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"What was a drama is now a crisis for a Man City team looking their age"
What a silly Billy.
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win the title :hehe:
"What was a drama is now a crisis for a Man City team looking their age"
What a silly Billy.
Even with their Crisis they are still above us :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I have seen some wonderful responses from City 'fans' in recent days. Pep is apparently a clueless incompetent who has been holding the club back for years :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Wonderful stuff.
Good to see, although there still appears to be a sizeable cohort demanding Arteta?s sacking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Every club has them. No doubt Amorim will go from messiah in waiting to Portuguese dead beat, if they?re not pushing for top 4 at Xmas.
I knew a United fan who 'never really fancied' Ferguson as United manager :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
He still insists it wasn't a great appointment and there were better managers out there....
lol. Who did he mean? George Graham would've been one. A few foreign candidates.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I hope he's right :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I think it was one of those where he got locked in on a silly opinion and felt he had no choice but to run with it :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I saw a post on Twitter saying we were a better team without Declan Rice - I mean ffsQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Our best performance of the season came without him. What more evidence do you need??? :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Joking aside - I did think Merino was impressive on Saturday. Did some good work going forward first half and was good defensively in the second when we played deeper. I like him (gave away a few too many free kicks though)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Merino was very good, but certainly does have the Alex Song Billong-like ability to give away free kicks on the edge of our area. Still, he gives the team more than he takes away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Declan clearly needs a rest imho
Yeah, I thought he was good. We were too open in the first half and a bit exposed to counter attacks but that was largely due to having Jorginho at the base of midfield. Not his fault, but he isn't the quickest. Partey coming on solved the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Merino is a bit of an animal, in a good way. And a real asset at set pieces. I think he will keep getting better as he understands the role.
The only other thing I would add is that the referee was a ****ing idiot and I was glad there were no major incidents for him to **** up.
I think Rice has looked ****ed since the latter stages of the Euros. Desperately needs a break so I wouldn't mind if he sits out for a couple of weeks. He isn't a natural fit in that more advanced role alongside Partey and I don't think he has adjusted too well so far this season. He will slot back in to his usual role once Partey gets injured.....Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
made a rod for his own back with soft bookings. the silly ****.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Booking of Saka was ****ing ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Couldn't argue with Jorginho one but the others were harsh. Even the commentators said so (though I think it was Matthew Upton so I think he might have been biasQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I could just about see the Jesus one, although I thought it harsh. The Saka one was ludicrous. The bloke comes charging in stooped over. What is Saka supposed to do, disappear?Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
The Jorginho one was as yellow a yellow card as you'll ever see :-)
I like him too. I know TP5 is starting to get back to his best, but I really want to see Dec-MnM-?din in MF.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
We saw how ?din and Saka linked up on Sat, and JT was beginning to get into working the overlaps and decoy runs with them so hopefully he can fill in for Benny Blanc.
MnM and ?din seem to understand each other from Spain.
We did see the fluidity with JT popping up on the left and Leo on the right wing with Saka.
But if Cala and MnM can learn to work with Gabby M like the right wing axis* works, then hopefully we can have it down both sides.
And if Dec drives forward into that inside left role {where he was great last season once Kai moved up front} MnM can drop to cover him.
*If, when chasing a winner, Kai drops back to inside left so Leo or Jeez plays up top, then Cala and Kai would be a right-wing axis but playing on the left. Just don't mention the war.
I thought that. Of course a player should be able to try to control a ball just over waist height with his foot. The opponent then deliberately tried to get his head down towards the foot {when that isn't a natural height to head the ball}, didn't make contact with either ball or B's foot and went down clutching his face as though he'd been kicked in the head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Should have been booked for simulation.
Are we gonna say that no player can try an overhead kick in case a defender then tries to head it, misses, but claims to have been kicked? Or where when, with back to goal, a player kicks the ball over his own head and turns to run onto it?
And to show I'm being fair one of NF's yellows was a joke.
Our lad was trying to hoof the ball down the line. Of course the NF player should try to block it. The ball got hoofed over his foot and then or lad hit the NF player's foot on the follow through.
How is that a yellow?
Rice and Merino is a seriously meaty midfield. I wouldn't want to mess with them :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Absolutely agree. That Forest yellow was soft as hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Aina? I thought so too. Possibly lucky not to get a red when he stopped a restart though (would have been a ridiculous decision of course.) Decent player thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Yates on the other hand is an arsehole
Yeah, that one. Even I would have been angry if he'd got a red for knocking the ball away. Yates is a ****.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Ref got a lot of little things wrong. Gave us a corner after a shot from Saka- as far as I could see the ball was nowhere near out and he couldn't have had a view of it.
Yes - that was weird. Though assume the Lino gave it. A lino who was pilloried on Twitter for a decision he got right (the Merino offside). Might give him the benefit of the doubtQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Ah, the linesman, yes. He did get the Merino right, but that ******* flagged for everything, including one he actually got wrong. I guess they get bored these days :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
As I read somewhere, these VAR lines have totally obliterated the law where a player is onside if level. There is now no level, you're either on or off my a millimetre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
There should be some sort of umpire's call with the benefit going to the attacking side. Would make games more interesting with more goals and less time while VAR make themselves the centre of attention.
If the attacker's foot is slightly behind the defender, but his knee or forehead slightly in front, then that's level as far as I'm concerned.
I hate PGMOL. Ruining the game while screaming look at me, I'm the star of the show.
Absolutely agree with that - Arsene knows. He wants the "clear air" rule brought back. If only he was in some sort of position of powerQuote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Yeah - definitely got one wrong. Absolutely ****ty job though and rendered almost obsolete by VAR. Generally impressed when they get things rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Exactly what I was thinking during the game. Raising their flag at the end of the move is basically just a free guess. Makes no difference whatsoever to the outcome. They are only really there for throw ins, corners, and to back up a ref if he is bottling a decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
The chance Trossard missed was an interesting one. Flag went up at the end but I dont think it was for Trossard. I think Jesus was offside behind him and then joined play after the keeper saved it. So Trossard was onside when he fluffed it.
Clear and obvious error is football's umpire's call. It just isn't used for offside. The issue with giving decisions that are invisible to the naked eye is that it is impossible for players to tell that their shoelace is offside. The rule slowly starts to look a bit daft....Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda