£810 million vs £150 million - what on earth does everyone expect? OK a bit more fight and urgency would be nice but when you try and race your Kia Sportage against a Jaguar XJ and lose you can't blame your Sportage for not being up to the job it was purchased for.

I reckon Gordon Banks would struggle to play well behind that lot tonight. Let’s face it, if we really think the problem with this team is the Keeper then there’s no hope for the fans either.

Edited by Helmet46 (17 Jan 2021 9.27pm)

I’m not saying he’s the problem but he’s part of it. He is one of basically every player we have who can’t pass a ball 10 yards,

Hodgson must have been terrified of a Liverpool repeat.
The grand irony is he sets up to keep the score down but ends up being thrashed anyway. Once we go one down against the likes of Man City and the manner in which we are set up it becomes just a matter of how many; there's no plan b.

I look forward to Hodgson leaving at the end of the season. The club needs a change, some fresh impetus.

This was the frustrating thing that every goal was the result of a mistake. However the gulf in quality was so large that had those goals not gone in I've no doubt City would have found them somewhere else.

Other than the goal difference taking a beating I'm not too fussed about losing to City as this isn't where our season is decided. However the next 7 games I expect us to be putting in some markedly better performances which will have a huge say in how our season pans out.

Next 7 games: West Ham, Wolves, Newcastle, Leeds, Burnley,Brighton and Fulham.

Edited by samprior (17 Jan 2021 9.31pm)

Tonight was embarrassing but some will conclude that they expected a comprehensive defeat against a top-class team.
We lose the next game,home to W.Ham and the 'Alarm bells' will ring even louder.