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Stewart Robson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
128 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

I think they're still qualified for the Champions League.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

They've just lost the title by losing to Manchester United and they were torn apart.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

They looked sluggish.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

All the things that we said about Manchester City last year when they weren't playing particularly well and they weren't good at defending in midfield and people could run off the back of them.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

All those things happened at the weekend and they couldn't control the game, mainly because the centre-backs weren't particularly good on the ball.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

But I thought the performance against Manchester United was so poor it was worse than tonight.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

Are we talking about the AstroTurf?

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

There was two other teams that had it.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

Preston North End, who I didn't play against, and Oldham Athletic, who before they came into the Premier League, or the old First Division as it was then, they played on a plastic pitch and they used it very well under Joe Royal.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

And they got to a League Cup final, I think, beating West Ham over two legs when I was playing for West Ham.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

And they were a good team, but they knew how to play the pitch and it was really difficult.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

Pitches have improved.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

Those 3G pitches are vastly superior to what they were, but it's still not easy to play on.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

Yes, they've got a massive squad.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

They've shown some resilience tonight against what was quite a decent Inter performance at times.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

They've got a good understanding defensively when they've got their best team out, but they all can bring other players in and do a good job.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

You'd still say Jesus, Jacareche, are they the best centre forwards in European football?

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

Probably not.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

So that's the only one area of weakness.

ESPN FC
Man City's Miserable New Year

But if Saka's playing at his best and Trossard's doing really well and Eze comes into the side,