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[blue_danube]

Problem is, when Haaland is not on form (not scoring), he’s a liability

But he can quickly get back on song and start sticking them away again once one goes in. His poor spells might be 3 or 4 weeks in a season.

Compare that with Phil who is the opposite and can only muster a 3 or 4 weeks great spell once or twice the last 18 months. That's a far bigger concern than Ealing

 

[Sam69]

Shocking performance, it was predictable and we said it as soon as we saw the starting eleven. We knew they were going to target Ake and Rico Lewis because of their slowness, and they didn't miss. It was a humiliating performance from the first minute to the last, and we narrowly avoided a major humiliation, perhaps even a historic one, given how the first half unfolded. It could have been 3-0 and the same fate in the second half, thank you Donnarumma

My god, I just saw the match stats while writing this message, what a disaster!

 

[Roachy]

He can hold his head high tonight, the only one

Well said.

 

[Doc_Testosterone]

He did all right at Dortmund, he was doing all right at the start of the season.

When he was at Dortmund there was an expectation that he could be a generational player in the bracket of Ronaldo and Messi. He was elevated onto the pedestal of Mbappe, but it clearly shows he lacks very far behind him in terms of ability and in presence in games when it matters.

 

[Bald fraud]

We all knew what was coming when we saw the back 4

 

[alexmcity]

Sad to say but Arsenal just look better coached than us these days

They are building their team 5 years!

Put Lewis, Alleyne and Ake in their defence and watch how good they are.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Pep will go in the summer, Glasner will take over hence Guehi signing

 

[heslops barnet]

Certainly Lewis Ake perhaps has a bit in the bank.

Sentimentality has no place in football…..

 

[richards30]

Team was shit from the start and got royally bent over and dry fucked! Horrendous

 

[Longballutd]

The lack of commitment and fight from our players in a derby is seriously worrying. Even when were at our worst the players fought for the shirt on Derby day.

The fact that so many players let us down today is the most disappointing aspect of it all. Questions need to be asked of Peps selection. Down to the bare bones at the back but starting Lewis in the derby of all games and he not had a league start since Spuds loss back in August. Foden who has had his head up his ass for weeks now playing over Cherki as well was a poor decision from Pep.

 

[Mancityus]

Say what you like about our poor performance, but VAR not telling the ref to review the Dalot studs up knee-high challenge on Doku is a fucking disgrace and can only be corrupt.

We have to be thankful in a way as today they would have beaten us with 10 and it would have been even more embarrassing.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Dreadful performance. I can only put it down to lack of experience in the squad about what a derby game is all about. The rags looked like we used to play, with heaps of passion. The coaches and Pep need to take the blame for not firing them up. We showed no fight in the first half and they learned we were there for the taking. Cherki and NOR were good to bring on but it should have been Ake and Lewis coming off.

I’m annoyed at losing to them, in that way, but in the grand scheme of the season if we can rebuild the squad and finish top 4 I would have been taken that in August.

 

[Dax777]

We are not a good footballing team at all. We are too dependent on individual magic. Be it Haaland, Doku, Semenyio Cherki or Foden ... Everything we do is dependent in then soing something magical from a standing start position.

Our dangerous wingers are mostly held back by our slow ponderous buildups.

Everyone is suddenly better at building our of the back than us. All quite disappointing.... Oh well. Terrible game

 

[blue_danube]

They are an absolute shambles, how fucking hard is it to put a corner in?

Baffles me how a professional footballer can't take a corner and get it into a decent area.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Rico last 3 starts at RB in League & CL

United lost 2-0

Leverkusen lost 2-0

Spurs lost 2-0

He’s had a few wins in the cup and 1 playing midfield in Europe but that’s absolutely damning, he needs removing from the squad immediately

Big physical fast teams, Pep surely sees the pattern

 

[ancoats]

Pep treating the derby like a Carabao cup round again.

Maybe that is what is happening ?
Cup games are the best chances of silverware and getting a top 4 place

The title race was never in our hands and the truth is the squad is not good enough to push Arsenal.
But if Arsenal drops points and hands City a lifeline, you never know what can happen with 8 games to go

 

[Ajm1985]

Is that 0.45 the chance of an own goal?

Haha pretty much. Shame we rested OG after the Exeter game

 

[2blue4you]

The only two players that can hold their heads up after that shower of shit are Donna and Khus. Khusanov was the only defense we had. The rest should give their wages to charity because they didn't even try. Where was the passion and do or die attitude to a derby.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

We’re not little City anymore -they were the underdogs and gave us a real lesson in commitment and drive. A shit defeat but we move on. Massive day for them because - let’s face it - they’ve fuck all else.

 

[blue_danube]

As bad a performance we've seen under Pep. Only Donnarumma comes out of it with any credit.

Khusanov too