Man City home Sunday 8th February at 430pm

[Exiled_red]

Loss of energy, legs etc late in games us a massive problem for us. When Szoboszlai is suspended Jones starts and we effectively have no players of first team quality on the bench

[kingfunk]

Why not show the peno shout with Chiesa?

[Kenneth]

Szoboslai out for three games is worse than the third goal.

Why 3 games? Isn't that only for violent conduct?

Edit: Sorry, I see thatś been covered

[Exiled_red]

5 points off 4th. If 3rd goal stood we'd have been below Brentford on GD

[danperkins]

4th time we've lost in stoppage time, just such a weak mentality.

[danperkins]

Wonder how Slotball will look in the Europa league next season.

[BG1973]

4th time we've lost in stoppage time, just such a weak mentality.

It's the dropping off after the goal.. not sure if that's mentality, weak bench or tactics.


We dominated the second half until we scored..

Shocker.

[Exiled_red]

We need to be at least 2 goals up by 75mins because our energy, legs or mentality drop off after that and we don't have options from the bench or the ability to hold on to 1 goal leads. Obviously City are a good side but it happens far too often, stupid as **** not to bring reinforcements in in some form in January. It's going to be a long 2nd half of the season...

[Friend of Moises]

Pressure has been on for 4mths. The guy is a ****ing joke.

[Tatterdemalion]

We're closer to the relegation zone now, than the title.

[danperkins]

It's the dropping off after the goal.. not sure if that's mentality, weak bench or tactics.


We dominated the second half until we scored..

Shocker.

All of the above or maybe even lack of physicality and fitness throughout the side. **** knows but something has to change.

[peterbread]

Not using and trusting the squad again causing problems.

I get that it might have been be cautious in the first half and then go at them in second to conserve energy but couldn’t you also say do that from the start and knock them back a bit and get on top from the start. Then get ahead and manage the game but then you’d need to trust the squad for that to work.

And the team had the momentum and had City on the back foot, don’t give them the chance to get back in the game and drop back. There is a balance between all out attack and dropping right off. Plus use your bench, that might help.

[Buzzo]

It's the dropping off after the goal.. not sure if that's mentality, weak bench or tactics.


We dominated the second half until we scored..

Shocker.

100%

We were well on top. But we stopped playing. We tactically don’t seem to be able to see out a game.

[Kenneth]

Not using and trusting the squad again causing problems.

I get that it might have been be cautious in the first half and then go at them in second to conserve energy but couldn’t you also say do that from the start and knock them back a bit and get on top from the start. Then get ahead and manage the game but then you’d need to trust the squad for that to work.

And the team had the momentum and had City on the back foot, don’t give them the chance to get back in the game and drop back. There is a balance between all out attack and dropping right off. Plus use your bench, that might help.

If we can't manage a lead for 15 mins, we definitely can't do it for a full half or more. The strategy was fine for me, in fact it was successful up to the point that it wasn't anymore. If you're set up to counter you need legs up front and as our attackers faded, so does our threat and the opposition know they can commit more forward. The best defensive sub for a counter attacking side is fresh legs up top. Didn't happen.

[Slinky Skills]

We are a ****ing joke. Such a bad performance against one of the best teams in League, it's sickening to watch. Sobozlai aside, they've all been ****ing garbage.

Can't pin any blame on him at the end as the game was gone but he should have just drop kicked Haaland and be done with it.

Want Slot gone, no ****ing chance we're getting a CL place.