Cityboy1954

12 minutes ago, Rob k said:

Got to add Williams to this list for me - I’ve been very disappointed so far this season. I’ve been waiting for him to get fit and so far very underwhelmed 

Yes same here apart from scott whos been a bit off the boil weve got a very poor midfield .A few more to ditch hopefully end of season .

14 hours ago, italian dave said:

I’ve a feeling Semenyo will start on Tuesday. We’ll never get the best out of him playing him the way we have recently.

He looked dangerous for his first 15 minutes today. Then we started making wholesale changes, messing up our shape, our style, our pattern and leaving everyone, including him looking pretty lost. 

Yes mate the downfall was bringing on martin he slowed things down just when we were coming to life .

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

Agree with every word of that.

Exactly how I saw it.

Just wondering where callum pring is as his final ball across is better than dasilva s surely hes not in the naughty class all this time .

On 15/09/2022 at 14:34, old_eastender said:

It's a difficult one, but for me Tommy must start, if Semenyo is going to come in then as tough as it is, I'd say Wells drops to the bench. Suspect NP will stick with Semenyo on the bench for now though.

Conway shouldave squared the ball to wells would have brought game back to 2.1 before ht puts a different perspective to the game thats twice now recently think it was Burnley away Nige needs to talk to him .

8 hours ago, Robbored said:

We all know that Naismith has a sweet left foot and can take a decent free kick but why oh why does he take corners? Any player can deliver a decent corner and being a CB surely he’d cause more havoc in the actual penalty box? ………..

Agreed

7 hours ago, Harry said:

Sorry to be the bore again and be the one to criticise, but I have to say it how I see it, and following two very very good away performances, we were back to our sloppy selves again today. And again I don’t think Pearson’s tactical decisions helped us. 
 

We started well, but in the good spell we failed to take a number of opportunities, sloppy final passes (like the one from Sykes when he had an easy overlap in the box), and during this decent start, whilst playing well, we didn’t actually force their keeper into a save. 

After that decent start, QPR worked us out and our high wing backs were a liability, with our wide CB’s continually exposed one on one out wide or over the top into wide channels. The one where Atkinson turned like the QE2 and let their man run free on goal was laughable and we were fortunate not to lose a goal there too. 
 

Then Naismith started doing his thing. Listen, I like the idea of us trying to play out from the back, but this lad takes it to unnecessary levels. He needs to realise he is Kal Naismith and not Johan Cruyff. He seems to think he is a better player than he is, and he is a total liability playing in this central role. He’s never played there before, Luton turned him from an attacking midfielder/winger into a left back or left CB. He’s out of his depth in the middle CB role.  His role as the central CB means he’s the one who has to see everything in front of him and will always be the deepest man. The number of times he gets done by a ball over the top is ridiculous. A half-competent central CB does not get done like that multiple times per game. 
Sorry - he’s a good player, but he’s playing in a crucial position and is too cocky with it. 
 

Anyway, onto the subs. After our goal, I’d have liked us to at least try to build a bit of momentum, but rather oddly Pearson decided the time was right to make a huge tactical change. Switching to 4 at the back and having 4 strikers on. There was still half an hour left. There was no need. 4 strikers on is a last ditch tactic, not one that you make with a third of the game to go and you’ve just scored! 
By doing this, it immediately condensed the play. Semenyo managed to get on the ball centrally about 5 times in the first 5 minutes he was on, and was surrounded, crowded out. Because QPR found it so easy to defend. Everything was in the middle for about 15 minutes and we lost all width. Easy to defend. We created absolutely nothing in the 10-15 minutes after these subs when we should have been building momentum after our goal. 
 

Next, having signed a specialist wing back in the summer, he finally gives him a shot, but AFTER he’d switched to a back 4!! If he’d wanted to make the most of Wilson’s abilities, he’d need to operate as a wing back. That’s his whole game. Ok, he made a couple of poor decisions once he was on, but the bloke must be wondering if he’s Arthur or Martha! And as for the few opportunities he did get to bomb forwarded Massengo passes it 25 yards in front of him and allows the defender to make the challenge. Terrible passing today by numerous culprits! 
 

I know people will moan at me for being a moaner, but I’m not sorry, I’ll say it as I see it. Once again, and certainly not for the first time this season, I’ve been rather baffled by Pearson’s tactical substitutions. Today I felt that 4 strikers on with half an hour left, and a switch to a back 4, just after we’d scored and had a chance to build momentum, really killed us off. It was naive and made us very easy to defend against. 

I agree with everything your saying for ne the worst decision was to bring on a bloke upfront that has lead in his boots and cant jump .sorry but he was just in the way the sooner pearson realises this the better also dads army in midfield is not working james injured all the time and old king cole are not our future half way now but any talk of play offs is pie in the sky.

16 hours ago, Elruliri said:

I remember one bit of skill he did on the right wing, left back running towards him about to foul him. Jacki with his back to the full back just flips the ball over his head. Absolutely brilliant bit of skill  it was worth the admission fee alone.

