 Yes, yes, everyone. Welcome back to another video. I'm here with none other than the myself big Steve How you doing good? Yeah, good good to be here On the back of a defeat, which is not always the best, but Good to be here. Yeah, and we're gonna go through like obviously Madrid We'll have a look at Chelsea and we might touch on transfers of your time for transfers and stuff Usually be a live show with things out of the big Steve show Record this one get it out today before Chelsea and that it's a good time to do it You haven't already do the favorite like button and subscribe channel if you are new Trying to bring some different kind of content with multiple camera angles and that But I guess there's only one place to start we'll get the I say bad talk out of the way What are your thoughts coming out of out of Wednesday? Listen, it's hard to be mad at them because over two legs We we we tried our best we went to the Bernabeu and we give it a go And then on the other night we give it a go. We couldn't get through But I feel like we just we let Madrid off the hook over two legs. I feel like we didn't do enough To win the game It's all right having possession. It's all right forcing the game But we've got to unpick the lock, you know, I mean and what I think is this season The final third has not been the same as last season. I think There's a couple of key issues Read Mares, Ilcaigundo and players like that. We had to come off the bench and unlock and lock games I don't think we have that now, you know, I mean we've seen in recent matches that early in Harland and The team it's not linking up, right? So I think there's a there's a whole lot of factors in it Overall, we tried our best. We went for it. We didn't we didn't Disgrace ourselves, but we didn't get the job done and at the end of the day Real Madrid were there for the taking so I think the players and the manager is going to be disappointed Yeah, I think My my I've said this quite a few times on my I think coming out of it was more It's annoying that we didn't get beat by the better team. It was not like we've gone out Not to a better team. It's not around we did turn up on the day And yes, I had that stressed me out more if we turn up on the day in Real Madrid better That was because I believe that we are a better side than Real Madrid however, just the fact that They weren't the better sign and still went through it if almost feels like a little bit unfair But when you let it go to penalties, that's obviously it's a lottery at that point You can you've got a look at the goals we conceded. Yeah, two in the Bernabao were terrible Oh, yeah, we get our noses back in front and then we concede late on it was a great goal So we're going away from the Bernabao with a result that we all said before the game We take let's take a draw back to the Etihad and beat him at the Etihad We get to the Etihad and we gave him a goal and that killed us because then they had something to hold on to the dug in team Kevin De Bruyne missed a few chances, but it just didn't it just didn't flow the same this season in the Champions League I don't know what it is last season. It just felt like everyone was together You know, we were we were going and I don't think anyone could stop us But this year just feel like the defense and the way we're playing There's something missing and I addressed it on a stream of mine the other day that There's an early in Harlem problem and whether people like it or not. There is a problem We've got the best number nine in the world. We're not playing for him People are saying yeah, but he needs to get involved more and stuff I don't think he does because last season we proved that if you if you've got that player that can unlock and play them balls in like Don't do and did and things like that. He scores goals I feel like Jack Greenless is getting to the final third and and there's no crosses coming in I think Jeremy Doku. He's very very raw. We know that but I'm gutted because I'm looking at who's left in the Champions League and thinking we're better than all We should agree, you know, I mean, and that's the problem. I think everyone's frustrated. Yeah, it's a I Think at the moment as well. There's a lot of reactionary stuff coming out and But I think because if you take the car back up out of it and mean it shield out of it I know I've said come up as a couple. I love the car back up. I always want to win it But if you take those out of it We've not we've not felt this for a long time. Obviously it was real Madrid last time when they knocked us out Yeah, we've not felt this kind of this pain of going like to the last stage is then getting knocked out for a bit Obviously because of last year's treble win. So I feel like it does feel a little bit wrong I think it's okay to like feel gutted after the match. Um, personally, I'm proud of the way that we played because we dominate after their goal I think that if you look at the first half and all 20 minutes or so you could see both sides Really didn't want to be the team to go I was a bit of nerves in there respect for each of a little bit too much And and then