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I dislike this new proposed offside rule. It unofficially kills the high line tactics.

Fubara appears politically naive and out of his depth. He has been outmaneuvered at least three times already and it increasingly looks like the entire strategy was to lure him toward APC to humiliate him.

Ibime:
You are incorrect. Chelsea stadium cap is 40k and even if increased to 60k, you will not find tickets on general sale

Arsenal is 60k capacity and you will not find tickets on general sale not even Carabao Cup, nor Manure with 80k capacity even despite their recent slump. When City had stadium cap of 47k even after 2 league titles, I used to get tickets to matches like Barcelona, Bayern etc on general sale and even ghosted the opportunity to buy UCL semifinal ticket against Madrid there cos I know it will surely come around again.

Dem no born you well to see that kind ticket at Chelsea or Arsenal or Manure for love or money. The only ticket I have got for Manure on general sale was a Carabao ticket, and can only get normal league tickets there by paying season ticket holders to give up their seat for one game. There are levels to this. Arsenal is completely impossible without going outside the stadium and paying a tout 4x the ticket price even if they are playing Grimsby or MK Dons. Arsenal is actually the Baba for ticket unavailability and they have been virtually trophyless for 2 decades.

I think you are significantly overestimating your fanbase in London. I checked Spurs’ website and there are still tickets available on general sell for their game against Sunderland. That’s a club with double, if not triple, your fanbase in London, yet even their new stadium is experiencing the same issue City does. Chelsea, with a larger stadium, would face the same situation as well.

Ibime:
This is how you know a small club, advertising match tickets everywhere on all Social Media and you can buy on general sale right next to the Dugout where Pep and co are sitting

You can hardly find this at any major club. Try to buy any Chelsea ticket now over the next mont h and you will only see Hospitality tickets costing hundreds or thousands of pounds. Arsenal tickets are even more impossible. Sometimes when Jarus is visiting UK he will ask me to source Arsenal tickets for him and nothing come out even Carabao tickets, he will have to go and buy from touts at jacked up prices. But Man City tickets, I can go there and buy at the entrance gate even if they are playing Barcelona or Bayern. Plastics.

You can’t realistically compare City with Arsenal or other established traditional clubs. City are still growing in fanbases. Chelsea stadium capacity is about 33k while Manchester City’s is roughly 54k which explains the difference. City simply do not operate from a small stadium like Stamford Bridge.

Nemesis0147:
Imagine giving Maresca the Man City war chest with a very calm fan base and supportive ownership Including giving him his desired set of professional players regardless of their ages…….what Pep did in his first 5years will be a child's play.

If we are getting Pep replacement it will be after the upper season and it's either Kompany or Arteta. Maybe Hansi Flick if he has left Barca.

Cc Android17

semid4lyfe:
Nigeria will become the most hated country in Africa if this scales through and we make it to the world cup.

Summary: In the DR Congo Constitution, you can't hold dual nationality. You gats renounce your other nationality to take up theirs.

Apparently, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and other dual-nationals never renounced their other nationalities. FIFA is currently investigating and a verdict is expected soon.

If congo says those players are eligible and FIFA approved their eligibility then Nigeria has no case.

Android17:
We just have to get the medical team to lie to Pep that Bernardo is injured otherwise he'll start him again vs Crystal Palace. Great player in his day but the mileage on his legs is like he's 38 years old.

Pep is asking too much of Bernardo. In today game he had about 3 to 4 different roles. I will honestly take more of Bernardo than reijnders. At least he's running and throwing himself around. We have no other serious midfield option at the moment and it seems lewis has fallen out of favor with Pep.

Carragher has always been team Mane so you know why he dislikes Salah.

Android17:
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Elliot Anderson is a must but not sure Nottingham will sell in January except for £100m which we won't pay since we can get him for £65-80m in summer .

Are you certain of that? If he goes to the world cup and have a good tournament his price will definitely go higher and more teams will be interested. If we can get him in January for 90 to 95 then we should go all in.

andrewbaba44:
Buy Elliot Anderson for 100M and he won’t be a bench player ,then Nico game time will reduce

Mancity and pep too Mumu

They will be plenty of game time for Nico. Bernardo and kovacic will be leaving at the end of the season. No one can be sure Rodri will return back to peak form after his injury and his contract is also expiring in 2027 with rumours he might be heading to Spain. I think we have offered him a contract extension that he hasn't accepted yet.

andrewbaba44:
I wonder the job of a Gk ,if not for shot stopping

In the modern game the job of a goalkeeper is more than just shot stopping. Is dominating his box and claiming crosses not also his job? There's a reason Enrique was comfortable in getting rid of him. He's an excellent shot stopper but average in other areas.

Android17:
Anderson rumors are true but I doubt we go for him in January. Rodri isn't relapsing. I think Pep is focused on giving him more time to fully recover. We rushed him back if you recall. Its his thigh that has the issue. The hamstring has healed.

Reijnders, Bernardo, Doku are quite lazy OOP. Literal training cones. Cherki has been equally poor but today he was EXCEPTIONAL.

I really can't wait to have a fit Rodri back. Nico has been playing too much this past week which explains Pep taking him out at 5:2. A double pivot of Rodri and Nico might just be the way forward if we don't go for Anderson. We are also being linked with Semenyo in January. Thoughts on that.

Android17:
No need to entertain lazy spectators. You're 100% right. Infact, this was the exact reason I didn't want Donnarumma. He saves us but many times its because of a mistake he himself made.

I have been looking for you. What's your honest assessment of reijnders so far. I really don't like his defensive contribution.

