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Live Match Discussion 2024/25
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Swear Johnson has scored that goal about 8 times for Spurs now, never anything better. Fair play.
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City ave lost a lot of goals with Mahrez, post-Barca Gundogan and Alvarez. De Bruyne and Walker are nowhere near the players they were and with Foden out of form and Rodri injured it’s perhaps not surprising they’re struggling.
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Saw this earlier:
Prepare for a read lol...
We have no rb. Walker's kaput and Rico is far from ready to claim that spot as his own in that City side. The whole Rico midfield thing is not working either, he's not the answer for Rodri. He's too small and frankly not yet good/experienced enough for that role.
Foden's taken a massive confidence knock from being the euros scapegoat, it's clear to see. "Sick the first few weeks" my arse. Needs to snap out of it.
Kdb has been on a downward trajectory since the beginning of last season, fitness for 90 and injury wise. Even when he plays, he's not the same player - misplacing easy passes etc, you could see it last year and I mentioned the same back then. People heavily underestimate the importance of his defensive workrate, he's a huge hole in that aspect of our play now.
Grealish was only ever good for us for the treble season.
Oscar Bobb looked amazing and like this was gonna be his breakthrough season.
People seriously underestimate how important Alvarez was for us.
Doku and Savino are both raw. The talent is there clearly but the football intelligence isn't there yet, especially for Doku.
Gundogan came back from Barcelona a different man than he left. Another one clearly on the decline. And with kdb not the same defensive asset, in the few games he does manage, that's still a liability.
So we have a half decent defence (bar rb) but it gets exposed too easily now, as Kovacic is a lot more offensive/head down carrying the ball and just doesn't have the anticipation or cool headed control of Rodri.
I don't worry too much about Haaland, every striker goes through bad runs. He scored in his last PL game and while he missed chances today, I don't think any were disasters.
This is our squad.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-city/kader/verein/281/plus/0/galerie/0?saison_id=2024
Besides Bernardo and Haaland, who are teams afraid of? Most teams have skillfull wingers these days and we have two PL unproven in Doku and Savinho.
Basically, what we are gonna see of City this season is not gonna be down to missing Rodri.
We needed to strengthen the midfield over the summer and I'm talking about finding a kdb replacement. We were unlucky with Oscar Bobb because I think we would have rw covered it he was fit but I think we needed a left winger too and of course a rb.
In a nutshell I don't see us as title contenders this season. This isn't reactionary, I said the same earlier in the season. Look at our squad and look at others.
This isn't a pity party, just answering you.
Prepare for a read lol...
We have no rb. Walker's kaput and Rico is far from ready to claim that spot as his own in that City side. The whole Rico midfield thing is not working either, he's not the answer for Rodri. He's too small and frankly not yet good/experienced enough for that role.
Foden's taken a massive confidence knock from being the euros scapegoat, it's clear to see. "Sick the first few weeks" my arse. Needs to snap out of it.
Kdb has been on a downward trajectory since the beginning of last season, fitness for 90 and injury wise. Even when he plays, he's not the same player - misplacing easy passes etc, you could see it last year and I mentioned the same back then. People heavily underestimate the importance of his defensive workrate, he's a huge hole in that aspect of our play now.
Grealish was only ever good for us for the treble season.
Oscar Bobb looked amazing and like this was gonna be his breakthrough season.
People seriously underestimate how important Alvarez was for us.
Doku and Savino are both raw. The talent is there clearly but the football intelligence isn't there yet, especially for Doku.
Gundogan came back from Barcelona a different man than he left. Another one clearly on the decline. And with kdb not the same defensive asset, in the few games he does manage, that's still a liability.
So we have a half decent defence (bar rb) but it gets exposed too easily now, as Kovacic is a lot more offensive/head down carrying the ball and just doesn't have the anticipation or cool headed control of Rodri.
I don't worry too much about Haaland, every striker goes through bad runs. He scored in his last PL game and while he missed chances today, I don't think any were disasters.
This is our squad.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-city/kader/verein/281/plus/0/galerie/0?saison_id=2024
Besides Bernardo and Haaland, who are teams afraid of? Most teams have skillfull wingers these days and we have two PL unproven in Doku and Savinho.
Basically, what we are gonna see of City this season is not gonna be down to missing Rodri.
We needed to strengthen the midfield over the summer and I'm talking about finding a kdb replacement. We were unlucky with Oscar Bobb because I think we would have rw covered it he was fit but I think we needed a left winger too and of course a rb.
In a nutshell I don't see us as title contenders this season. This isn't reactionary, I said the same earlier in the season. Look at our squad and look at others.
This isn't a pity party, just answering you.
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