when they got their goal then which I don't think they expected in their game plan I don't think they was expecting to go a one to look at any ball so early They just into a switch like that. They was like, right. Okay. Let's hold this now and It was all about us then trying to break them down. I know Kyle Walker was at fault for their goal but I think he Made up for it in the game. He made up for it like going for the game. I think it said He had a really strong second half I feel like there was the one-on-one with Vinny as well Where Vinny ended up pulling up. He did really well there and that's basically why we needed Kyle Walker in that game but I Think there's There's positive to take because of how we played against a side like Real Madrid But it's just upsetting that we had to go out to that Real Madrid side And and what what happens is when you get beat everyone starts looking for different answers So people have got their own theories and that you know, I've heard Arlen's no good Yeah, Vinny Bruins finished. Yeah, we need to play with Alvarez as a false nine We play better with this we play better with that and at the end of the day, it's all Said in the emotion at the end of the day if you take the season over all this season, we haven't been our Best but we find ourselves top of the Premier League with six games to go, you know We're taking that so I feel like yeah this year. We didn't quite have enough to do it It happens with these been years when in the Champions League when we've been favourites We've gone out to Leon. We've gone out to Spurs. They hurt a little bit more than this But at the end of the day We're top of the league and we're in FA Cup semi-final I'm a bit worried about the semi-final because I think our players look dead on the feet the other night There's a few people holding the groin and stuff like that And we've got some tough trips coming up But listen if anyone can go and win these two cups now it's city and I think we've all just got to get behind them and You know from where it was a few weeks ago when it was in Liverpool's hands It was in Arsenal's hands now all of a sudden it's out in our hands You know, I think you can't ask for better than that at the minute. Yeah, it looked You mentioned there that our season this season I think one of the one of the key issues as well has been finishing our chances Which goes back to early Holland Goes back to the fact that we're not playing it I feel like we're not playing to his strengths anyway, especially recent times and then But then Harlan himself has to hold his hands up a little bit as well There is sometimes where he's been through one-on-one you're lucky and even shooting straight at the keeper The Luton game the Luton game should have finished first time. Obviously it was early boy He ended up getting the goal. Well, obviously it was an own goal We're fortunate but he should have finished that and we've seen that kind of same situation Multiple times a season so he'll be disappointed in that fact But then also I think a little bit of lies on pep and the way that we play football right now isn't suit in Harlan people coming out saying always being used to Fight with the centre-backs keep the centre-backs away from the midfield Leave the space for folding everyone to go in there, but that's fine. But Phil Folden, for example, he's playing central scoring goals Kev comes back He's playing wide And you like we didn't have Kevin De Bruyne in the burner bow Why not just leave Kev on the bench and start with it back You need Kevin De Bruyne last 20 minutes or a second half facing the south stand bring on a fresh Kevin De Bruyne Because I feel like others could have done a little bit of a job first half. We didn't have to go gung-ho And Kevin struggling with that injury no matter what anyone says every two games now He's pulling up with it or he's tweaking it or we're resting him So I know people don't want to hear it, but I feel like Kev's obviously the age and everything's creeping up with him that injuries Obviously not right And I think the plan going forward has got to be Phil Folden to take over the Kevin De Bruyne place for me This is something that pep doesn't really want to risk but something that I really want him to do is them two in the midfield because Bernardo Silva I think plays really well in the right wing Yeah, he does and in the midfield Bernardo Silva and this is his whole career to see it never gets you numbers He never gets you know the G&A isn't there yet He gets goals for the season obviously, but him getting assists from the middle of the middle of the practice doesn't happen So I think I'd Get info folding there where we know he's playing well, but I don't silver can play right wing I'm happy for them to exchange for at the match and be a bit fluid with it But I just think starting with Phil Folden as the 10 You could even drop kev a little bit deeper I think we've got a bit of number 10 sat there on on the left wing Yeah jack realish in my opinion. I feel like that's that that's the biggest wasted signing that like not wasted signing in that sense Because I think he's