| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:39 - Apr 22 with 2404 views | union_jack |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 18:47 - Apr 22 by londonlisa2001 |
I despair at times.
Not the performance today, but the reaction to it.
There is no game plan we could use against that team in the game where they celebrate the title with absolutely no pressure on them at all. None.
Sit back and they score 5. Go for it and they probably score 7. Hack them down and they score 7 and we have players sent off and unavailable for the crucial games coming up,
Anyone saying 'that's it, we're down now' - were you seriously counting on points today? Seriously?
The best thing that could happen today did happen. Stoke didn't win at home against Burnley. A team with nothing to play for. Same as Southampton didn't win on Thursday against Leicester. Another team with nothing to play for. And we are moaning because we didn't get anything at Man City on the day they celebrated the title. By a mile. Because they are the best team in this league by a mile.
Bloody hell.
Some of our play was disappointing - Mawson had a shocker. Carroll had not much better, and I'm not certain they mentioned Ki in the first half. But they were just completely outclassed. All of them. And it's impossible in that situation.
I suspect we'll get 2 points from our next two games. And that will probably be enough.
Huge summer awaits. Proper recruitment needed. A full clear out needed. Just to get rid of wages even if we get no fee in.
But today didn't show us anything other than this Man City team are as good as any premier league team has ever been. On a par with that Arsenal team. And that Man Utd team. Sometimes you just have to say - we can't compete with a team that has that amount of money thrown at it. |
A lot of that does make sense but regarding the Soton results, don't forget they had a semi final fixture today which would have played heavily in them I've no doubt.
Unfortunately (I think), them losing today will mean putting full effort into their remaining games. They have some good players and I am fearing an upturn in their fortunes over the next three weeks.
But, it's in our own hands. We can't ask more than that at this stage. |  |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:44 - Apr 22 with 2375 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:31 - Apr 22 by skettyparkherbert |
Hi Londonlisa
You are totally correct about the gap between the top and bottom is getting wider because of the stupid money in the premier league.
How is this going to stop because it isn't a level playing field now because there are only truly 3 teams that will compete next season maybe 4 if Chelsea spend another hideous fortune.
City, Utd and Liverpool will be there fighting it out, Chelsea ,Spurs and Arsenal will make up the other top six spots but in general the richer the club the higher up you finish?
What can be done to correct this? |
Think we are probably headed for a European super league to be honest.
Fanss in this country won't like it as much, but the money is in China, US, Africa etc. so the powers that be won't care. Neither will the owners of the clubs involved. |  | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:45 - Apr 22 with 2358 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:39 - Apr 22 by union_jack |
A lot of that does make sense but regarding the Soton results, don't forget they had a semi final fixture today which would have played heavily in them I've no doubt.
Unfortunately (I think), them losing today will mean putting full effort into their remaining games. They have some good players and I am fearing an upturn in their fortunes over the next three weeks.
But, it's in our own hands. We can't ask more than that at this stage. |
They put full effort into every match up until April I assume and are still below us by 4 points. There must be a reason for that. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:48 - Apr 22 with 2349 views | ploppy |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:05 - Apr 22 by GeoffThom |
Well it worked for Wigan so explain that one |
Wigan beat 10 men on a dodgy pitch. There you go. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:48 - Apr 22 with 2349 views | union_jack |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:45 - Apr 22 by londonlisa2001 |
They put full effort into every match up until April I assume and are still below us by 4 points. There must be a reason for that. |
But this is the business end of the season. As I said, they have some players capable of turning games.
I sincerely hope you are right and may go to sleep tonight with your words ringing in my ears😄 | |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:50 - Apr 22 with 2339 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:48 - Apr 22 by union_jack |
But this is the business end of the season. As I said, they have some players capable of turning games.
I sincerely hope you are right and may go to sleep tonight with your words ringing in my ears😄 |
Everton is key for them. Let's hope they don't win. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:04 - Apr 22 with 2288 views | Swanseaman |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 17:01 - Apr 22 by trinityann |
This is embarrassing compared to the Rodgers/Laudrup days. I've got to the point where I don't care what division we are in, I can't watch any more of this five at the back park the bus football. We play football without a midfield. |
I hate it too,I hope Carlos stops playing this way.. |  |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:06 - Apr 22 with 2283 views | Swanseaman |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 17:44 - Apr 22 by union_jack |
The problem is we haven't got a clue what to do with the ball when we have it. Seems we've worked on the defensive formation, though that's not worked well as yet, but totally neglected the attacking bit of the game.
Clueless. Literally. |
We have worked on the defense and I think Carlos believed that we could play the way we did today and it would be the best way to play.. He got it way wrong... | |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:06 - Apr 22 with 2282 views | Swanseaman |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 18:02 - Apr 22 by union_jack |
Regardless of what Narsingh said in the EP this week, we entered the pitch with zero belief we could take anything from this game. And that belief has diminished every minute we've played. |
With zero belief comes zero effort.. | |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:11 - Apr 22 with 2256 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:06 - Apr 22 by Swanseaman |
We have worked on the defense and I think Carlos believed that we could play the way we did today and it would be the best way to play.. He got it way wrong... |
You've no idea whether it was 'way wrong'.
