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Curtains. Poor for City to not put this to bed over the 3.5 hours.

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That’s what going down the middle looks like when the keeper doesn’t move. No idea why the comms were so bemused.

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Got to be a Real win hasn’t it…

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NewClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:30 pm
He’s definitely changed the game.

Yeah they were lacking directness for the first hour. As good as Grealish is he can be a bit like a crab which isn’t the most effective against a team with every player behind the ball.

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:31 pm
Do away goals not count

Yes, but only the same as home goals.

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City gonna lose on pens.

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December 23 2020 Calder Vale Holdings Limited take out a £65m loan from MSD Holdings UK Ltd (Charges were filed against Calder Vale holdings and Kettering Capital Limited at Companies House), I believe the cash it provided was used to prove that ALK Capital LLC had funds for the takeover which they...

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this is what he said "I don't mean to be over-dramatic on it because I can't explain it, but if you knew you would be 'oh my goodness, this is incredible'.” Alan Pace, January 5 2021, introductory press conference – a response to a question about the financial structure of the takeover Thanks for d...

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Bad week for Arsenal.

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Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:45 pm
That Dutch bloke for city is not bad.

Nathan Ake is on the bench.

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I'm sure they are in it to make money and that's a significant motivation. I'd hope that they are also bright enough to realise that the best way of making money is for the club to be successful. In terms of some of the smaller "co-owners" I suspect a reasonable chunk of motivation there is being p...

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I answered this above: I think in Alan’s case most likely the opportunity to be involved in the sport industry and football particularly given what he’s said about his time in Barcelona, the chance to be involved in the best league in the world, help build the brand around it, move it forward (Fore...

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:19 pm
A pint of fosters at the Royal Dyche?

I don’t think Mormons drink, but Fosters is probably weak enough to be exempt.

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I think City need Doku on here. It’s too one-dimensional at the minute.

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Obviously they’re not going to come out and say it. But in all the interviews Alan & JJ (plus Ball, Williams, etc) have done, the documentary, the shows JJ has done, the social media content, etc etc - nothing has given any suggestion that profit is front and centre of their minds. They certainly h...

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The standard on show in the Man City v Real Madrid game is immense. City being the most proactive but look very vulnerable at the back. Madrid have a very clever game plan and I can see them scoring again before the night is out.

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I disagree there in the sense I have not seen or heard anything from ALK that discusses them profiting from Burnley as their primary objective. I’ll say this for absolute certain and hopefully it’s a perspective you will consider in this assessment: There are thousands of ways to make money more ea...

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The Premier League have just reduced tonight’s result to 2-0.

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Not sure City have any issues with PSR though? And if they did, sure they could e found another way of satisfying it without selling one of the English footballs best talents. I’m not entirely sure where Man City stand in regards to PSR, but selling Palmer was more financially beneficial than selli...

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beddie wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:29 pm
If they sack Dyche after this I hope Kompany gets on the phone to Billy Mercer.

I don’t think Billy Mercer will have the authority to appoint Kompany.

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claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:26 pm
But none of them were fouls, were they?

No, but two nearly fouls equals a foul, doesn’t it?

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claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:24 pm
Why has the penalty been given?

I think it was given for a culmination of penalty appeals. The ref clearly gave it for the second and took his chances that one of the challenges was a foul.

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What a bunch of babies.

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What the hell has he given this for?

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As gutting as it is for us to hear we were close to getting him on loan for a season, just imagine how bad it is for City fans imagining Palmer / Foden being their future. Huge error from Pep. Was he not sold because he’s a home grown player so therefore his entire transfer fee counts as a profit a...

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England should build their team around Palmer, and Foden, and Grealish, oh, and Kane, and Madison, and Bellingham.

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Foster did look knackered on Saturday, but he’s only just come back from another long lay off. Odobert and Koleosho tend just to drift out of games for me, which I think is often about experience and confidence. As an example Koleosho’s diminishing effectiveness tended to coincide with the games be...

