***City v Rags Official Match Thread***

[stevefromdonny]

we made utd look like a shit team, most players got a 7/10 a couple got better a 8/10, we have had 5 games this season [ 1 a pre season ] so we will get better the more we play.

[Nigels Tackle]

we made utd look like a shit team, most players got a 7/10 a couple got better a 8/10, we have had 5 games this season [ 1 a pre season ] so we will get better the more we play.

there were some green shoots yesterday:
josko back is massive
gigi is a real presence between the sticks
haaland a demon in both boxes
khus solid
doku with 2 assists
phil looking good

balancing that out with....
rodri looking off the pace, nico coming on to replace him looked worse
bernardo was awful
savio as waste of space

[Im_Spartacus]

we made utd look like a shit team, most players got a 7/10 a couple got better a 8/10, we have had 5 games this season [ 1 a pre season ] so we will get better the more we play.

there were some green shoots yesterday:
josko back is massive
gigi is a real presence between the sticks
haaland a demon in both boxes
khus solid
doku with 2 assists
phil looking good

balancing that out with....
rodri looking off the pace, nico coming on to replace him looked worse
bernardo was awful
savio as waste of space

I didn't even realise Savio came on

We desperately need to find the right role for Bernardo - him and Reindeers in the middle 'should' work with Rodi, but Bernardo needs to play central to get max value from him, there should be no real need for him to keep drifting wide. If those ahead of them Foden / Doku / Marmoush / Bobb etc are finding space, these two should be able to find them.

Interesting yesterday there was no consistent attacking intent shown from either fullback. No sure whether that's because it turned out not to be needed, or because of a shift in approach.

Now we've had an extended break after the shitshow of the first few weeks of the season, it will be good to see if the coaching staff have come up with solutions to the problems the previous games highlighted. Yesterday was no real evidence of anything other than how bad a state united are in, and while we looked fragile at times, we seemed to have the defence a little deeper and therefore less exposed to the counter.

[PeterParker]

I think we are going to have an ambulance on the pitch next week if Arsenal tries their corner tactic near Donna.

[Nigels Tackle]

we made utd look like a shit team, most players got a 7/10 a couple got better a 8/10, we have had 5 games this season [ 1 a pre season ] so we will get better the more we play.

there were some green shoots yesterday:
josko back is massive
gigi is a real presence between the sticks
haaland a demon in both boxes
khus solid
doku with 2 assists
phil looking good

balancing that out with....
rodri looking off the pace, nico coming on to replace him looked worse
bernardo was awful
savio as waste of space

I didn't even realise Savio came on

We desperately need to find the right role for Bernardo - him and Reindeers in the middle 'should' work with Rodi, but Bernardo needs to play central to get max value from him, there should be no real need for him to keep drifting wide. If those ahead of them Foden / Doku / Marmoush / Bobb etc are finding space, these two should be able to find them.

Interesting yesterday there was no consistent attacking intent shown from either fullback. No sure whether that's because it turned out not to be needed, or because of a shift in approach.

Now we've had an extended break after the shitshow of the first few weeks of the season, it will be good to see if the coaching staff have come up with solutions to the problems the previous games highlighted. Yesterday was no real evidence of anything other than how bad a state united are in, and while we looked fragile at times, we seemed to have the defence a little deeper and therefore less exposed to the counter.

seems like a no brainer
also opens up more space for haaland to run into