***Bodo/Glint v City Official Match Thread***

[nottsblue]

I would tale Klopp in a heartbeat

Wash your mouth out.

I’d take Alonso, now. Ignore the Madrid issue, that was them not him. I think he’s push us on.

I'd take anything at this point, it can't get any worst.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HemCYPplznw? ... OPbY9ISuV6

It can

[zabbadabbado]

Kept it respectable i thought it might be 5.6. goal mauling against a team that hasn't played in its League for over a Month.

If it wasn't for narrow Off Sides we could have conceded 10 goals these last 2 games against Rags and Bodo..

We have been shit for 18 months.

Not having the injury Bull shit he is now rolling out.

Even without the injuries he is incapable of picking 11 players in their best position. Or playing anything other than a suicidal high line against everyone.

He is going to go the end of the Season for sure.

There is no way our owners will want a 3rd Season of this shit with Pep.

Alonso is available right now.

Send him home to his Missus for his own good and City good.

How bad as it got to get,.

[zabbadabbado]

Credit to "Catman" on another forum.

Absolutely Nailed it

Hit the Ball right out of the Park

Could not have put it any better

"""What an absolute feckin tool Guardiola is! He plays the Left Back at Right Back, the Right Back goes in Midfield, and the natural Midfielder ends up at Left Back. He then watches the 2 inverted full backs offer nothing going forward and even less defensively, as Rodri and the 2 young Centre Halves are overrun. Meanwhile the front are so isolated they actually forget they are playing for City and don't even attempt to defend.

He watches this for 45 minutes and it still doesn't click. We get to 68 minutes and are 3-1 down and he still stands clueless overseeing this shit before making a change. Even then, he doesn't put on Doku, who can occupy 2 defenders, but preferring to put a bloke whose spent more time on planes recently, than he has training, and just how can any manager when requiring goals, leave Rico Lewis on for 90 minutes? Everything about Guardiola is skullfucked and defies logic.

What we have witnessed today and last weekend is as bad, if not worse than anything we ever witnessed under Stuart Pearce.

Don't let Rodri's red card disguise this, what we are witnessing is the end, and there is nothing worse than a long lingering death. We could have been beaten by 6 goals in each of the last 2 games and he just doesn't get it.

In short, if Guardiola had anything about, him would fuck off tonight as his race has long since been run!!!!!.

[stupot]

Embarrassing that and has to be on Pep. Ait Nouri should have been left back, Nico O in DM and Rodri shouldn't have played on that pitch. Doku should have been on at HT.

I've been a Pep supporter throughout but after the last 2 games I'm realising everyone has a shelflife.

I'd take Alonso, Enrique or Emery

[Mase]

Embarrassing that and has to be on Pep. Ait Nouri should have been left back, Nico O in DM and Rodri shouldn't have played on that pitch. Doku should have been on at HT.

I've been a Pep supporter throughout but after the last 2 games I'm realising everyone has a shelflife.

I'd take Alonso, Enrique or Emery

Damn. Fair play Stu

[sheblue]

Klopp and Alonso bin dipping tramps.

[Indianablue]

I would tale Klopp in a heartbeat

Wash your mouth out.

I’d take Alonso, now. Ignore the Madrid issue, that was them not him. I think he’s push us on.

I'd take anything at this point, it can't get any worst.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HemCYPplznw? ... OPbY9ISuV6

It can

Love Mick.

[Harry Dowd scored]

In other news Arsenal take lead at Inter Milan, somebody called Jesus scored

[Indianablue]

Credit to "Catman" on another forum.

Absolutely Nailed it

Hit the Ball right out of the Park

Could not have put it any better

"""What an absolute feckin tool Guardiola is! He plays the Left Back at Right Back, the Right Back goes in Midfield, and the natural Midfielder ends up at Left Back. He then watches the 2 inverted full backs offer nothing going forward and even less defensively, as Rodri and the 2 young Centre Halves are overrun. Meanwhile the front are so isolated they actually forget they are playing for City and don't even attempt to defend.

He watches this for 45 minutes and it still doesn't click. We get to 68 minutes and are 3-1 down and he still stands clueless overseeing this shit before making a change. Even then, he doesn't put on Doku, who can occupy 2 defenders, but preferring to put a bloke whose spent more time on planes recently, than he has training, and just how can any manager when requiring goals, leave Rico Lewis on for 90 minutes? Everything about Guardiola is skullfucked and defies logic.

What we have witnessed today and last weekend is as bad, if not worse than anything we ever witnessed under Stuart Pearce.

Don't let Rodri's red card disguise this, what we are witnessing is the end, and there is nothing worse than a long lingering death. We could have been beaten by 6 goals in each of the last 2 games and he just doesn't get it.

