Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle – The final inquest.
October 3rd, 2010 | 175 Comments |
Few fans this week actually expected anything other than a defeat at the hands of the blue limitless overdraft that calls itself Manchester City.
For me this week was all about seeing how we performed more than anything else. Going down fighting is one thing, while lying down and taking a beating is something else altogether. For the most part, I think our lads played a good game. A performance of this sort would have, I feel, ensured three points last week. But enough of the history lesson. Here is an analysis of the individual performances as I saw them.
Tim Krul – Just seems to keep improving week after week. He does panic a little in a scramble and needs to work a little on his positioning (especially for the second goal), but he’s getting better at dealing with crosses all the time, and I believe he’s already better at decision making and shot-stopping than Harper. (more…)