Smirking_Saint

They were very very good, we started slowly and had little options up top with Pellè and Tadic having off games. Losing Schneiderlin opened it up for them, Toby wasnt aweful in there, he is good on the ball but his positioning was off which is understandable for a CB playing CM. They pressed well, closed up the gaps and retained possession well though, all in all we played a refreshed champions. Dissapointing but not the end of the world.

As opposed to what you pleb ? He had to back off to reduce space and options ? He had little choice, wasnt his fault that nobody tracked cluchy

If course its nothing to do with that though. We missed Morgan when he went off, lost control of midfield which allowed City to build pressure. Tadic and pelle being poor meant the ball wasnt held upfront either.. Again, meaning city could build pressure

He was ill

Tadic and pelle v poor today. We looked like rabits in the headlights for much of today. Still, we are third, we march on. Will need a massive improvement wednesday though

Great save but why the **** does he stay on his line ?

So thats 3 in 3 against last years top six....

Pelle does t work very hard does he ?

Nor do I really, none of our 3 midfielders picked up toure

You really are a massive cock

I always say if your a striker, and the keepers coming out hit it near their legs. Far harder to move your legs then get your hands down

Villa did a great job on him tbh, Id say Monday was more their good defending then himself though today he has been v poor for me. Villa Id of liked to have seen him drag their CBs around though, I know he operates primarily through the middle but if you are being man marked that well then you want to give them a problem by drifting wide and deep to break their shape

Tadic is really sluggish today, usually v sharp

Thats one, well done.

If I looked through your post history I reckon you have said that about every player that wears the red n white tbh

Got a touch on it, good shot from jovetic, it wouldnt have been Forsters fault

Wanyama needs to be careful

How much time did Pellè want there exactly ? Thats a big miss

Tadics touch is ****ing aweful today

You were saying ? Thats a pen all day long

Wake up saints ffs

Definate yellow, shame, very early for him to get that

Tbf to the bat**** mental one, Bertrands played there before

Proof again that our overall 'squad' is still pretty weak. Desperately need another striker and wide man

The way we are playing you have to go for it for me, if we have the very real aspirations then you have to go for it at home. That said you are right, many many fans have got far far ahead of themselves. We have played two sides from last years top 6 and lost. We need to start now, a d prove we should be there. Its important to keep that confidence up.