Man City (a) 3/1/2019

[Bobby Hundreds]

14 minutes ago, liverpoolsno9 said:

Rhian Brewster will be like a new signing.

Let's make him lean for some pictures.

[Em City]

31 minutes ago, aRdja said:

 

We really could’ve done with someone like that in midfield last night.

 

A centre half who doesn't play like he has wasps in his shorts would have been more beneficial imo.

[El Rojo]

5 minutes ago, Em City said:

 

A centre half who doesn't play like he has wasps in his shorts would have been more beneficial imo.

Surely that's not notorious hard man 'Vinny' Kompany turning his back on Ox's drive into the net?

[Hades]

Anyone else in a really shit mood since the game? Like reality just crashed the party.

[stringvest]

6 minutes ago, Hades said:

Anyone else in a really shit mood since the game? Like reality just crashed the party.

 

I was in a shit mood before the game when I saw the team sheet. Glummed up.  Let's hope we win handsomely in Brighton.  

[liverpoolsno9]

12 minutes ago, Hades said:

Anyone else in a really shit mood since the game? Like reality just crashed the party.

Yeah, I’m sulking over losing a game like I’ve not done for years. Suppose it’s a good thing, we’re not used to losing now, so it hurts more. But I’m in a fucking bad mood. Might swerve overtime in work tonight too, all the crowing Mancs and Blueshite. 

[lebron]

16 hours ago, aRdja said:

I think he was going apeshit at everyone of them. They all had two goes each, and he didn’t get one decent ball.

Nah, that was at Lovren, who instead of spreading the ball wide to the fullback for an angled cross, decided it was better to hoof it out of play with no angle on it at all.

[Naz17]

41 minutes ago, Hades said:

Anyone else in a really shit mood since the game? Like reality just crashed the party.

 

Yes! I've been absolutely gutted since the result...usually I'm alright after I've slept on it but I still feel dejected. Pisses me off.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

2 hours ago, aRdja said:

 

We really could’ve done with someone like that in midfield last night.

You get negged because you never let it go, flogging a dead horse. Makes you come across as either a wum or stupid. You’re neither.

[lebron]

16 hours ago, The Guest said:

Trent is inherently lazy.  His autopilot is to stop and watch.  He does it all the time and I can’t believe nobody picks up on it.  He’s also slow as fuck which isn’t great for a full back especially at that age because he’s not going to get quicker.

Lazy, no, but he might have some of VVD's nonchalance. That suits the big man better at the moment, but is something he's been criticised heavily for during his career. I love it though, wish more of our players (Hendo, Lovren) looked as comfortable.

 

The wrongness in claiming Trent is "slow as fuck" must be some kind of record on here though!!! I'd argue only Walker is quicker among the right full backs in the league (Gomez too perhaps). EVERYONE going up against Sane will fall short in that regard.

15 hours ago, TheBitch said:

Mental that Wijnaldum and Kompany receive the same punishment for those two "challenges".

 

Said so to my Spurs' supporting mate at half time. One's not a yellow, and arguably not even a foul, while the other is way worse than the one "everyone" wanted VVD sent off for against Napoli. The only reason Salah has his feet intact today is that he jumps 30 cm from the ground, Kompany still catches his foot! Unbelievable.

 

I warned about him before the game, and in my mind there's no doubt Taylor is biased against us. Look at the delight he takes in showing Lovren the yellow, it's up from his pocket instantly, while there's much more hesitation to book the City players. I actually think he needed the linesman's help in that regard with both Laporte's and Kompany's bookings. There was another incident too when one of our players were hacked down, and he wasn't even going to give a free kick in the 1st half. Shocking from him again. And don't even get me started on Fernandinho, who comitted 3 clear fouls in the opening 5 minutes, two of them possible yellow cards, and only got a free kick against on the one where he hacked Mane from behind.

 

The only thing that consoles me today (I can sense my anger building as I'm typing this) is that it was the blag Mancs we were playing. Imagine how shit we'd be feeling today if it was the other Mancs we were fighting....

