Topic: Man City - cheating bastards rumbled

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Did he actually dive for the one today?  Not seen it.

Neither have I.

[Lfckingkenny]

Did he actually dive for the one today?  Not seen it.

just seen it the way penalties are given today it's a cert can't complain after some we've been given just wish refs would streetwise up to sterlings diving in the box

[oojason]

Sterling penalty dive vs Fulham - https://streamable.com/ij9edy - 40 seconds in is likely the best / clearest angle. & https://streamja.com/qVwq0

[MJD-L4]

Did he actually dive for the one today?  Not seen it.

There was contact but he dived, yeah.

[farawayred]

A dive is a dive. There is no sugar-coating shit.

[jckliew]

10

[Wghennessy]

just seen it the way penalties are given today it's a cert can't complain after some we've been given just wish refs would streetwise up to sterlings diving in the box

Sorry but you absolutely can complain. IF there is contact then hes grazed him, it isnt a reason to go down. Im all for players going down easily as the refs are shit however he's barely touched him...that's a shocking dive and it needs calling out.

[red_Mark1980]

So Raheem Sterling has now won more penalties than any other player in PL history (20). He's only 25.

Wonder how many were dives? Oh wait that's right he's English...

Impressive list when MOTD put that up.

Sterling, Vardy, Zaha and Shearer I think.

Foreign players are the problem though

[Crosby Nick]

Impressive list when MOTD put that up.

Sterling, Vardy, Zaha and Shearer I think.

Foreign players are the problem though

Surprised Andy Johnson didn’t make his way on there!

[taylorb1991]

https://www.football365.com/news/man-utd-champions-2017-18-season-man-city-breaking-rules-ffp


Wouldn't pay much heed to the article, but scroll down to the comments section. Classic City fan trying to absolve their owners of any wrongdoing

[J_Kopite]

Really poor from them today, has a Guardiola team ever been so negative?

[Oscarmac]

All his eggs in the CL basket??

[keyop]

Really poor from them today, has a Guardiola team ever been so negative?

Their goals have dried up.

Their top scorer is Mahrez with 4 league goals, and 3 of those came against Burnley. He's the only City player in the Premier League top 25 goalscorers so far. Usually at this stage they'd also have Sterling, De Bruyne, and Aguero on about 5-6 each.

[farawayred]

They played for a APLT par, so nothing lost for City.

[theMilkman]

To think they kept sterling and sold Sane

[farawayred]

To think they kept sterling and sold Sane

Yeah but how many sterlings did they get for Sane? 

[Yosser0_0]

Their goals have dried up.

Their top scorer is Mahrez with 4 league goals, and 3 of those came against Burnley. He's the only City player in the Premier League top 25 goalscorers so far. Usually at this stage they'd also have Sterling, De Bruyne, and Aguero on about 5-6 each.

Where was the Tampax man today?

[Yosser0_0]

I get the impression its all about KDB or Sterling creating a bit of magic for them and if they don't turn up, they struggle for inspiration. Is that harsh?

[Ratboy3G]

All his eggs in the CL basket??

I'm sure that was the plan all along......now

[Dave McCoy]

So the way Pep has stabilized them is they play with a double pivot and reserved FB's, Walker stays back and Cancelo tucks into midfield, so it's basically 6 back and only attacking with 4.  They aren't giving up any clear chances doing this and if they can keep De Bruyne healthy seemingly will create enough chances for this to work.  As we saw today and against us it's a terribly boring way to play when it's not creating anything but since they're not getting torn up on the counter then Pep figures it's fine.

[Yosser0_0]

I noticed Rodolfo Borrell sorting out the tactics with Pep at half time yesterday, what's his role now? I thought they'd appointed a new assistant this season?

[macmanamanaman]

So the way Pep has stabilized them is they play with a double pivot and reserved FB's, Walker stays back and Cancelo tucks into midfield, so it's basically 6 back and only attacking with 4.  They aren't giving up any clear chances doing this and if they can keep De Bruyne healthy seemingly will create enough chances for this to work.  As we saw today and against us it's a terribly boring way to play when it's not creating anything but since they're not getting torn up on the counter then Pep figures it's fine.

