*** City vs Blades *** Official match thread

[Slim]

Bravo, omfg you are stealing a living.

How we get a clean sheet and the worst player on the pitch is the keeper is beyond me.

[PrezIke]

Hilarious seeing all of the arguments that our 1st goal shouldn't have stood and was "ridiculous".

The Sheffield United player touched the ball, not the ref. Not sure why that's "ridiculous"

Compare that to VAR's claim of a "handball" on Laporte early in the season that "led" to Jesus scoring and was taken back against Spurs was wrong as well, or no VAR needed to take away Sane's goal against Liverpool in CL or VAR then to take Raz' away against Spurs in CL as well.

Which is more "ridiculous" again?

Also read the ref "obstructed" the goal...what?

Obstruction? The ref? The ref can't "obstruct" anything as far as I understand. That can only be an opponent. The ref tried to get out of the way and he did as he didn't hit the ball. The ref is part of the pitch otherwise. It's annoying, I know and somewhat unfortunate, but hardly a devine tragedy compared to other decisions I see every week.

The ball hit the Sheff United player's boot and then bounced away to City as the player reached for it. If the ball hit the ref then you have an argument. Otherwise I'm a bit lost.

I realise if the ball hit the ref then the goal would have been taken away, but it didn't as he tried and did move out of the way. So, he should just stand there and allow the ball to hit him? He made a genuine effort to move. It's just bad luck.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

grateful for any watery guidance

look up

I did (and down) but found no inspiration - no PMs either. Everbody else seemed happy tho' so that's OK..
Thanks chaps.

JC, I can only offer "links" for android devices, and I think that goes for stevefromdonny too, a firestick is a form of Android too, meaning we cannot offer a web/url link.

If you are willing to invest £40 ish in an android TV box, I will happily give you info on how to get ALL our games regardless of time/date for free.

Talking of which, every link I got working on Rising Tides had the red scouse game on despite saying they were City/SU. As soon as that finished they put the City game on.

Lads look up releasesky.com. Thank me later

[Beefymcfc]

Interesting that all of a sudden we need to change another rule that was never there last year, just to suit the Rag narrative.

[PrezIke]

I think it has to be said, again, that Mahrez-KDB is becoming a real partnership, and it's not surprising that Pep has been playing both together more frequently.

Don't forget, Mahrez was a HUGE waste of money, in case you did.

[stevefromdonny]

grateful for any watery guidance

look up

I did (and down) but found no inspiration - no PMs either. Everbody else seemed happy tho' so that's OK..
Thanks chaps.

I did give u a couple, nbc gold and eleven sports 2

[Mase]

I think it has to be said, again, that Mahrez-KDB is becoming a real partnership, and it's not surprising that Pep has been playing both together more frequently.

Don't forget, Mahrez was a HUGE waste of money, in case you did.

No disrespect to Mahrez (I'll probably get accused of hating him) but I think KDB could make me look half decent. We saw against Arsenal how he linked up with Foden. They were brilliant.

Mahrez has been decent when he's played. I'll give him that.

[carl_feedthegoat]

I think it has to be said, again, that Mahrez-KDB is becoming a real partnership, and it's not surprising that Pep has been playing both together more frequently.

Don't forget, Mahrez was a HUGE waste of money, in case you did.

No disrespect to Mahrez (I'll probably get accused of hating him) but I think KDB could make me look half decent. We saw against Arsenal how he linked up with Foden. They were brilliant.

Mahrez has been decent when he's played. I'll give him that.

Foden’s style suits KDB - we might see it again if everyone else in Foden’s position gets injured

[Outcast]

How did Garcia get on, any good?

[patrickblue]

How did Garcia get on, any good?

Thought he had a decent game, nothing groundbreaking, but confident and assured.

[Nigels Tackle]

How did Garcia get on, any good?

Thought he had a decent game, nothing groundbreaking, but confident and assured.

don’t think you can question his footballing ability but does he have the stature and pace to play regularly at cb in a top team? mousset left him for dead on one occasion yesterday... is he (mousset) known for his pace, don’t honestly know much about him...

[zuricity]

Zuricity said " Mahrez is still crap", Mase " yeah I agree" but nobody criticizes him and I've got an obsession That's only from the last few posts incidentally.

and my opinion hasn't changed today either . this guy has difficulty getting past players ans is constantly passing back.

[patrickblue]

How did Garcia get on, any good?

Thought he had a decent game, nothing groundbreaking, but confident and assured.

don’t think you can question his footballing ability but does he have the stature and pace to play regularly at cb in a top team? mousset left him for dead on one occasion yesterday... is he (mousset) known for his pace, don’t honestly know much about him...

Garcia's always going to struggle against pace, but then so did Vinny.

Hopefully he'll deal with it like Vinny did, with anticipation and positioning.

I'm like you with Mousset, don't know a lot about him.

[patrickblue]

Zuricity said " Mahrez is still crap", Mase " yeah I agree" but nobody criticizes him and I've got an obsession That's only from the last few posts incidentally.

and my opinion hasn't changed today either . this guy has difficulty getting past players ans is constantly passing back.

