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Man City have two games this gameweek... surely one of their shitehawks would be best for captaincy.

plane stunts are wank like

15 years since Bergkamp fluked that goal we've seen 1000 times.

The plaudits for his 15 minutes are getting a little ott for my liking. I can't say I see much difference between him or mitro at this point.

A lot of people are saying this, but given we're seemingly going to continue with our existing tactics, I find it really unlikely we ever start a game without Jack or Isaac. The only chance Diame seems to have to play in the middle is if we're chasing the game late on.

Our style of football is uninspiring, so it's not surprising that he doesn't get much leeway when things look like they're going wrong. It's going to take a long, long time for fans to be comfortable with the gameplan that Rafa seemingly likes. Should be interesting to see what the pressure is like next year when we continue with this gameplan but inevitably lose a lot more games (assuming we get promoted, and assuming he's still around!).

Diame's goal needs appreciation iyam. Class touch. Magnifique.

ritchie you kernt

well shit son

On the flip side, that is a fan-fucking-tastic finish by Diame

I refuse to believe this isn't the worst league in the entire world.

SO SHIT

i feel like bobby madley didnt always look like a thumb

Murphy is never going to be anything other than shit tho. At least Mitrovic is only 95% likely to achieve nothing with his life.

Mitro would've missed that just as effectively.

I don't think Rafa told us to play shit. I don't think Pardew told us to play shit either.

another good start to the half

its almost as if having a shot is worth a try every once in a while

hu

Wey I thought we were winning 1-0 against Brighton for a second there. Was really quite confused given the game hasn't started yet.

Not to be unnecessarily confrontational... but this is pretty much the opposite of what I think will happen. All 11 players sit deep as fuck, hope to counter on the wings.

We only tend to do that when Mitro/Murphy start. We weren't doing that for Gayle. If we do play long balls they need to be up the line for Gouffran to chase. The last time Gayle played he didn't even touch the ball. Not sure if this means we lumped it up and he couldn't get on it (as I suspect), or we didn't even get as far as lumping it forward. Either way, this is pretty much what I expect to see with Gouffran on his own upfront.

I have nothing against Gouffran, but I feel like we're going to spend the entire game lumping the ball up the pitch, only for it to come back 2 seconds later.

ah yes, the classic Spanish nee striker approach.