***City v Scum of the Earth Official Match Thread***

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[Beefymcfc]

What a strange game. It seemed roles were very much reversed and they became City for a while. We had a few chances though and my overarching opinion was that we played within ourselves and walked away without being really threatened. Is this what we are trying to install in the team as, basically, we are seeing this season as a building one.

Got to love RatBoy, basically complaining that we weren’t gung-ho as usual, meaning that they couldn’t pick us off like they’ve previously done. When a Rag cunt complains about your play, especially when it’s a Derby, means that he was expecting a win for them. No chatter about their play whatsoever, even though they are the home team.

Anyway, not too disappointed.

[Harry Dowd scored]

[BrianF]

[City64]

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[City64]

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[Beefymcfc]

Just a quick question. We all seen how the ref walked away from the penalty for Rashford but soon turned around after he got a call down his earpiece (similar to what has just happened in the Everton v Chelsea game). However, there was an incident very similar where Sterling went down that was just waved away but RatBoy did his sucking of teeth, which usually means there was an incident that he can see on relay, but I don’t remember seeing any sort of replay from Sky.

Did I miss something?

[Hazy2]

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[BrianF]

We don't have the team to play like we do. We no longer have El Magico to play that deft little through ball , or Yaya to make that powerhouse of a run that scares the shit out of defences. Yes we have KDB but you can tell by his reaction today that he's as frustated as f*ck. We have players such as Mahrez who more often than not plays like a wet lettuce. Rodri who is mostly uninspiring whether defending or going forward. I don't think we can play with one striker ( Sergio or Jesus ) because we haven't the same threat to score from other positions as we had. IMHO we have to change setup/tactics or rebuild the team.

[Dubciteh]

Why did we play in slow motion? At one stage twenty on the clock sterling got it as we broke out and just went at snails pace before ending up god knows where with the ball in defence.

Have to say dias and stones are looking the business. Fair play to stones I wrote him off but probably man of the match for me.

Great to see fern getting back to his best too. Stick him in there on his own he would be grand against 90percent of teams.

Rodri poor again gave the ball away under no pressure several times and didnt stop a single counter attack.

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[s1ty m]

A more inept front 3 I've not seen for a decade. Fucking appalling.

[Beefymcfc]

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