Reijnders offers nothing defensively. I don't understand a Cm that cant get stuck in and challenge for balls. Cherki had more defensive contribution in those few mins he came on. With kovacic out till April and Rodri relapsing constantly, I am hoping those Anderson rumors in January are true.

popizaino:
This is a pure lie.

If there's anything pep guardiola has gotten right,it is the signing of Donnaruma. I watch city game and i am marvel at what he does on weekly basis.

How he still followed that Barnes first goal against Newcastle still dey surprise me.

Ok

To avoid another Palmer situation was why we didn't sell Savinho to Tottenham. I still have faith he will recover his girona and first season form.

Ibime:
How far your DM shipping 4 goals? What is the DM doing?

Just stop with this agenda. Nico left the game at 5:2.

andrewbaba44:
Current donnaruma is an upgrade to Ederson

No need to lie because of this bad game

He's only better than Ederson at shot stopping and even at that we are still conceding goals at a ridiculous rate. Dominating his box, collecting crosses, Calm under pressure Ederson was far better. Ederson was disrespected last season and scapegoated.

Ederson was soo disrespected. Donnaruma has not really upgraded our defense.

How can you be 27 and be confused as a 6, 8 or 10. Watching Reijnders yesterday made me miss Kovacic which says a lot. I said it something back Ait nouri is looking like a waste of money already.

Ibime:
Barcelona could have done with the Nico Gonzalez Man City stole from them today, if he wasn't being outclassed by Leverkusen duds at the same time

Nico was actually the only one in that midfield with a good game. Playing with Rico and Reijnders in midfield is like playing with two traffic cones. Your Reijnders plays football like a fairy. Everything he does, he does wrong. He’s either invisible or a complete f**ck up. Can't believe I fell for the hype.

TemporaryHansel:
A lady admitted she wasn't ready for marriage yet. It's not like she didn't love the guy and didn't want to marry him oh, but just not yet. But the guy proposed to her in public in the presence of their friends and family when they were at the reception of another family member's marriage, the lady had no choice but to accept because she didn't want to embarrass the guy and her family who were present.

I'm 100% sure the guy knew that lady wasn't ready to get married at the time, but decided to ambush her, which is quite selfish and seems like low-self esteem to me .
They all know what they're doing. When it backfires, they (the men) shouldn't get any pity.

But proposal doesn't mean you are getting married in a day or two. Some actually do it to reassure the girl they are not just there to chop and clean mouth, that the relationship is actually heading somewhere. Some can propose now and do the official marriage in two years time. Proposal at the end of the day doesn't really mean much.

A40:
I always seen the quality. I'm a bit disappointed he's not sharpened his finishing and end product. That's all he needs to go from streets won't forget to bonafide POTY

Today was his first league goal since January. He has been working on his finishing right from the club world cup and hopefully we get to see more goals from him.

Android17:
I haven't watched the full game yet but I am sure Cherki was nervous. Big game jitters. Same as his first game at the CwC. The team will still be building chemistry because we still have to integrate our BdO midfielder.

Bernardo wouldn't consistently be a starter. Reijnders will start depending on how much we want to play in transition.

The most important thing is, I want Cherki to understand he will need to learn to play within the team. Something Doku is now improving on as well.

NOR definitely should hold LB for now, but at the beginning of the season, Guillem Balague wrote an article about talking to Pep about the 2 players that excite him for this season. He said RAN was one of the names because he can even play 10. RAN will work on his physicality like Nuno Mendes needed to do but his own arc is incredibly high. This team still has some ways to go. The whole strategy was to stay competitive till March next year when the team, hopefully peaks.

Its refreshing playing again with a competent midfield. I actually wrote off Nico last season but damn he has been top class. I wish Pep would find a way to fit Nico and Rodri in the same line up.

Cherki was bad today, Both Nicos were World class as usual and shout out to Bernardo. Nunez also shut down that leftwing. Ait nouri is already looking like a waste of funds thanks to O'Riley. Those that doubted city will eat the words and feets come May.

Another brilliant half from Nico. We now have a capable deputy for Rodri and Foden has taken his game to another level playing this 8 role and controlling games.

Emaprince:
Dam.n , bro.

Take heart man.

It wont be easy, but God knows why it had to happen.

I wish you guys love and the fortitude to bear the loss.

May her soul rest in peace.

I hate this line and I don't know why Nigerians always use it to justify a bad situation. Just drop a simple condolence and leave.

popizaino:
Lost my mum this morning. 💔

Sorry for your loss.

Android17:
Pep has tried 4 different things in 4 different games this season. That's the excuse in my head. Its clear he's looking for something. The team will not have an identity till December 2025 into January 2026.

Bro how do you see our midfield and it's issue in holding onto possession and dominating games. The 2nd half was irritating and United could have scored at least 2 with better decision making. I know Rodrigo is not back to full fitness but Rejinders is not helping matters in that regard. I thought he was like Gundogan but he's not.

I can't recognize Pep anymore.

AirBere:
A goal keeper who's excellent at shot stopping but average at passing trumps a goal keeper that's excellent at passing but average at shot stopping. Wonderful save by Dona. Trafford would've conceded today 100%.


Similar to how a striker who's excellent at goal scoring trumps a striker who can do other things but average at goal scoring.

Primary job of a striker is to score goals, primary job of a keeper is to stop shots.

Tell me you don't watch city without telling me you don't. Performance has been terrible. The reason United have 70% possession in this 2nd half and countless shots against us is because we are missing a ball player like Ederson. We can't even control possession anymore against United at home. I fear for us going to Anfield and Emirates.

Nigeria need a foreign coach that's capable. This set of players are good enough to top this group. Missing the world cup with this crop of players is a disaster.