***champs v chumps official match day thread***

[sheblue]

This is like a friendly

[budfox]

In fairness this cunt of a ref is doing a decent job of marking Merlin.

[Beefymcfc]

They're so compact, we need to catch them early.

[sheblue]

Wake up lads too much room for them when they attack

[PrezIke]

Not a good spell for us and much better from them

[nottsblue]

Bernado’s passing has been well below par so far. Deffo need a second

[Nigels Tackle]

Not a good spell for us and much better from them

should have taken those early chances

[branny]

Ffs stop giving em the ball Bern.

[stevefromdonny]

why have we stop running at them, we get ball and stop instead of running at them then pass back, ffs city get the ball forward quick and go pass them


COME ON CITY

[branny]

Shades of last season this.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Mandy is pretty shit again. Needs to sort it out

Hes shite and he hasnt done fuckall getting crosses in..gets the ball and plays it back (When he doesn't lose it)

[gmercer1]

It’s ok saying pass it forward quicker but they have Parked the bis BIG TIME meaning there are no passes on.
Our passing around the back is trying to draw them out.
They will be fucked after an hour with the amount of chasing shadows they have just done first half.

[PeterParker]

Huge second half coming up.

Usually they look different after the half time talk, so we need to be super super careful. Expect to see more from Mahrez and Sergio in the second half. I am a bit disappointed to see this hair, usually this is some stupidities from cunts like Pogba or Neymar.

[sheblue]

Rags terrible but very much still in it. We need to up it.

[zuricity]

Mandy is pretty shit again. Needs to sort it out

Hes shite and he hasnt done fuckall getting crosses in..gets the ball and plays it back (When he doesn't lose it)

give it a rest you two ! pick on Walker for a change.

[sheblue]

Mandy is pretty shit again. Needs to sort it out

Hes shite and he hasnt done fuckall getting crosses in..gets the ball and plays it back (When he doesn't lose it)

Bollocks he hasn't been any worse than walker.

[Saul Goodman]

United has come back in 4/6 last matches. Not over yet by a mile

[zuricity]

Mandy is pretty shit again. Needs to sort it out

Hes shite and he hasnt done fuckall getting crosses in..gets the ball and plays it back (When he doesn't lose it)

Bollocks he hasn't been any worse than walker.

[iwasthere2012]

We lost our mojo halfway through that half but in fairness it’s hard to play through these mid table teams that don’t show any ambition of getting forward except for set pieces.

We definitely need a second.
Mendy has offered us the sum total of fuck all going forward.
I think Sane on the left and Sterling on the right and run at them.
Nothing wrong with Mahrez but he’s too predictable. Always cuts in onto his left and they are staying very narrow.

Use the width at pace and slice them open.

[aaron bond]

Good first half overall.

First 25 mins were excellent. United couldn’t live with us.

Last 20 mins the pace slowed down a lot. But United are keeping plenty of men behind the ball and making it difficult so it’s not surprising.

But we have the lead which is crucial. If we can get an early second half goal, it will kill any United hopes.