Sandro Tonali

[Dr Jinx]

We were chasing shadows for large portions and there wasn’t much he could do.

 

Hopefully coming off a bit early will keep him fresh, has to be starting games.

[TBG]

Now gone one game without scoring.

[Flip]

2 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said:

We were chasing shadows for large portions and there wasn’t much he could do.

 

Hopefully coming off a bit early will keep him fresh, has to be starting games.

? Thought him and Joelinton couldn’t really find their footing at all tonight. City are just too good, they’ll bounce back next weekend though.

[Myleftboot]

1 minute ago, TBG said:

Now gone one game without scoring.

Worrying.

[The College Dropout]

Thought the midfield was constantly overrun which was largely tactical. 
 

There’s a lot of synergy the midfield 3 need to find. They were often very flat in possession offering no angles. 
 

They seemed a yard faster too. 

[Ronson333]

4 minutes ago, Flip said:

? Thought him and Joelinton couldn’t really find their footing at all tonight. City are just too good, they’ll bounce back next weekend though.

Joelinton I agree couldn’t, but think your bang wrong with Tonali, he did alright.

[The College Dropout]

I don’t think any of the midfielders laid a glove on city’s.  But they were tactically outmatched.  
 

 

Of the 3 I think Tonali was the best. But none of them had a good game. 

[Wallsendmag]

Just now, The College Dropout said:

I don’t think any of the midfielders laid a glove on city’s.  But they were tactically outmatched.  
 

 

Of the 3 I think Tonali was the best. But none of them had a good game. 

 

He was definitely the best of the 3 tonight. Joelinton never got started and Bruno looked pretty sluggish and was being overrun. He wasn't great tonight but definitely the pick of the midfield 3.

[Flip]

5 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

I don’t think any of the midfielders laid a glove on city’s.  But they were tactically outmatched.  
 

 

Of the 3 I think Tonali was the best. But none of them had a good game. 

I feel as Tonali gets off as he is new signing. He did absolutely nothing tonight and was subsequently subbed off in the 67th minute. Had to check some stats and compared to Bruno he lost the ball more, had less touches, won less duels and passed it wrong more in 67 minutes of play.

 

Thought he looked amazing last week, but the midfield trio looked outclassed tonight (they are a better side, so well drilled tactically) and that was a largely because neither Joe or Sandro really got going.

 

 

Edited August 19, 2023 by Flip

[Guest]

I think he’s adjusting to the speed of the games here. City were full on first half and he probably likes a bit more time on the ball than he’s getting now. Didn’t get much help off Joe either. 

[The College Dropout]

4 minutes ago, Flip said:

I feel as Tonali gets off as he is new signing. He did absolutely nothing tonight and was subsequently subbed off in the 67th minute. Had to check some stats and compared to Bruno he lost the ball more, had less touches, won less duels and passed it wrong more in 67 minutes of play.

 

Thought he looked amazing last week, but the midfield trio looked outclassed tonight (they are a better side, so well drilled tactically) and that was a largely because neither Joe or Sandro really got going.

 

 

 

Maybe. I don’t think any of them had a good game anyway and tactically Howe had no answer for what City did with Foden and Alvarez. 

[Flip]

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

Maybe. I don’t think any of them had a good game anyway and tactically Howe had no answer for what City did with Foden and Alvarez. 

Agreed, first 15 minutes in the 2nd half was shambles. Man City are just a fantastic side and Foden was fantastic tonight. At the end of the day 1-0 loss away at the Etihad to a fantastic goal has to be accepted. Even Europes top teams would accept a defeat like this.

[Holloway]

He's been shown what it is to chase the ball around by these. Bruno has intimated how frustrating it is to deal with, it' ll get better for him starting next week 

[The College Dropout]

2 minutes ago, Flip said:

Agreed, first 15 minutes in the 2nd half was shambles. Man City are just a fantastic side and Foden was fantastic tonight. At the end of the day 1-0 loss away at the Etihad to a fantastic goal has to be accepted. Even Europes top teams would accept a defeat like this.

Aye but would’ve liked to have given them more of a game and shown different facets to us. The score line flatters us. 

[The Prophet]

He was fine, albeit a bit sloppy on that ball at times.

[Scoot]

21 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

I don’t think any of the midfielders laid a glove on city’s.  But they were tactically outmatched.  
 

 

Of the 3 I think Tonali was the best. But none of them had a good game. 

 

Was just thinking that. Not saying any of the 3 had bad games, I'm just struggling to think of anything that jumps out at me that any of the 3 done, which against City, isn't going to get you much. 6/10 for all 3

[Kanj]

We just played fucking timid man. Everything we did was sloppy, weak. It’s annoying in these big games. It’s like they haven’t got the mentality to step it up at times. Overwhelmed by the occasion. Felt the same at the cup final. 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2023 by Kanji

[Ronson333]

Still annoyed by that ridiculous decision to give him a yellow card. It meant he couldn’t press for the rest of the game like he usually does, which affected us more than we think.

[Ashtton]

 

He was no worse or better of anyone else for us really but clearly found it tough. He and we won't have a tougher game all season than City away.

[Lush Vlad]

1 hour ago, Ronson333 said:

Still annoyed by that ridiculous decision to give him a yellow card. It meant he couldn’t press for the rest of the game like he usually does, which affected us more than we think.

Not sure what the new brief is regarding yellows. But last night seemed to be a yellow for anything we did. But fuck all the other way  a couple of ours felt soft as fuck. 

[FloydianMag]

 

[The Prophet]

 

[80]

Think it's more perfect if he took himself there.

[Wilson]

Kind of wish it was someone megging him tbf poor fucker. 

[STM]

Thing is, if he's living in Gosforth, he's possibly seen it when driving passed and booked a table. I highly doubt much effort has gone into working out how nice it would be.

 

Bare in mind, only countries like us and the US have such establishments whereby you attract the clientele by actively making the place more cheap and nasty. 

 

Most restaurants pride themselves on the quality of the cuisine. Must have been like being on Mars for pure Sandro.