Punch decisions were frequently wrong... sometimes it takes to long to pass and allows interceptions. Other turns decides to shoot when there's alternatives in the box. It happened at least twice in the first half.
By the way even Kelly was poor in the City's goal but if you trail Punch moves he lets Da Silva alone!

Edited by Portuguese (06 May 2017 1.27pm)

Well that last quarter of an hour or so looked a lot better considering that we started off looking as though we were going to get tanked. 1-0 down to a poor goal in probably the hardest fixture of the season and we've actually created some danger.

City look bl**dy good though, we're not getting much of the second ball out of their penalty area and we're not able to get many men up because they can break so fast with it when they win it.

Remember who we're playing and the changes we've had to make. Nobody would expect us to get much out of this but we're still in it. COYP!"

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Kelly's header summed up most of that half. Look a lot like at the beach already for most of it. Where has the solid JMac gone ? However the atmosphere seems subdued there and if we can improve 2nd half we may steal a huge point which would be robbery after that half. COYP !!

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

City following the standard approach to dealing with Zaha, foul him. I swear defenders don't even try and win the ball off him, they just resort straight to a trip, a push, etc. He can steal us a point if he carries on the way he played in the first half.

City should clearly win this comfortably, but they did fade at the end of the half and defensively they don't look that sound. They play a similar way to all the big teams with the full backs pushing right up, so there is space for Wilf and Andros.

Tactically I just think we need to cross our fingers and keep plugging away. We need to carry on being a bit rough and tumble as the City players do look a bit soft around the edges. Our bench doesn't really offer much so I wouldn't change anything.

Edited by taylors lovechild (06 May 2017 1.27pm)

I think it is possible to get something out og this one but we can`t keep giving the ball away so easyly.Can we use our wingers and the pace we can still get a point or.....3

What....things like De Bruyne trips somebody off the ball and it's "pay back" or elsewhere it's "took one for the team"'where as they question every tackle we make ! Suggest you put the sound on or listen to what they say !