done really well at city But I think it's a missed opportunity to never have played jack realish in the mid late games jack realish in the 10 Going left going right shooting getting the fouls winning the free kicks doing all that I think it be that's his game that I think some of the best games that you've seen realish in is when He When he drives tired forward. Yeah I've got a cat in the room Jack I just think jack realish in the 10 will do bits and some of the best games that we've seen jack realish play Like for example United when we're playing against United really should Come inside and when they allow him that space he dictates the play course I just think we should have we should have at least tried that a few times Often it because you don't want to undermine your manager Um, but we are entitled to an opinion. We pay our money. We go and watch them week in and week out And it is good to discuss it. We're not slagging anyone off But it's just like sometimes why not, you know, I mean sometimes in games. I think to myself Why don't you swap wings? You know, I mean, it's not work. Yeah, if it's not working switch it up Yeah, you know, I mean jerry docu for me plays better on the right Yeah, so he's been recently he has been switching it like So we've seen jerry docu coming on this right on side and maybe like just not for a full game But then just feel a little bit trying to them right and I I agree. I think he's been playing really well off that right inside It's and it's just it's just frustrating because I feel like they were there for the taking and we just fell up short But I think I think what's happened is um I don't think he's got the creativity in the middle of the park to to Unlock harland. I feel like We are playing harland's playing so high. There's no spacing behind But he's sacrificing the space in behind to create the space in front So fold and banado de broyne can all get it. But for me, if I'm carlo enchilota and ruben diaz manual a canje Guardio and kyle walker are on the edge of my box with a ball. I'm fine with that I'm absolutely fine with that because in my opinion, I'll say let Manchester City think They've got control. But in reality Guardio a canje ain't threading that through ball through If you've got banado silverfield fold and kevin de broyne, they're the ones on the edge You're fucking panicking because a they can ping it in the top bag Be the threading that ball through see they can twist you up and and get through So I feel like peps sometimes got this obsession About possession and thinking oh, yeah, we're dominating the game But are we really dominating the game because enchilota is probably thinking you can think you're dominating me But we're comfortable here. Yeah, we're after we decide We're letting you pass it along and that and there's nobody can damage us where I think last season You bring on read mares. He can trap the ball from anywhere It cuts inside he goes on the outside and then you've got il kai gundo and arriving late. Yeah, really late. Yeah I feel like that was something we had in our locker last season that we Opposition teams didn't need in the last minute now. You're looking at our bench and you're thinking, okay We bring on alvarez, but we're taking off island and then you're thinking we can smooth forward into the middle But once real Madrid was settled and dug deep and they had the noses in front I feel like they were comfortable and and they took it to penalties. Like you say it was a lot trip to 50 50 We're not the best at penalties. We know that you know, I don't I don't think we practice penalties I'm sure I've seen a pet court he just goes saying that we genuinely don't This is the best penalty taker them that footage that come out before porto in 2021 final when he was smashing a top corner. Yeah. Yeah, but at the end of the day and Bernardo Silva You know, we love him and he's been fantastic But if you if you've got him in a room now and said what the fucking how was you doing there? He'd probably say fuck knows he's seen in his head. I'm going to run up dink it keep a dive He's going to dinking everyone's going to go fucking out. What a penalty. Yeah, but um We've got to remember this year If man city win that penalty shootout The Spanish newspaper Mars or the Madrid paper and all the outlets in Spain will slag Real Madrid off How can a Real Madrid team Play like that defend like that. How can they do that the Real Madrid champions of Europe? It's a disgrace. You win the penalty shootout like they did absolutely fantastic performance Best river stage magical defensive display. Yeah, but really we know that it is where it is But listen, we've done it twice in the last two weeks. We've had two teams come to the Etihad Dig deep and defend and both of them have done a job so also and and Madrid so You know, he's got to come up with a formula He's got to come up with something to get him going now for six games. We've got six games to win the Premier League The thing obviously there's there's like I said, there's like just over a month left now I don't know it might be four weeks um the time for That the