Man City vs Spurs: Match Thread
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Spurs 1961
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These games are about getting match fit and trying some players and ideas out. The real stuff starts in two weeks so we need to be ready then not today. Happy with some things I have seen especially from the youngsters. Also Kane looks sharp unlike the jaded player who started the last couple of seasons.
Onwards and upwards and 4-1 against Madrid followed by 3-0 against us is good for City but means little
samspurs92
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Jokes aside you can tell City started their preseason a couple of weeks before us.
Why did we come back so late?!
Why did we come back so late?!
tobi
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The effort was there vs PSG and Roma.
It's only a friendly but it's a domestic rival, so why just go through the motions?
Streetspur77
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Yeah of course it's no excuse but I do think blanket statements about the state of our squad based on this one pre-season friendly against a very good side are over the top
heelspurs
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One positive from tonight is that with all their buying I actually don't think City looked all that. They are still soft in the middle. We were shit but I think they hammered us more at their place in the spring. If that was just a training session for us I am more confident of our prospects this season. We were minus Rose, Son, Big Vic, and (hopefully) Pereira on the right. On evidence we have much higher to go to our ceiling than that city team.
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Not a great friendly, we do need to step it up for when the seasons starts.
Tactical experiments went all wrong. But, more worryingly, it seems so easy for a well managed team to just box us in. This was a problem last season and we really need to work on it.
Positives were that GKN and Janssen look ready to play important roles this season.
It was only a preseason friendly, so no serious worries. Lets keep in mind Poch's record of preseason friendlies has been pretty darn poor. With the only one you could consider a real success result wise being his first season.
Still there are valid concerns brought up in the last two games that I hope we iron out before the beginning of the season.
Tactical experiments went all wrong. But, more worryingly, it seems so easy for a well managed team to just box us in. This was a problem last season and we really need to work on it.
Positives were that GKN and Janssen look ready to play important roles this season.
It was only a preseason friendly, so no serious worries. Lets keep in mind Poch's record of preseason friendlies has been pretty darn poor. With the only one you could consider a real success result wise being his first season.
Still there are valid concerns brought up in the last two games that I hope we iron out before the beginning of the season.
thinktank
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I think that game really highlighted that we need more pace. Any player we buy this window must have it.
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I don't want us to do anything about it. I fancy them to win the league because they have an amazing squad. I could be wrong, I often am, but that's my opinion. But even if they don't win the league it won't be us they lose out to, I'd bet my bollocks on that.
paulcumpstone
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That stems from the poor system on passing it back and square and to the goalie under no pressure.just invites them up the pitch.by the time we actually get it into midfield they are usually near our own box facing the wrong way with a man on their backs.everythings too safe and slow.
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GKN was lively today I thought. Seemed to retain the ball better today which is a vast improvement on last season.
Dier was rank. Trippier and Davies had their flaws shown up.
Our central midfield was dominated, and it was so frustrating to see city win the ball so easy and find a man so easily.
Too tired to ramble on but Dier was lacklustre and looking to carry on his form from last season.
Dier was rank. Trippier and Davies had their flaws shown up.
Our central midfield was dominated, and it was so frustrating to see city win the ball so easy and find a man so easily.
Too tired to ramble on but Dier was lacklustre and looking to carry on his form from last season.
mpickard2087
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Performance wise, on a technical level, that has to go down as one of the worst I have ever seen, because until a few brief moments towards the end I don't think we managed to carry out any aspect of the game to even satisfactory standard. We were so far off it, pre season or not, it was unbelievable.
As I said at half time, I suspect that Poch is properly beasting them and it's having an effect on what we are seeing in the matches... But that wasn't a pretty watch.
When you talk about where we could still improve, defending set pieces and playing our way upfield against pressing teams would be near the top of the list... Didn't tick those boxes tonight.
Individually very poor. Some of the subs - Nkoudou, TOB, KWP - were Ok but we're only talking fleeting glimpses. It was properly rubbish.
As I said at half time, I suspect that Poch is properly beasting them and it's having an effect on what we are seeing in the matches... But that wasn't a pretty watch.
When you talk about where we could still improve, defending set pieces and playing our way upfield against pressing teams would be near the top of the list... Didn't tick those boxes tonight.
Individually very poor. Some of the subs - Nkoudou, TOB, KWP - were Ok but we're only talking fleeting glimpses. It was properly rubbish.
I'm not buying that argument. We are two weeks from playing competetive games. We should look much better at this point.
tooey
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What's worse than people getting hyperbolic about a preseason friendly in a foreign country? Somebody getting hyperbolic about people getting hyperbolic about a preseason friendly in a foreign country. People are allowed to be miffed. It was a shit performance.
SargeantMeatCurtains
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Didnt watch a single minute of that game but we were fucking shit
cliff jones
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Wow we're really going to suck without Rose and Walker next year.
Get well soon Danny.
How have we actually managed to weaken ourselves?!
you mean the Chairman? He's incurable.
thinktank
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How are they gonna run out of steam next season, brah?? lol Did you not just see the depth of their squad?
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However we dress this up, all the excuses in the world , this was very bad, we looked like a pub team. I feel sorry for the fans, it was embarrassing.
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