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I read even Tarks said he annoys him in games :lol: :lol: I can believe it. He’s hyperactive and talks a lot, but I wouldn’t say he’s particularly dislikable - at least not to me. Seems to come across like a decent bloke. There are many players in the Premier League who I’d rather see get a slap.

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Confidence and nouse, probably. Fitness, no. Maybe, maybe not. Some of our players do noticeably look tired towards the end of games. Without wishing to draw comparison to Dyche’s sides I felt we used to be the opposite and would often not even make a single substitute. Perhaps we play a higher int...

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beddie wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:30 pm
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer keeper.

Why do people dislike him so much? I wouldn’t say he’s particularly ‘not nice’.

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Great finish.

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Wow. Nice work Pickford.

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I’m not sure I can see a team lacking fitness being in so many close games at this point of the season. You’d expect us to be struggling to stay in games at the back end of the season, but we’ve actually been in more games of late and even nearly beat Chelsea with 10 men. The problem is in the pers...

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beddie wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:22 pm
Have of effort from us against against Everton and we could have turned them over. They are shocking.

Everton away and Palace at home were probably the poorest opposition we’ve faced this season other than Sheff U who went down to 10 men fairly early.

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Southgate will obviously take him. I can’t ever recall someone in such form being left out of one of his major tournament squads.

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I don't think I am. The quotes from both Mcguiness and Cathro both imply the use of studs as the first touch to give then a slight advantage in being able to play both ways. As soon as you take a touch with the sidefoot it attracts the press from one side, it's a trigger for the press and you then ...

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I don't subscribe either but seem to be able to view the article for some reason. So you're just going to ignore expert professional opinion because it contradicts your own fairly archaic opinion? Here's a few more quotes on there from highly regarded coaches, it also uses example of Raya and Eders...

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Here's a better link talking about it. Ironic that the mistake happened against one of the pioneers of the technique. https://theathletic.com/4912608/2023/10/12/sole-foot-tactical-revolution?source=user-shared-article Includes this quote from De Zerbi: 'If you have it to the left, you could not pla...

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Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:44 pm
Can only think of Chelsea away where the subs have had a meaningful impact on the game. The ones yesterday once again poor.

Fulham at home I guess, but the question there would surely be that Fofana should have started that game.

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All very despondent and rightly so but it could have been so different if we had just one player who could score goals. We started the season , and continued through it, without a recognised goal scorer. I am unsure if its true that we chose not to play Luton in that first game but if so it was a m...

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We do of course long for Heaton and Pope again, but they were incapable of playing the way we play (and City etc play). The fast distribution, the high defence and sweeper keeper. I’m not convinced having them in our goal this season would have saved us. I think it’s more than likely we’d have pick...

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Darnhill Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:48 pm
I haven't looked at the 'rate the players' thread, but not surprisingly Ekdal looked very rusty yesterday. The further away he is from our goal, the more confident he looks, but for a defender, I'm not sure that is a great recommendation.

Really? I thought Ekdal was fantastic yesterday.

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Let’s just thank the lord for the international breaks.

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Look how empty the Emirates is. What a bunch of plastics.

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Haha. What a shocker today has been. Hand City the title.

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People around me were laughing when we conceded yesterday.

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Would you have commented on that if it hadn't slipped under his foot? I don't think I've seen that criticism of his technique at any point until yesterday. Do you watch all other prem keepers to see if they ever team it with their stoods, I'm fairly sure I've seen Alisson do it regularly for exampl...

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That isn't bad technique. It's exactly what modern day players are being taught to do at the top level. https://twitter.com/TifoFootball_/status/1614925564925583365?s=19 Did you watch the clip you posted below? I did, and it doesn’t even mention why players put their studs on the ball. The video is...

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There's definitely hints of laziness across the team at times. I'm really surprised that some people can't see it. For example, yesterday Brighton beat us with a long ball over the top that almost ended up in the back of the net, the assistant went on to raise his flag regardless. But Foster was sto...

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Yeah thats what he did mate. It's just the wrong thing to do and at the wrong time. Same as last week when there was 20 seconds left in the half. For the record, I said in the summer, prior to signing Trafford, that I would be surprised if Muric started in the prem for these reasons. However, I wel...

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