Man City (H) 4:30pm Sunday 7th August (Sky Sports)

OldCastleSwift

Antonio needs to come off. He can't even run properly.

Yeoldhammer

OldCastleSwift

He's playing wide left now. We're basically down to ten men.

And Areola concedes a penalty.

whupathman

Pen rats

Yeoldhammer

I'd chance Vlasic up front, guy is a runner not as if we are going to be playing much football today.

thornburyiron

Penalty to City.

buffybegood

Antonio dropped wide (and limping still) Fornals as a false 9 atm

OldCastleSwift

Haaland debut goal v us, as sure as night follows day.

whupathman

This could get ugly

thornburyiron

This is going to be a bad afternoon.

PrestonHammer

Why make the foul, he's going nowhere?

OldCastleSwift

Antonio seems to be moving a bit more freely now, but is having zero impact on the game.

City just far, far too good.

PrestonHammer

I know it's hot but we look well undercooked.

MIAHammer

Instead of the 5 sub rule they should have introduced a rule that when you go 1-0 down you have the option of taking a 3-0 loss and ending the game immediately.

Hamstew

Need to keep this to 1 before ht

thornburyiron

We look so unfit compared to them. They’re yards faster in everything they do.

whupathman

They are several levels above us unfortunately, these are bonus games just hope we avoid anymore injuries

OldCastleSwift

thornburyiron said:

We look so unfit compared to them. They’re yards faster in everything they do.

I don't think it's a fitness thing; they're just on another level.

thornburyiron

We should do because we can’t get anywhere near them and we can’t get the ball for them to have to tackle us.

alderz

They’ve had 80% of the ball, of course we look tired.

Hamstew

Antonio is done in this game.

chicagohammer

I am nervous to look at the possession stats

steve

moyes out ,to soon

OldCastleSwift

Ach, even when we do get the ball in their half we can't get a pass right.

Been a humbling first half, this.

Yeoldhammer

You don't really need a commentary team for this game.

>Man City come forward with the attack.
>a West Ham boot gets in the way and the attack is crowded out.
>the ball is cleared down the field.
>Man City pick up the ball on the half way line.

Copy and Paste, until City score or Full time.

OldCastleSwift

Freekick wide of the area. A chance to throw it into the mixer.

OldCastleSwift

Doesn't beat the first man. Sigh.

steve

Can we have our ball back Mr

thornburyiron

Bowen free kick barely three feet off the ground.

jay_in_cpt

So wasteful from Bowen, IMO he's been poor so far and not in the game...
Still in the game though.....