Stoke Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[whalley ranger]

I'm worried about us at the moment, feeble in every department. The confidence is poor, we lack conviction and a game plan. I know it's only four games but we look weak.

 

[MCC]

Sack the clowns who thought it was a good idea to get rid of barry. Absolutely fucking clueless.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Doesn't it just.

Fucking rubbish for last 3 games and a derby to follow....

Maybe that's what we need to wake these players from this slumber!

For a bunch who all seem to say they love Pellegrini they have a funny way of showing it.

This isn't good enough at the moment and needs addressing quickly.

 

[Marvin]

Sack the clowns who thought it was a good idea to get rid of barry. Absolutely fucking clueless.

You are clueless if you think Barry would help in a midfield 3. He'd be totally bypassed. I watched the whole of the Chelsea Everton game, and at times Barry was very ragged indeed.

 

[J3SUS]

Sack the clowns who thought it was a good idea to get rid of barry. Absolutely fucking clueless.

We couldn't break stoke down and you believe it's because we don't have garreth Barry ? My word

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Sack the clowns who thought it was a good idea to get rid of barry. Absolutely fucking clueless.

I'm not sure it's that to be honest.

I just think tactically at the moment either Pellegrini doesn't know what he is doing or the players are incapable of following his instructions.

What worked so well against Newcastle has not worked at all since and already changes are being made left right and centre.

 

[HellasLEAF]

At least it was Stoke away.

Something tells me won't be the first draw they claim there. Don't see many goals for United and the rest there either.

Still, City need to get sorted.

Or at least play their 1st team until the squad can get settled.

 

[m7mcfc]

Barry was class for Everton today all the blue dipper sceptics were converted after 45 minutes. Big mistake letting him go.

 

[Shirley]

Joe Hart was once again brilliant with another clean sheet and earned us the point, he does not deserve the criticism he has attracted recently.
Nasri was totally ineffective on the left and as much has he grafts Milner on the right just can't cross a ball.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

You are clueless if you think Barry would help in a midfield 3. He'd be totally bypassed. I watched the whole of the Chelsea Everton game, and at times Barry was very ragged indeed.

I'd venture he was Everton's MOTM, and kept them in the game by blocking the Eto'o shot in the first half......oh wait, he was "ragged!"

And, considering Chelsea have the best midfield in the country, I'd say he had a FAR better day than ANYONE at City!!

One last thing, do you think we played with a midfield three? REALLY? Who were they?

 

[BobKowalski]

Sack the clowns who thought it was a good idea to get rid of barry. Absolutely fucking clueless.

You are clueless if you think Barry would help in a midfield 3. He'd be totally bypassed. I watched the whole of the Chelsea Everton game, and at times Barry was very ragged indeed.

Sorry can't agree. Barry was excellent today. Great game though. First neutral game that had me going. Thought Ross Barkley was excellent as well.

 

[LoveCity]

Barry would have made no difference in today's game since we kept a clean sheet and his role is mostly a defensive one. His contribution going forward has always been pretty limited. He might have helped against Cardiff, but he struggles against high intensity, high pressing teams. Actually, opponents like Chelsea (as they were today) and United have suited Barry a lot more than opponents like Southampton and Everton who are always snapping at your heels. It's no coincidence we seem to play well against United and Chelsea who haven't pressed us very hard, it's the mid to lower table teams who seem to be applying pressing tactics a lot more and we can't seem to handle them.

 

[Marvin]

We might look back on the Hull win, and the draw at Stoke as games which were important as we got results when we played a bad game and in the case of the Stoke game were really up against it.

We've got a lot of players coming back & Hart's performance will get the critics off his back so there are positives

It's a results business.7 points from 4 is not a disaster. And performances should improve. It's very much a learning curve at the moment

I really think Pellegrini made a mistake to make so many changes so soon. There was nothing radically wrong apart from morale

 

[MCC]

Sack the clowns who thought it was a good idea to get rid of barry. Absolutely fucking clueless.

You are clueless if you think Barry would help in a midfield 3. He'd be totally bypassed. I watched the whole of the Chelsea Everton game, and at times Barry was very ragged indeed.

