Round 22 - City vs Sydney FC - 6/04/22

Missed the first few mins, we’ve been absolutely bossed all over the park so not scapegoating, but I am on Kosta-watch and counted one solitary completed pass in the last 40 minutes (on the 20 min mark, he rolled a ball back for Talbot to hoof).

If he can’t get in behind, offer anything in defence, control the ball or hold it up to enable keeping it, then we should at least let him take the next few kick-offs that are coming to get his stats up.

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How did we have three shots?

We’re winning xG!!

Well, Donachie had two shots in about five seconds …

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Holy shit I genuinely didn’t realise he was on the pitch. I turned on at the 20 minute mark.

That Polish fella was alright with a dead ball, so was M1los.
Can’t understand why Ninko isn’t the guy now.

Opta says 5.

Trent, though, literally zero completed passes.

Michael Petrillo is exactly the sort of oily shyster you’d expect running a City Football Group team.

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Interesting as footballers you’d think it would be the first thing someone could do, pass a ball half a meter from oneself.

We’re lucky if either of our strikers are within 5 metres of the ball at any one time. We haven’t pressed, haven’t covered space. Haven’t tried anything different with the ball. Buhagiar’s speed is completely wasted on this shit.

Does it count turnovers too? Would love to see that stat.

Jordy Buijs

I mean, City are tactically set up to beat a 4-4-2, like ours. It is their tactical raison-d’être. They outnumber us in the middle every time - and we suffer - and people blame individual players and act surprised…

:man_shrugging:

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Tuning in now at half time.

Guess the first half wasn’t much cop.

Even the seagulls are in on the high press.

I think the players come out looking worse but definitely on the coach

Is it possible to fast-forward this to like the 70th minute? It’ll probably still be 1-0, and Corica will likely be about to make his first sub.

Fuvk that.

My Calvanism needs me to suffer through the poor implementation of an outdated system staffed by the wrong personnel guided by a coach who lacks the ability to just say “fuck it” and just put Burgess in the hole behind Le Fondre.

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Fuck off with your instruments

I think our games this season would be a good parenting tool : how to put babies to sleep.

I think I may look at utilising this when the twins come. Or it may just put me to sleep.

Nowhere near out, makes you think what the linesman is smoking.