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Yeah,City's defensive soundness has never been about the individual quality of their backline.
Walker. Kompany. Laporte. Mendy.
Not much quality.
Yeah,City's defensive soundness has never been about the individual quality of their backline.
Why?Can we send them Maguire on loan?
Been thinking that not replacing Kompany was a mistake. He might be old and in decline but he was their captain and provided great leadership and stability to their backline.Couldn't understand it in the summer and definitely can't understand it now. What on earth was the thinking with regards to not replacing Kompany and going in with Otamendi as first choice? Even last year, despite all the clean sheets, you could see their defense is vulnerable when gotten at. Without Laporte it's just downright awful.
City also don't have very good luck with injuries. Sane and Laporte out long term, Aguero has to have his annual injury and even last year they had important players missing.
Liverpool, on the other hand, can field VVD, Salah and Mane 38 games a season every season.
How many starts have Mendy and Kompany between them the last two seasons? Zinchenko/Delph had probably more than those two combined. Mendy and Kompany contributed very little in 17/18 when they got 100 pts. And Laporte joined them in Februrary 2018.Yeah,
Walker. Kompany. Laporte. Mendy.
Not much quality.
The majority of the league (including ourselves) should be hanging our heads in shame. The team Norwich put out cost £6 Mill & they've taken the game to City & come out deserved winners. It's amazing what having a game plan & eradicating basic errors can do. The amount of coaches & players that concede defeat meekly to this City team is abhorrent.That's due to dominating possession and the game. When teams can get to attacking their defence, they don't do well.
This is true to a point, but City were never 100% on their game yesterday. There pressing was a joke and even passing was very poor. Maybe psychologically they thought it's only Norwich. If they were to play any of the top 6 teams, you would see City players improving massively, so to ask Utd to play like Nowich against City would be sucidal.The majority of the league (including ourselves) should be hanging our heads in shame. The team Norwich put out cost £6 Mill & they've taken the game to City & come out deserved winners. It's amazing what having a game plan & eradicating basic errors can do. The amount of coaches & players that concede defeat meekly to this City team is abhorrent.
Football isn't played on paper.Strange thought , but do Utd have a better back 5 than City ?
Maybe there is light at the end of this long long tunnel.
Right now? Yes. I rate Cancelo higher than all our right backs but he hasn't started here yet so the combined back four (I'm not touching the De Gea/Ederson debate) would be:Strange thought , but do Utd have a better back 5 than City ?
Maybe there is light at the end of this long long tunnel.
City shouldn't have needed to be anywhere near 100% to beat that Norwich team. The difference in starting 11 was around £400 Mill, they then brought KDB & Mahrez off the bench. I don't think complacency was a factor. After last season both City & Liverpool know how important dropped points could be. You only have to look at the Liverpool Newcastle match. We are 5 games into the season. When Liverpool equalized, rather than celebrate the goal, they rushed to get the ball back to try & get the winner.This is true to a point, but City were never 100% on their game yesterday. There pressing was a joke and even passing was very poor. Maybe psychologically they thought it's only Norwich. If they were to play any of the top 6 teams, you would see City players improving massively, so to ask Utd to play like Nowich against City would be sucidal.
We're playing Stones and Otamendi at Anfield... Cricket score comes to mind.If we go there 5+ behind I fully expect a hiding.
Every top team in history has had a few games where they were not at the paces. If you recall last season, this Liverpool team you speak highly of laid a few duds around January.City shouldn't have needed to be anywhere near 100% to beat that Norwich team. The difference in starting 11 was around £400 Mill, they then brought KDB & Mahrez off the bench. I don't think complacency was a factor. After last season both City & Liverpool know how important dropped points could be. You only have to look at the Liverpool Newcastle match. We are 5 games into the season. When Liverpool equalized, rather than celebrate the goal, they rushed to get the ball back to try & get the winner.
Understatement.People are making a mountain of a molehill. We have a game like that in us every so often. We were unbeaten in 18 so it was coming.
We had the same kind of defensive implosion v spurs in the CL with laporte being the biggest culprit. 3-2 loss to palace.
What's important is we put a run together and close up before we go to a field. If we go there 5+ behind I fully expect a hiding.
To help them stop LiverpoolWhy?
Agreed re Zinchenko. Salah causes him all sorts of problems in the Community Shield game.Understatement.
If Pep sets up the same way he did last year at Anfield you'll be favorites, even if Otamendi starts instead of Laporte. I'd be worried more about Salah targeting Zinchenko.
Rather keep him.To help them stop Liverpool
Until around January or February.So how long is Laporte out for ?
They will buy a new CB thenUntil around January or February.
This City cheerleading is sickening. IMHO don't care about either. Let the best team win. Our loyalty is with MUFC.To help them stop Liverpool
He was always shitCan city fans fill in on what happened to Stones? He was imperious in 2017-18.
Injury problems and confidence issues, basically. He's not since replicated the form he showed at the beginning of that season.Can city fans fill in on what happened to Stones? He was imperious in 2017-18. I didn't follow city last season, so has his play dropped a level or two from that season?
Liverpool v United is and always will be our biggest rivalry for decades and for many reasons not just football so you will always find most united fans especially ones who’ve had the misfortune of run ins with Liverpool fans would rather lose a testicle than see that mob win the league without hoping someone beats them to it whoever that maybe.This City cheerleading is sickening. IMHO don't care about either. Let the best team win. Our loyalty is with MUFC.
I get that having been a fan since the mid-70's and growing up in Manchester. Have you lived amongst City fans? Both of these detest us. Have zero time for either of these clubs.Liverpool v United is and always will be our biggest rivalry for decades and for many reasons not just football so you will always find most united fans especially ones who’ve had the misfortune of run ins with Liverpool fans would rather lose a testicle than see that mob win the league without hoping someone beats them to it whoever that maybe.
I always preferred some cockney club to win it if we weren’t to win it, but I’d rather city win it over Liverpool as no one really cares where I live when they have won it (apart from 2012 obviously). Looks like it’s coming though sooner than later unfortunately.I get that having been a fan since the mid-70's and growing up in Manchester. Have you lived amongst City fans? Both of these detest us. Have zero time for either of these clubs.
That guy is one of the biggest cretins on Twitter. He's obsessed with Guardiola and he is obsessed with our alleged 'tactical fouling'. Does he really think we lost against Norwich because Fernandinho wasn't on to kick people? Norwich were the better team on the day. He must have some mythical view of tactical fouling because he seems to believe whenever City win or lose it's because of that. His following tweet encapsulates his weird agendaTweet
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Let me find the violinHuh, we'd have been accused of "stockpiling" if we'd bought either of De Ligt or Maguire in the summer as well.