Manchester City (H) 20/10: Build-Up & Match Thread

[jd1981]

I’d take Nuno’s so called bad season over this tripe in a heartbeat and repeated comments on solutions.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He could stop making it everybody else's fault?

Nuno always looked for solutions this bloke looks to blame everybody else.

We've all worked with somebody who thinks it's always somebody else's fault and we all think they're a wanker.

To be honest, it sounds like he was doing the opposite to that.

“I understand what Pep is saying but we need to show it, we need to prove it and that tipping point will come soon,” O’Neil said. “We can’t sit here for ever and say: ‘We’ve had tough games, we lost a couple of important players in the summer.’ It’s like: ‘Now what? Let’s go.’”

 

[Johnny75]

To be honest, it sounds like he was doing the opposite to that.

“I understand what Pep is saying but we need to show it, we need to prove it and that tipping point will come soon,” O’Neil said. “We can’t sit here for ever and say: ‘We’ve had tough games, we lost a couple of important players in the summer.’ It’s like: ‘Now what? Let’s go.’”

Out of context of the rest of his interview it does look that way but when you watch it all this maybe the only time he actually looked ready to quit.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I don't think he does pass the buck, I've not seen that at all.

There's enough to go at without calling him 'delusional' (I know you didn't). Lage was delusional, making up attempts on goal that never happened and coming up with his bizarre 'we never lost with a striker' nonsense.

 

[Woburn Wolf]

He's 5 foot 9. I know so was Billy Wright, but come on

If he played CB surely it would be as a sweeper. He reads the game really well and does not give the ball away. I wish I could say the same for our central defenders.

 

[lemonjelly]

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/18/wolves-gary-oneil-tipping-point-manchester-city

Agree with DW - don't feel O'Neil hides, or blames others. He certainly doesn't throw players under a bus like we have seen others do. Whilst he may be out of his depth, I don't think he's lost the dressing room yet either.

 

[Johnny75]

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/18/wolves-gary-oneil-tipping-point-manchester-city

Agree with DW - don't feel O'Neil hides, or blames others. He certainly doesn't throw players under a bus like we have seen others do. Whilst he may be out of his depth, I don't think he's lost the dressing room yet either.

Funny how watching it live can give you a different perspective from a written opinion piece isn't it?

Like believing somebody else when you haven't watched a game and that person has.

 

[Mel Evo]

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/18/wolves-gary-oneil-tipping-point-manchester-city

Agree with DW - don't feel O'Neil hides, or blames others. He certainly doesn't throw players under a bus like we have seen others do. Whilst he may be out of his depth, I don't think he's lost the dressing room yet either.

Likely they don’t dislike him, but they do very much look lost. Being humiliated at the bottom of the league won’t do him any favours and it’s looked for a couple of games like that’s playing out.

 

[Alan]

He also has unequivocally ducked blame before. Prior to the last-minute win against Spurs in the season previous, he wouldn’t shut up about inheriting a mess from Julen.

Might have been the truth, but fucking stow it. A leader who claps back at their predecessor has been promoted beyond their quality.

 

[Mel Evo]

He also has unequivocally ducked blame before. Prior to the last-minute win against Spurs in the season previous, he wouldn’t shut up about inheriting a mess from Julen.

Might have been the truth, but fucking stow it. A leader who claps back at their predecessor has been promoted beyond their quality.

Thing is, didn’t even look like the truth.

 

[Alan]

Thing is, didn’t even look like the truth.

That’s not as unequivocal to me. The alarm bells were absolutely screaming with about 3 matches left in the LageLop season IMO.

 

[Tony Towner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847967332192100460

 

[The Saturday Boy]

No Johnstone in the squad. 5 at the back.

 

[Johnny75]

What a joke.

This clueless prick needs booting.

 

[The Bear]

5-3-2 it is. Better hope the wing-backs are on their game.

 

[GLASGOWOLF]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847967332192100460

Quite.like the look of that team

 

[prawnking]

 

[AndyWolves]

Using Sa as a sacrificial lamb to protect Johnstone's confidence from this inevitable mauling. It's calls like that which make GoN a cut above the rest

 

[prawnking]

Johnstone injured according to LL

 

[Derby Wolf]

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Up the Wolve.