Match thread v Manchester City

[Steveo]

Diaz never said he wanted to leave. -and what he said After he was at Bayern is toilet paper.

come on. stop peddling this garbage

[Jenson78]

The more i see the three goals conceded today, more it looks to me that the players arnt playing for the badge never mind for Slot. No one is willing to throw themselves to stop a cross, stop a shot, stop to concede a throw in or corner NOTHING.
Not good enough.

[jozza800]

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.

He's all fizz and no pop. However today he was full of pop!

[jozza800]

Diaz is a big miss, but let's not kid ourselves he's no Suarez. He didn't win us the league on his own last season. The entire team wasn't built around him.

Szobozlai, Chiesa and Ali a side not a single one of the 25 players in our squad can say they have been up to scratch, and more than half them have been absolutely miles off it.

That first half was pathetic, more so than in any of our other games.

I honestly don't know where the 'blame' lies but they need to fucking sort it out.

[Nineteenx]

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.

Shows how precious little they know about the game as we were all excited he was more productive, looking better than before his injury a d about to explode the next season

Useless cunts

[Steveo]

Shows how precious little they know about the game as we were all excited he was more productive, looking better than before his injury a d about to explode the next season

Useless cunts

Correct….

For CD - If a player has been told they will not get the salary they believe they are worthy of - or a contract they require at that stage of their career and they choose to leave - that is not the same as saying they wanted to leave and showed a lack of loyalty. It’s utter baloney and typical of the bullshit that clubs push through the media regarding a player they have chosen not to comply with.

The club were not going to meet his wage demands and his wages were relatively low. He is almost 29… So he had concerns.

That’s the reality. This in no way means he should have left and is a clear indicator that he would have been more than happy to stay.

We are questioning WHY the club allows arguably our biggest threat to leave.. why they did not offer him that deal… And we know…it’s primarily their model

[Crimson Dynasty]

Diaz never said he wanted to leave. -and what he said After he was at Bayern is toilet paper.

come on. stop peddling this garbage

But he said it, right?
We can at least agree on that.
Whether or not you believe it. That's frankly speaking your issue.

Also, you can't say he "...never said it" and then immediately after that, claim that what he said when he was at Bayern (which was EXACTLY that) is "toilet paper".
It's one of those contradiction yourself type situations.
And you're only doing it because you know I've shown you that exact quote on these boards.

In either case, your contention is that he wanted to stay and either was pushed out or was made to feel unwanted.

As I offered you before, if you have a quote from him substantiating that assertion (...."toilet paper" or not) I'd love to see it, as I'm sure most here would.
It would put more meat into your argument.
...and make it less......"toilet paper"


Otherwise, you're making it up.
Plain and simple.

You can't be of the position that, ...."I don't believe what he said about what he wanted simply because he said it when he was at Bayern", ........while you're incapable of finding anything - whether it be from before or after he joined Bayern - that supports your claim the "felt" the way you claim he did.

Again, not exactly the type of thing that players historically have a hard thing stating after they leave a club, and we have several players in our recent and not-so-recent past from our own club, who've openly stated that they left because they felt unwanted.
Jordan, Mane,...and on and on.

Diaz is not a shy lad.
If he truly felt that, and said it, I'm sure it exists and I'm sure you'll find it and post it here because you don't like to look like the sort of person that makes shit up about what's what and feed everyone here, (**checks notes**)..... 'toilet paper'.


Anxiously awaiting with bated breath at the edge of my seat.

[teesred]

1st half performance killed us today, for more than the officials, players need to take their share of the blame today.

Agree but it's a multitude of things that are killing us.
Lack of intensity or just sheer fucking laziness in my opinion,lack of pace, lack of threat in the final third. A luxury of attack yet can't score. 1 shot in target is fucking disgusting.
There looks to me like a serious motivation issue. What exactly was his team talk prior to that game? I'd be interested to know because whatever it was it wasn't fucking good.

[Steveo]

Diaz is a big miss, but let's not kid ourselves he's no Suarez. He didn't win us the league on his own last season. The entire team wasn't built around him.

Szobozlai, Chiesa and Ali a side not a single one of the 25 players in our squad can say they have been up to scratch, and more than half them have been absolutely miles off it.

That first half was pathetic, more so than in any of our other games.

I honestly don't know where the 'blame' lies but they need to fucking sort it out.

I mean this is so true. this is a collective collapse

[teesred]

Diaz is a big miss, but let's not kid ourselves he's no Suarez. He didn't win us the league on his own last season. The entire team wasn't built around him.

Szobozlai, Chiesa and Ali a side not a single one of the 25 players in our squad can say they have been up to scratch, and more than half them have been absolutely miles off it.

That first half was pathetic, more so than in any of our other games.

I honestly don't know where the 'blame' lies but they need to fucking sort it out.

Ten minutes in you could see it was gonna be tough . Some players today fuckong hid, Salah the main culprit. He looked today like a player who's given up.