City- Post match thread.

[Mattshark]

And making sweeping generalistions can't hide the fact that we were very poor today.

And at what point did I say we weren't?

[Guest]

I think we're continuing our steady improvement but we're lacking in the final third. We've deserved more from our game against Arsenal and we were the better team today against a very defensive City who were playing at home. Not a bad result at all, could have been better if we'd won obviously but all in all it wasn't disastrous.

[Exiled_red]

Agreed, we need players out wide that are wingers not workers.

As I've said before, we don't have the right balance of graft and craft. We lack creativity, we need someone with pace an flair who can do something special to turn a match.

[The Erectile Banana]

Does anyone else think that Gerrard has not looked as dynamic as he has done in previous seasons?

Could it be that he is losing some of his athleticism?

His dynamic runs/bursts/shots are one of his trademarks. We are seeing less and less of them and he is not the same player without them.

[Roboklopp]

Our whole attack needs to be reviewed this summer, we are ****ing woeful upfront.

Sadly, we have **** all money to do anything about it.

Jesus, if I have to watch us in the UEFA Cup again next season, I might well be forced to hang myself.

[kev776]

Our whole attack needs to be reviewed this summer, we are ****ing woeful upfront.

It isn't just the attack, at the moment we couldn't score in a brothel, we aren't making the chances, we are to predictable. We concentrate on stopping them scoring to often, any offensive play, away from home is considered a bonus by Benetez.

[Bender]

don't think the players actually enjoy playing under Rafa

[Guest]

It isn't just the attack, at the moment we couldn't score in a brothel, we aren't making the chances, we are to predictable. We concentrate on stopping them scoring to often, any offensive play, away from home is considered a bonus by Benetez.

City were playing defensively and they were the home team.

[Frenchie]

at least the tempo improved when Benni and Torres came on... we strung more passes together..no

[The Erectile Banana]

And at what point did I say we weren't?

You were excusing our performance by making a generalistion.

That doesn't hold any water for me.

[Mattshark]

Does anyone else think that Gerrard has not looked as dynamic as he has done in previous seasons?

Could it be that he is losing some of his athleticism?

His dynamic runs/bursts/shots are one of his trademarks. We are seeing less and less of them and he is not the same player without them.

I was thinking that, this season has been like having Gerrard lite for a lot of it.

[Roboklopp]

****ing hell. How far offside was that little scrote!?

[Redspin]

It was a poor game but, as the away side, we come out of it with more credit. City didn't seem to want to attack and our defence had a very easy time of it. In fact City looked like the away team in a European tie. We did have a lot of the ball in their half but no cutting edge.

Unfortunately when Gerrard isn't playing well in that key position in the hole we seem to struggle. He was off the pace again so there was no real link up between the DMs, the wide players and the striker.

Anyway, it was a tricky away game on paper but we were the better team and we got a good point

[Mattshark]

You were excusing our performance by making a generalistion.

That doesn't hold any water for me.

I was just saying that sadly that is how these games often are, it is stating a fact, not making excuses.

[Rigadon]

Positives: Skrtel and Agger played well. So did Reina. It was also good to see Benayoun and Torres back.

Negatives: Very poor game. It was like watching school boy football.

Our performance didn’t surprise me – we’ve been poor for most of the season. However, I still believe we’ve got the nucleus of a very good team but we need a fresh approach.

I don’t think we’ll get fourth place now. We might even struggle for fifth. The sooner this season is over, the better.