****Official Overthinking City vs Lyon

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[Dubaimancityfan]

You can blame Sterling for the miss or VAR for the 2nd goal but the real culprit here is Pep without any question. When I saw the starting lineup, I thought WTF, three defensive minded players in midfield and no creativity ? No Foden who has been immense since the restart. And with 5 subs available (not sure this was applied in CL) he makes only 2 and one very late !! Why not change the system at half time when it was clear to anyone watching that it was not working ? Not Pep, not the genius who fucked it up again like he did the last 3 times in CL.

[harveytravis]

[Saul Goodman]

You can dislike Pep's formation and the personnel or even if CL record in general but all 3 goals Lyon scored were because of player mistakes.

1. Walker stands and watches Cornet run and eventually get the loose ball and score. Before that Laporte stopped running and allowed the Lyon guy in on goal

2. Laporte played an awful ball that lost possession with most of the City team advanced up the field

3. Ederson dropped a simple ball and Cancelo was clueless about the guy behind him who scored the rebound.

How about our goal? Pep put Mahrez on and Mahrez got the "second assist" for the KDB goal and set up Jesus for another good chance.

Pep didn't make Sterling miss a sitter (as per usual).

If youre looking for someone to blame for the loss blame the players. Sure, Pep's formation was wack and maybe had he set the team up like he normally does then we wouldve smashed Lyon. But, despite that, his formation and personnel were still likely enough to win this match. The players on the pitch choked and lost the match--not Pep.

[Bournemouthcityfan]

You know what I’d be happy for Mancini to come back he has tactical skills, knows when something is wrong and changes things he also likes a settled defense and doesn’t have a squad full of midfielders. If PEP doesn’t want to stay I’d rather have Bobbie

[aaron bond]

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[nottsblue]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53794738

Chris Waddle sums it up

[john@staustell]

Inexplicable. Embarrassing

Rarely have I seen such a bizarre team selection, negating the style we destroy teams with.

I seriously think he might have fancied a longer break before the new season

[Outcast]

[Nick]

Rodri and gundowank again. Joke.

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

[Saul Goodman]

[PeterParker]

Beside the shithouse we all saw, I am amazed that when you have Dembele and Cornet, players with previous fantastic record vs your team, you somehow ignore that.

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[PeterParker]

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[Outcast]

[Hazy2]

Martin Samuel nails it.

[sheblue]

Rumblings this morning about some players not happy with the tactics and team selection. Hardly surprising, but hopefully they will have, or have had a frank and honest discussion with the management and coaching staff about it. The whole lot of them, all concerned, must learn from this.