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cao:
Supergirl.

I couldn’t believe my eyes until my eyes caught the red 'f'. Stuff is waste of SCREEN time as far as I am concerned.

gurunlocker:
I believe this thing didn't started today, the erosion has occur a long time... But we as African don't take things serious until it got damage..... Very pathetic

it like there was no Bridge constructed for it just some kind of tunnel pipes laid down.

admax:
I don't know why Africans tend not to be proactive. That road must have been showing signs of distress before collapsing.

They were using cello-tapes to hold the roads together.

@your second pic you have got to be kidding right.

I almost thought the topic was Rita Dominic and her DIL, I wanted shout but mercifully i re-checked

KissChris:
3. Princess Lalla Salma, Morocco

I thought morocco follows a monarchial system how come the first lady is a princess not Queen?

raumdeuter:
Controlling a ball and passing to an open Kolarov is Pep style, Or Fernandinho falling is Pep style or John Stones falling asleep and failing to receive a simple pass

Ha man let just bone it abeg. Pep is an excellent manager to me anyways.

Nihilist:
Let me ask you this.

Assuming you hadn't seen that clip before, and you saw only up to where KDB received the ball and someone asked you what would happen next...

Would you predict that:

A KDB turns and passes to Kolarov in space on his left
B KDB turns and passes the ball to Busquets on his right

All factors constant A

Nihilist:
That second guy was KDB...if it was a novice, this excuse would hold.

Of course bruyne isn't a novice but the whole team are novice at playing Pep style compared to Barca.

Nihilist:
You mean Gundogan and KDB have not mastered the art of passing under pressure?

Gundongan wasn't even under pressure when he made that stoopid pass.

KDB had a very open passing lane to Kolarov in acres of space to his left.

Both chose to make ediotic decisions...which are uncharacteristic of them anyway.

All you mentioned up there are signs of an unblended team and was due to the off - ball marking of Barca meaning there was hardly no time to look around to release the ball to others you got to have a mental position of where your team mates are and Release quickly.

Griffon:
Man save me this line of reasoning. What fueled all these errors? Y'all make it look as if City players were paid to commit those errors. City’s process of coming to terms with how their manager wants them to play creates an environment where mistakes are more likely, so the manager takes the blame.

Barca when off the ball are very good at closing down their opponents, If Pep was that pragmatic he would have thought about that and instructed his players to release the ball quick enough, but hell no, he's a big fan of ball retention and there he got served.

You can't blame KDB and Gundogan for passing to Barca players when they should have made a clearance, they were only playing to the gaffer's instruction.

When things go wrong, this is what a manager does/says:



. . .and that is his job!

Guardiola knew the type of team he was facing more than anyone since he coached them before, to me he should have set them up differently to counter Barca style not try to outplay them using the style they know best. When you meet a stronger team you play to neutralise their strenght not try to out strenghten their strenght.

nateevs:
And logic suggests that tutored by the grand master himself, its only matter of time before they master it. It will be a combination tactical training and transfer of the ideal players to get it right. When he does eventually, most people will come up with a new story.

Of course he could If he has the players. Which leads us to the next question does he have those players to sustain in the long run. Silva is 30, fernandinho and nolito is near that If I am not making a mistake, does he have a Messi - like figure to display raw talent and skills, hot strikers like Eto, henry, Villa etc, fast, attacking full backs to increase width like Abidal, zambrotta, Alves etc, technical and able defenders like puyol.?

I sincerely hope he suceeds though for the sake of Iheanacho and the Premier League and i hope Conte suceeds with us too. The standard and competitiveness(just like the Italian league of old) of EPL would be raised hopefully or the opposite could happen.

Look at the 2nd Gif for example. First guy passed to his mate and was quickly pressured by Barca players, fellow panicked and tried to quickly pass but he was dispossessed, am sure when he received the pass he had no immediate person in mind to pass to.