7 hours ago, Boss said:

Infuriated me that. Gerrard would've played that pass with his eyes closed. He did it in the Champions League final as well. He's too scared to make a mistake. He takes no chances, and that's why he's mentally not cut out for the top level. It's not ability, because he easily had it in his locker to play that ball, it's his mentality.

 

Agree with the mental part, he's too scared all the time. The only time he crosses the ball is if we've the entire 16-yard box littered with our players. I disagree on the ability part though, he takes too much time telegraphing the passes, and then hits them with too much air under them, which means it'll probably be broken up most of the time (might not have been this time around). He's just a mediocre player with mediocre mentality but supreme dedication to his profession/fitness etc. I've said so time and time again, for all his flaws and attitude problems, we'd be better off keeping Shelvey and selling Henderson, in the sense that he COULD have become a real player for us. Combine the best of their qualities and you would have a great CM, both ultimately too flawed though.

 

 

4 hours ago, Trojan1892 said:

Gini, Hendo, Milner - the trusted 3.

 

City (a) L

PSG (a) L

Red Star (a) L

Napoli (a) L

Chelsea (a) D

Real Madrid (CL Final) L

Roma (a) L

 

Yeah, complete no-brainer that. Klopp's biggest/only? fault so far with us not recognising this... Some might argue giving Lovren a 5-year deal...

[aRdja]

9 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

You get negged because you never let it go, flogging a dead horse. Makes you come across as either a wum or stupid. You’re neither.

Always happy to take it, but it’s not really that controversial a point. Most posters here weren’t ecstatic with the midfield. Who would’ve been wound up by that video? Ox is almost universally liked.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

7 minutes ago, aRdja said:

Always happy to take it, but it’s not really that controversial a point. Most posters here weren’t ecstatic with the midfield. Who would’ve been wound up by that video? Ox is almost universally liked.

He is fucking injured! It is irrelevant. Would he have played, probably yes.

[aRdja]

Just now, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

He is fucking injured! It is irrelevant. Would he have played, probably yes.

What was so wrong with pointing out that he could’ve been the difference between losing and not losing?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 minute ago, aRdja said:

What was so wrong with pointing out that he could’ve been the difference between losing and not losing?

And he could not have, he might have been shit like a few others.

[Section_31]

Was chatting about the match with my uncle before and to be fair there were a few positives.

 

We should have scored, Kompany should have been sent off, they had to work hard to only just beat us at home. 

 

The problem was that all their best players were up against all our worst.

[aRdja]

Just quietly... David Silva was absolute turd last night, the whiney cunt.

[magicrat]

Just have to take last night on the chin and re-group.  City played well and had the breaks.

Draw would have been the fair result but to hell with it. The midfield selection was questionable but hindsight is 20:20 . Lovren was poor but he usually is against top class opposition . We lack a bit of depth in the squad in defence but we know that . Vital we go and beat Brighton. At least we have the unbeaten record off our backs which was becoming a millstone with every cunt on the box banging on about the Arsenal invincibles at every opportunity.

[kemskem]

I don't know if it's been mentioned what total hypocrites the City fans were for booing us when we were in possession. Plastic twats.

[Jennings]

We were doing that in the Euro game to them. They are trying to be big time.

[Oh Buoy]

Keep getting sent memes about the ball not crossing the line. 

 

I'm not sure I've seen anyone comment about VAR? Why has this suddenly become a thing? Feels like some Manc has let off a weak fart and trying to make a big deal of it. 

 

 

[aRdja]

2 hours ago, magicrat said:

Lovren was poor but he usually is against top class opposition.

He was MOTM against Real!

[magicrat]

32 minutes ago, aRdja said:

He was MOTM against Real!

Real was hardly a defensive Masterclass

[aRdja]

13 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Real was hardly a defensive Masterclass

It was from Lovren. He was superb that night. 

[magicrat]

2 minutes ago, aRdja said:

It was from Lovren. He was superb that night. 

He was shit last night in a better team with the best CB and keeper in the country alongside.

[aRdja]

Just now, magicrat said:

He was shit last night in a better team with the best CB and keeper in the country alongside.

I agree in relation to last night, he was all over the shop. However saying he’s usually poor against top teams isn’t really fair IMO. He was very good against Real for example. Contributed massively to keeping Ronaldo goalless.