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glaziermart Flag 24 Sep 17 8.35am

Some Man City fans saying our first half performance was one of the best from an away team at the Etihad!!! Maybe they are being kind after winning 5-0!!! It was certainly a strange game!!! We were better at times than last week against Southampton. Perhaps we need to accept that City at their best will take most teams apart

 

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View SwordFish's Profile SwordFish Flag Peasmarsh,East Sussex 24 Sep 17 8.38am Send a Private Message to SwordFish Add SwordFish as a friend

Agreed, there will Be many a team Man City steam roll this season and Liverpool have already been one of them!! Our first season in the prem after promotion we had played 10 won 1 lost 9 and finished 11th. Everyone needs to see this, we will Be ok.

Edited by SwordFish (24 Sep 2017 8.38am)

 


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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 24 Sep 17 8.54am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by SwordFish

we will Be ok.

That reminds me of a great band in the sixties featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech.

 

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chateauferret Flag 24 Sep 17 8.59am

We were excellent in the first half and Loftus-Cheek looks as if he could do some damage. He and WIlf together should be terrific. As soon as we conceded the first goal though we lost confidence and started making mistakes, and we didn't adapt when City changed things. Against a team like that you have to concentrate 100%.

It's the old problem of being able to play football for 90 or 100 minutes instead of 30 or 40. Crack that and we should be OK.

 


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View bexleydave's Profile bexleydave Flag Barnehurst 24 Sep 17 9.00am Send a Private Message to bexleydave Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add bexleydave as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

That reminds me of a great band in the sixties featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech.


Very good

 


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View Slimey Toad's Profile Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 24 Sep 17 9.02am Send a Private Message to Slimey Toad Add Slimey Toad as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

That reminds me of a great band in the sixties featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech.

We were well and truly Creamed by Citibank.

 

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View bexleydave's Profile bexleydave Flag Barnehurst 24 Sep 17 9.04am Send a Private Message to bexleydave Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add bexleydave as a friend

Originally posted by SwordFish

Agreed, there will Be many a team Man City steam roll this season and Liverpool have already been one of them!! Our first season in the prem after promotion we had played 10 won 1 lost 9 and finished 11th. Everyone needs to see this, we will Be ok.


But we also scored six goals in those games.

 


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View Fatherken's Profile Fatherken Flag 24 Sep 17 9.11am Send a Private Message to Fatherken Add Fatherken as a friend

after 10 games we may have scored 6 goals as well

 

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View Slimey Toad's Profile Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 24 Sep 17 9.14am Send a Private Message to Slimey Toad Add Slimey Toad as a friend

Originally posted by glaziermart

Some Man City fans saying our first half performance was one of the best from an away team at the Etihad!!! Maybe they are being kind after winning 5-0!!! It was certainly a strange game!!! We were better at times than last week against Southampton. Perhaps we need to accept that City at their best will take most teams apart

This sounds like another clutch at the straws. Yes, we defended very well for large parts of the first half with a back four who looked pleasingly organized and well drilled. We even had lady luck on our side.

However, the inevitable came just before HT and despite whatever he said or however RH addressed the team during the break the team went to pieces in the second.

Yes, it was always a likely defeat, and a substantial one, but we can't keep clutching at these 1st half or 2nd half performances as signs of positivity. The last time I looked a match is 90 minutes and that is how long the players must be switched on.

 

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View YT's Profile YT Flag Oxford 24 Sep 17 9.23am Send a Private Message to YT Add YT as a friend

Originally posted by glaziermart

Some Man City fans saying our first half performance was one of the best from an away team at the Etihad!!! Maybe they are being kind after winning 5-0!!! It was certainly a strange game!!! We were better at times than last week against Southampton. Perhaps we need to accept that City at their best will take most teams apart

Except - typical City - they won't remain at their best for long, and will eventually revert to donating points to our relegation rivals.

 


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View Dangermouse's Profile Dangermouse Flag Hastings 24 Sep 17 9.26am Send a Private Message to Dangermouse Add Dangermouse as a friend

First half gives me hope as we played excellent in a disciplined well organised way when we didn't have the ball. Cheek could be a real star for us, but like others he has to start taking his chances as he's had a few. Wilf will give us a massive boost, but confidence will be very low and the 1st goal in the game has gone from being important to critical.
The big teams appear to be tanking all the little ones this season, so many others will take a beating IMO. It's corny, but true. We have to stick together. Before the 1st goal yesterday all the comments were positive, but once the 1st goal went in the name calling, finger pointing, blame game started. Then the nasty drip, drip of poison started and you people expect these players to put it all on the line for you? We're all disappointed, Jesus who wouldn't be, none more so than the players, but come on let's temper the reaction to something relating to a human being.
After today I need a time out from this board, cos I think I'm a pretty nice guy and I don't need this bile in my life.

Edited by Dangermouse (24 Sep 2017 9.29am)

 


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View Slimey Toad's Profile Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 24 Sep 17 9.36am Send a Private Message to Slimey Toad Add Slimey Toad as a friend

If these guys are earning a sensible wage then I may have some more sympathy for poor performances. But they are getting ridiculous rewards for their privileged occupation.

Surgeons are paid well enough but have nothing like the renumeration that PL players have (unless they're in LA working yet again on Cher's face). But they have people's lives in their hands and that pressure can only be imagined by the rest of.

For £30,000 a week upwards surely we can expect a good level of fitness and some heart. Not just courage but heart.

 

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