formation changes the risks the kind of the experiments. I feel like that's done I feel like now you really need to just decide on your best 11 Yeah, you need to be very consistent obviously barring injuries and in fitness and you need to just stick to a way and Go for that week in week out now if that's folding the midfield that's folding the midfield If Kev's been a little bit inconsistent in and out of it, then I'm fine with that I just think Happy to figure it out Just fun. I've got no problem me going to uh Brighton on a Thursday night dropping Kevin De Bruyne dropping early in Harland Starting off nice and slow get growing into the game If we nick it and we're winning a couple of goals and we don't have to bring them to one great bonus If we think you know what it's getting to like 70 minutes here We need to get them on and win it do it that way, you know, they both have to come off Kevin was old in his hamstring, which you know, he's had an operation six month out and Harland's had this foot injury Um, but if he's had a foot injury, why are we playing him against Luton at home? You know, this is my thing why playing against Luton at home? Um, I think Harland's suffering from a little bit of confidence issue. I feel like the body the body language is not there I feel like he looks very frustrated last season. He was like Harland Harland He was giving it all he was giving it a big and he was smashing people getting the crowd up and all that He just feels like he's a little bit laboured and let's not forget it feels flat with Harland at the moment like a young lad Yeah, and the standards he set himself last season was so so high I think that puts So much pressure on yeah, because the pressure was already there from the off because he's early in Harland And is this big time you got to strike in the Premier League stops now at Harland's goals, whatever it is in the league 20 It's a great season. Yeah 20 goal a 20 goal season striker is a great striker But but with him he's he's he's no it's not it's he you know, he's behind his total But I get it but I just think I said the other night on my show if I'm Alfie Arland I'm getting in at preseason and we're having to sit down with Pep and I'm saying look You know, my son's one of the best number nines in the world. You don't look like he's enjoying his football What's the plan if Pep turns round and says look, I'm gonna say we have didn't have the players to lock I'm gonna sign a paqueta. I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say, I'm gonna lose Bernardo, whatever This is how we're gonna play next season these two playmakers in front a bit like Iniesta Javi playing like that. Yeah. Yeah, then I'm convinced early in Ireland, you know, he's futilised at City, but if peps with this way of playing I don't see how it's gonna end if he doubles down on this style I think Harland will reconsider his future for when he I don't think you'll leave this summer No by any stretch of the imagination, but I think you'll be looking at after this contract He might go Yeah, I might not renew and go somewhere It's just frustrating for us as fans to know that you've got the best number nine in the world And if he's in any other team in the world that team works move And shift and the main to play to him. Yeah, we don't we don't do that We don't do that for anyone. No, we don't and this is the fact. This is all about the team and um We can't moan because of the trophies we've winning. We can't yeah, but we are allowed to feel frustrated I come away from some city games Frustrated. Yeah, it's not and we've won but I'm frustrated I don't know why it is I've been mates to go all you spoil and that and yeah, maybe we are spoiled but we are entitled to You know, we are entitled to have an opinion on it, but I just don't want to see a man like Harlan do last season Fucking destroy football for us and give us so much glory Look like he is at the minute You know, I mean you want to see him like and join his football doing bits like obviously scoring goals week in week out and Yeah, like it is at the moment It's a little bit inconsistent for him as much as we say this he has got over 30 goals of season in our competitions Which is still great. I mean, I think any any team in the premier. You said that 30 goals season Like yep, so I'm me up. I'll get him Um But we just know he's better than that and he knows he's better than that like say There might be chances that we've seen him this he knows he's better than that And he'll be frustrated with both round with your performances He doesn't want to be used as a make weight for space for others He might as well go and sign Hacking femois just sticking up front and say smash fuck out of him Hold on to him rag him about throw him on the floor. Keep the eye line You know and basically that's what people are saying. It's happening now and it's just weird, but um I think I just think Pet as I look at and he's not got the players. Yeah, I thread that ball through I think you like we know how much city wanted piqueta. Obviously the the The ban All of the you look at the treble documentary how many times