Man City home Sunday 8th February at 430pm

[danperkins]

City aren't a great side but they look so much better than us. Midfield non existent, front lads anonymous and defence done well but does seem very last ditch imo. Only positive is it's still nil all.

[Charly]

I guess 0-0 is a good result on this performance

[ronanm]

Dire

[Buzzo]

As expected when we move Dom out of midfield we miss his energy.

[danperkins]

We miss Szobs energy in midfield, it's so obvious.

[Charly]

McAllister poor again. Him and Wirtz are too lightweight in a Premier League game together

[Rich]

Overrun in midfield

[BobTheCharmer]

Gakpo is absolute garbage. Wirz is too lightweight. He should be playing left side and jones in the midfield. Kerkez is playing well. We are brilliant at passing it backwards, maybe the best I've ever seen.

[Slinky Skills]

We are dog turd to watch. What the actual **** has happened to this team. The way we're setup and play just invites pressure, there's absolutely no one pressing in that team bar Sobozlai. It's unacceptable, just show some desire and some fight ffs, it's total garbage to watch.

[Kenneth]

I think the second half will look different, but we've defended quite well, and 0-0 at HT is a good platform. Yes, there have been some weaker performances, noticeably from our weaker players (eg Salah and Gakpo) but I'd have been happy with 0-0 with no injuries or bookings at half time before kick off.

[labourRed]

It's a dysfunctional team which is annoying as we had a month to address the RB position.

But Etikie form against top teams is worrying. He's pretty anonymous here, again.

[Tatterdemalion]

So the general consensus is we are bossing it, right?

[peterbread]

I don’t mind being a bit cautious and careful in certain circumstances but you need to be fast on the counter and when you win the ball go. Ali had the ball when their attack broke down about the 30 minute mark and had no desire to move it fast. VVD and Kerkez had so much space down the left but neither wanted to move forward and get the ball and attack. That’s what frustrates me. If you want to play a bit defensively then use the counter attack but they don’t even do that.

[Exiled_red]

I would take Gakpo off for Jones, Stick Wirtz in the front 3, Szoboszlai in midfield and Jones at RB

[Buzzo]

Szoboslai was hobbling at HT which is a real worry.