Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
I'm pretty sure that's a different thing - there's an 1894 fans group and then there's the corporate hospitality stuff. I presume because 1894 was when the club was founded.
Manchester City 22/24
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I'm pretty sure that's a different thing - there's an 1894 fans group and then there's the corporate hospitality stuff. I presume because 1894 was when the club was founded.
You are Little Jimmy Corkhill and I want my £100
RD2003
Got a really fucking shitty attitude
If it hadn't been for that period starting with Chelsea away, where we drew four, won one and lost one of six league games, we'd be well clear by now.
Iirc, we'd lost the lead in most of those draws as well.
(Just noticed we're on last season's thread
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twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Kinda deja vu innit? Fearing we might have hit the front too early this time.(Just noticed we're on last season's thread
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Simple answer: Rodri really is that good, anyone would miss the best player in the world when they disappear for an extended period.
More complex answer: with Rodri, City play a 4-1-4-1 out of possession, knowing that his defensive positioning is enough as a screen in front of a narrow back 4. It's only in possession that they move up to a 3-2-4-1 as either Stones from CB or Lewis from RB provide the extra man that gives them their numerical overload and extra passing options.
Without Rodri, Kovacic doesn't have the same defensive nous even if he is an excellent player in his own right. Yesterday's game was a much more rigid formation, keeping the 3-2-4-1 out of possession to give Kovacic that defensive help from Lewis; the trade off is that Gvardiol and Walker were then part of a fixed back 3 so didn't have their usual cover when either went forward - high pressing and quick counter attack from Brighton the order of the day and it worked.
Plus injuries of course - as well as all the tactical elements, instead of being Ruben Dias (or John Stones, or Akanji), the lad in the centre was a 19yr old. Had a good game I thought, but obviously without the aura that the big names have.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
True . This new 12 month contract might be his last .
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
Was quite impressed that your supporters were still lustily singing the American Werewolf in London song when you were 0-3 down and looking abject. Maybe a fair proportion have been secretly missing the pre-petrostate days of gallows humour.
