Conjo Posted Saturday at 18:31 Share Posted Saturday at 18:31 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Teslact said: He has to take the blame for the tactics at kick off. We just stood off them, let them build confidence, and never tried to get at them. At least rattle them a bit and see if they make the same mistakes they have for other teams. Gas oven went out last night, so at least I've got the misery of getting my wallet out to fix it to take the edge off this weekend Man City looked like they were just playing the ball amongst themselves to stall time in the hope the game would be over asap to save their strength for their mid-week game. They didn't look dangerous at all until their first extremely lucky goal. I got the feeling it was intentional of us to basically stall the game too until their legs startet getting tired and minds wandering off to the Real Madrid game before turning up the pace of the game, which sounds pretty smart to me. That plan obviously goes out of the window as soon as they go 1-0 up We've been good at coming back from losing positions this season, so it was extra dissapointing to see the (non)reaction to their goal. Edited Saturday at 18:32 by Conjo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted Saturday at 18:33 Share Posted Saturday at 18:33 17 minutes ago, Alberto2005 said: If we'd played at our usual tempo and got done I'd accept it, but we didn't lay a glove on them. Frustrating thing is we never do, we always just roll over for City Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppy Chop Chop Posted Saturday at 18:48 Share Posted Saturday at 18:48 Life goes on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted Saturday at 18:57 Share Posted Saturday at 18:57 (edited) Hopefully next season we can blow £200m in the winter transfer window if we're struggling a bit... I was away much of the match and hadn't realised it was a new signing that destroyed us. Edited Saturday at 18:58 by Turnbull2000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted Saturday at 18:59 Share Posted Saturday at 18:59 Just now, Turnbull2000 said: Hopefully next season we can blow £200m in the winter transfer window if we're struggling a bit... The gap between us and City is absurd. If you seemingly accept defeat before a ball has been kicked you’re going to get beat. Teams that cost a lot less than ours have a plan and some fight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoOGazOoO Posted Saturday at 19:32 Share Posted Saturday at 19:32 Just seen the goals, wow, some really poor defending amongst them. Tripps really poor for the first 2, especially the 1st, schoolboy stuff that is not getting caught under the ball. No idea what Dubs was doing for their 3rd either! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted Saturday at 19:33 Share Posted Saturday at 19:33 Very odd performance today, so tepid and passive when we’d had plenty of rest and time to prepare. That’s a worry leading up to the cup final as I hope we don’t repeat two years ago when he simply didn’t turn up. Some of this is on Howe, some on the players. As others have said the squad is stale as fuck and needs a real upgrade in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted Saturday at 19:40 Share Posted Saturday at 19:40 3 minutes ago, OoOGazOoO said: Just seen the goals, wow, some really poor defending amongst them. Tripps really poor for the first 2, especially the 1st, schoolboy stuff that is not getting caught under the ball. No idea what Dubs was doing for their 3rd either! 2nd goal? Typical shit dive to his right. Unless he went walkabout for the third. I can’t remember. I didn’t think he was at fault, despite it being up the middle. Was fairly close and he blasted it. 1st he just froze and 2nd he should save IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted Saturday at 19:42 Share Posted Saturday at 19:42 shite defence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUICE690 Posted Saturday at 20:04 Share Posted Saturday at 20:04 17 minutes ago, huss9 said: shite defence. Was really bad. You can't give a team like City confidence to their football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted Saturday at 20:40 Share Posted Saturday at 20:40 This is the part I regularly get annoyed with when it comes to our midfield set up. 30 seconds into the game, already Foden is in so much space and the pass is easily played to him as there’s no pressure. If there’s no pressure, we can’t be having a flat midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted Saturday at 20:53 Share Posted Saturday at 20:53 Thankfully I missed the game, but going from the highlights it seems that we attempted the system we played in the SF second leg v Arsenal, but we were too slow in the press and City were far more direct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted Saturday at 21:05 Share Posted Saturday at 21:05 1 hour ago, huss9 said: shite defence. Sometimes it really is as simple as that. There's been a lot of criticism of the midfield, but we were set up quite well until they scored. For some reason both