Clueless.

 

[Anonymous]

No creativity

Yep. We create fuck all for our strikers, people were banging on about Negredo being the missing piece of the jigsaw and how many he'll score but he's gonna have the same problem Dzeko had, fuck all support.

Most City fans still don't realize this fact. They keep blaming the strikers, but they don't ask themselves why City creates only like 2 real chances in the entire half, while the other tops teams create chances every 5 minutes.

We looked dreadful up front today ... so much so that the Stoke keeper could have nipped to nearby Alton Towers for an hour or two and still not conceded a goal upon his return !

It's just as well that Stoke couldn't finish or we'd have been well and truly spanked again , we look totally disjointed as a team , and in all honesty look no better individually ...... only Joe Hart was really noticeable today , and some should be downright ashamed to pick up their wages after yet another dismal non performance on our travels.

Pellegrini holds his head in his hands , and has that 'haunted' look about him already ..... if these players are as desperate to impress him as we keep hearing , then they have a funny way of showing it !

(signed - 'disgruntled of East Didsbury'!)

 

[Blankomania]

Same old problems keep coming up again and again. We play to narrow sometimes, struggle to win without kompany, struggle at tough away grounds, left side is vunerable, struggle to create when silva doesn't play. I hope pellegrini can fix these i really do...

 

[flb]

Yep. We create fuck all for our strikers, people were banging on about Negredo being the missing piece of the jigsaw and how many he'll score but he's gonna have the same problem Dzeko had, fuck all support.

Most City fans still don't realize this fact. They keep blaming the strikers, but they don't ask themselves why City creates only like 2 real chances in the entire half, while the other tops teams create chances every 5 minutes.

We looked dreadful up front today ... so much so that the Stoke keeper could have nipped to nearby Alton Towers for an hour or two and still not conceded a goal upon his return !

It's just as well that Stoke couldn't finish or we'd have been well spanked again , we look totally disjointed as a team , and look no better individually ...... only Joe Hart was really noticeable today , and some should be downright ashamed to pick up their wages after yet another dismal non performance on our travels.

Pellegrini holds his head in his hands , and has that 'haunted' look about him already ..... if these players are as desperate to impress him as we keep hearing , then they have a funny way of showing it !

He benches his all singing and dancing 30 million pound defensive midfielder that he signed to save him for the mid week CL game aswell- another baffling decision, in fact he doesn't seem to fancy any of the players he spunked nigh on 100 million pound on. Yaya is safe though - regardless of how shit he plays.

 

[Berkovic_blue]

Sack the clowns who thought it was a good idea to get rid of barry. Absolutely fucking clueless.

We couldn't break stoke down and you believe it's because we don't have garreth Barry ? My word

Bet you used to slag Mancini off for bringing NDJ on to get control of the midfield too.

 

[flb]

Yep. We create fuck all for our strikers, people were banging on about Negredo being the missing piece of the jigsaw and how many he'll score but he's gonna have the same problem Dzeko had, fuck all support.

Most City fans still don't realize this fact. They keep blaming the strikers, but they don't ask themselves why City creates only like 2 real chances in the entire half, while the other tops teams create chances every 5 minutes.

We looked dreadful up front today ... so much so that the Stoke keeper could have nipped to nearby Alton Towers for an hour or two and still not conceded a goal upon his return !

It's just as well that Stoke couldn't finish or we'd have been well spanked again , we look totally disjointed as a team , and look no better individually ...... only Joe Hart was really noticeable today , and some should be downright ashamed to pick up their wages after yet another dismal non performance on our travels.

Pellegrini holds his head in his hands , and has that 'haunted' look about him already ..... if these players are as desperate to impress him as we keep hearing , then they have a funny way of showing it !

He benches his all singing and dancing 30 million pound defensive midfielder that he signed to save him for the mid week CL game aswell- another baffling decision, in fact he doesn't seem to fancy any of the players he spunked nigh on 100 million pound on. Yaya is safe though - regardless of how shit he plays.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

It was after a v long time that we didn't really posted a goal scoring threat during the whole game,a point gained surely