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[Yiddo]

The problem , as it has been for the last two managers, has been our rank poor recruitment over a number of years. The vast majority of our players are substandard.

What Hitchens is still doing in post is a complete mystery to me.

Why does Hitchen keep getting mentioned?

 

[DubSpur]

Continue blaming Mourinho. He had nothing to do with the team selection today and he has left the club. Jose is enjoying himself somewhere.

Do you expect a manager to do anything with that team in 5 days? It needs proper training to implement a style and change the training/playstyle (or lack of) from a previous manager.

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

I had a heart attack on Easter Sunday.

Wow

Where were you putting the easter eggs? The most pushing them into my bottom has ever given me is mild palpations.

 

[SteveAWOL]

Plus ca change...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1386395585847037955

https://twitter.com/x/status/1386390268996243456

 

[Baleforce]

the xG is something, 3.5 to 0.04, note that extra decimal place

 

[markysimmo]

In our last 4 cup final appearances we’ve scored 0 goals

 

[Yiddo]

We get done time and time again by teams who have players that take on the full backs, we do not have any players like that and until we get 2 we are never going to be a real threat against the big boys.

Let Bale go back to Madrid, Sell Son and Lamela and get in some tricky wingers, this inside forward flimflam doesn’t work.

 

[Bullet]

In our last 4 cup final appearances we’ve scored 0 goals

That's very kind Mark. Our XG is 0.000000000000000000001

 

[Yiddo]

In our last 4 cup final appearances we’ve scored 0 goals

The epitome of bottle Jobs.

 

[DubSpur]

We get done time and time again by teams who have players that take on the full backs, we do not have any players like that and until we get 2 we are never going to be a real threat against the big boys.

Let Bale go back to Madrid, Sell Son and Lamela and get in some tricky wingers, this inside forward flimflam doesn’t work.

And that's why all the top teams use it, including the one that destroyed us today and Liverpool, the two top English sides in the last few years

 

[StephenH]

Not quite sure where I'm at with this one, on one hand I'm glad we weren't humiliated; sure we were second best by a long way but at least we didn't get absolutely done in score wise. On the other it's another final where we just didn't manage to show our strengths as a team, like the dreaded CL final we didn't really manage to muster a decent chance, nevermind score a goal.

The gulf in class between the two squads is vast as is the current financial capabilities of the two teams. City should be in deferent competition/league.

 

[Yiddo]

And that's why all the top teams use it, including the one that destroyed us today and Liverpool, the two top English sides in the last few years

Sterling and Mahrez played like wingers today. Just because they are classed as forwards doesn’t mean they play like forwards.

Salah and Mane are the same, take on the full back and break into the box. Even wingers cut in from time to time and shoot.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

The gulf in class between the two squads is vast as is the current financial capabilities of the two teams. City should be in deferent competition/league.

City’s two reserve centre backs cost £50m plus and £40m
That’s more than our whole defence

 

[DubSpur]

Sterling and Mahrez played like wingers today. Just because they are classed as forwards doesn’t mean they play like forwards.

Salad and Mane are the same, take on the full back and break into the box. Even wingers cut in from time to time and shoot.

If you think Mane and Salah are wingers I'll leave it there, no point in even discussing it

 

[Yiddo]

If you think Mane and Salad are wingers I'll leave it there, no point in even discussing it

Didn’t say they were wingers, said they play like wingers.

If you are going to be naive and not see the bigger picture then i am glad you are not going to carry on the discussion.

 

[Robspur12]

Continue blaming Mourinho. He had nothing to do with the team selection today and he has left the club. Jose is enjoying himself somewhere.

Please take off your Jose blinkers.. He supposedly coached this team for the last 18 months. Do you think he is absolved from today just because he wasn't there? He helped create the mess we are in. Players he bought like Reguillon, Doherty and Hojbjerg have seen their form drop off a cliff edge. Something must have been seriously toxic for levy to have had more faith in an untried development coach instead of Jose for our biggest game since the Champions League final.

 

[SteveAWOL]

City’s two reserve centre backs cost £50m plus and £40m
That’s more than our whole defence

They could've almost afforded to sign Sanchez, Sissoko and Aurier for that much!

 

[Bedfordspurs]

They could've almost afforded to sign Sanchez, Sissoko and Aurier for that much!

City’s power isht the players they sign. It’s the money they can write off
That’s why they will walk the league again next season

 

[DubSpur]

City’s power isht the players they sign. It’s the money they can write off
That’s why they will walk the league again next season

Yup, just keep buying until they get it right, magic from Pep there

 

[Mikey10]

No manager is going to undo what Mourinho has done and implement their own style in 5 days, let alone a manager without any experience.

Please take off your Jose blinkers.. He supposedly coached this team for the last 18 months. Do you think he is absolved from today just because he wasn't there? He helped create the mess we are in. Players he bought like Reguillon, Doherty and Hojbjerg have seen their form drop off a cliff edge. Something must have been seriously toxic for levy to have had more faith in an untried development coach instead of Jose for our biggest game since the Champions League final.

Problem with this analysis is that the bulk of these players were playing like this in the league for 12 months before Mourinho showed up.