jmono84 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 7 minutes ago, st albans fox said: This is why we aren’t top class football coaches He was still crap, just got two of the most simplistic assists. he still didn’t impress me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 3 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Are you suggesting Haaland was built by Maurizio Sarri? (Bit obtuse) More like Lady Margolotta of Uberwald, in order to challenge Vetinari's Unseen Academicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Just now, jmono84 said: He was still crap, just got two of the most simplistic assists. he still didn’t impress me Both assists were good. The pace he apparently doesn’t have to keep ahead of the defenders recovering their ground and the release of the pass with the right weight at the right time. The second was a first time cut back again perfectly weighted. Two decisions to make and twice made the right one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe90lcfc Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 8 minutes ago, The Bear said: Haaland is unstoppable, just an absolute monster. He may as well have been cooked up on a table in a castle by some bloke and an assistant named Igor. He was pretty stoppable first half to be fair! He was shite, second half he has took his chances with some excellent service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Ah...so the ref has brought his cards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernpark Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 2 minutes ago, Joe90lcfc said: He was pretty stoppable first half to be fair! He was shite, second half he has took his chances with some excellent service When are people going to judge a striker on his goalless first half performance, when he’s scored at least two goals in the second half. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Haaland has actually had a pretty poor game, but has still scored twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmono84 Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 10 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Both assists were good. The pace he apparently doesn’t have to keep ahead of the defenders recovering their ground and the release of the pass with the right weight at the right time. The second was a first time cut back again perfectly weighted. Two decisions to make and twice made the right one. You mean when he steals the ball from a flat footed CB 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe90lcfc Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 3 minutes ago, westernpark said: When are people going to judge a striker on his goalless first half performance, when he’s scored at least two goals in the second half. He is a great player i don’t doubt that, my point is he’s no machine and is stoppable, although he has scored 2 today he hasn’t been great, he should of scored 4 tbf, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post weller54 Posted 28 December 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 28 December 2022 15 minutes ago, jmono84 said: He was still crap, just got two of the most simplistic assists. he still didn’t impress me So.... you're Brad Pitt!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernpark Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Just now, Joe90lcfc said: He is a great player i don’t doubt that, my point is he’s no machine and is stoppable, although he has scored 2 today he hasn’t been great, he should of scored 4 tbf, Yeah but he’s not stoppable based on today because he scored twice. I agree with you that he’s not a machine completely from his own self, it helps the with the team he’s playing in. Perfect complement to that side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 Stoppable/human = one poor touch away from a hat-trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 33 minutes ago, The Bear said: More like Lady Margolotta of Uberwald, in order to challenge Vetinari's Unseen Academicals. Can still see the jet trail of that one going over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Col city fan Posted 28 December 2022 Share Posted 28 December 2022 1 hour ago, SouthStandUpperTier said: Grealish is actually a bit rubbish isn't he? His assists in the second half were excellent. Pep did well here. He could have subbed Grealish at half time for Foden but, knowing how that would dent his confidence AND knowing he’d been getting into the right positions, left him on. It was absolutely the right thing to do. Which is why he’s probably the best football manager out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 Grealish second half performance shows what Southgate what he's missing out on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes_rule1978 Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 I Thought Grealish was brilliant, best performance for a while from him to be fair, world class was shown there. Can he continue let’s see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suffolk fox Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Tielemans63 said: Rodri commits his 64th foul of the game and still hasn't been booked. As brilliant as Man City are, they are the masters of tactical fouling and referees never do anything about it. This spot on. Coached into them by Pep any team breaks on them they will always foul in order to stop a goal. Refs often let them get away with it....Rodri a prime example last night. Edited 29 December 2022 by suffolk fox mistake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 11 hours ago, Number 6 said: Haaland has actually had a pretty poor game, but has still scored twice Seems to hardly touch the ball or get involved but when he does it’s usually pretty deadly .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 27 minutes ago, suffolk fox said: This spot on. Coached into them by Pep any team breaks on them they will always foul in order to stop a goal. Refs often let them get away with it....Rodri a prime example last night. Yeah, they're clever because they stop attacks at source, usually by committing a foul the second they lose possession in the opposition half and / or at the first sign of a potential counter attack. Because they make the foul before the ball gets into their own half, their players rarely ever get booked. It's clever but it's something the authorities should look at IMHO. As I say, they get away with murder really. Rodri is the master at stopping attacks before the ball crosses the half way line, usually with a body check so it doesn't look too blatant. He will usually only get booked when he's accumulated probably 10 fouls whereas a player on the opposition team will probably have to make a similar challenge while Man City are in their half so the foul is more obviously stopping an attack and therefore they're more likely to pick up a yellow card. I personally feel like the referees / linos should be hotter on tactical fouls committed by players in their own half. I'm aware that other teams do the same but Man City do seem to have it down to a fine art. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 11 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said: Yeah, they're clever because they stop attacks at source, usually by committing a foul the second they lose possession in the opposition half and / or at the first sign of a potential counter attack. Because they make the foul before the ball gets into their own half, their players rarely ever get booked. It's clever but it's something the authorities should look at IMHO. As I say, they get away with murder really. Rodri is the master at stopping attacks before the ball crosses the half way line, usually with a body check so it doesn't look too blatant. He will usually only get booked when he's accumulated probably 10 fouls whereas a player on the opposition team will probably have to make a similar challenge while Man City are in their half so the foul is more obviously stopping an attack and therefore they're more likely to pick up a yellow card. I personally feel like the referees / linos should be hotter on tactical fouls committed by players in their own half. I'm aware that other teams do the same but Man City do seem to have it down to a fine art. Fabinho for Liverpool as well. He's allowed to make 5 or 6 blatant fouls before the ref usually even thinks about getting a card out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 37 minutes ago, filbertway said: Fabinho for Liverpool as well. He's allowed to make 5 or 6 blatant fouls before the ref usually even thinks about getting a card out. Yeah, good shout. There seems to be certain players who are it's almost expected of so refs don't do anything until it gets ridiculous. Fernandinho was the Godfather of the sneaky tactical foul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 Refs are trying to be too clever,and don't referee the game as it is... Biggest example is every corner kick. Refs should give 5-7 penalties... But rugby tackles ( holding not allowed in any European team sport) seems the modern way, plus pundits,commentators,managers (some fans) think, "well part of the game". IT AINT..!! Basta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumbleFox Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 17 hours ago, jmono84 said: He was still crap, just got two of the most simplistic assists. he still didn’t impress me Calm down Shania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 6 hours ago, Tielemans63 said: Yeah, they're clever because they stop attacks at source, usually by committing a foul the second they lose possession in the opposition half and / or at the first sign of a potential counter attack. Because they make the foul before the ball gets into their own half, their players rarely ever get booked. It's clever but it's something the authorities should look at IMHO. As I say, they get away with murder really. Rodri is the master at stopping attacks before the ball crosses the half way line, usually with a body check so it doesn't look too blatant. He will usually only get booked when he's accumulated probably 10 fouls whereas a player on the opposition team will probably have to make a similar challenge while Man City are in their half so the foul is more obviously stopping an attack and therefore they're more likely to pick up a yellow card. I personally feel like the referees / linos should be hotter on tactical fouls committed by players in their own half. I'm aware that other teams do the same but Man City do seem to have it down to a fine art. It's why I think the "teams never attack Man City" line is unfair. As you outline, they deliberately stop you doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 29 December 2022 Share Posted 29 December 2022 Still don't think Grealish was good, Leeds were that poor that something had to come off eventually. Rusty from Man City and still won at a canter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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