| How good are Man City 19:21 - Jan 19 with 5159 views | _clive_baker_ |
Bloody hell. Absolutely frighteningly good at times, I really don’t think you appreciate it until you see them up close and personal like that. Literally unreal. Not a huge surprise of a club that’s won the last 4 premier leagues, 6 of the last 7 titles, literally assembled some of the best teams in the world over the past 10+ years and has £100m signings on the bench, but still. Not fun to watch your side schooled like that but you’ve got to recognise their talent and I sat there at times just in awe tbh, especially after sitting through Morecambe on a Tuesday night not long ago. They’re just so so good.
I know it’s been said a million times but the jump in quality to the premier league is absolutely ridiculous isn’t it? Even to a Brighton or Fulham, but up again significantly to a Man City, its unreal. I think that side we put out today wins the championship. Not that we would have all those players at that level, but it’s a squad that wins it IMO. I’m not sure what the answer is or if I'm even particularly enjoying this season as a supporter, it feels a pretty thankless ask on days like today.
No need to overreact to this evening. Keep the spirit up, keep the heads up, get through Liverpool and hopefully bounce back with a W against Southampton to kick start the run in into Spring. |  | | |  |
| How good are Man City on 10:32 - Jan 20 with 836 views | Churchman |
| How good are Man City on 00:28 - Jan 20 by Ryorry |
For starters, close em down properly!
The acres of space that they sometimes had, esp down their left, frequently had me wincing with my hands over my eyes. That wasn’t just their skill, it was the absence of our bodies positioning themselves in a sensible manner.
Sorry if I’m out of order here as I didn’t see every minute, but it just seems so basic. Do we have a vocal defensive organiser a la Mogga? Thought I saw Godfrey doing so once early on. |
The problem is Ryorry their speed of thought, movement and passing along with awareness and sheer physicality meant closing them down all the time, every time was impossible. We’d have needed 11 extra players, they were that good. It was painful to watch, but I couldn’t help but think ‘wow, what a team’’just How good are this lot’ etc. |  | | |
| How good are Man City on 11:16 - Jan 20 with 784 views | Ryorry |
| How good are Man City on 10:32 - Jan 20 by Churchman |
The problem is Ryorry their speed of thought, movement and passing along with awareness and sheer physicality meant closing them down all the time, every time was impossible. We’d have needed 11 extra players, they were that good. It was painful to watch, but I couldn’t help but think ‘wow, what a team’’just How good are this lot’ etc. |
Well, you were there & I wasn't, but it doesn't seem too hard a thing to ask for the presence of a couple of blue shirts down their left! which is where most of their attacks were coming from from what I did see. |  |
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| How good are Man City on 11:22 - Jan 20 with 759 views | Bluesky |
Caution - you can already see signs of Juric's influence in Southampton's play. it won't be a given by the time we meet them again. |  | | |
| How good are Man City on 11:22 - Jan 20 with 758 views | gringoblue |
| How good are Man City on 11:16 - Jan 20 by Ryorry |
Well, you were there & I wasn't, but it doesn't seem too hard a thing to ask for the presence of a couple of blue shirts down their left! which is where most of their attacks were coming from from what I did see. |
It was a lopsided game really. We looked a threat down our left in the first 25 mins, with Leif having acres and getting behind Nunes. All their attacks came down our left where we should in theory have had more bodies and shut down the space. The Godfrey / Johnson / Morsy triangle had a nightmare dealing with Doku / De Bruyne / Foden.
City are scary good live. We couldn't even get close enough to foul them. |  | | |
| How good are Man City on 11:43 - Jan 20 with 745 views | lazyblue |
The midfield were just chasing shadows , passing it around us like we were cones on a practice pitch. |  | | |
| How good are Man City on 11:49 - Jan 20 with 739 views | BseaBlue |
| How good are Man City on 11:43 - Jan 20 by lazyblue |
The midfield were just chasing shadows , passing it around us like we were cones on a practice pitch. |
I'm not sure any one of our players ever got within a couple of feet of De Bruyne. Every time he got the ball he seemed to be in miles of space. He completely controlled what happened in that final third.
