Manchester City Match Thread

[Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,891]

Just now, Ward 3 said:

What did people expect against Liverpool and mam City first 2 games? Seriously did you expect 2 or 6 points?

I think the disappointment today is the performance (especially 1st half) , not the result.

OTBC

[Capt. Pants 4,202]

Man City just taken out best striker off 🤣

[Robornio 106]

Just now, Ward 3 said:

What did people expect against Liverpool and mam City first 2 games? Seriously did you expect 2 or 6 points?

A decent attempt at a game? A goal? An attempt at pressing? Some signs of positivity against the inevitable result?

[canarydan23 4,060]

1 minute ago, Ward 3 said:

What did people expect against Liverpool and mam City first 2 games? Seriously did you expect 2 or 6 points?

I expected 0 points.

But answer me this, did you expect us to not have had a touch in the Man City box after 70 minutes?

[norfolkbroadslim 223]

4!

[GodlyOtsemobor 2,249]

Goal difference looking good 👌😂

[Dean Coneys boots 1,398]

I can taking losing, it’s the fact we seem to have learnt nothing that stings

[K Lo 221]

I'm wondering if we're any better than we were 2 years ago.

4-goal margin of defeat against Liverpool. Now 4-0 away at Man C.
Will we get out of the bottom 3 this season ?

[KeiranShikari 1,410]

Just now, Robornio said:

A decent attempt at a game? A goal? An attempt at pressing? Some signs of positivity against the inevitable result?

We had some of that against Liverpool. Way off today.

Apparently it's 4 now, my stream hasn't caught up yet.

[BurwellCanary 215]

Tim Krull leading goal scorer this year - Yellow boot contender?

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

Just now, Ward 3 said:

What did people expect against Liverpool and mam City first 2 games? Seriously did you expect 2 or 6 points?

0 points even after next week either. But a little bit more of a competition. It is a cruel start of course it is but today we look a team who don't deserve to be in this league.

[robertociNCFC 98]

Just now, Ward 3 said:

What did people expect against Liverpool and mam City first 2 games? Seriously did you expect 2 or 6 points?

No but you expect a bit more fight in our performances, 1st half against Liverpool was actually pretty good as we matched them for the majority of it. But this game has just been dreadful from us. We lack any sort of threat and have had 0 (0!!!) shots for the entirety of the game. I'm sorry but that's crap no matter who you are playing.

[cambridgeshire canary 6,680]

20 minutes to go. Christ, why am I still watching?

[Hank shoots Skyler 2,094]

1 minute ago, kirku said:

Fair enough. I also think we've been very poor but it's the ridiculous knee jerk stuff that I can't get on with.

Apologies if that's not you

Watching a game is an emotional experience, often the knee jerking goes both ways, best to just let it slide for the most part (unless its really really stupid). 

Only last week I made a thread dedicated to the performance of Giannoulis against Liverpool, and how much of an asset he was going to be for us this season, 45 minutes of game-time later and he's subbed off for our second choice right back.....

That's arguable as silly as some of the negative knee-jerk stuff you see pattered about. Always a bit nicer to find the positive though of course. 

Oh and there goes another one...

[Samwam27 519]

At least we won't play Man C & Liverpool again for a while, and all matches will be easier than these two, but highlights again need for improvements in CD and CDM

[Branston Pickle 3,638]

3 minutes ago, Ward 3 said:

What did people expect against Liverpool and mam City first 2 games? Seriously did you expect 2 or 6 points?

Some fight, probably?  Making things difficult?   Definitely not falling into the same traps time after time.

But it’s not the end of the world, we’ve had two of the toughest games already and will hopefully learn.

[unique 434]

Emf’gbarassing!

Not sure why Farke went with the same team and setup.

[norfolkbroadslim 223]

1 minute ago, K Lo said:

I'm wondering if we're any better than we were 2 years ago.

4-goal margin of defeat against Liverpool. Now 4-0 away at Man C.
Will we get out of the bottom 3 this season ?

4 goal margin against Liverpool???

[Jim Smith 2,314]

We were always likely to lose today but Farke and Webber have to take some stick for this. Tactically shambolic and naive. The midfield is not equipped.

for clubs like us at this level marginal gains are key. Our defending and attacking set pieces are horrific. There is no excuse for that nor the naive tactics today. 

[Ward 3 371]

Just now, canarydan23 said:

I expected 0 points.

But answer me this, did you expect us to not have had a touch in the Man City box after 70 minutes?

Yeah. Did you expect us to score 8 goals? Look how many city play. That's why they're champions. A lower team get in there half and they just bring the players down. 

[Capt. Pants 4,202]

Still 20 mins left.

Great goal. We can only dream of that sort of quality.

[Ken Hairy 3,760]

1 minute ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

20 minutes to go. Christ, why am I still watching?

I've got to take my daughter to work in a bit........ I'm not disappointed 😂

[Robornio 106]

Just now, norfolkbroadslim said:

4 goal margin against Liverpool???

Must be a new VAR post-game rule? 😂

[WD40 720]

3 minutes ago, K Lo said:

I'm wondering if we're any better than we were 2 years ago.

4-goal margin of defeat against Liverpool. Now 4-0 away at Man C.
Will we get out of the bottom 3 this season ?

Doesn’t look like it, although that could be due to league improving 

[Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,891]

Just now, cambridgeshire canary said:

20 minutes to go. Christ, why am I still watching?

I know what you mean Cambridgeshire!

It's in your blood. The good, the bad and the absolute sh1te; you watch through thick and thin.

OTBC

[Capt. Pants 4,202]

Unfortunately the only player we had to make a pass like that didn't want to play for us anymore.

 

[fredherring 136]

Absolutely embarrassing. 

And people on here think it's ludicrous to question farke? 

Formation didn't work. 

Personnel didn't work. 

No fight. 

Pukki persisted with when he's evidently, obviously, unfit and past his best. 

Not a single positive and morale sapping. The new players must be wondering what the hell they've done. 

Same old play out from the back and get pressed. 

Billy gilmour is not as good as people, or he, thinks. 

 

[Ward 3 371]

2 minutes ago, robertociNCFC said:

No but you expect a bit more fight in our performances, 1st half against Liverpool was actually pretty good as we matched them for the majority of it. But this game has just been dreadful from us. We lack any sort of threat and have had 0 (0!!!) shots for the entirety of the game. I'm sorry but that's crap no matter who you are playing.

A midfield that hasn't really played together but yeah we expect 70 pcent possession. Some of you 🙈😬

[Jsim1986 149]

I expected no points against Liverpool or Man city, but I am sorry we are as Naive as we were last time, playing out the back when man city are pressing so hard, we are not good enough to do that. Pukki is absolutely done imo at this level, I expect to be set up to at least we can compete. This is embarrassing

[Cantiaci Canary 556]

We need some bone crunchers at CM ... we are so 'nice'.