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Chera
bluemoon.
Awful result today but I think a result like that has been overdue, we've had narrow escapes in basically every match since Boxing Day (Burnley, Sunderland, Wednesday and Everton). We've kept picking up results more or less all season but all the same problems have kept cropping up - dodgy defending, slow inaccurate passing and blunt attacking - and today was the first time we've done them all at the same time and been properly punished for it in the league this season.
Aside from the systemic problems, we've also got personnel issues that are ridiculous given the money spent since Pellegrini arrived and the heights we've reached in his time. Two unconvincing keepers, one consistent full-back who has been played into the ground, no truly reliable centre-backs, a midfield that hinges almost entirely on the whim of Yaya Touré and the diminutive genius of David Silva and a front-line that is embarrassingly lacklustre when Aguero's knackered.
And all that without even mentioning how unbelievably shit our set-pieces are. Bit sick of Pellegrini at this point to be honest.
bmg033
bluemoon.
Slashman X
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Telegram Sam
Guy was insane in 2011/12 but I've always felt like he's lived off of that season for some time now despite making mistakes a lot of the time. He seems to get away with a lot whereas Demichelis on the other hand gets dog's abuse in comparison.
bluemoon.
On his best day he's still comfortably the best centre-back in the league and one of the best in the world. On the other hand, his best day doesn't seem to come around as often as it did, and his decision-making has noticeably deteriorated. Personally I think it's the result of a combination of several factors. Age, a defensive system that provides him with significantly less cover than it should do/used to and a lot of injuries.
I still think that if you put him in a system like Chelsea's or like City's in 10/11 or 11/12 he'd flourish but probably not to quite the same extent as he did.
Demichelis is just awesome though.
Slashman X
Demichelis has been our best CB since last January and that's a fact
bluemoon.
Aye, I think this is a very good example of how stupid many pundits and journalists are when it comes to football. When you're 'in', you're in. Regardless of actual form and ability. It's the same reason Joe Hart gets so much leeway and you still hear him described as being in good form.
Telegram Sam
bluemoon.
A soft one but yeah I think so. Monreal's looking for it but Kompany leaves his knee out and catches him.
I was more surprised that he didn't get a second yellow for the foul on Sanchez than I was upset about the penalty.
Telegram Sam
Yeah that was criminal from Dean. About as clear a yellow as you can get.
Slashman X
bluemoon.
Slashman X
K3V0
bluemoon.
Slashman X
Carroll.
Ninja
Based Jorge
bluemoon.
Slashman X
Poor Ambrose went full Micah Richards in the space of 2 seconds: Attempted an overhead then got injured
Chera
Jonas
I saw Celina got his 'debut'. How highly is he rated? Just too bad he seem to have chosen Kosovo over Norway on international level.
Slashman X
He felt something in the warm-up, but felt he could run it off so they played him for 20 mins to see. Was taken off as a precaution but I think he's fine.
Celina had a great chance at the very end which he probably should've scored, didn't see much from him though (was watching in work so wasn't playing much attention). I think Pellegrini rates him pretty highly (enough to bring him on the tour at least)
Thought Evans played great, a lot more adventurous than other 'debutants'
bluemoon.
Not sure about the club as a whole but I've seen him a few times and he's never particularly impressed me.
Slashman X