mrbojangles Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 9 hours ago, jellydog said: What a footballer Rodri has become. Defensive force and all around bad ass. A pleasure to watch him. Stepped into Fernandininho's boots perfectly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Haaland has not scored in the last 2 games! What's wrong with the Norwegian viking monster? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 28 minutes ago, balo said: Haaland has not scored in the last 2 games! What's wrong with the Norwegian viking monster? Severe goal draught caused by not playing in one of the last 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Congrats Southampton, they deserved it. Some really poor performances there and some of those players will struggle to get another start. Much better performance defensively in the second half but up front didn't do enough to get back into the game. Need to up our game by several notches to get a result at the weekend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 5 hours ago, mrbojangles said: Congrats Southampton, they deserved it. Fair play for taking that one on the chin ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellydog Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 8 hours ago, mrbojangles said: Congrats Southampton, they deserved it. Some really poor performances there and some of those players will struggle to get another start. Much better performance defensively in the second half but up front didn't do enough to get back into the game. Need to up our game by several notches to get a result at the weekend That first half was the worst City I've seen in a long time. Credit Soton as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swerve Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Credit to Soton. This year's Man City defense has regressed from the past few years. Ederson and Rodri are playing well, but the rest are either not regularly available or not good enough. Defensively City will get found out this year imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 hour ago, jellydog said: That first half was the worst City I've seen in a long time. Credit Soton as well. I stayed up & watched the whole match - City have "Ticky Tacky" football in abundance & i admit sometimes they are a joy to watch for the neutral football fan, but last night, Southampton wanted it more than you - They showed more fight, spirit & determination - Coupled with a couple of absolute beauties - If United play like Southampton did, with the same tenacity & mentality, we could tear you a new as s whole on Saturday. Its a Derby & anything can happen, but i think it's very clear for everyone to see - UNITED ARE BACK ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Social Media Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Pep Guardiola says he had a “feeling” Manchester City would crash out of the Carabao Cup following his team’s 2-0 loss to Premier League strugglers Southampton. Saints stunned the eight-time winners with first-half goals from Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo. City were unable to prevent elimination even with Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne coming off the bench in the second period. “I had the feeling today it doesn’t matter what line-up I am selecting, we are performing this way. Don’t ask me why. This is my experience,” the football manager said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl sees all Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 47 minutes ago, RedArmy said: Its a Derby & anything can happen, but i think it's very clear for everyone to see - UNITED ARE BACK ???? Footbal's a strange game at times. Fred couldn't make a decent tackle or pass the ball straight a few weeks back. Since Ronaldo has left he is tearing the place up, and actually breaking sweat. No-one wants to play United at the present time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellydog Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 2 hours ago, swerve said: Credit to Soton. This year's Man City defense has regressed from the past few years. Ederson and Rodri are playing well, but the rest are either not regularly available or not good enough. Defensively City will get found out this year imo. Cancelo hasn't looked like himself post WC. Dias hasn't played a minute post WC. Phillips is clearly not up to it replacing Rodri. The rest of the lads look about the same to me, though they pretty much all stunk against Soton. The next few weeks should be an indication as to whether the squad is ready to fight for the title or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Manchester is RED ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellydog Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Despite having the bulk of possession City are struggling to create decent chances. Add in that the big fella is not getting many touches. Pep has some work to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 1/14/2023 at 10:31 PM, jellydog said: Despite having the bulk of possession City are struggling to create decent chances. Add in that the big fella is not getting many touches. Pep has some work to do. I confess that I no longer understand the off-side law 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 11 hours ago, jellydog said: Despite having the bulk of possession City are struggling to create decent chances. Add in that the big fella is not getting many touches. Pep has some work to do. More possession but only one shot on target. Foden rated a 4/10 when hooked. Haaland was anonymous, had no supply. ETH had his players effectively closing down every time City had the ball. Every MU player worked his socks off including their 2 second choice full backs who excelled. Pep has apparently passed the 500 game in management. Been noting some strange comments he made of late about his future and for me looks like a manager that really needs a break from football. Would not surprise me to se him take a walk at the end of the season no matter he has success or failure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/15/2023 at 10:24 AM, mrbojangles said: I confess that I no longer understand the off-side law It appears only the ref didn't understand it. Haven't managed to hear a single ex-player, ex-ref or pundit who thinks Rashford WASN'T interfering with play and who thinks that goal should have stood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Relax brother, it only hurts for a few weeks. United are back ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 United fans getting prematurely giddy. Got sent this from a United mate just before injury time ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickG16 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 hours ago, mrbojangles said: United fans getting prematurely giddy. Got sent this from a United mate just before injury time ???? I'm not getting giddy. And you won't find me rubbing anything in your face if we do eventually go above you. Because it's nothing to celebrate. It's the natural order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickG16 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Hamman says City are better without Haaland. Even if he does score 40 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jellydog Posted January 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2023 Great comeback 3 points that was. Grealish finally starting to fit in. Mahrez was MOTM for me, and the kid Rico Lewis was tremendous. What a valuable addition he is going to be. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 3 hours ago, jellydog said: Great comeback 3 points that was. Grealish finally starting to fit in. Mahrez was MOTM for me, and the kid Rico Lewis was tremendous. What a valuable addition he is going to be. I was out on a birthday and so missed my alarm. All of a sudden my City group chat was pinging and woke me up. So stayed awake for the 2nd half. Marvellous comeback and totally agree with the above. Pep was a bit scathing in his interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 17 hours ago, RickG16 said: Hamman says City are better without Haaland. Even if he does score 40 goals. And Rashford said we were the better team against you last week. So what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Will the blue 1/5 of Manchester be supporting United on Sunday ??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellydog Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 33 minutes ago, mrbojangles said: I was out on a birthday and so missed my alarm. All of a sudden my City group chat was pinging and woke me up. So stayed awake for the 2nd half. Marvellous comeback and totally agree with the above. Pep was a bit scathing in his interview Looks like Pep is trying to fire up the troops and he's likely on target with some of his concerns. The fact that the players have been so motivated for so long is pretty miraculous. Might take a magician to keep enough fire burning. Maybe Rico can set an example! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickG16 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 55 minutes ago, mrbojangles said: And Rashford said we were the better team against you last week. So what Don't you think it's an interesting point of view? You are worse after buying one of the best strikers in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, RickG16 said: Don't you think it's an interesting point of view? You are worse after buying one of the best strikers in the world. I disagree. Yes, Erling has to get used to the side but I mainly think (as jelly above) it's a motivational thing. Winning back to back titles isn't a common thing due to that lack of the extra "fire". I also think that WC has had a weird affect. We had more players at the WC than any other PL club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 29 minutes ago, RedArmy said: Will the blue 1/5 of Manchester be supporting United on Sunday ??? A draw for me will do at this stage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I'll go on record - We've beaten City, Arsenal, Spuds & the Dippers at home this season already - We are playing some of the best football i have seen for the past 10 years - There is no doubt that United are heading in the right direction & the league title will be coming back to OT in the very near future. We are the only team that is still left in all 4 competitions - I'll be happy with a top 4 finish & a Trophy in the cabinet for this season ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickG16 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Now Pep has had to call out your <deleted> support again. How many times has he done this? It almost makes me feel embarrassed and I'm not a City fan. Cringe central! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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