Nihilist:
I strongy disagree with this bit

Origin of the 1st goal
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Origin of the second goal
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Origin of the 3rd
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Can you please point out which one of these goals were cause by 'trying to play a style the other team were better at'?

As far as I can see, none of these mistakes came from attempting intricate passing moves.

last two of Messi came from a city player misplacing a pass to his team mate. To me they haven't quite mastered the art of passing the ball under pressure and to make things worse they met the masters of the style.

nateevs:
How many times has City been there before? How did they play? Did they win? Were they not playing conservatively?

Yeah they lost but at least not this bad and their past meetings took place in the 2nd round and higher. In the past they lost because they were out played yesterday they lost because they made silly errors trying to play a style the other team were better at.

donjazet:
Probably an inexperienced one. Did you watch the arsenal game? Ludogorets actually played well. Their passes were very decent, hell!! They actually had more posseion than arsenal!! But what was the final score? The coach rather than sit back and try to catch them on the break, his team tried to attack and used a high line and arsenal use counter finish their life.

That is tactical inflexibility!!
This is not the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time that he has been disgraced in Europe, why doesn't he learn??

To make it worse for them their defence is less pacy than arsenal attackers. Imagine that Ozil 2nd goal that chamberlian assisted.

Danhumprey:
were you in a cave when the match was played? The match ended 2-1. And if not for our profligacy, we could have equalised and even won the match.


So get your facts right next time.

Yeah all right i made a mistake about the score and funny enough i was actually in an actual cave when that match was been played . But my point still stands Anyway, manure didn’t capitalise completely on Bravo's mistakes after all he made like three blunders.

raumdeuter:
Fault anything in it if you wish

On a second thought i would just pass.

raumdeuter:
LaLiga 4th placed team destroying EPL number 1

Disgrace of a league

Did you just post the garbage up there or someone else did.

Neymar sha. If Hazard played penalty like that i would have flogged him. He was just too easy to guess.

Messi has killed city

Pathetic defending from both ludroget and city backline.

City defence sha. all this passing back and forth never master them. Maybe perhaps you can't teach old donkeys new tricks.

bykebyke:
Stegen...The Goalkeeper Chelsea fans think Courtois is.

Yeah right. I am quite sure Bravo would have been better to you some months ago. For me the only area he could be said to be better than Courtois is his passing ability but for shot stopping, reflexes? No stegen aint better to me

Nihilist:
Joe Hart go just dey laugh.

Am telling you. It makes me wonder what Bravo essence when he can't pass the ball accurately under pressure, I mean that why he was bought right.

SailorXY:
better reduce the quantity of Ijebu Garri.

Am sorry?

Imagine Bravo.

Danhumprey:
Dayo gan sef! Kini difference? Forced errors or unforced errors, what is the difference? What matters is if the opposing team is smart enough to capitalise on the errors.



SMH.

But your team wasn't exactly smart enough to capitalise on those errors. Were they? Match ended two nil

That dribble was epic. damn

kokaneprodigy:
How does this relate to what I was saying?, Oga go and sleep and read my post again in the morning.

We were talking abt Iwobi's dribbling ability and how that trait is inherent when u think of the bloodline he shares with JayJay. Where do trophies and career come in here? Reason i said u didn't ff what lead to my post.

*sighs* there is no need.

kokaneprodigy:
Did u read my post properly at all?

Of course i did or maybe perhaps you don't understand where I am coming from in terms of raw talent and skill JayJay stands tall among all but in terms of achievement, trophies, laurels etc In short the very things that matter in Football he is not someone to be reckoned with and his career isn't what you pray for a young budding player.

After yesterday's game I look forward to our sun game and i promise hell on this thread If you guys lose.

kokaneprodigy:
What do u expect? Iwobi has JayJay's blood flowing in his vein, didn't u see how he made Kante lie down in green pastures against Shekpe? Embarassing Pa Ivanovich ikebe super as well.

Dude just needs more stamina and confidence and u have another JayJay.

Another jay-jay okocha? I am going to take it that you mean in terms of skills not productivity.