IT’S BACK ON! Manchester City v West Ham Utd (19th February) - Match Thread

thornburyiron

I thought 4-5-1 was how we started but it quickly became 9-0-1.

OldCastleSwift

Exeter, most Championship and League One teams I've watched this season play better football than we do. We are so pedestrian in everything we do and don't seem to have any idea of what to do.

Bowen for Snodgrass would be the obvious change. Let him run at City and give Antonio a bit more space. Literally nothing to lose from this point.

EXETERHAMMER

We may have 5 at the back, but both full backs for Man City have acres of space out wide. How can this be?

jay_in_cpt

thornburyiron said:

If Bowen is not ready for PL games then he could move on before he’s kicked a ball for us.

Or he could play for us next season.... :doh:

EXETERHAMMER

Exeter City are League 2 and have pace, passing and a game plan.

thornburyiron

Jay his contract allows him to leave if we go down which is still very much on the cards.

OldCastleSwift

Christ, we even lost the mascot race at half-time

alderz

It’s one thing being defensive of you are well drilled and disciplined (Atletico, for example). We just seem to think that adding bodies to the back third of the pitch will make us better at defending, which is nonsense. The lack of organisation is appalling.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Haller and Bowen need to come on

At least give it a go

thornburyiron

No subs yet

EXETERHAMMER

Beaten again out wide with 5 at the back.

Pointless

OldCastleSwift

Rice breaks brilliantly, Soucek and Antonio eventually back him up and contrive to balls it up

thornburyiron

Rice auditioning for a move to City.

OldCastleSwift

Ah, Fredericks injured.

Once again.

And it's the pacy Zaba to replace him.

OldCastleSwift

thornburyiron said:

Rice auditioning for a move to City.

Deserves it. Carrying all the other outfield players again.

Couldn't begrudge him leaving in the summer at all.

Lukerz

Fredericks is such a sick note it’s unreal

Adam

Back to Zabaleta :doh:

Lukerz

Game over

If it wasn’t already

OldCastleSwift

Sigh.

Maybe now we'll see an attacking substitution.

thornburyiron

Far far too easy. We are easily the most inept team in the league this season.

thornburyiron

Our goal difference is almost the same as Villa’s but as well as having a point more than us they’ve also scored more than us

Yeoldhammer

Captained De Bruyne raking in the points

EXETERHAMMER

So is Bowen on a pay when you play contract?

Lukerz

How bad has Rice been tonight

alderz

OldCastleSwift said:

thornburyiron said:

Rice auditioning for a move to City.

Deserves it. Carrying all the other outfield players again.

Couldn't begrudge him leaving in the summer at all.

Lukerz said:

How bad has Rice been tonight

13 minutes between these comments

:hmm:

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Why is Moyes stuck on a back 5

IT DOESNT WORK!!

OldCastleSwift

Comfortably the worst team in the league. Even when the get the ball into their half we have absolutely no clue what to do with it.

100% deserve to be relegated.

Lukerz

Yep.

Certainties to go down. We just aren’t very good.

EXETERHAMMER

Players are good enough.

Game plan, management and owners not good enough.

Lukerz

So we win 4-0 playing a 4-4-1-1 & then change to a back five & haven’t won since.