Manchester City

[SB]

He was scoring regularly before Xmas & that’s when the contract talk started didn’t it with him chasing £300k pw ( wasn’t it?)

[Fosterbloke]

Maybe teams have figured out how to defend the one, across-the-ground pass they play twenty times a match.

[RedAndWhite]

Maybe teams have figured out how to defend the one, across-the-ground pass they play twenty times a match.

This. City play nice football, but they are very much a Plan-A sort of team. Ok OK that plan works an awful lot of the time, but football moves on and teams work out how to nullify it to a point.

Unlike us - we have so many strings to our bow, and Klopp trusts the players to be able to work things out on the pitch - City seem (and tbh I dont watch them so I may be talking from my lower regions) to just keep trying the same thing or a very similar variant all the time.

[spud_gun]

It appears as if you nullify the sublime De Bruyne then they struggle. Their 'bit part' players Silva and Sterling haven't reached the heights they did last season.

Given the amount they've spent on defenders the last half dozen years their defence is still shocking.

[dom9]

This. City play nice football, but they are very much a Plan-A sort of team. Ok OK that plan works an awful lot of the time, but football moves on and teams work out how to nullify it to a point.



Unlike us - we have so many strings to our bow, and Klopp trusts the players to be able to work things out on the pitch - City seem (and tbh I dont watch them so I may be talking from my lower regions) to just keep trying the same thing or a very similar variant all the time.

Pretty much.

Although they do have a plan B too. Crossing. Lots and lots of (largely unsuccessful) rudimentary crossing. Which is a bit odd tbh, given their personnel.

[Buzzo]

I think all season we've responded well to adversity. Injury (Alisson, Matip, Lovren, Keita, Milner, Mane, Salah), VAR, playing poorly, teams trying to nullify us.

We've just not let these things be an excuse. The fact that the entire squad was a part of the CL win as opposed to those selected for the final was a masterstroke. Everyone is motivated. We carry no passengers and because of squad unity, when players come in they are flying.

City have not. Also Sterling's form dropped after his confrontation with Gomez where he looked like a massive **** and damaged his profile which at that point was as high and squeaky clean as it had ever been.

[Fosterbloke]

I think Sterling to Real is pretty nailed on.

Sterling -> Real Madrid
Sane -> Bayern Munich
Guardiola -> Barcelona

Man City -> Top 4

[Roboklopp]

Citeh’s influencer in chief has called off their game

[Fosterbloke]

Wow, assuming their game isn't rearranged before we play Norwich, we could be 25 points ahead and 28 if we get in our next game against West Ham too!

[shanks69]

https://t.co/o7lR4TpomX?amp=1

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[frank the tank]

they'll be fine when they are knocked out of the champions league by Real Madrid.

[Kenneth]

Well, you've got to respect the winter break.

[dom9]

City / West Ham rearranged for 19 Feb

[ChesterDave]

They seem to be convincing themselves they are going to get millions in damages because CAS have said it is worrying leaks have come from UEFA in regards to the FFP investigation. They definitely have convinced themselves they didn't financially dope despire sponsorship payments predating agreements, massive expensive to service debt wiped off the books, and over inflated sponsorship values from group companies.

[baitman]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51483162