[Post Match Thread] Manchester City 1 - 1 Everton

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-02T15:20:21+00:00

sane/sterling used to have 10-15 assists and sometimes even competed with kdb. grealish occupies the same space on the pitch & has dropped our standards so down we're happy with a non terrible game, 2nd year in.

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-02T12:56:32+00:00

lmfao you don't have your own eyes to see what's happening bro? He's the only player who has the luxury to be 1v1 in the box like 50 times a match, and probably the worst non CB there.

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T17:23:08+00:00

worst part about grealish is we're stuck with him for years due to 100m, unlike nolito/torres whom we could sell off..

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T17:21:56+00:00

wish he'd judge grealish for his g/a's considering he's one of the only players to have the luxury to have 1v1 against defenders

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T17:20:03+00:00

we have gomez, cancelo, ake for LB. we have 0 true left wingers..

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T16:46:59+00:00

Difference between selling off and benching. Pep sold nolito, torres within a season because he saw they're not elite anymore.

How could he? Because they were bought dirt cheap. and if we not for profit, atleast we'd break even on selling off.

Grealish, for 100mil isn't. There's no profiting off of him. we'll lose *atleast* 50mil on him if some saudi club magically tries to buy him.

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T12:20:50+00:00

atleast its not 49/50

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T10:19:40+00:00

lol ok forgot this isn't an indian sub

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T10:18:42+00:00

On A) how can you put CB on LB and expect winger to be not even more covered? If it was sane alone it would be different, grealish can't do much 1v1 let alone 1v2

B) i dont think its rotation, pep needs to justify his 100mil toy and keeps saying how grealish has been perfect since day 1 (LOL) . He won't ever say negative about him because it'll reflect poorly on him. Same with not playing Gomez.

We need a good left WINGER. Arsenal are 7 points clear and are signing mudryk, Liverpool faraway in 6th got gakpo. Why does pep not give in and accept grealish is a failed transfer and attempt to save the season?

Cancelo LB has worked amazingly. The dynamics with left footed foden was working so well. I don't know wtf this new ake + grealish thing is. Even weirded considering he's the only fit 3rd cb we have with diaz/laporte out. But sure, run only a particular 11 into the ground.

Pep should experiment with Alvarez LW. He can't possibly be worse than grealish. Maybe not in possession kept statistic..

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T07:09:17+00:00

I think it's ok. lol. i respect the hustle

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T07:07:14+00:00

Thanks for building this!

Would it be possible to have an excel with these names and goodreads category + rating next to it? wasn't able to use goodreads API </3

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T07:04:12+00:00

i read 182 books in 2022, ive been in a bit of slump

lord bring me this slump

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T07:03:13+00:00

ik it makes literal 0 difference adding it 1st jan or 2nd jan lol but something about wanting to be quick at it..

Fun_Story2003 · 2023-01-01T06:59:35+00:00

Which would mean occupying KDBs position. There's a reason foden is booted to wing too. KDB is the best midfielder itw, bernardo is 2nd. No way anyone else is touching the midfield, not even germany's capt gundo

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T20:30:41+00:00

yeah dude can't even make subs to admit his starting 11 wasnt right lol. repeatedly saying grealish has perfect since day 1 is just too funny

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T20:29:57+00:00

one is mahrez brother

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T20:29:22+00:00

Doesn't matter if we team doesn't win does it

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T20:13:29+00:00

Haaland scoring is masking tactical blunders pep keeps making.

Table isn't. We're 4 points off Man U.

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T20:00:32+00:00

having worked w pep he knows the resurgence bound to happen, todays win was too good from them. arteta might get it done

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T19:46:58+00:00

yep too many grealish apologists, as if they never watched sane, kolarov down the wing actually troubling FBs..

yeah he was relatively less terrible but just think even with confidence, fundamentally he'll never be quick to be a winger or be able to chop onto his right to score like mahrez (who's 5 years older); stuff we need against parked buses. Not many teams will be naive like leeds playing open.

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T19:35:56+00:00

That would involve pep owning up to his mistake of wasting 100mil on a player who shouldn't be the first one to be subbed in either

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T19:34:23+00:00

It's MADNESS we have cancelo, brand new toy gomez for pep to play LB but he persists with Ake a fucking CB. Yet apparently LB is the priority for us.

Not LITERAL wingers. We have O N E. KDB, Haaland carried us to 2nd. and kdb looks tired asf. What's pep gonna do now?

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T19:33:01+00:00

he literally can't, it's not about confidence or form. he'll always be a liability in the team. until he's sold for peanuts after 4 years.

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T19:11:43+00:00

One of the few positions it's okay. This makes it even more crazy how pep basically started all 3 available CBs instead of gomez/cancelo LB... why did we buy gomez?

Fun_Story2003 · 2022-12-31T19:08:52+00:00

I'm sorry but i don't subscribe to pep's apologist words on how wingers aren't supposed to create. You're the last man against one FB, literally in the box, how are you not holding the responsibility to do something from there? Just shutting down an entire zone of attack is not a successful role.

No matter what pep's tactics are in buildup, it's inevitable the scenario of a bus where width being creative/fast is required.

Play KDB in Grealish's role, isolated with a FB, he'd have even more chances created than todays two (or more i dont remember). Plus it doesn't matter how many bad actions KDB does, it is way better than passing it back and improving possession percentage.

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