gunder one's slide that ball through. Yeah, you know You look at rodry as well. And howland's link-up was so good. Rodry ain't doing it. No Cover chitchat ain't doing it. He's definitely not doing it. You know, the only ones you've got in there He's a folding and de brian and only one plays so if you sit on him In the game and you stop that so if you come out, you might whoever that is out the game And then you think right. Yeah, but we've got two wingers But the two wingers don't cross. Yeah, they don't so they come back inside So how the last year was making these runs Now he's not doing it because he knows that there's no point in me running because the ball ain't coming in Yeah, yeah, what what's more frustrating is when we when we bring alvarez on Yeah, like against you know, we start putting the ball in and i'm thinking who you doing that to Howland's already off the pitch. You should have been doing this throughout the match And that that's that's where that's where it confused me and Uh, I think only that's why peps are genius. Yeah, and we're here talking about that And that's why we're sat at home peps peps managing man Um, but obviously moving on from adrid Um, are you are you over it yet? Are you over it like really quick? You know what right? I'm all I classed myself as a little bit old school now at city and I've seen a lot and It doesn't affect me when I was young Really affected me like yeah really bad like I'd be fucking I'd just be a nightmare And I'd just be like it really get on my mind but now I'm just a great I just think it is what it is Do you know what I mean that that was my mentality because when I was when I was young I used to be like I couldn't play FIFA. I couldn't look at sky's books at the match of an eye and said to me Getting off me and I went what and he went getting off watching that shit I went how old are you and he went 22 and I went and you think that shit I said you want to fucking lastly five minutes. I said, I remember coming to the eti ad Yeah, getting beat off a team that didn't have a shot We got beat by nil of Bolton. They didn't have a shot. We scored an own goal And I remember coming out of there thinking we're fucking cursed So this guy's playing real Madrid in the quarterfinals. So he's getting off because it's a The best teams in world football I feel like there's a whole generation of city fans that if we ever have a A little wobble and we're like four for fifth. They just grab meltdown. They're going to freak out So he's going to have to set up a like a trauma hotline Talk to moonbeam Old classic videos on the city when in the treble to calm everyone to calm down Love little have little rooms that matches where they can go to to chill out imagine watching jamey pollock Lobby over your defender's head and then heading it over your goal He's got your own goal here and relegating your you know, like just like not falling off his knee and going in Like a proper gas score in your 96 goal To relegate you in your own net, but now it does make me laugh But no, I'm not I'm not this I'm not upset. We can't be upset anyway because we've got a job to do That's things straight back on the horse. We're at wembley at weekend. There's no point moping We've got to get the boys over the line get to the FA cut fine. There is apps I said this yesterday There is absolutely no time to dwell on going out the Champions League You've got a semi-final to go to And then which is a massive opportunity to get to go again wembley and get into the final another competition And then we were top of the Premier League that we need to keep up Like there is no there's no rest. I feel like Saturday was going to be hard anyway because I think Chelsea's been brilliant against us last two games Yeah, and and recently Chelsea have looked like they're in good form. I just feel like they're a nightmare for everything We've got the they have the the conor Gallagher I say though Fernandez midfield which is just hanging So that just like tries to swarm all over Rodney and that's stopping getting the ball Then they have obviously copan copan point to prove Yeah, and and he's scoring for fun now. Mudrick and that mudrick and Jackson who's shit But all the shit ones always come out the woodwork against us for some reason It stinks of Jackson scoring Yeah, but and it just it's just one of them things You know in seasons you get teams where you just they've got your number a little bit and I feel like Chelsea You've got that I feel like the fresh and I feel like they've got nothing to play for so they're gonna go for it We've just got to be on our guard and and we can't feel sorry for ourself And I bet there was a few walking around yesterday with lips out and that like talking but We can't do it. You didn't the semi-final of the of the FA Cup We've got to go and win it and then we've got six games win the Premier League That's basically the beyond an end all of it all. Yeah Obviously, this was the same when the Champions League was thing But all I really thought about it yesterday was the next trophy that we can lift is the Premier League like so And we're so close to