Fantail Breeze Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 minute ago, HaydnNUFC said: Aye. We've always had the players capable of producing good, entertaining football but he's actively chose not to across the last two years. Because of his own limitations. He knows he is unable to strike a tactical balance between attack and defence. We go forward like today and we concede 3 or 4 goals a game (saw the same at Leicester, where their attacking deficiencies saved us). Or, we go all out defence and try to scrape a 0-0 but end up losing 2-0 without crossing the halfway line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) The stupid bastard's just said it was a cracking delivery by Matt Ritchie for Krafth's goal. That'd be high praise indeed if it wasn't for the fact Jonjo Shelvey fucking took it. Moron. Edited May 14, 2021 by WarrenBartonCentrePartin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 With the obvious caveat of sour grapes, an idea to improve the game and stop Guardiola’s strategy of boring the opposition into defeat: you can’t have more than 40/50 passes without a shot on goal. They have won the title - for entertainment’s sake, why bother with the keep-ball? Desperately boring. Still, a great day for Abu Dhabi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 What a pen by Joelinton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Still glad i didn't watch like, had a better night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) .com "52,000 punters would have gone home captivated by what they'd seen tonight in this meaningless match, with a few bruised knees when the goals went in. Jigging round the front room just doesn't cut it. Thankfully this appears to have been the conclusion to our year and a bit of small screen purgatory, but what an unforgettable final instalment. We've been of the opinion that COVID meant Bruce has been spared the anger of home fans, but tonight he and his players have been denied what would have been a deserved ovation for their efforts." Get to fuck, you pair of absolute bellends. Edited May 15, 2021 by ToonArmy1892 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Was as good as could be expected aside from the last 10 mins which were embarrassing. Happy to settle for the 3-4 says so much about what the club, manager and on pitch captain stand for. Subs were absolutely atrocious as usual too. Seeing the local media snap back in to Bruce mode is just as bad. Gawd help us all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) Just for anyone who said we defended terribly, but Understat said the expected goals of Man CIty was 1.48. Ours was 2.18, because pens are about 0.7 each. I'm not a big fan of xG but I think it demonstrates something in terms of actual efforts there. People who defend badly against Man City are waltzed around before Sterling or someone taps it in in acres at the far post. That didn't happen once. They scored with a deflection, a crazy highlight-reel spin flick, and then two completely lethal "name your favourite moocher" (Micky Quinn for me) finishes, the first off a what looked like a just-whack-it-in cross. The keep ball was embarrassing and the commentator should be smacked for suggesting even "Newcastle fans would be giving it oles", but on the whole it wasn't too bad. I love Dubs, but this was one of the games where nobs would give him stick because there weren't many shots and they all went in. Normally it would take nine or ten good efforts on goal to put four past him. Just in case anyone thinks I'm defending Bruce, it was still Man City B without KDB etc., and some of their replacements were very generous, giving away pens and faiiling to save a Krafth header that looked very central. The poor defending in the game was mostly by them. Edited May 15, 2021 by Stottie clarity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 6 hours ago, ToonArmy1892 said: .com "52,000 punters would have gone home captivated by what they'd seen tonight in this meaningless match, with a few bruised knees when the goals went in. Jigging round the front room just doesn't cut it. Thankfully this appears to have been the conclusion to our year and a bit of small screen purgatory, but what an unforgettable final instalment. We've been of the opinion that COVID meant Bruce has been spared the anger of home fans, but tonight he and his players have been denied what would have been a deserved ovation for their efforts." Get to fuck, you pair of absolute bellends. Tbf you didn't watch the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 It was a good game and made even more better by the fact it was against Man City who usually smash teams, but an ovation? Hmmm.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Wtf we played man city reserves ffs ? thoses tickets are gonna be snapped up now 'doe lyke Bruce or Ashley but i wayna see games lyke that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Amazing the difference Lejuene and lascelles could make to this defence though. Look shocking without those two. Completely clueless at the back these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Amazing the difference Lejuene and lascelles could make to this defence though. Look shocking without those two. Completely clueless at the back these days. Pretty much the same defence that Rafa had so well drilled. The players aren’t the issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Fantail Breeze said: Pretty much the same defence that Rafa had so well drilled. The players aren’t the issue. I’d argue that a few of them are. Murphy, Krafth, shelvey, dummett - none of them good enough regardless of who the manager is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Think Almiron has quietly been one of our best players since Jones came in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shearergol said: I’d argue that a few of them are. Murphy, Krafth, shelvey, dummett - none of them good enough regardless of who the manager is. Well yeah, but Rafa wanted rid of three of them and the other was purchased by Bruce. So the manager is the problem, because none of those would be in the team if we had a competent one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Just now, Fantail Breeze said: Well yeah, but Rafa wanted rid of three of them and the other was purchased by Bruce. So the manager is the problem, because none of those would be in the team if we had a competent one. I get that. I mean our manager is the one who got rid of one of the players (lejuene) I mentioned. He also brought in krafth. It’s all on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 14 hours ago, Big Geordie said: Me and my old man have enjoyed it - we’ve had a go. ? I hope you had a lovely day out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 4 hours ago, samptime29 said: Tbf you didn't watch the match. That isn't the point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I know it's true but thought The Athletic were better than this clickbait nonsense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 59 minutes ago, ToonArmy1892 said: That isn't the point. What is the point then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, samptime29 said: What is the point then? They are implying that it would have been good to have had a crowd there, should be encouraging the opposite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 3 hours ago, ToonArmy1892 said: They are implying that it would have been good to have had a crowd there, should be encouraging the opposite. They were just saying, that if a crowd was there, that the atmosphere would be lively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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