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citymancs => citymancs => Topic started by: gavin on November 12, 2023, 15:39:01

Title: @ Chelsea
Post by: gavin on November 12, 2023, 15:39:01
City XI: Ederson, Walker (C), Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Foden, Doku, Alvarez, Haaland.

Substitutes: Ortega Moreno, Carson, Phillips, Kovacic, Grealish, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis.

Looking very good
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: reddishblue on November 12, 2023, 16:04:37
Ake is injured apparently.

Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 12, 2023, 16:05:32
Very strong team
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: gavin on November 12, 2023, 16:58:56
Clear penalty. Why is that cnut Carragher on telly? Clear penalty at the Sty and Neville tries to talk it down. Sky are cunts.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 12, 2023, 17:09:53
need to waken up here
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: KunDB on November 12, 2023, 17:18:12
Very scrappy from, we have been second best and giving the ball away far too often and far to easily. I've been far from convinced by our defending this season, hence the death of clean sheets. Chelsea are dancing through our defence.

Haaland wasted that glorious chance.

Big Pep talk needed half time. Lucky to be level. Great goal by Akanji.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: gavin on November 12, 2023, 17:30:47
Dunno what you've been watching. City have been the better side and should be winning if Haaland could finish what should be a standard chance for a top quality striker. Phil looks like he should score today. Haaland and Gvardiol have had stinkers. Kicking towards the City fans in the second half, City should win this but Chelsea are dangerous on the break which is as to be expected with Sterling playing.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: KunDB on November 12, 2023, 17:35:10
We have been second best to win the loose ball which is very unusual. Chelsea clearly see this game as their cup final and are all out.

I suspect they will tire second half of the second half and we will cruise to a win.

Haaland is missing a spark plug at the moment and that defending by Gvardiol was shocking.

We need to control midfield better.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 12, 2023, 17:36:05
might see Jack on shortly 
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 12, 2023, 18:25:30
8 minutes ffs
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: KunDB on November 12, 2023, 18:37:51
Humdinger of a game but we could and should have done better. Defending poor and Dias diving in madness, Kolarov like.

A draw a fair result. Shame Palmer whose as cool as a cucumber, didn't stay.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: gavin on November 12, 2023, 18:38:48
Sterling should have been sent off for that on Foden. How Gallagher never got booked is amazing. He should have been booked at least four times.

Poor defending and too much giving the ball away from City but we still should have won that game. Never mind, top of the table and still got KDb to come back.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 12, 2023, 18:40:52
Ref bottled it with Sterling

Fair result on the day
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Neil Mcnab on November 12, 2023, 18:54:37
Dias had a poor game by his standards. Letting in four is a worry. A great spectacle for the neutrals.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: KunDB on November 12, 2023, 18:55:03
Quote from: gavin on November 12, 2023, 18:38:48
Sterling should have been sent off for that on Foden. How Gallagher never got booked is amazing. He should have been booked at least four times.

Totally agree with that.

So many of our players put in a relatively poor performance today. Ederson (should have palmed ball to safety) Rodri (a rare weaker display) Foden (played well in part but just didn't produce the spark needed) Gvardiol (bloody awful) and even more players.

We never played our game. Giving away the ball, second best to loose balls and dreadful defending.

This was not even a good Chelsea side. Even though it is full of really good players.

Kovacic when he came in showed up our defence and helped Rodri play his game. Sadly it was a bit late and a howler by Dias cost us a win.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: reddishblue on November 12, 2023, 19:08:39
Loved how Haaland scored with his arse.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: reddishblue on November 12, 2023, 20:58:23
https://twitter.com/gingerrtom/status/1723773774351225086 (https://twitter.com/gingerrtom/status/1723773774351225086)
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Neil Mcnab on November 12, 2023, 21:34:35
Thank feck we didnt sign the cheating cnut.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 13, 2023, 04:40:29
It was a fair result because we were shit at the back
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 13, 2023, 06:35:05
up next the dippers
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: gavin on November 14, 2023, 21:40:02
It is a must win match after dropping points at Chelsea. It is not often that we so easily lose control of matches but it does happen every now and then. It cannot become a habit. Chelsea could break dangerously too quickly and easily.
Title: Re: @ Chelsea
Post by: Stephen Paul on November 15, 2023, 06:49:55
still think Chelsea will finish top 4 under your what's his name.