The wagons can circle all they want mate. Nobody, and I mean nobody, cares less than me about what the moral majority think. You'd think one or two would've learned that by now.

We were absolutely positively rubbish today, but the way people are talking you'd think we'd never played rubbish under Mancini. That simply isn't the case. As I said, considering the injuries, and the fixtures coming up this week, I'll take the point now and try and take the positives from it.

I'm not saying you're right or wrong, and I'm certainly not saying I want Pellegrini gone etc, but if that set of circumstances was the same last year under Mancini, and we produced that performance, there's no way you'd stand for it!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Would've been worse with Dzeko out there. You think we lost possession with the team we had today?! It could've been worse with him. We did look better when Aguero was on.

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Time for USA to do a bit of homework and look at the stats his Yank mate published that showed Dzeko was good at holding the ball up.

I don't begrudge Negredo getting his chance but blaming Dzeko when he wasn't playing is a bit bizarre.

 

[mancity1]

Not surprised by the flapping and whining. We were poor today, no doubt about that, but really with the injuries we have, and a CL game in midweek, plus the rags next weekend. The point and clean sheet will do.

Absolutely no need to panic or make rash judgements about the players or the manager. We will get much better.

We can't get much worse. I'm not expecting fireworks all game, but im watching what was a very good side,
become one bereft of any ability whatsoever. We don't even look like a Premier side. Our passing is woeful,
our ability to keep the ball, non existent and as for goal mouth action, well plenty in ours.

I just hope Billy one of the few glass half full lads left after 4 games isn't saying this in January.

You have to come out of the blocks , yes we are only 2 points behind Arsenal , Spurs and Liverpool etc but the performances have been well below what we would expect and should be getting.

Here's for a derby win.

Moyes will out manage MP for sure but I hope where it matters we outplay them on the pitch and collect three points.

Only one point worse off than we were last season but we had played Liverpool away and we were playing with much more confidence albeit not near our early season form in our title winning year.

 

[vintiz]

Generally poor from the team atm. I'll be putting a few quids on city to win their European game this mid week. For the sake of God I pray we win !

 

[chesterbells]

bench yaya.

end of discussion

(bell) end of discussion

The guy has pulled us out of the mire so many times with important goals, u gotta be joking.
Any oppo who saw him not starting would automatically get a lift.
You may not rate him but he's one of our most feared players

 

[Mattyc55]

Absolutely shocking performance all over the park (bar Hart).. Couldn't string 3 passes together and looked completely static in our movement. I can't believe iv just watched the manager say we played well.

Very worrying start to the season.