In short, if Guardiola had anything about, him would fuck off tonight as his race has long since been run!!!!!.

Nails it. Summarises what alot are saying on this forum

[Indianablue]

Embarrassing that and has to be on Pep. Ait Nouri should have been left back, Nico O in DM and Rodri shouldn't have played on that pitch. Doku should have been on at HT.

I've been a Pep supporter throughout but after the last 2 games I'm realising everyone has a shelflife.

I'd take Alonso, Enrique or Emery

Light bulb moment but fair play

[Nick]

Wank site wont let me quote peps words but wow

Mentions missing savio again hahahaha

[Mase]

Wank site wont let me quote peps words but wow

Mentions missing savio again hahahaha

Serious?!!! Savio ffs

[carl_feedthegoat]

I’d like to hear from.Peps apologists for the latest debacle ?
Wonderwall seems to think Pep is not at fault ( snigger snigger ) but can someone , anyone that’s not deluded, please tell me who is at fault for the way we have played the last month (year /years) or so as I need to understand it .

Thank you for your attention to this matter !!

[Nick]

Theres lots of fault to be honest

Men above pep for letting the squad downgrade so drastically is up there.

Reinders - getting mullered for being weak and not getting back. Also slow.

Ait nouri - looks average

Omar - looks average

Rico etc

Only player with pace in the whole squad is kus whom hes banished until recently.

[Scatman]

Wank site wont let me quote peps words but wow

Mentions missing savio again hahahaha

https://youtu.be/n6GdHnY8lKs?si=g1ur-9Fk9lAvm5wE

[Harry Dowd scored]

After all this I am not confident we will win against Wolves. They know what to do, compact defence & midfield then fast transition to strong athletic player with pace Q.E.D.

[bigblue]

Wank site wont let me quote peps words but wow

Mentions missing savio again hahahaha

https://youtu.be/n6GdHnY8lKs?si=g1ur-9Fk9lAvm5wE

Said he didn't agree that we were lacking any spark and looked flat in the last 2 games. Just fills me with confidence that he will turn it around

[Wonderwall]

Donnarumma,

Ait-Nouri - Khusanov - Alleyne - O'Reilly

Reijnders - Rodri (C) - Lewis

Foden - Haaland - Cherki

Ok, look at that team. It's not half bad is it?

The fact that Pep, for some obscure idiotic reason decided to put Ait-Nouri at RB is stupid, the fact he didn't change it when it was obviously not working is on him to defend.

He had a very good option of moving Rico to RB, Nico to CM and Ait-Nouri to LB without affecting the team at all, and then giving us the right balance.

I don't think he is perfect. I think he should be given time to rebuild and prove once again why he is the best in the world at what he does. True fans of City owe him that, after he has given us what we would never have even dreamt possible. He has earnt that respect, if you think he hasn't, then god help us.

If you look back on my posts, despite Carl's drivel, I have said Pep should be called out for shit decisions and he is not beyond reproach. I am just not one for the kneejerk reactions, I hate the flip flopping mind changing brigade, cheering one minute and have the gallows out the next.

The players need to be held accountable as well as the manager. Once they cross that white line, it's up to them to give everything for the shirt. That didn't happen and questions need to be pointed to them too.

I said Bodo were not as bad as people thought in this thread earlier. Their results have not been that bad in the CL. They certainly proved their position was a false one tonight. However, because we paid more for our players, we should win apparently.

[Crossie]

I’m just tired of it. I’m tired of possession, I’m tired looking at players who need a rest, mentally more than physically. I’m tired of the over preparation, the weird choices, the over thinking, the ego, the fucking weird press conferences. I just want to see some risky smash and dash and use of initiative. Cherki has carried some of those dreams but he’s not being used properly. You don’t ask players like Cherki to fucking track back. You put them in the 10 and tell them to run the show.

[bigblue]

Donnarumma,

Ait-Nouri - Khusanov - Alleyne - O'Reilly

Reijnders - Rodri (C) - Lewis

Foden - Haaland - Cherki

Ok, look at that team. It's not half bad is it?

That team has no one in front of the back 4 (besides a player coming back from a knee injury playing on turf who also played a few days ago) who can defend with any physical presence or track back effectively. He basically put out a back 4 of:

- A left back w/ no right foot playing on the right
- A young player just getting his first run of games for awhile
- A young player just recalled to the squad 10 days ago
- An attacking midfielder who is excellent on the ball and in challenges, but massively struggles when someone dribbles at him

with absolutely no protection in front of them. Pretty much all the goals came when our midfield was brushed aside by a simple pass to expose an out of position, inexperienced back line who obviously have gotten little to no instructions for how to play together.

The players were beyond bad, but Peps bizarre team selection enabled it to happen. And he obviously did not inspire them to play with any determination at all - not that they should need it but obviously this group does.