Match Thread Man City

Forgot we were playing tonight so just read this entire thread without knowing the score. It completely sums up the fishy and a lot of town fans in general, hilarious!

slowly but surely got better in the 2nd half - khouri, efete & hunt much better, and Pyke became more involved the longer it went on.
Clifton motm, even though he was only on for 45 mins! Thought Glennon (once again, against better opposition) had a decent game as did Mullarkey

Quoted from Poojah

Bit early to be saying that. There’s no doubt he’ll be disappointed with how things have gone so far; finding himself second fiddle (after probably signing with hopes if not expectations of being first choice) and then making errors in the minor games he’s featured in, but you don’t make GK appearances for England at youth level without having something about you.

He’s making his first handful of senior appearances in the game. More time needed before writing him off; imho.

Given how much confidence plays a part in goal-keeping, it must be 'wonderful' for him to read the comments on Twitter slagging him off when he's hardly played a game for us.  Our fans are truly pathetic at times.

After watching that on Mariners TV I'm even more convinced we need to switch to wing backs. Efete and Glennon are both excellent going forward but are pretty poor defensively.  I'm thinking something that looks like this;

                                       Eastwood

                     Mullarkey     Rodgers  Maher

Efete                                                               Glennon
                               Conteh      Clifton
            
                                          Eisa

                               Rose         Pyke (or striker signed this week!)


I thought Mullarkey looked really good with that freedom to move forward from CB against 10 men tonight, with Rodgers and Maher in a 3 he can still do that, and we can maximise what we can get out of Efete. He just gets caught out defensively far too much to be trusted as an out and out full back. Same goes for Glennon, miles better as a wing back and we saw the best of him in the second half tonight.

I accept the problem with this idea is that we move Eisa in from the left where he's been so effectively, but this way we get a second striker closer to Rose, Eisa dropping in just behind and fit Efete and Glennon in who are big threats going forward whilst mitigating against their defensive flaws with covering centre backs.

Quoted from gtfc98

After watching that on Mariners TV I'm even more convinced we need to switch to wing backs. Efete and Glennon are both excellent going forward but are pretty poor defensively.  I'm thinking something that looks like this;

                                       Eastwood

                     Mullarkey     Rodgers  Maher

Efete                                                               Glennon
                               Conteh      Clifton
            
                                          Eisa

                               Rose         Pyke (or striker signed this week!)


I thought Mullarkey looked really good with that freedom to move forward from CB against 10 men tonight, with Rodgers and Maher in a 3 he can still do that, and we can maximise what we can get out of Efete. He just gets caught out defensively far too much to be trusted as an out and out full back. Same goes for Glennon, miles better as a wing back and we saw the best of him in the second half tonight.

I accept the problem with this idea is that we move Eisa in from the left where he's been so effectively, but this way we get a second striker closer to Rose, Eisa dropping in just behind and fit Efete and Glennon in who are big threats going forward whilst mitigating against their defensive flaws with covering centre backs.

I would not have Pyke or Efete in my starting X1 let alone together! If we are going long late in a game then perhaps throw Efete on in attack. Pyke is one paced and reactive rather than creating space.

Vernam needs to knuckle down and rebuild his game. Same with Gnahouha, trying to beat a man in tight situations usually surrenders possession. Both have more tricks than Clifton but only half his energy and persistence. We will have to be patient with our out of form players as Khan and Wilson need another preseason.

Ironically, Freddie Draper for Walsall has all you want from an U21 loanee, Quick, strong, hard working, two footed and full of confidence. Gave our defence plenty to think about.

I haven't seen an announcement of the attendance.

Have I missed it, or is that a new policy by the club for this competition?

Quoted from Captain Sensible

I haven't seen an announcement of the attendance.

Have I missed it, or is that a new policy by the club for this competition?

1101, 110 away.

Quoted from Les Brechin

1101, 110 away.

Thank you.  More than I expected.

That’s way too many.

Quoted from Les Brechin

1101, 110 away.

Is that binary code for the real attendance?