That's a lot to do with the way the team plays though, when an avenue of attack is blocked it gets knocked back to start again.
Mahrez didn't start like that with us, it was all about going forward, and he was awful until he stated playing the team game.
Now he causes mayhem inside the oppo box on occasions.

[carl_feedthegoat]

How did Garcia get on, any good?

Thought he had a decent game, nothing groundbreaking, but confident and assured.

don’t think you can question his footballing ability but does he have the stature and pace to play regularly at cb in a top team? mousset left him for dead on one occasion yesterday... is he (mousset) known for his pace, don’t honestly know much about him...

Garcia's always going to struggle against pace, but then so did Vinny.

Hopefully he'll deal with it like Vinny did, with anticipation and positioning.

I'm like you with Mousset, don't know a lot about him.

I think the CB needs a strong and confident team along side him - what we currently have isn’t good enough IMO or rather what we have are not playing good enough to give any decent CB the confidence they need to perform really well - it’s all individualistic play at the back IMO.

[patrickblue]

How did Garcia get on, any good?

Thought he had a decent game, nothing groundbreaking, but confident and assured.

don’t think you can question his footballing ability but does he have the stature and pace to play regularly at cb in a top team? mousset left him for dead on one occasion yesterday... is he (mousset) known for his pace, don’t honestly know much about him...

Garcia's always going to struggle against pace, but then so did Vinny.

Hopefully he'll deal with it like Vinny did, with anticipation and positioning.

I'm like you with Mousset, don't know a lot about him.

I think the CB needs a strong and confident team along side him - what we currently have isn’t good enough IMO or rather what we have are not playing good enough to give any decent CB the confidence they need to perform really well - it’s all individualistic play at the back IMO.

True enough, our defence, given the level they are playing against can only be described as a shambles.

[PrezIke]

I think it has to be said, again, that Mahrez-KDB is becoming a real partnership, and it's not surprising that Pep has been playing both together more frequently.

Don't forget, Mahrez was a HUGE waste of money, in case you did.

No disrespect to Mahrez (I'll probably get accused of hating him) but I think KDB could make me look half decent. We saw against Arsenal how he linked up with Foden. They were brilliant.

Mahrez has been decent when he's played. I'll give him that.

Hear you on that, but I've noticed KDB has been more effective with Mahrez rather than Bernardo on the right.

Also better when paired with Foden who's pace and movement has created more space for him to operate this season than Gundo and maybe even so with Merlin.

Mahrez also created KDB's goal yesterday with a great run and good pass that KDB made the most out of with a great dummy that fooled the keeper.

[Mase]

I think it has to be said, again, that Mahrez-KDB is becoming a real partnership, and it's not surprising that Pep has been playing both together more frequently.

Don't forget, Mahrez was a HUGE waste of money, in case you did.

No disrespect to Mahrez (I'll probably get accused of hating him) but I think KDB could make me look half decent. We saw against Arsenal how he linked up with Foden. They were brilliant.

Mahrez has been decent when he's played. I'll give him that.

Hear you on that, but I've noticed KDB has been more effective with Mahrez rather than Bernardo on the right.

Also better when paired with Foden who's pace and movement has created more space for him to operate this season than Gundo and maybe even so with Merlin.

Mahrez also created KDB's goal yesterday with a great run and good pass that KDB made the most out of with a great dummy that fooled the keeper.

Mahrez has been good.
I will point out that there's been a number of occasions though where Kev has been screaming at Mahrez because he's either been too greedy or chosen the wrong option.

[carl_feedthegoat]

I think it has to be said, again, that Mahrez-KDB is becoming a real partnership, and it's not surprising that Pep has been playing both together more frequently.

Don't forget, Mahrez was a HUGE waste of money, in case you did.

No disrespect to Mahrez (I'll probably get accused of hating him) but I think KDB could make me look half decent. We saw against Arsenal how he linked up with Foden. They were brilliant.

Mahrez has been decent when he's played. I'll give him that.

Hear you on that, but I've noticed KDB has been more effective with Mahrez rather than Bernardo on the right.

Also better when paired with Foden who's pace and movement has created more space for him to operate this season than Gundo and maybe even so with Merlin.

Mahrez also created KDB's goal yesterday with a great run and good pass that KDB made the most out of with a great dummy that fooled the keeper.

Mahrez has been good.
I will point out that there's been a number of occasions though where Kev has been screaming at Mahrez because he's either been too greedy or chosen the wrong option.

He has no right to be as greedy as he has been, given he has star players all around him - he has to remember he’s playing for city and not Leicester fucking City (who allowed him to be as greedy as he wanted in that little fish bowl )

[City64]

I stayed away from the game yesterday for the sake of my mental health , watching bravo in net live should come with a health warning !
Mahrez had another good game and worked hard for the team and KDB outstanding but Garcia stood out for me . Tireless effort from the young man BUT I cant see him starting against a PL team just yet that has ariel attacking presence . Great 3 points , feeling a bit better about things already .