Following Our Nearest And Dearest Rivals 2022/23

[Argo]

3 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Don’t think Pep will indulge Haaland for too long though as he is a board signing. He also has an exit clause for 2024, so if Alvarez hits the ground running he will send Haaland to the bench.

From what I've seen (all be it little) and read about Alvarez he's the one I'm really worried about.

He sounds like the forward Pep would make in a lab.

[The Rising Sun]

Bloody hell !

Pace and speed in basically a friendly is stunning.

 

[RMH]

So far Haaland hasn’t shown anything for City, he’s been mostly anonymous and the City attack is nowhere near as fluid as it was last season. It could be down to preseason or Haaland taking away one player from the build up that City did. Let’s also not forget how pants Grealish continues to be for City. The annoying thing is that I can see Liverpool winning the shield, but they’ll have a good shout at the PL.

[Gol15]

11 minutes ago, Argo said:

From what I've seen (all be it little) and read about Alvarez he's the one I'm really worried about.

He sounds like the forward Pep would make in a lab.

I'm scared of him too, his nickname is "little spider" cause it looks like he has more than 2 feet + you know the Argentinian mentality, he'll smell the blood miles away and he'll have no mercy...

 

[Scott Harris]

8 minutes ago, RMH said:

So far Haaland hasn’t shown anything for City, he’s been mostly anonymous and the City attack is nowhere near as fluid as it was last season. It could be down to preseason or Haaland taking away one player from the build up that City did. Let’s also not forget how pants Grealish continues to be for City. The annoying thing is that I can see Liverpool winning the shield, but they’ll have a good shout at the PL.

Grealish has never been anything but overrated.

"oh, but he was once the most fouled player in the league"........and? Hazard was that once, but Hazard was also a constant attacking threat. I never see Grealish run at a fall back, I never see him dribble. All he seems to do is wait on the wing and play it back 10 yards when he receives the ball. Oh, but he has sh*t hair, wears low socks and takes a dive a few times every game, so he must be amazing.

[Scott Harris]

City could really do with Sterling right now.........

[carrickblue]

City look like they were out 'til 6am in Magaluf last night

[Scott Harris]

Bloody hell, VAR hasn't changed in English football. Still taking forever when it takes about 20 seconds in Europe.

[Brigadeiro Mk II]

25 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

I'm scared of him too, his nickname is "little spider" cause it looks like he has more than 2 feet + you know the Argentinian mentality, he'll smell the blood miles away and he'll have no mercy...

 

There you go! 🤣

[Backbiter]

Don't see why there was a check for offside when it was an earlier phase, and he didn't become active by touching the ball. Also thought it was handball by Matip a minute before.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Backbiter

[Snedger]

Watching these two play football feels as relevant to Chelsea as Raymond Blanc cooking feels relevant to me. I’m having beans on toast for dinner.

[RMH]

The main mistery for me is how on earth the vermin keeps up there in the PL with midfielders like Henderson and f**king Milner, average at most. 

 

Edited July 30, 2022 by RMH

[carrickblue]

4 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Bloody hell, VAR hasn't changed in English football. Still taking forever when it takes about 20 seconds in Europe.

I'm convinced they look for reasons to disallow a goal, not for reasons why it should be allowed. There is a difference.

[RMH]

f**k, it’s going to be a penalty, isn’t it? It’s a clear handball though

[Scott Harris]

17 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

I'm convinced they look for reasons to disallow a goal, not for reasons why it should be allowed. There is a difference.

Over-officiating is a big problem with English refs. They want to analyse every single minor detail. 

Edited July 30, 2022 by Scott Harris

[comtrend]

Of course they get a penalty from that weak atempt by Nunez.

[Scott Harris]

I thought BT Sport had bad commentators, but Sam Matterface and Karen Carney on ITV have to be bottom of the barrel. So much waffling.

[carrickblue]

right time to turn it off. 

[BordeauxBlue]

Apologies for the no doubt crappy quality. 

That City back line deserves double training sessions for the rest of the year. Disgraceful. 

[azpi28]

Nūnez celebrating like he won a significant trophy lol

[azpi28]

Just now, BordeauxBlue said:

Apologies for the no doubt crappy quality. 

That City back line deserves double training sessions for the rest of the year. Disgraceful. 

If you didn’t know any better you would think City is the attacking team here 

[Snedger]

Why can’t we sign a decent striker? These two don’t seem to struggle. Ok, people will giggle at Haaland hitting the bar, but his anticipation and speed of reaction were something we haven’t seen since Drogba. And that Alvarez looks sharp too. Darwin Nunez also showed plenty in that game that he’ll not struggle to bag plenty of goals this year.

Still, we’ve improved with City’s cast off as non of our other players have the skill to get the ball kicked into their face to score a goal.

[The Rising Sun]

And next week I'm going to watch something completely different

[Scott Harris]

4 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

Nūnez celebrating like he won a significant trophy lol

Wouldn't mind seeing that kind of passion from some of our lot to be honest, imagine how he will react when he scores in bigger games. Ziyech scores a worldie against Tottenham and you can barely get a smile out of him.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Scott Harris

[Snedger]

Liverpool appear to have at least maintained their level, and City look out of sorts, but when do City ever win the league without being eight points behind at Christmas?