Midfield is suspect as fuck. So bad
Burnwinter not the goal but I struggle to see how we’ll respond with this setup.
Mirth What you're saying is that having Nwaneri on the pitch instead of Merino would decisively improve our chances from here. Debatable at best. We've just won a corner, do you want Merino or Nwaneri on the pitch?
Gazza M and Saliba making the wrong choice. That was poor from the two rocks
game is far too high tempo which favours Citeh
Burnwinter conceding the goal has nothing to do with the XI, but us faffing about for the next 60 mins trying to get back into this with zero cutting edge will have everything to do with the XI.
Now all they need to do is stroke the ball around for the remaining 85 minutes, and they're the best at that.
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert They wont be able to do that. They are good, but they aren't THAT good to be able to pass the ball around the rest of the game with no pressure from us.
Thought we started off well. But that was really poor goal to concede and a ruthless counter.
Panda we started as per usual, controlling the shape well. the goal was so out of character for our defense
Burnwinter not defensive, not offensive. Just bad.
Qwiss Overloading with players in areas that don't matter. The best top football today is played in quick phases but I guess Arteta didn't get the memo. Pep is laughing like an evil sith on the bench - he even has a scab on his face and everything. This is too easy for him.
We started with some control and now lost it. Very nervous in midfield, crowded as fuck. Forwards are non existent so far.
Arteta should make a tactical change here, it's obvious
Why do three men go for Haaland in the lead-up to the goal? Feels oddly disorganised.
Don Pacifico Gabriel shouldn't have followed him into the midfield.
Zubimedi gets sucked in when he doesn't need to for that goal
Rice needs to man the fuck up and stand up a little. We deserve a better game from him
tazmania I said in preseason I have my eye on him this time around. He needs to do a lot more for such a flagship player.
Burnwinter We've just won a corner, do you want Merino or Nwaneri on the pitch?
Are you serious?
Mirth Are you serious?
Perfectly serious. But let's set it aside and focus on winning this match, because there's no way to out-argue a fan whose notion of applying Occam's Razor is to assume the manager's repeatedly being an idiot in the exact same way.
City time wasting already. Raya would be booked for that.
