Blue Armour

Attacking play completely nullified with Nkunku coming on. Useless substitution

And these sporting directors want to sign more wingers. That will solve all our problems.

Good only in name. Non existent player when on the pitch.

Nkunku useless again.

Nkunku. I'll eat a hat if he actually has a better contribution than Jackson did.

And replace with whom?

Game management is still something this team needs to improve on. Cole fluffing his lines when presented a big chance to go 2 up and the needless yellow for Colwill. Game far from over. But it would disappointing not to get a point or even 3 from this.

Hmm..this week's results have made this clash even more interesting. Prior to that, the form table was truly turned. But this week, Chelsea winning and City losing badly to PSG

You can make spellbinding saves, but if you pair that with mistakes in every other game, like Sanchez does, that's inexcusable. A lot of it is unforced too, with his wayward passing. I don't mind him as a squad player, but the impression I get from the higher ups and Maresca himself, is that Sanchez is going to be the number 1 for years to come. They haven't signed a single keeper with real potential to displace him. Making him out to be the best of a bad lot isn't the way to go.

IMO Neto was coasting in this game more than Jackson. Jackson as usual worked hard, but poor decisions in the box. No surprise that the only time he put the ball in the net in this game, was when he knew he was offside and would have no consequence for missing. But at least he had a minor impact on the scoreline by winning the free kick for the Madueke (Chalobah) goal. The real would-be villain of this game was Sanchez.

Mighty Disasi coming on to close out the game.

Please sub Palmer. He's being hacked and not playing at 100%. No need to have him injured before City.

Lol, Madueke stealing Chalobahs goal

Provide an assist, lol 😆

Not sure how people can continue to defend Sanchez. He has his qualities, but all of that is worth nothing if he keeps making errors like this.

I wish he would go back to rotating his squad a bit more, esp. with the attackers., not necessarily the defense. When he did that in the early part of the season, it felt like everyone was chipping in with goals and challenging for places. On the flip side, he has chopped and changed the back line with every game, ever since Fofana got injured. For a top side, you would rarely want to see your back 4 change drastically each game, unless there were superior defenders being brought into the lineup.

I stick by what I said here. The problem is not that Jackson is in the squad. He links up better with Palmer than anyone else. And the first goal was largely from his hold up play. The problem is that we don't have good competition for goal scoring from anyone else. Guiu? Nkunku? Don't make me laugh. Goals have dried up all over the pitch. It's either Palmer or no one. We need another forward. And before that we need to get a proper CB. Defence first.

Expect Gusto to start at RB., with Maresca saying that James can't play 2 games a week.

Almost guaranteed both will start.

Whether people believe in Jackson or not, you cant deny we need a quality 2nd option in the striker department. It's not as glaring an issue as getting a quality CB, but the drop off in quality if Jackson is unavailable, is abysmal. And that's even considering we have Nkunku, who unfortunately, does not seem to be in it.

I know. Because I remember defending Drogba from Torres stans back in 2011. 😁

Couldn't watch this game, but from what I gather, the overall play was good., but let down again in key moments. Looks like it's going gearing up to be a tough finish for top 5, barring any additional strengthening during the transfer window. This team should have enough in the tank to finish above Nottingham forest, and top 5 will hopefully be enough to secure a CL place.

Please start Gusto in RB. If not Gusto, then James. Or maybe even James & Gusto. No more CBs in fullback roles, unless their name ends in Ivanovic.

Yes, yes, yes. Loan wouldn't be a bad option at all.

We have Palmer., who is up there with those players in terms of stats and performance, but he has been alone in the past 3 games, with no one else stepping up to the plate. We are overly reliant on him, in the past few games. Liverpool have Salah in front, and Van Dijk in defense. Our backline is terrible. We were getting by this season because our attack was good, and everyone was chipping in with goals, not just Palmer. In today's game, if our defense could have held together even once, we could have won. But no, you have someone like Disasi, the oldest member of that starting 11, goofing up like he did. And Tosin and Colwill are soft CBs. We need at least one player with real steel playing in the backline.