I'd imagine that if he had been fit the whole season, Citeh would be a lot closer to Liverpool than they are. |  | | |
| How good are Man City on 12:37 - Jan 20 with 671 views | BtreeBlueBlood |
| How good are Man City on 19:33 - Jan 19 by homer_123 |
We've not done ourselves any favours from 25 mins onwards.
That said....their movement is so good. Just watching their players who don't have the ball and just seeing the movements and positions they take up...is something else.
Something to aspire to. |
It was the pace they were playing at, crisp 1 touch passing and switching the play with 1 pass instead of 3!
Getting into attacking positions before the defenders were back!
Lesson to learn!
Now 16 games after Liverpool to concentrate on!
Now if we go down who will leave and who have we paid over the odds for? |  | | |
| How good are Man City on 13:10 - Jan 20 with 639 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
The last time I can remember a team dismantle and dominate us in that fashion was when Liverpool hit us for 6 under Burley’s tenure. Citeh could have easily gone up a gear in the last 20 minutes if they wanted to they were that good.
Best all round team performance from the opposition at Portman Road I think I’ve ever witnessed in 55 years of going to games. |  |
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| How good are Man City on 13:35 - Jan 20 with 590 views | Churchman |
| How good are Man City on 11:16 - Jan 20 by Ryorry |
Well, you were there & I wasn't, but it doesn't seem too hard a thing to ask for the presence of a couple of blue shirts down their left! which is where most of their attacks were coming from from what I did see. |
Yes, our right, the opposition’s left was not good (it hasn’t been this season or last) and our midfield collapsed, but the players were being pulled all over the place and when they got the ball, had nowhere to go.
The speed at which the opposition exploited gaps was unreal and when they had the ball, we couldn’t get it off them. When we got close, they just seamlessly slipped the ball to one of the other runners - and all their players were moving.
I’m not sure it’s been mentioned, but Doku played on the left (one of their bargain basement players at £55m in 2023) and our players didn’t know what to do with him. KDB was forever finding gaps, giving and going. All done at pace.
Would we have been stronger down our right defensively with Tuanzebe? Of course. He’s a proper Premier League level player, but the result would have been the same because they had the ability to open us up any way they chose.
Would Phillips have made a difference had he been eligible? No, because at the moment he’s a long way off the standard of their players.
I’m sounding negative, but really I’m just expressing how it looked to me. It is what it is. | | | |
| How good are Man City on 16:24 - Jan 20 with 543 views | jumpersforgoalposts |
Thank goodness, the voice of sense and reason. I am sickened by criticism of Mckenna's tactics and team selections. |  |
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| How good are Man City on 19:30 - Jan 20 with 488 views | Ryorry |
| How good are Man City on 13:35 - Jan 20 by Churchman |
Yes, our right, the opposition’s left was not good (it hasn’t been this season or last) and our midfield collapsed, but the players were being pulled all over the place and when they got the ball, had nowhere to go.
The speed at which the opposition exploited gaps was unreal and when they had the ball, we couldn’t get it off them. When we got close, they just seamlessly slipped the ball to one of the other runners - and all their players were moving.
I’m not sure it’s been mentioned, but Doku played on the left (one of their bargain basement players at £55m in 2023) and our players didn’t know what to do with him. KDB was forever finding gaps, giving and going. All done at pace.
Would we have been stronger down our right defensively with Tuanzebe? Of course. He’s a proper Premier League level player, but the result would have been the same because they had the ability to open us up any way they chose.
Would Phillips have made a difference had he been eligible? No, because at the moment he’s a long way off the standard of their players.
I’m sounding negative, but really I’m just expressing how it looked to me. It is what it is. |
Thanks for your informative analysis. Think the comment “and all their players were moving” is likely key! | |
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