Swansea - Post match thread

[BillyShears]

I don't care how many trophies he's won or how much stick I get for saying this.

TBH it's such a shit post I can't think of anything to say other than that. Try stepping back and looking at the bigger picture.

 

[The perfect fumble]

TBH it's such a shit post I can't think of anything to say other than that. Try stepping back and looking at the bigger picture.

It wasn't a shit post, a number of true blues are getting a bit tired with Pep using City like a child uses a chemistry set, lots of trial and error, while he cracks this Premier League thingy.

The jury is still out on Pep and the Premier League. Football management is like sales, no one gives a shit what you sold in the past, they want to know what you sold today. Let's not kid ourselves, we got a get out of jail card with that late Jesus goal and Lancelot Fluke is not alone when he stares at a Pep team sheet and looks at his tactics and thinks "what the fuck is he up to now?"

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

It wasn't a shit post, a number of true blues are getting a bit tired with Pep using City like a child uses a chemistry set, lots of trial and error, while he cracks this Premier League thingy.

The jury is still out on Pep and the Premier League. Football management is like sales, no one gives a shit what you sold in the past, they want to know what you sold today. Let's not kid ourselves, we got a get out of jail card with that late Jesus goal and Lancelot Fluke is not alone when he stares at a Pep team sheet and looks at his tactics and thinks "what the fuck is he up to now?"

Well i for one can see the way it is going. We just need to be more consistent over 90 minutes.
Also we all know we need to address the FB positions. But maybe i have more patience than some.
Think the least we can do is give Pep a bit more time. I think his experimentation (as you put it)
is down to trying to find positions/system for players that won't necessarily be here next season, but it's
all we have at the moment.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

That was a very good 1st half performance, with everyone playing as a team. Swansea just couldn't cope with our movement and passing, we should have scored more than the 1 goal we scored. However what went wrong with that 2nd half performance we were slow all over the pitch and were chasing shadows. Lucky Gabriel Jesus scored a 2nd goal for us to give us the win, which we were lucky to get.
If we play the way we played the 2nd half against Monaco like we did against the Swans, we will be getting knocked out well before the 2nd leg. Pep has got to sort it out and fast, this is not the 1st time that we have had a very poor 2nd half after a very good 1st half. This is probably the 4th/5th time that it has happened this season.

It's not just poor 2nd half after good first half. We have had many home games this season where the first half was shite and then second half much better. Seems we can only do it for 45 mins or max 65/70.

 

[teddykgb]

It wasn't a shit post, a number of true blues are getting a bit tired with Pep using City like a child uses a chemistry set, lots of trial and error, while he cracks this Premier League thingy.

The jury is still out on Pep and the Premier League. Football management is like sales, no one gives a shit what you sold in the past, they want to know what you sold today. Let's not kid ourselves, we got a get out of jail card with that late Jesus goal and Lancelot Fluke is not alone when he stares at a Pep team sheet and looks at his tactics and thinks "what the fuck is he up to now?"

We did almost nothing different in the Swansea match from our previous few matches. It was a hybrid 4-3-3 that morphed into a 3-4-3 in attack, only Fernandinho took a FB position in order to try to put more of a ball player into that inverted full back position. I have no idea why this criticism is being repeated, he's basically done the same thing several games on the trot right now.

 

[franksinatra]

It wasn't a shit post, a number of true blues are getting a bit tired with Pep using City like a child uses a chemistry set, lots of trial and error, while he cracks this Premier League thingy.

The jury is still out on Pep and the Premier League. Football management is like sales, no one gives a shit what you sold in the past, they want to know what you sold today. Let's not kid ourselves, we got a get out of jail card with that late Jesus goal and Lancelot Fluke is not alone when he stares at a Pep team sheet and looks at his tactics and thinks "what the fuck is he up to now?"

I genuinely must watch a different City team to you.

Over the course of this season I have watched City dominate one game after another. Yes sometimes the defending has been poor and so has the finishing but Peps philosophy/platform of dominating a game of football has worked consistently over the course of the season.

I also do not understand why you would be peeved at Peps continual adaptions as the whole reason for this is to give the side a competitive advantage. To me its a refreshing change to the events of last year.

Fair play to Swansea they altered tactics, pushed on more and disrupted our play. But we still won the game and thats three wins back to back now.

 

[franksinatra]

We did almost nothing different in the Swansea match from our previous few matches. It was a hybrid 4-3-3 that morphed into a 3-4-3 in attack, only Fernandinho took a FB position in order to try to put more of a ball player into that inverted full back position. I have no idea why this criticism is being repeated, he's basically done the same thing several games on the trot right now.

I also do not think you can argue with the logic of it either to bolster a midfield as in all sense and purposes Swansea were playing narrow and Pep wanted to dominate in that area.

 

[Mancity1980]

No matter what the pundits say, the biggest thing for me to emerge from yesterday's game is just how good Jesus is.
This kid has everything in the game, everything.
His strength and link up play are incredible for such a young player and he is an absolutely instinctive goal scorer.
His comments in interviews shows great maturity and he does not look the type to let success go to his head.
I really think we are witnessing the birth of a world superstar here.
And he is ONLY 19!!!!

I have never been so excited about a new player. The closest was Aguero (and possibly Tevez), but I never thought we were getting a future balloon d'or winner until now.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I think his experimentation (as you put it)
is down to trying to find positions/system for players that won't necessarily be here next season, but it's
all we have at the moment.

I agree, hence my chemistry set analogy. There are blues here who have faith and think if we give Pep time, and money (which I'm sure he'll get) it'll all come good, and on the balance of probability they may well be right, but right now? Can anyone here say we've not dropped points because of Peps inexperience? Can anyone say we'd have fewer points if Conte were our manager? Or even Koeman?

We've not reached a stage where there are diverging camps emerging among the fans, but there is a bit of bewilderment setting in over the post match pints.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I agree, hence my chemistry set analogy. There are blues here who have faith and think if we give Pep time, and money (which I'm sure he'll get) it'll all come good, and on the balance of probability they may well be right, but right now? Can anyone here say we've not dropped points because of Peps inexperience? Can anyone say we'd have fewer points if Conte were our manager? Or even Koeman?

We've not reached a stage where there are diverging camps emerging among the fans, but there is a bit of bewilderment setting in over the post match pints.

A lot depends on whether you're in for watching good football or win at all costs.