Premier League 2023/24

Yeah but consistency is important, Man City do it at a rate that is beyond what any other team is capable of by quite a margin.

El Gunner wrote:and yet Liverpool at them on the ropes for a majority of the 2nd half... i've never seen a team go toe-to-toe, and sometimes even outplay and outhustle a Pep team like Klopp's Liverpool

We also did something similar a few years ago in the first half at the Emirates in the game we got a red card and Rodri scored a last minute winner

what you failed to realize is the two examples you gave city didn't even lose those games. That's the difference

Prime mourinho-ball from arsenal

El Gunner wrote:gameplan was almost spot on

thought you were more ambitious and wanted to pin citeh in their own half

A gameplan of parking the bus with 4cbs at the back is unworthy of the greatest team OAT, most defensive performance ive seen in a while

Btw still cant believe we snatched City's best player for free, Gundo was the glue !!
Also missing Mahrez big time

Myesyats wrote:

El Gunner wrote:gameplan was almost spot on

thought you were more ambitious and wanted to pin citeh in their own half

A gameplan of parking the bus with 4cbs at the back is unworthy of the greatest team OAT, most defensive performance ive seen in a while

Btw still cant believe we snatched City's best player for free, Gundo was the glue !!
Also missing Mahrez big time

They were both frequent starters, but still rotational players. I don’t think either of them started more than 3 or so games in a row. Useful contributors to the team, sure. I wouldn’t go so far as to refer to any of them as «glue», though both of them hit form after the turn of the year, when players who start every single game tend to start feeling some fatigue creeping up. In that sense, they were both important players in the squad.


I haven’t watched Barca much this season, but I believe I suggested prior to Gundogan’s transfer that he would likely experience drops in form and consistency as a starter. He’s a quality player, but everyone has a physical limit. Mahrez, and to a lesser extent, Gundogan played rather poorly during the first half of their last season at Man City and that poor form is also part of the reason why they fell behind in the title race in the first place. Like, Luca Modric, they have plenty of talent to offer, but their legs and lungs are no longer in their prime and that will affect consistency.

Thimmy wrote:

Myesyats wrote:

El Gunner wrote:gameplan was almost spot on

thought you were more ambitious and wanted to pin citeh in their own half

A gameplan of parking the bus with 4cbs at the back is unworthy of the greatest team OAT, most defensive performance ive seen in a while

Btw still cant believe we snatched City's best player for free, Gundo was the glue !!
Also missing Mahrez big time

They were both frequent starters, but still rotational players. I don’t think either of them started more than 3 or so games in a row. Useful contributors to the team, sure. I wouldn’t go so far as to refer to any of them as «glue», though   both of them hit form after the turn of the year, when players who start every single game tend to start feeling some fatigue creeping up. In that sense, they were both important players in the squad.


I haven’t watched Barca much this season, but I believe I suggested prior to Gundogan’s transfer that he would likely experience drops in form and consistency as a starter. He’s a quality player, but everyone has a physical limit. Mahrez, and to a lesser extent, Gundogan played rather poorly during the first half of their last season at Man City and that poor form is also part of the reason why they fell behind in the title race in the first place. Like, Luca Modric, they have plenty of talent to offer, but their legs and lungs are no longer in their prime and that will affect consistency.

True but games like these Gundo was a player that could break the deadlock. Man City failed to win most if not all games against the top teams in the league this season where you need that differential player to step up. Thats the reason they aren't #1

Even though Gundo wasn't a set in stone starter he was often the one who made the difference when going got tough, Kovacic has barely 1/4 the impact.

I’ve been impressed by what I’ve seen from Mainoo in general, but that was a horrible loss of possession that lead to Chelsea’s goal. And I feel like they concede a goal like that in every other game these days.

I feel like Foden is still kinda underappreciated for some reason, imo best English player currently. Pep developed him wrll

He may be the best English player currently, but I feel that some people tend to overrate him. Hattricks and the occasional screamer are always a welcome sight, but if he had played for Real Madrid, I’d prefer it if he had a more consistent performance level rather than spectacular flashes of brilliance. I feel the same way about Jack Grealish, who’s even more inconsistent, and has been quite injury prone lately as well.

Chelsea deserve to be outside of the top 10. It’s mind-boggling how underwhelming they are, and how far they’ve fallen this season.

I quit watching this team (just follow the scores) cuz I'm tired of the same useless frauds

when I saw the added time and we were winning I figured quite likely we would still lose

ETH gone after the Pool loss I imagine, need Ratcliffe to clean out the squad this summer or I won't even bother next season either

Firenze wrote:I quit watching this team (just follow the scores) cuz I'm tired of the same useless frauds

when I saw the added time and we were winning I figured quite likely we would still lose

ETH gone after the Pool loss I imagine, need Ratcliffe to clean out the squad this summer or I won't even bother next season either

I thought you would win. It could’ve gone either way, but Garnacho’s second goal seemed like it knocked the wind out of their sails… until the injury time madness happened