Match thread v Manchester City

[Steveo]

You mean the one who wanted to leave us for a better team (.....and did)?

That one?

No because framing it as though he wanted to leave is entirely bogus and pure F$G spin timed to perfection. Knowing neither Diaz or his agent could refute it now he is at Bayern

He wanted to stay. Tried repeatedly to get a better contract as did Mo and Virgil - but the club were not budging - At this point he chose to move to Bayern.

Don’t believe the crap you fed by any club.

[Nineteenx]

That was a major Slot fuck up too, should have kept Diaz at all costs and let his Dutch mate Gakpo go or Chiesa or not buy 2 number nine’s for a system that just won’t work

He got the gig as the continuation and evolution, he achieved that first season then ripped up title winning working model

If it ain’t broken don’t fix it he needs a book of quotes from Shsnkly & Paisley handed to him

[Steveo]

If it was Slot - I can’t believe it was

[miller0863]

He wanted better wages and went and got them. I don’t blame Diaz I blame the decision makers who thought we would be better off letting him go and risk £100m on a lad who’s never played in England and give him the level of wages Diaz was looking for.

[Steveo]

He wanted better wages and went and got them. I don’t blame Diaz I blame the decision makers who thought we would be better off letting him go and risk £100m on a lad who’s never played in England and give him the level of wages Diaz was looking for.

Is the way to put it simply and best.

[Crimson Dynasty]

Well the bent as fuck officials ruined that game for us, if they hadn’t incorrectly ruled out our goal it would have been a different game

Slots poor decision to sub Robbo led to their third with Kerkez being clueless in their half
......

You're delusional if you believe this.
Poor officiating and poor officials - while true and a fact of this game- are also both a convenient excuse for how awful we looked in between (and even BEFORE) those awful calls.

It allows Liverpool fans to claim it was officials who screwed us over when the reality is that we were never in this at all.

The couple of (admittedly bad) offfside calls - including for the disallowed goal - papered over the crack of the several other times our players were too lazy to get back onside (with Mo a frequent culprit in this), or simply not being alert to City getting out in time to set the trap.

Same thing with foul calls bookmarked by terrible decisions leading to bad tackles (and unnecessary cards and deadball opportunities for City),...and on and on and on.....

There's just too many instances of a bad referee/linesman/VAR call you could point to that could easily be nullified by several bad plays by our players on their own doing.

If VAR don't rule out that goal we still lose this game 3-1, or possibly even 4-1.

[eggy81]

He wanted better wages and went and got them. I don’t blame Diaz I blame the decision makers who thought we would be better off letting him go and risk £100m on a lad who’s never played in England and give him the level of wages Diaz was looking for.

When you put it that way it seems totally crazy.

[Ravo19]

I stand corrected on 4 2 3 1,didnt realise slot used it last season.
Last season was a weird one,most teams off form and im still not a fan of the 4 2 3 1 we looked exposed this season

[Insidious]

Excellent LWF display by Doku today

He was wonderful today, truly.

Stepping back from today's performance I think that was something like his 7th League goal in 67/68 (roughly) appearances so you'd want more from him in terms of output, but if today's performance starts to become "the norm" then they really have something.

Their patience with him may yet be rewarded it seems.

[Crimson Dynasty]

No because framing it as though he wanted to leave is entirely bogus and pure F$G spin timed to perfection. Knowing neither Diaz or his agent could refute it now he is at Bayern

He wanted to stay. Tried repeatedly to get a better contract as did Mo and Virgil - but the club were not budging - At this point he chose to move to Bayern.

Don’t believe the crap you fed by any club.

Diaz himself said he wanted to leave.

Are you calling him a liar?

Do you have any quote of him saying he wanted to stay?
You're the one that's pulling that out of your arse.

I can pull up (AGAIN) that same quote where he said he wanted to leave and seek a new challenge.
He said to to Colombian press during one of the international breaks.


This isn't to deny that the wages situation wasn't a factor in that.
But if we're going simply and directly by what the player ...ACTUALLY......said, there's no argument here.

I'mnot going by anything the "club fed me"
I'm going by what HE SAID.

And I'm also not making stuff up.
Unlike you.


I know you hate FSG and your hatred for them blinds you to obvious facts, but let's stick to facts here.

Maybe you want to make the argument that he wanted to leave......'because' FSG didn't give him the wage he was expecting (in which case, you have to substantiate that) and wanted and thought he was owed,....but the FACT that we're not arguing here,....is that....

He.
Wanted.
To Leave.

Again, feel free to prove me wrong and provide that quote of him saying he wanted to stay but that the club didn't want him or he felty forced out.
There's plenty of examples of former players openly and clearly stating exactly that about their departure from us leaving no doubt that they wanted to say.
Our ex-captain, for example.

It's not the type of thing that ex-players are shy about stating even when at other clubs.
So it shouldn't be hard to substantiate if it exists.