***City v Chelsea Official Match Thread***

[stevefromdonny]

We fucking deserve that, we just try and keep a clean sheet while we are 1 0 up, which we cannot do, we just look so fucking tiered not enough in our legs, and when we go forward we do at a snails pass while every other team goes quick, fucking shit

[KinkyKinkladze]

Our own fault for not putting it to bed. Wrong passes made at crucial moments when a goal was there for the taking.

Only one replay was shown of their goal and delap was offside. Why wasn't that flagged up?

[Mase]

Some cunt will tell us we’re over reacting and all our transfers are a success

"We were in division 2 once, don't you know?"

[Redna]

Yoy win some, you lode some. A draw.
CTID!

[Mase]

Haaland needs to be dropped. Play a false 9 if no other striker, but absolutely no way an academy kid would have done any worse than him against Sunderland and today. Utterly disgraceful

[sheblue]

Messed up far too many chances and opportunities. Really poor offensively and we have more injuries now ahead of Brighton.

[Indianablue]

TOO PISSED OFF TO SAY MUCH. SAW IT HAPPENING, TOO MANY PLAYERS MISSING AGAIN. TOO WASTEFUL.
NUNES IN DEFENCE IS A FLAWED TACTIC TOO MANY TIMES HE GOT CAUGHT, TOOK THE WRONG OPTION, WEAK IN THE TACKLE ETC ETC

DIAS AND GVARDIOL GOING OFF DIDN'T HELP AND WE LOOKED EXPOSED IN THE SECOND HALF. Chelsea got stronger and we got weaker.

Foden , Cherki, Haaland all wasteful and did nothing to help the team out of possession but squandered chances in possession.

Thought Bernardo actually grafted but he's showing his age. Ref let far too much go for me but to be honest it shouldn't have mattered,

All Pep could do was replace injured players and arguably took one of our better players off for the man child Doku . Who produced fuckall and tripped over his feet

[PeterParker]

Some cunt will tell us we’re over reacting and all our transfers are a success

"We were in division 2 once, don't you know?"

I think we are in a serious denial. Even if we pull back and win this season, can someone say we've deserved it? We've impressed with our style? Many were pointing out 2023/2024 that we weren't at our best at all and last season we got what we've deserved.
Fast forward this season, we've gone into the league with a small squad in terms of quality and still far too rigid and inconsistent.

But "Guardiola we got" right? That is all that matters.
Next games when we are 1-0 and need to defend we should all hold our hands and sing Imagine.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Is Stones injured?

On massive wages to play PlayStation at home.

Lovely work if you can get it.

[s1ty m]

Can't put together two halves of good football.

[s1ty m]

Is Stones injured?

On massive wages to play PlayStation at home.

Lovely work if you can get it.

Boils my piss. Not quite as much as a team than can't win a 50-50 tackle, that is another level of boiled piss.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Why did we replace our CB’s with inferior substitutes

[trueblue64]

Why did we replace our CB’s with inferior substitutes

Both went of injured

[Outcast]

Do you think another manager would get better play and results out of these players?

[Dub City]

TOO PISSED OFF TO SAY MUCH. SAW IT HAPPENING, TOO MANY PLAYERS MISSING AGAIN. TOO WASTEFUL.
NUNES IN DEFENCE IS A FLAWED TACTIC TOO MANY TIMES HE GOT CAUGHT, TOOK THE WRONG OPTION, WEAK IN THE TACKLE ETC ETC

DIAS AND GVARDIOL GOING OFF DIDN'T HELP AND WE LOOKED EXPOSED IN THE SECOND HALF. Chelsea got stronger and we got weaker.

Foden , Cherki, Haaland all wasteful and did nothing to help the team out of possession but squandered chances in possession.

Thought Bernardo actually grafted but he's showing his age. Ref let far too much go for me but to be honest it shouldn't have mattered,

All Pep could do was replace injured players and arguably took one of our better players off for the man child Doku . Who produced fuckall and tripped over his feet

Bernardo is grafting , well trying his best to run but it’s all too slow and shite. Gives ball away when simple ball then gives free kick away. Hes finished and been shite all season can’t see why he’s playing other than because he’s captain nothing positive to his play for months now

Oreilly was down just before goal, legs gone and he’s left 1v1 surely the other players can see it when he goes down and someone come over to cover to see out the game.

Too many wrong passes in good positions. Shite performance

[city72]

Do you think another manager would get better play and results out of these players?

Maybe scout better please with the zillions we keep spending, get rid of the dead wood, Also maybe buy and play players in there correct position why do 50 million on a midfielder to put in defence when he can’t defend baffling

[Mase]

Sick to death of this "players are tired" and "squad is small" bollocks. Weve got the same amount of players as every other team. He just doesn't use the squad. Would Mukasa have offered any less than Haaland today? No. Would a kid being brought on just to give us legs offered us anything less than Bernardo in the middle?

USE THE FUCKIN SQUAD, ITS WHAT YOURE PAID TO DO

[salford city]

One goal was never going to be enough today. We dropped two points today due to a couple of bad choices when in good positions. We need two solud full backs but am sick to death of saying it

[PeterParker]

Sick to death of this "players are tired" and "squad is small" bollocks. Weve got the same amount of players as every other team. He just doesn't use the squad. Would Mukasa have offered any less than Haaland today? No. Would a kid being brought on just to give us legs offered us anything less than Bernardo in the middle?

USE THE FUCKIN SQUAD, ITS WHAT YOURE PAID TO DO

But are they good enough? Lewis and Bobb have shown they aren’t, at least not yet. As for the others, it’s impossible to know. They’re glued to the bench week after week, never given a real chance. So yes, the squad is small. He experimented against Leverkusen, and we simply weren’t good enough.

We keep searching for explanations while dealing with the most stubborn man in football. For me, it’s quite clear: the players are exhausted because he’s run them into the ground: Rodri is the clearest example, played relentlessly until he broke down. The squad lacks quality depth because he chose it that way, just compare Arsenal’s bench options to ours. And finally, we have a team that feels made of glass, which, in my opinion, stems from the same approach he used at Bayern Munich. I don't believe in coincidences.

So ultimately, it is our own fault.

[Mase]

Sick to death of this "players are tired" and "squad is small" bollocks. Weve got the same amount of players as every other team. He just doesn't use the squad. Would Mukasa have offered any less than Haaland today? No. Would a kid being brought on just to give us legs offered us anything less than Bernardo in the middle?

USE THE FUCKIN SQUAD, ITS WHAT YOURE PAID TO DO

But are they good enough? Lewis and Bobb have shown they aren’t, at least not yet. As for the others, it’s impossible to know. They’re glued to the bench week after week, never given a real chance. So yes, the squad is small. He experimented against Leverkusen, and we simply weren’t good enough.

We keep searching for explanations while dealing with the most stubborn man in football. For me, it’s quite clear: the players are exhausted because he’s run them into the ground: Rodri is the clearest example, played relentlessly until he broke down. The squad lacks quality depth because he chose it that way, just compare Arsenal’s bench options to ours. And finally, we have a team that feels made of glass, which, in my opinion, stems from the same approach he used at Bayern Munich. I don't believe in coincidences.

So ultimately, it is our own fault.

Foden, O'Reilly, Palmer, Morgan.... All good enough for our first team.

Are they any worse than a guy that has just stood there up front for our last two games?

Someone in midfield is needed just to give us legs. If we don't have a kid that can do that, we're in big trouble.

I'm definitely not saying we need to start kids. I'm saying our first team is knackered and we need legs.