Three things
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Thing #1: Our attack is absolutely bloody appalling. The number of games we've dominated and not scored in the last 2-3 years is just ridiculous. God knows what the reason is, we signed Fryatt and McLean to rectify this which had no effect, we signed Adebola which had no effect, we've now signed Prossy, Aluko etc. and brought in Simpson from the cold, even tried Koren as a striker, our entire team has been overhauled in the last few years really and yet the problems are exactly the same as when we first came back into this division. We played 4-4-2 for a long time, then 4-2-3-1 for half a season and now 3-5-2 for a while, we've tried everything to find some way to get us to score a bloody goal now and again and nothing has changed. I find it amazing just how bad we are at converting good positions into goals.
We get into positions where a midfielder will make an interception on halfway and we suddenly have 4 against 2, yet I don't even get excited that we might score a goal any more, I fully expect us to somehow mess it up and let them get 10 men behind the ball before inevitably losing it without even having a shot, this happened several times today. For example when Meyler went clean through on the right side and went striding into their area, waited for someone to catch him up and then tried a cross which was blocked. He should have been far enough clear to be shooting himself but he didn't even managed to get the next pass off. When their keeper fell over in the box in stoppage time and the ref mercifully (but correctly) didn't give him a soft free kick, again I didn't even expect us to get a shot off and sure enough we didn't even come close. It's an absolute piece of piss defending against us.
We must have had 60% possession today and loads more chances and good positions than them and we didn't come close to scoring. That happens to every team, but you actually expect it with us. We play well and don't score more often than we play well and do score. It's an absolute joke how bad we are at attacking. When we do create the chances most of our attacking players can't even strike a ball so it just goes harmlessly wide. Koren and Rosenior's pathetic second half efforts today summed that up, but again the depressing thing is that it wasn't anything our of the ordinary, that's what we always do.
I'm not bothered in the slightest that we're out of the cup, but I'm immensely pissed off that we didn't score (or come close) yet again.
Thing #2: We lost a cup game today even though we only made one change, we also picked up an injury to Bruce in a pointless game, you'd think that this showed exactly why it's bollocks that so many people get all upset when we make changes in a cup game, but I noticed someone on Humberside still managed to make the (ridiculous) point that we lost today because we made too many changes against Orient.
Thing #3: McShane. This is doing my head in now. Can anyone tell me what he does that's any better than anyone else? He had another decent game today, but he wasn't anywhere near man of the match, he was decent just the same as Chester and Bruce were but nothing more. Meyler and Brady stood out to me, both did far, far more than McShane. It's stupid that McShane has become our most over-rated player from being someone that everyone loved to hate.
thats been a frustration at city for years, it looked to be solved earlier this season when we signed quinn and we battered millwall and bolton ..definitely been a frustration again last few games, didnt help yesterday with olifinjana in the middle, slows everything down, not sure why cairney didnt get a run out as usual in the cup..
Agreed. And to add to that, McShane is generally out of position and doesn't recover like Bruce does. I think Bruce is alright personally but Chester, Hobbs and Faye are three of the best defenders in the division and they should be three of the first names on the team sheet in this system.
I prefer Macca to Bruce, but would always pick the other 3 first. I wide if Alex wasn't the managers son would we have signed him? I'm sure not. I've only seen it once, but I'm pretty sure their goal yesterday comes from him charging out of position and the kid just passing around him before they score. No way would our other 3 have done that.
Disagree with you about Bruce he gets turned three times a half and his distribution is woeful. However Macca is worse, i don't think he even knows where he is meant to be at all. I just don't get why Faye and Hobbs got dropped they weren't great against Wednesday but still better than the other two.
How do you know that Hobbs isn't injured or being touted to another club?
Your rubbishing of Alex Bruce is uncalled for and the lad hasn't put a foot wrong since he rightly won his place in the team.
For the record I would give the captains armband to Meyer because he is the nearest thing we have to an Ian Ashbee.
Agreed for the most part. I can't see how anyone can belittle Alex Bruce in comparison to Paul McShane. I don't think Hobbs or Faye played because it was an FA cup game. They'll be playing on Saturday I imagine. Hobbs to keep the armband at all times for me.
if i was you, i'd retract that otherwise people will think you're being serious - how on earth can you compare Ash and Meyler - Meyler can't tackle, no presence and on his arse half the time - great laff but you really don't want people think you're serious - ps the bit about Alex Bruce - another one - hilarious - you should take it up professionally - you're very funny