Match Thread EPL Man City (H) - 8 Feb 2026 16:30

[Fabio]

Has Gakpo even touched the ball?

I've seen Ekitike more on the wing than him

 

[Tinto]

We're running around a lot but haven't really started playing football yet.

City has started better

 

[Halmeister]

Slow, shite and ponderous. But of course everything is fine and we will be in the CL next season.

 

[Barnie78]

If Szobo isn't in the midfield, we aren't creative. Wirtz has to run more and he has no time and power to do magic...

 

[Holle]

Has Gakpo even touched the ball?

I've moved more than him in the first 15 minutes. And I'm lying on my couch with a big fat hangover.

 

[Markeh]

Has Gakpo even touched the ball?

funny gary neville talking about the front 3’s and didn’t mention gakpo

 

[Hansern]

Our midfield is non existent. That 4-2-4 press is working just as great as against Newcastle

 

[Halmeister]

They're just a far better team than us.

And they're not even that good.

 

[aquaman4]

Macca no Contribution defensively or attack just zero input from him

 

[SummerOnions]

Honestly could put on Jones for Gakpo and we would look a lot better

 

[binomial]

Good to see Dom at RB is working well

& What is the point of Salah and Gakpo.

 

[dee]

Crowd doing their bit

 

[localny]

Haven’t seen Gakkers at all. Salah is anonymous as usual.

Yet we leave live wires like Rio and Chiesa on the bench

All our passing going astray.

Slot will realize how flat attack is by the 78th minute

 

[Fabio]

Crowd doing their bit

That'll stop soon enough.

 

[FreshRed]

We need to get the ball to Wirtz. He has barely touched it.

 

[Holle]

Macca with his best Wijnaldum impression today.

The invisible shithouse ghost 2.0

 

[dee]

Haven’t seen Gakkers at all. Salah is anonymous as usual.

Yet we leave live wires like Rio and Chiesa on rhe bench

All our passing going astray.

Much as I appreciate Cheesy he hasn’t made the most of the longer sub appearances he’s had recently

 

[Fabio]

Much as I appreciate Cheesy he hasn’t made the most of the longer sub appearances he’s had recently

It's fucking damning that Gakpo can be as poor as he's been and no one else has stepped up when given a chance

 

[localny]

You can’t play attacking football when two of your three attackers are sub par.

 

[Halmeister]

We're really bad. We might have some urgency by now if we'd sacked the manager a couple of months ago like we should have.

 

[keniget]

Strange tactics. We are looking to release early and counter and yet still seem to get caught by City regularly.

We have no midfield at all. A DM - or at the very least a midfielder that doesn’t regularly disappear - needs to be top of the list.

 

[Fabio]

You can’t play attacking football when two of your three attackers are sub par.

And all your midfielders can't get a touch

 

[Hansern]

We’re fucking shit. Wake up Slot

 

[FreshRed]

We are really missing Szobo in the midfield

 

[Holle]

Slot is clearly trying to learn a bit today.

City is showing him how to play against a low block.

 

[localny]

Much as I appreciate Cheesy he hasn’t made the most of the longer sub appearances he’s had recently

He’s not been given that much of a chance really, meanwhile Gakpo gets so many games to prove his place.

 

[Fabio]

Strange tactics. We are looking to release early and counter and yet still seem to get caught by City regularly.

We have no midfield at all. A DM - or at the very least a midfielder that doesn’t regularly disappear - needs to be top of the list.

We don't have the pace for counter. It's Ekitike and that's it. Gakpo is too conservative to sprint and mo runs in treacle.

 

[binomial]

Exeter put up more of a fight and they lost 10-0.

 

[The Nomad]

We've been shite so far.

 

[keniget]

Tactics for today lads - hoof it upfield and hope Ekitike can do something.