Man City away Sunday 9th Nov 430pm

[Tatterdemalion]

No point. We're not getting anything from the game and a relapse of his fitness would be a negative.

Sure, but he won't get match fit sitting on the bench.

[Buzzo]

We can obviously go after which ever players we see fit in a performance like this. The worry for me is how we are set up. We look tactically naive and a team as comfortable as City are finding us easy to play against. That’s on the coach. The Madrid and Villa performances are looking like the outliers and the norm is this.

[ronanm]

FFS we spent enough on Isak - get him on. If he's fit enough to be on the bench, he's fit enough to play.

Seems like a waste of money. If not him, ekiteke. Not both were needed?? Unless they are competing for same position given wirtz signed as he didn't want to play lw but as a 10 show now finds himself as a lw.. Disjointed. Hughes and co fkd this up. Too much free candy in candystore this time..

[BootRoom]

Another aimless ball in from Salah. What's the point?

[BootRoom]

AFCON can't come quick enough.

[danperkins]

We can obviously go after which ever players we see fit in a performance like this. The worry for me is how we are set up. We look tactically naive and a team as comfortable as City are finding us easy to play against. ThatÂ’s on the coach.

could pick on almost every player today but Slot has been out classed here from the opening mins and has had no answers. City will rarely have such a comfortable games against us. Our defence and wide areas are really concerning. Back to reality for us.

[Sus]

We can obviously go after which ever players we see fit in a performance like this. The worry for me is how we are set up. We look tactically naive and a team as comfortable as City are finding us easy to play against. That’s on the coach. The Madrid and Villa performances are looking like the outliers and the norm is this.

This is my issue - it's not been right since the Carabao cup final.

I have a LOT of doubt around Slot - not the best time to discuss it in detail, let's see what we look like at Xmas, once we get onto this better run if fixtures post Nov break

It's no shame to lose at City, but I'm still not clear 1) what the long-term plan is, and 2) why our structure & pressing has fallen off a cliff this season

[Kenneth]

A yellow for that?

[Tatterdemalion]

We can obviously go after which ever players we see fit in a performance like this. The worry for me is how we are set up. We look tactically naive and a team as comfortable as City are finding us easy to play against. That’s on the coach. The Madrid and Villa performances are looking like the outliers and the norm is this.

Yes, I'm increasingly of the same opinion. In the commentary they're talking about our players looking tired - even before half time. That just can't be so - are they all suffering from long covid?

[ric.williams]

A yellow for that?

but not for Dias slide in on wirtz. ref and friends have been equally as bad as liverpool

[Needles]

We're so slow moving the ball around. Every player takes too long on the ball

[BG1973]

I assume the inexplicable reason that salah stays on despite having an overall negative impact on our shape and attack, is because Slot feels he needs senior allies.

[Kenneth]

Everyone has sucked, even Szobo. Still doing the dirty work but with the ball he's been gash.

[kemm1]

Largely, yes.

I see it differently, for today's game.

[Buzzo]

Well beaten today, we can have no complaints.