That performance killed my soul. seriously. it made me cry, cringe, twitch etc etc. how bad this performance was can be judged by city dropping 3 points, we winning the match and going a step closer and yet i simply cant feel any happiness. its JUST relief. People who think our problems wont be solved by buying a good striker/finisher need to get a reality check. our finishing was so horrendous that it cant be put into mere words. etoo seemed like he was disinterested. he could have had a hat-trick in the last 10 mins. salah was abysmall. what is worse is that we simply dint have a play to break down their defence. despite the fact that the 2 best chances of the first half came after swansea was stretched wide and the ball was cut in, we simply dint have ANY width in the 2nd half. you could see etoo, ba, oscar, willian and salah in a 10 metre distance. this performance shows exactly what all is wrong with us and what we need to work on for the next season. cech - decent performance. but for the life of me cant understand what he was doing when swansea took a quick freekick and ngog literally got thru. i mean either fucking stay on the line or go for the ball, dont stand in no man's land like szechny. azpi - good performance. made a couple of good overlapping runs but the crosses were poor and more often than not, played it back. dint let dyer have much say in the match. JT-GC : dealt brilliantly with bony who was having a very good match. except for that one instance where GC let routledge run and take a shot and JT dint close him down quick enough, dont feel there was a mistake. iva - wasnot very comfortable against routledge who got behind him some times. gave good width and put in a brilliant cut back for salah. matic - brilliant performance. drove us forward brilliantly just like his ball to ba. the only person who was looking to play the ball to the numerous runs ba made behind the defence (just like the one where worm got the ball but ba knocked it for a corner). rambo - another meh performance. he was keeping off suspensions in PL and CL and should have been running himself to the ground but it was simply an unspirited and nothing performance. would have been a simple decision for mou to take him off. salah - he probably should have ended the night with 5 goals. pathetic performance. got into positions but simply no composure. towards the end, ran behind a tires and ragged defence towards the end of the match but his decision making was frustrating to say the least. willian - just try and play the ball behind the defence to the striker rather than pass it to matic. u were the team's no.10 and cant bloody create an oppurtunity. workrate is secondary when u r playing against the bottom 10 teams of the league. also learn to put in a corner or dont take one. cech can take better corners. schirrle - was suprised that he was taken off and not salah. probably cos of tiredness as he played against psg. seemed decent in his time. ba- MOTM for me. not the least bit suprised that he scored our only goal. against teams like this or in matches like this, it is normally the will of the person that shines through. BA fought for every header, got into decent positions only to be ignored. made some brilliant runs but our AMs' decision making was pathetic. he totally deserved the goal he scored for the shift he put in. subs - etoo - cant discuss players who dint want to be on the pitch oscar - was good in the 45 minutes. tried to drag the defenders wide continously. put in a couple of good crosses. but lacked penetration and that final ball mikel - there was a point where etoo could have put in thru but... well... controlled the game well. that ball to salah from the outside of the boot was delicious. 2 points off pool and 5 in front of city (though they have 2 games in hand). the point is simple, IF we win all our 4 games, we WILL win the league. cant see city winning all 6.
