Merrick's Marvels Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 (edited) Well played, every man jack of you. Proud of the lot of you tonight, coaches included. Completely dominant, modern and progressive. Front foot football ! Edited January 26 by Merrick's Marvels 14 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Front foot football Just lacking that quality striker . 6 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Robin Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Yes we are starting to play decent football...just need to score more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJ Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Yes agree with this thought we were very good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_eastender Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Thought Mehmeti had good 1st half, a few almost moments but Williams came on at HT and completely nullified him. Bell, as has become the norm, got into some good positions but then took the wrong options. 0-0 probably fair result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy Red Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 I couldn't make it tonight so watched it on TV. I thought we handled the ball really well and were in control for large spells. I am encouraged by what Manning is trying to do. It will take a bit of time and a few of his own signings, but i think the signs are positive. Special shout outs for all of the back 5 and Mehmeti (first half), who i thought looked a threat. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityCiderEd Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Tommy is ploughing a lone farrow up front and desperately needs someone around him. For all our good play tonight we are short of quality in the final third. 15 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 We did play well, but I never felt excited at any point tonight Hopefully the shots on target and goals will come in time 12 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loco Rojo Posted January 26 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 26 McCrorie - wow. What a player we have and considering how long he's been out as well, how natural he's fitted in. The guy is fantastic and will only get better. 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packman Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Could have played until Christmas and not scored, decent performance though. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Robin Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, Loco Rojo said: McCrorie - wow. What a player we have and considering how long he's been out as well, how natural he's fitted in. The guy is fantastic and will only get better. Totally agree, he is going to be awesome for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 46 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Well played, every man jack of you. Proud of the lot of you tonight, coaches included. Completely dominant, modern and progressive. Front foot football ! I get the sentiment - but we didn’t have a shot on target Bit OTT I say 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 4 minutes ago, Loco Rojo said: McCrorie - wow. What a player we have and considering how long he's been out as well, how natural he's fitted in. The guy is fantastic and will only get better. I think we lost something for a short spell when he went off and tanner was left exposed for a short while. The same when mehmeti went off. He and Pring are really starting to develop an understanding and then Cornick came on and for me Pring had too much defensive responsibility as cornick’s instinct is to play more narrow. Pring being as good as he is was able to compensate for a bit less support 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Just now, 38MC said: I think we lost something for a short spell when he went off and tanner was left exposed for a short while. The same when mehmeti went off. He and Pring are really starting to develop an understanding and then Cornick came on and for me Pring had too much defensive responsibility as cornick’s instinct is to play more narrow. Pring being as good as he is was able to compensate for a bit less support I can only asume he's still being brought back carefully after such a long spell out. Good management. Good point about Tanner. I think he plays with more confidence with McCrorie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Played some really nice football, dominated large parts of the game. But we are very predictable in the final third, would love to see us pop some one two’s centrally on the edge of the box, but we 100% go wide and look to cross. Opposition teams know this, and defend accordingly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelton’s Love Gravy Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 I need a wee-wee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 59 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Well played, every man jack of you. Proud of the lot of you tonight, coaches included. Completely dominant, modern and progressive. Front foot football ! There’s was lots to like but it’s not even the best we’ve played this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 We appear to be heading in the right direction (we were anyway pre Manning imo albeit slowly). We controlled large chunks of that game except the 20 minutes after half time when Gibbs White (he’s a player imo) made a difference. We have one obvious issue to address and that’s goals. If you can control large parts of games AND SCORE then you can start looking at top ends of leagues. Still plenty of work to be done but aside from not scoring it’s hard to fault that tonight unless you’re a miserable bastard tbh. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 26 minutes ago, Packman said: Could have played until Christmas and not scored, decent performance though. Not a single shot on target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 31 minutes ago, CityCiderEd said: Tommy is ploughing a lone farrow up front and desperately needs someone around him. For all our good play tonight we are short of quality in the final third. Been saying that for ages - City need a powerful CF to bully defenders and hold the ball up. Someone like Diedhiou was. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted January 26 Author Report Share Posted January 26 10 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: I get the sentiment - but we didn’t have a shot on target Bit OTT I say We put in a 90 minute performance, dominated a Premier League team with better players, played front foot! possession football in modern, progressive patterns that had the opposition chasing shadows and when we didn't have the ball, barely gave them a look in. Only thing missing, a cutting edge. But you're not getting much more out of any of those players, virtually 9 or 10 out of 10 all of them. So back to the league and we need that again from all of them plus Twine to create mayhem or a spending spree next week. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted January 26 Author Report Share Posted January 26 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Henry said: There’s was lots to like but it’s not even the best we’ve played this season. What was? Edited January 26 by Merrick's Marvels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 26 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: I get the sentiment - but we didn’t have a shot on target Bit OTT I say I think I agree. It’s odd because I’m usually very rose tinted and I just feel a bit flat after that, I said it at HT maybe WH game raised my expectations a little too much. We’ve had lots of good spells tonight without really troubling their goal, or their dodgy keeper. Happy to accept I’m probably wrong or in the minority here - but Liam saying the players are disappointed they haven’t won, is probably where I’m at with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Lord.......can you please find us striker, who knows how to put a football into a space 24 ft by 8 ft on a reasonably regular basis? All applications to Ashton Gate Bristol..............Amen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 We played much better at the London stadium less than three weeks ago against a proper PL level club. We created some great chances and scored a wonderful goal. Forest looked like a yo yo level team, no better than the parachute teams in this division and a home draw is only about par I would say 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: We played much better at the London stadium less than three weeks ago against a proper PL level club. We created some great chances and scored a wonderful goal. Forest looked like a yo yo level team, no better than the parachute teams in this division and a home draw is only about par I would say Yeah but Forest were better at AG tonight than West Ham were. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Just now, cidercity1987 said: We played much better at the London stadium less than three weeks ago against a proper PL level club. We created some great chances and scored a wonderful goal. Forest looked like a yo yo level team, no better than the parachute teams in this division and a home draw is only about par I would say I didn’t look at it like that tbh. For me tonight is the first game I’ve seen at the Gate where we had a real identity. Yes we need to add quality and goals, that’s obvious, but if we start controlling large parts of games like we did tonight then I can see progress. I’ve seen us win tens of games over the last 4-5 years when we’ve barely been in control for 15 minutes of the 90. So I’ll take that tonight IF that’s the style and general performance level going forward. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 It was almost end to end stuff. Almost because both teams were pretty average in their respective final thirds. I’m very happy with the performance but we definitely didn’t dominate them. As mentioned on here by others, no shots on target meant it wasn’t that exciting. 0-0 was fair. We’re one CF and one creative midfielder away from it clicking IMO. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 28 minutes ago, Henry said: There’s was lots to like but it’s not even the best we’ve played this season. Could make a case it’s not even the best we’ve played this month close but I think the WH games were bigger performances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 20 minutes ago, Robbored said: Been saying that for ages - City need a powerful CF to bully defenders and hold the ball up. Someone like Diedhiou was. How can you say hold the ball up & fam in the same sentence . He had feet made of trampolines. We need recreation no doubt though 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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