Ipswich goal away stands out back heel.

4 minutes ago, Cityboy1954 said:

 

 

2 hours ago, Robbored said:

When posters mention players ‘getting them off their seat’ I always think of Scot Murray. Whenever he ran at the defence I and everyone around me were on their feet as he jinked past defenders - to me he was a really exciting player, far more than Jackie ever was and he scored and created far more goals.

 

:laugh: what when he went to Reading

Just now, Cityboy1954 said:

what when he went to Reading jackie was different gravy .

3 hours ago, Red Skin said:

 

Loved Jacki.  I used to have a white long sleeve t shirt with his name down the arm written in the style of the Solidarity movement in Poland.  Players like Jacki, JET, Trundle, and Tomlin (in his loan spell before he signed and came out as a cock) are what going to football is all about.  

Still got mine .

8 hours ago, Robbored said:

Not for me - Jacki was a lazy bugger who scored only 7 goals for City. He was a luxury player that City couldn’t afford to carry.

Russell Osman eventually dropped him - absolutely the 

1 minute ago, Cityboy1954 said:

All about opinnions most skillfull and talented footballer to have worn our shirt got asses off seats listen to three peaps in the pod never seen nothing like that since .

8 hours ago, The Gasbuster said:

I'm glad he's not at bloody Man U !

True yesterdays club

On 28/09/2022 at 22:35, TBW said:

This. 

There is zero space on the bus back into the centre. It is ******* packed. 

Yeh get a  uber easier 

4 hours ago, Robbored said:

Nige’s pre and post match views are excellent to see or listen to - he really does say it as it is. No hot air or waffle or laughing at his own jokes, just a good honest appraisal of where he thinks the club the club is at.

He’s gradually creating a positive culture throughout the club and we can see what a proper the Nige is. In 50+ seasons attending AG I can’t remember any previous manager who has earned the respect of the players and the staff that work for him.

Nige is creeping up my favourite manager table - only Danny Wilson is above him now. 

And Gary johnson

16 minutes ago, Red-Al said:

Can I take a mobility scooter on bus, it's a auto folding scooter kind,

Bus is packed going back to centre could be a problem straight after game .

On 18/09/2022 at 12:07, yardy said:

Hi all, I have the opportunity to visit the Camp Nou when Barcelona host Villarreal in October, i am wondering if any City fans have been before could help me with a few questions....

- how do you go about getting tickets, do i buy them before the game or wait until i get to the ground? 

- if i need to buy tickets online where is the best place to buy them?

- is it safe for my son?(10 years old),  the time of the game is yet to be arranged so would it still be safe if its a evening kick off?

Never been to a game abroad before so any help to make the experience more enjoyable/easier would be great, thanks in advance.

 

 

Take a tour of the trophy Room weve got one in there blue whit youth tournament .

15 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Very sad, last time I saw him I thought he didn’t look well & someone said to me that he’d been really ill.

One of many from that era, like Ronnie & Tuba that are sadly no longer with us.

Yes true walk past the sun and expect to see those characters great memories of great blokes 

1 hour ago, Simon79 said:

Sorry, should of been a bit clearer! Who next for the Cardiff job? COYR 

Warnock again

Says it All when you have Norwich fans biting their nails with ten minutes to go much improved just that hard nasty centre back to sort it 

6 hours ago, Jarrett81 said:

Hey all. Heartbroken to say, but my Dad passed away aged 66 Saturday morning after a short, but brave battle with cancer. He was only diagnosed 7 weeks ago and due to the aggressive nature of the cancer I couldn't get him to any more games after the Sunderland match due to the decline in mobility. We are both season ticket holders and I'll miss having him stood next to me in Section 82. His brother and two grandsons also attend games and have season tickets in the Dolman Stand. I'll be attending Saturday after watching the other games on TV at home with him and it would really mean the world to me and him to have a minutes applause on the 66th minute. I've seen this done before and wasn't sure how to approach this. Thinking maybe here is a start. Thanks for any input.

Unfortunaly on holiday but il be thinking of him on 66th min.

5 hours ago, ScottishRed said:

You have my deepest sympathies Jarrett.

It is a baxtard of an illness which I am currently fighting.

Best wishes to your family.

Sorry to hear mate all the best .

1 minute ago, Selred said:

3 clean sheets at home in the last 3 games. Progress.

Yes true but you got to admit set  play and corners are nail biting times

12 hours ago, glynriley said:

Is it a coincidence that our forward line looks unplayable since this lad came in?

Great appointment by Nige if that’s the case. 

Agree pity the defensive coach aint as good .

17 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I'm sure Ian wouldn't agree with that. 

30 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

You can’t see the progress. Maybe you need to get your glasses on

Course theres progress but the problems at the back are still there an i like Naismith  overall the football is much better but we aint Real nadrid at the back .