If we'd attacked them we may have lost by more. We may not. No one knows. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:16 - Apr 22 with 2238 views | MrSwerve |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:11 - Apr 22 by londonlisa2001 |
You've no idea whether it was 'way wrong'.
If we'd attacked them we may have lost by more. We may not. No one knows. |
Gotta love the Planet Swans hindsight. |  |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:21 - Apr 22 with 2214 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:16 - Apr 22 by MrSwerve |
Gotta love the Planet Swans hindsight. |
More fortune telling on this thread than there was in the Gwyn Hall last night.
Same accuracy as well I suspect. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:24 - Apr 22 with 2199 views | dobjack2 |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:06 - Apr 22 by Swanseaman |
We have worked on the defense and I think Carlos believed that we could play the way we did today and it would be the best way to play.. He got it way wrong... |
All we can say is that it didn’t work.
With the squad that he has been given there is no evidence that different tactics would have resulted in a different outcome.
Similar position to the one Clement found himself in last season, his solution was playing for set pieces because our midfield was so nondescript.
Fast forward one year and the midfield is if anything worse and another poor summer window means the other gaps in the squad were not filled either.
Silk purses and sow’s Ears spring to mind and there are few managers who can work that miracle over a season | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:32 - Apr 22 with 2170 views | ploppy |
Most disappointing for me was when we did manage to get the ball, we couldn't hold on to it for longer than a couple of passes. Even when we were PL newcomers, we could hang on to the ball. We didn't try and play out from the back at all. What's the point giving the ball back to Fabianski if all he's going to do is lump it upfield. His obsession with launching the ball towards Naughton on the touchline is starting to piss me off as well. More often than not it ends up in touch. Everyone was poor today but I thought Carroll was particularly bad. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:35 - Apr 22 with 2156 views | pencoedjack |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:50 - Apr 22 by londonlisa2001 |
Everton is key for them. Let's hope they don't win. |
Arsenal at home as well
Hopefully as it’s Wengers last game the gooners will turn up |  | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:42 - Apr 22 with 2136 views | londonlisa2001 |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:35 - Apr 22 by pencoedjack |
Arsenal at home as well
Hopefully as it’s Wengers last game the gooners will turn up |
Southampton don't have Arsenal? They have Bournemouth, Everton, us and Man City. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 21:02 - Apr 22 with 2062 views | pencoedjack |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:42 - Apr 22 by londonlisa2001 |
Southampton don't have Arsenal? They have Bournemouth, Everton, us and Man City. |
Sorry Huddersfield have Arsenal at home last game & they are also playing Everton ( & Man City) | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 21:43 - Apr 22 with 1966 views | Swanseaman |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 20:11 - Apr 22 by londonlisa2001 |
You've no idea whether it was 'way wrong'.
If we'd attacked them we may have lost by more. We may not. No one knows. |
There is some evidence that we have done better pressing higher up, when we switched tactic against Man Utd and did better for it. Plus our better results against the top teams have been when we have gone at them.
But like you say, we could have lost by more, it's just my opinion really :) | |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 22:50 - Apr 22 with 1846 views | jackrabbit |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:19 - Apr 22 by londonlisa2001 |
That's because our players aren't really any good any longer. Anyone that's good we sell. |
Absolutely spot-on. No matter how good City were today - and they were sublime - we had players throughout the team, that profess to be top-class Premier League professionals who couldn't complete a 10 yard pass. We need a massive clear out and injection of real quality. We are hopeless. |  | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 23:13 - Apr 22 with 1814 views | RevJames |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 18:24 - Apr 22 by monmouth |
Seriously, just forget it. We just took today off. 5-0 is a blessing, it really could have been as many as they wanted. I’m going to jet wash the stonework, finish this bottle and stay well away from the media for a few days. Get our breath back and let’s give Chelsea a f*cking game. |
Hand on heart, can you really see that happening though?
The lack of commitment, no fight. just standing off players, lack of awareness was just utterly shameful.
The penalty - six of our players were outside the area watching the ball rebound off the post while 4 Man City players followed up for the goal.
If we need a result against Southampton, regardless of today, with all the optimism in the world, it's hard to see us getting anything from that or Stoke  | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 23:51 - Apr 22 with 1763 views | A_Fans_Dad |
There was one good thing that came out of today.
No further Injuries, unless FF crocked himself in that tackle. | | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 00:45 - Apr 23 with 1713 views | airedale |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 23:51 - Apr 22 by A_Fans_Dad |
There was one good thing that came out of today.
No further Injuries, unless FF crocked himself in that tackle. |
And we win our last games and finish half way up the table. |  | | |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 09:08 - Apr 23 with 1543 views | STID2017 |
All those brilliant Swans supporters who attended yesterday should be refunded all their costs by the players |  |
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:46 - May 5 with 1359 views | Darran |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 17:21 - Apr 22 by Darran |
It wouldn’t surprise me if Southampton will be above us by the time we play them. |
Well would you just look at that.
I’m right again. [Post edited 5 May 2018 19:46]
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| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:56 - May 5 with 1342 views | DwightYorkeSuperstar |
| The Official EPL Champions Man City FC Vs Swansea City FC Match Thread on 19:46 - May 5 by Darran |
Well would you just look at that.
I’m right again. [Post edited 5 May 2018 19:46]
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You usually are. |  |
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