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zabbadabbado wrote:Penalties is always a lottery.We lost.

Never expect Ederson to save any of them tbh.

We should have won in normal time/extra time avoided penalties at all costs knowing how shit Ederson is saving them.

I actually blame having a fully fit Squad for this loss.When this happens Pep inner genius starts doing weird shit to feed his inner genius..No idea why he is like this.Always trying to recreate the Wheel.regardless of how well the team played the week before.

When the team picks it self when there are injuries Pep can not fuck about as much as he does..

I can understand bringing Walker back in to counter the pace of Vicinious. He did it quite well.But negated that with the shit defending for their Goal.

Was a frustrating game against a shit ordinary Madrid side.Dominating possession right up to their box then everyone looking to pass on responsibility to a team mate to shoot.Or just lobbing a pointless Ball to Haaland,who was more than happy to run around with Rudiger hanging around his Neck all night...Not sure what has happened to him,but he was bought to take us to another level and nights like tonight he should be making his own luck and the difference.I feel like he is going through the motions after an outstanding last season.Dare i say he is killing our game when he is doing fuck all..Should have been hooked earlier..Will be a terrible indictment of his drop in form if Palmer who we sold to a shite Chelsea side finishes higher than him in the Golden Boot standings.Needs to get his Finger out.Or he will also be risking sabotaging his own move to Madrid/Barcelona whether it be season after next,or next season.

Mase wrote:Any player that asks to come off cause they’re “exhausted” needs to leave.

CL quarter final against Madrid and they’re asking to come off cause they’re tired?!!! My mum worked three fuckin jobs and these cunts are paid £300k+ a week and are tired?!

Got fans there that have paid good money to watch them, some of them have paid that knowing they’ll struggle for a month now but still paid it to watch City.

Selfish cunts.

Nickyboy wrote:

Mase wrote:Any player that asks to come off cause they’re “exhausted” needs to leave.

CL quarter final against Madrid and they’re asking to come off cause they’re tired?!!! My mum worked three fuckin jobs and these cunts are paid £300k+ a week and are tired?!

Got fans there that have paid good money to watch them, some of them have paid that knowing they’ll struggle for a month now but still paid it to watch City.

Selfish cunts.

KDB snapped his hamstring last season because he didn't speak up when his body was fucked. If it means he's available for the rest of the season then it was the right thing to do.

If Akanji gets skinned because his legs have gone and we conceed then Peps a cunt for not not making subs when players are knackered. We had Stones to come on and that actually improves us.

Haaland was involved with a very physical game with Rudiger and can imagine that takes its toll. I actually thought switching to more of a false 9 formation for extra time was the right thing to do tactically anyway.

Small margins, some times these decisions are right and sometimes wrong. We were the better side by far over both legs, but it just wasn't to be.

Juts have to win our next 8 games and it will still be a great end to the season.

s1ty m wrote:Foden not starting centrally was as bad a mistake as not playing Stones. I am baffled by both. KDB slots home a relatively simple chance late on, and this is a different thread, it was that close. That said, for all our possession, we did not really create a hatful of chances, and our big fella up top was, frankly, pathetic. drained legs for Saturday is ominous, but it is what it is. We may well be looking at relying on massive tarts likes Nunes, the new Graham Baker, and the worst waste of £50m I can think of, so we could easily be up shit creek.

Outcast wrote:Ortega should have come on for Ederson.

belleebee wrote:

Outcast wrote:

belleebee wrote:

Outcast wrote:I'm ficking sick of Pep’s fucking tinkering

FUCKING AKANJI WHEN STONES AVAILABLE, YOUR BEST MIDFILDER FODEN OUT OF POSITION

Shit tactic by the maestro

No ideal why so many thought we got this in the bag, turn up and roll them over, almost vermin mentality.

Fucking 600k a week blonde lump never turns up in big games.

Penalties looming and he brings on fucking Kova for KDB

I'm fucking fuming

But isn’t your rant “vermin mentality”?

Ranting at our arrogance thinking we only need to turn up, got it in the bag? Yes that's very vermin like. Give yourself a pat on the back

Please tell me who thought we’d “got it in the bag”. Pep, the players, the supporters (or was it you)? Pep picked more or less the side I expected: I presume Walker was picked to counter Vinicius, while although I’d hoped Stones would be sufficiently fit to start, Pep clearly thought otherwise and, in any case, Akanji had a good game. As for the players, I’d say Phil, Bernardo and (possibly) KDB didn’t play as well as we all know they can. Finally, the support at the ground was superb, regardless of what was expected. So, returning to the question I asked at the beginning of my post, who do you believe thought “it was in the bag” and how did this lead to our narrow defeat?

Outcast wrote:

belleebee wrote:

Outcast wrote:

belleebee wrote:

Outcast wrote:I'm ficking sick of Pep’s fucking tinkering

FUCKING AKANJI WHEN STONES AVAILABLE, YOUR BEST MIDFILDER FODEN OUT OF POSITION

Shit tactic by the maestro

No ideal why so many thought we got this in the bag, turn up and roll them over, almost vermin mentality.

Fucking 600k a week blonde lump never turns up in big games.

Penalties looming and he brings on fucking Kova for KDB

I'm fucking fuming

But isn’t your rant “vermin mentality”?

Ranting at our arrogance thinking we only need to turn up, got it in the bag? Yes that's very vermin like. Give yourself a pat on the back

Please tell me who thought we’d “got it in the bag”. Pep, the players, the supporters (or was it you)? Pep picked more or less the side I expected: I presume Walker was picked to counter Vinicius, while although I’d hoped Stones would be sufficiently fit to start, Pep clearly thought otherwise and, in any case, Akanji had a good game. As for the players, I’d say Phil, Bernardo and (possibly) KDB didn’t play as well as we all know they can. Finally, the support at the ground was superb, regardless of what was expected. So, returning to the question I asked at the beginning of my post, who do you believe thought “it was in the bag” and how did this lead to our narrow defeat?

Have you just crawled out of a cave? Media, forums, literally everyone thought our away draw was excellent result and it was a matter of formality we'll beat them at home, like a forgone conclusion. Do you really need quotes, clips and articles to back it up? Everyone harped on about last year's 4-0 win. You should know it doesn't work like that in football.

As for Akanji, an average player who had few decent games, he's not a great defender nor can play Stones role. For all Walkers troubles, he's been a great right back, for all Dias short falls, he's carried us to titles, for all Stones injuries, he can be great when on form. Ake great defender at left back . There is a difference between good and great. Dias and Akanji combo doesn't fucking work, either play him right or left back, never centrally in big games.

stupot wrote:Don't understand how people are having a go at Akanji. Our best defender by some distance last night and probably MOTM. Dias was lethargic, Walker was Walker- got back in the 1 on 1s but terrible going forward and at fault for the goal.

PeterParker wrote:

stupot wrote:Don't understand how people are having a go at Akanji. Our best defender by some distance last night and probably MOTM. Dias was lethargic, Walker was Walker- got back in the 1 on 1s but terrible going forward and at fault for the goal.

I think all the defense was spot on, even with Walker s brainfart.
Eddie also.

I can't blame a player. I really can't. They did their best.