I think its the right way forward for City.
They were the away team yesterday and will be quite ok with the draw.
Over the course of a season, they will always score enough goals, given the quality of the (at least) 4 attacking players they can field on the pitch. Against most opposition this is fine, will win them games and make them more solid.

Weird seeing Guardiola turn ever so slightly into Mourinho though. What a time to be alive.

[keyop]

Every team above them have scored more goals (and quite a few below them as well), so this isn't just a blip season or a few dodgy results that have affected their goal difference - they're just not scoring at the rate of previous seasons. A GD of +6 after 11 games is embarrassing after what they've spent. Ok, so ours might only be +9, but 7 of the 17 we've conceded came in one game.

After match week 11 last season they'd scored 34 goals already and were on +24. At the same time in 2018/19 they were on +29, and in 2017/18 it was a whopping +38.

This season they've scored 17, so their goals per game average thus far has halved compared to the last 3 seasons. It's not just Aguero being out - their chance creation and conversion has fallen off a cliff.

[gerrardisgod]

Can’t remember seeing a more reliant team on one man. And he’s looking knackered.

[decosabute]

They're shite.

[Samie]

Bald fraud actually tried to take the electronic board away from the 4th official. 

[Wilmo]

Shite.

Edit: Beaten to it.

[Dull Tools]

Every team above them have scored more goals (and quite a few below them as well), so this isn't just a blip season or a few dodgy results that have affected their goal difference - they're just not scoring at the rate of previous seasons. A GD of +6 after 11 games is embarrassing after what they've spent. Ok, so ours might only be +9, but 7 of the 17 we've conceded came in one game.

After match week 11 last season they'd scored 34 goals already and were on +24. At the same time in 2018/19 they were on +29, and in 2017/18 it was a whopping +38.

This season they've scored 17, so their goals per game average thus far has halved compared to the last 3 seasons. It's not just Aguero being out - their chance creation and conversion has fallen off a cliff.

Scored 5 against Burnley too. So in the other 11 games they have scored 12.

[iamnant]

I love how much of a mess they are. When are they coming to Anfield? They're due a battering.

[farawayred]

Toward the end it was like the Olympics. Gundogan dived for a free kick, Sterling dived for a free kick, and still nothing came from that despite De Bruyne's fantastic delivery.

Kevin, you are wasting your life there, mate...

[deFacto please, you bastards]

I've also never seen a player's form drop to below average levels like with Bernardo Silva. After 2 really good seasons, last year and this year he's been absolutely bang average.

[swoopy]

Bald fraud

[CHOPPER]

Went over to the Loonybin to see how things are going......Joy upon joy of brilliant screw loose dummy out the pram pages
You can't actually read it quick enough, I gave up in the end as you are always no closer than 4-5 pages behind. Pep out as well seems to be theme.

[exiledintheUSA]

Went over to the Loonybin to see how things are going......Joy upon joy of brilliant screw loose dummy out the pram pages
You can't actually read it quick enough, I gave up in the end as you are always no closer than 4-5 pages behind. Pep out as well seems to be theme.

Give it Yaya.

[CHOPPER]

Give it Yaya.

They're comparing Guardiola to Stuart Pearce from 2005-ish.

Lips are in fully titty.

[Samie]

What is Shawn Goater up to these days?

[tornado]

Robbed today, if the 4th official had 6 minutes on the board, would have been 3 points  easy

[Scouser-Tommy]

Interested to see who they’ll blame for this one.

[macmanamanaman]

Robbed today, if the 4th official had 6 minutes on the board, would have been 3 points  easy

Not possible. Sorry.
2 + 2 = 4

[Aguero9320]

Dead man walking.
Shame with the Barca boys in the boardroom he will be allowed to walk for as long as he wants, completely smearing his legacy.

So much wrong about tonight, so much wrong about the last 18 months but pointless to dwell with. 6 months of damage control and we go again next summer