the end of the season that There's there's just no point dwelling on that Real Madrid game I understand the players are going to be upset about going out, but you've still got two trophies to win It's still a successful season. It's Premier League four in a row. You know, it's never been done It's sensational and it's just unreal what what we're doing at the football club Um, it's like I walk up and message is like, hi, where's your treble gone? And I'm like listen It would no man city fan was talking about the treble the treble is such a unique thing in football Right. Do not people these idiots online are throwing this treble about like it's nothing. Ah, where's your double treble gone? It's like it's not even worth your It's not even worth a reply. It's just he's pathetic. You know, I mean the thing is A treble isn't normal But rival fans are trying to normalize a double treble because never mind a single treble They're trying to normalize a double treble to ten to then use it against you fans saying, ah, you've gone out of the cup It's not for everyone. I'm like, are you not losing free nil to atalanta me? And I went out in the Europa League Europa League that when city was in it. It was a channel five cup and no one Yeah, no one cares about it. He's he's he's he's top european troll top european troll for that club most way Do you know what I mean? I'm like, listen, we're always going to be that when you top of the mountain everyone wants to throw stones and knock you off um We dust ourselves off and we've all got to stick together We don't want these online fractions where everyone's going off on these tangents and we're all arguing about stuff. There's no point. We just got to Go there at weekend and get the results the result business now dig deep You know, there's some lads there that have didn't play at weekend nafe and ackee and that are obviously going to start Maybe coverage it will start um But I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Um, I think I back us. I don't know how Fit the team will be. I don't know. Do I mean we'll have to wait to the press conference? I was which is today the time to record this in a couple of hours. Um, we'll have to wait and see what comes out of that but There's no reason not to back us with what we've done in the past and I think Fans just need to get behind the team again. Like yes, it's upsetting to go at the champions league But like we're saying The season's far from over. Yeah, it's still too much Listen, we had a brilliant weekend last weekend Perfect weekend last week. I saw a little drop point. So it's like he's put us right in the mix um I saw her on the back Of slipping up at home to Aston Villa going out to to finger. That's a real fall off And the thing is with them They know that this happened last season. So that's ticking around in there Yeah, the mentality for them isn't there. They've not got over that line yet So then we know that we can win the FA Cup and we can do the Premier League And we know that we're in a great position. So it's just players like Rodry Ruben Diaz Stoneser Walker the senior players have got The leaders in the team have got to come together now and pick everybody up and say look, this isn't the time to feel sorry For ourselves. This is the time to Get back at it and get this one. Yeah, I completely agree um Right, do you want to give a score prediction? Oh, yeah this dude is I think I think we'll win two one. I think just I think, um We'll get it over the line, but it's going to be tough. I do think Chelsea will score Don't think on that. I think on that pitch is massive as well. Yeah, I think it's uh I think this is going to be one of the most difficult games of the season I think it will be yeah right up there. I've been feeling bantering Chelsea But like you say, they're a bit of a miss one minute. You watch him and you think Fucking hell of terrible and then you watch him again and you think Jesus. I watched me against Everton and uh They were uh, they were brilliant, you know, I mean but You know, it's a semi-final anything can happen. We've just got to get there get behind the lads and that and no excuses, you know And just keep going. Yeah wise words, um Right, that's it everyone big up for Everyone who's watching subscribe to channel if you are new hit like on this video Comment below let us know your thoughts and everything that we've been speaking about today Chelsea obviously massive game tomorrow And get your score predictions in the comments big to big steve and go check out his socials Um, you know, I mean you're always posting on your socials, mate. Yeah, I'm trying. I don't do enough to be fair on my own channel, but um couple of shows Title talk with turkish Yeah, it's a good little show Liverpool fan Arsenal fan. I don't think they want to talk about the title though this week And they will not want to be talking about that But other than that, yeah, and it's a few little bits knocking about tiktok. I'm doing a bit of tiktok now Oh, look at you now do a few lives on there have a bit of banter and that but um Yeah, it's what it is. But yeah, you know where I am