Manchester City vs Sheffield United

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Premier League Matchweek 20 - Saturday 30th December 2023 - 15:00 - Etihad Stadium
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Referee: David Coote
Assistants: Tim Wood, Derek Eaton
Fourth Official: Chris Kavanagh
VAR: Simon Hooper
Assistant VAR: Simon Long

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[Nade]

Shades of one of the goals in the semi where we just backed off and let them score.

Yeah that second one at Wembley reminded me of when I was playing FIFA and someone unplugs my controller

 

[fifty shades of blade]

Remember when you were at school and you used to reshuffle the teams if they were too imbalanced for the game to be any fun?

The Prem should bring that in.

Well we have thomas, the shit one who always gets picked last. Surely balance that out by having City's 2 best players?!

 

[PokerBlade]

Well we have thomas, the shit one who always gets picked last. Surely balance that out by having City's 2 best players?!

Also we get goalie wag.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Wilder has taken not competing to a whole new level

Tbf little he can do other than hope we keep it tight and nick one worked well at Villa til the last moment

 

[fifty shades of blade]

Are there any teams in the prem, apart from us, who dont dive and scream at every opp?

 

[Keen Blade]

Remember when you were at school and you used to reshuffle the teams if they were too imbalanced for the game to be any fun?

The Prem should bring that in.

I think it's a great idea - true test of instant manager skills - get 22 players together , 11 from each club , toss for first pick and then alternate

 

[Thrice]

Tbf little he can do other than hope we keep it tight and nick one worked well at Villa til the last moment

That's probably what Wilder's trying here. Keep it a close game and then bring in McBurnie, Archer and Brewster in the 2nd half for a late push.

 

[fifty shades of blade]

toss for first pick and then alternate

Perv

 

[Chris the Blade]

That's probably what Wilder's trying here. Keep it a close game and then bring in McBurnie, Archer and Brewster in the 2nd half for a late push.

My Aunty Gladys has got more chance of scoring than Brewster. She was a player in her day mind you

 

[VictoryBlade]

I know he's rated but Osula just cannot finish!

 

[8lade]

Was gonna ask, are we having a bit of pressure the Beeb reckon we've had 2 shots on target.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Not a bad 1st half. Only 1 nil down and Utd had a few decent chances to of scored.

 

[Keen Blade]

It might be 1-1 if we could only bury one of our few chances

 

[CambridgeshireBlade]

Well given the squad we have the best we can sadly hope for is to not be embarrassing and we have achieved that in the first half. Bogle is playing very well.

The walkoff music at half time was the Arctic monkeys so to me that's 1-1

 

[Wetwang blade]

Full marks to our supporters at the game.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Soft first goal. Annoyed that we had 2 attacking throw ins that we took back to Wes.

 

[straight_outta_compton]

Pretty comfortable for citeh, but encouraged by Bogle's performance. He's kept grealish pretty quiet and great 1st time ball into osula. Commentators saying osula has to do better, but thought it was decent defending to block.

 

[straight_outta_compton]

Was gonna ask, are we having a bit of pressure the Beeb reckon we've had 2 shots on target.

Yes, had a bit of a go in last 5 mins of half

 

[Jon Bon II]

Why aren't we in black shorts? Expecting to see Andy Liddell, Leigh Bromby and Danny Webber in this kit combo.

Reminds me of Virtua Soccer 2 on the PlayStation.

 

[Dave9777]

Good effort towards the end of that half! Hopes are not completely deleted, just yet…….. It is frightening having Thomas on the field against these though

 

[Chimpan-A]

Well given the squad we have the best we can sadly hope for is to not be embarrassing and we have achieved that in the first half. Bogle is playing very well.

The walkoff music at half time was the Arctic monkeys so to me that's 1-1

He really has been the bright spark, Osula second. Bogle has been the standout improvement of Wilder’s reign.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Bogle has handled Grealish superbly.

 

[coolasanidiot]

Can't knock that first half- all worked their bollox off. When the target is prevent humiliation on a grand scale- credit to all 11.

More of the same please... and well done so far.

 

[straight_outta_compton]

Remember when you were at school and you used to reshuffle the teams if they were too imbalanced for the game to be any fun?

The Prem should bring that in.

Sorta what they do in American sports with the new season draft. But that's been discussed many times here before...

 

[originaltrueblade]

Wilder tactics spot on so far

 

[Revolution]

Bogle has been very good.

Generally it’s been a lot better than I expected. Although of course that isn’t saying much.

Osula is not a finisher.

Thomas has been ok.

Slimane is very poor. Looks overawed.

 

[Wetwang blade]

Apart from the backing off for the citee goal we've kept them out very well.

 

[AWetFlannel]

I can't believe CW has put put Thomas back in the side, it makes no sense at all. Larouici played well at Villa and surely Thomas is going back in January. A totally baffling, stupid decision by CW

Giving him a chance like he gave Larouci, isn't it obvious? Allows him to make his decision about who to get rid of after seeing them play.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Anyone know how many trophies City have won in 2023?

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Soft first goal. Annoyed that we had 2 attacking throw ins that we took back to Wes.

Those made my blood boil and had me shouting at the screen .

On two of the very few occasions we have possession in their half of the pitch , we manage to contrive to work the ball back to our goalkeeper .

Ridiculous .