our centre backs were on the halfway line with no recovery pace, and a simple long ball left Trippier isolated against a younger, faster striker in acres of space. That goal was tragic, and we never recovered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted Saturday at 21:11 Share Posted Saturday at 21:11 2 minutes ago, TRon said: Sometimes it really is as simple as that. There's been a lot of criticism of the midfield, but we were set up quite well until they scored. For some reason both our centre backs were on the halfway line with no recovery pace, and a simple long ball left Trippier isolated against a younger, faster striker in acres of space. That goal was tragic, and we never recovered. The fact he was isolated was poor but he still didn’t need to try and attack the ball as he did. Marmoush isn’t guaranteed to control the ball but as soon as Trippier comes for it and misses it was game over. It was shite on several levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted Saturday at 21:12 Share Posted Saturday at 21:12 One thing we have learnt today is that the 'rest' excuse is bollocks. I'm annoyed we have to wait a whole week to put things right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted Saturday at 21:13 Share Posted Saturday at 21:13 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Sibierski said: This is the part I regularly get annoyed with when it comes to our midfield set up. 30 seconds into the game, already Foden is in so much space and the pass is easily played to him as there’s no pressure. If there’s no pressure, we can’t be having a flat midfield. Felt like they identified this immediately and exploited it big time. Bit like the Bournemouth game, it was like we had 10 men and they had 12 at times, they had so much space on the ball, supported each other and still managed to swarm us when we had the ball, isolating Isak regularly. For all Sky Sports were banging the Isak v Haaland drum, neither affected the result one bit. Edited Saturday at 21:14 by Dr.Spaceman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted Saturday at 21:14 Share Posted Saturday at 21:14 Trippier, Schar and Burn at the back against these was really asking for trouble tbh. Not much choice with the cbs but Tino should have been starting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted Saturday at 21:16 Share Posted Saturday at 21:16 4 minutes ago, ExiledGeordie said: The fact he was isolated was poor but he still didn’t need to try and attack the ball as he did. Marmoush isn’t guaranteed to control the ball but as soon as Trippier comes for it and misses it was game over. It was shite on several levels. Dubravka was in no mans land as well. None of the defenders came out of that well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted Saturday at 21:18 Share Posted Saturday at 21:18 (edited) 3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Trippier, Schar and Burn at the back against these was really asking for trouble tbh. Not much choice with the cbs but Tino should have been starting. A PSR doing but we've been desperate for pace in defence for yonks, now. We haven't had any since probably Yedlin. Edited Saturday at 21:18 by HaydnNUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted Saturday at 21:21 Share Posted Saturday at 21:21 Alarming lack of urgency in our play today, quite a few have mentioned it. Puzzling effort Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted Saturday at 21:26 Share Posted Saturday at 21:26 7 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: A PSR doing but we've been desperate for pace in defence for yonks, now. We haven't had any since probably Yedlin. The last NUFC player to score at the Etihad in the league. Think I read it somewhere. Might be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted Saturday at 21:27 Share Posted Saturday at 21:27 1 minute ago, The Butcher said: The last NUFC player to score at the Etihad in the league. Think I read it somewhere. Might be wrong. Correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted Saturday at 21:28 Share Posted Saturday at 21:28 Just now, The Butcher said: The last NUFC player to score at the Etihad in the league. Think I read it somewhere. Might be wrong. Nah, you're spot on. Benitez's sides put up a couple decent showings in this fixture considering the players that were in them. Shown far more than today's AIDS anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted Saturday at 21:41 Share Posted Saturday at 21:41 4 hours ago, Pixelphish said: The difference between our best and our worst has to be the biggest swing of any team. Hi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted Saturday at 21:45 Share Posted Saturday at 21:45 schar's been great but his powers are slowly waning. his distribution hasnt been any near his usual levels, and he's getting caught out positionally. also miley should be in ahead of willock in midfield. we need a couple big signings this summer to reinvigorate the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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