Maybe we should give Maresca some credit.. he kept that clown car functioning as a team and got a draw vs us!

Dips too as recently as last season!

It's obvious the team/ system is designed for a keeper with a different set of skills. That's why Pep sent Joe Hart packing and I think Joe Hart in his peak might be what Donna is.. yet was deemed not good enough. And so was Bravo.

Trafford is the closest we can get to Eddie who was Messi in Goal!

And that is the thing isn't it?

I don't know if you noticed but when Khusanov was defending yesterday.. Rodri's body language totally changed, like he knows Khus is gonna handle it so he better get into a position for Khus's pass to him.. which is very different from his body language with others.

Probably not even a real City fan.

He was a big part of 4 of our EPL titles.

And he's earned his big payday at another team!

Oh that's tough. My top 5 is probably:

The Volley vs Villa away 2021-22
The smash that wrong footed Courtois in the 4-0 vs Real
The comical header in the 4-0 vs Real
The curler vs Rags away in 2018-19
The one vs dippers away this season

And no comments allowed so you cannot dispute!

Awesome.. just lacking the Bernardo turning into Khusanov after putting on his afterburners to clear the counter!

Well 2/3rds is actually covered with water if you want to be technically accurate but sentimentally.. I totally agree!

excuse me it was Gabriel not Saliba.

That incredible backtracking and clearing when the counter attack was on, was huge. It was like he put on afterburners to get there!

Yeah that drove me crazy.. Saliba can tear off Haaland's shirt trying to grab him and it's not a foul.

He can whack Cherki on the back of the head and it's not a foul.

He can hand ball like Bernardo to prevent a goal and it's not a foul.

But Raya can run into someone and it's a foul?

What a joke

Okay lets not talk about him but lets talk about Trafford instead.

Do you think if City let him go, it will be a bigger mistake than letting Julian Alvarez go?

That's the real question isn't it?

How's Italy doing now?

I think no one will ever be as good as Eddie in goal, but at least one would hope they have the common sense to hoof it clear..

And that's my issue with Donna.. he thinks he can get away with it on reputation but sadly vs top teams.. that's not good enough.

It was never Trafford's fault.. it was Rubens.. and you agreed with me.

This time however it's all Donna and he can easily hoof it before he gets into trouble.

Even a 70 year old City fan could win a CL playing goalkeeper with a 5-0 lead.

Is he good at saving pens yes, but other than that.. he's different.

He chokes under pressure and his distribution is absolute shit Adam.

There's a big difference in how we play with Trafford vs Donna. Just rewatch

He can't play in a possession based system based on passing out from the back where as Trafford has been trained to do just that for nearly a decade.

If you can't understand that simple difference.. just move on, because:

I will not change my mind on that!
Trafford is as close to Eddie we can find

Mistakes vs Real Madrid, Mistakes today. If anything that save was something you'd expect a keeper to make.. straight at them. He isn't reliable enough to be a top keeper.

& real kicker is if you let Trafford go, even a blind man can see him being the best keeper in England for the next 15 years.

DonnaTrauma can't handle big pressure situations.. real madrid, arsenal.

And if we're honest with ourselves.. if we allow Trafford to leave.. a blind man can see him being the best keeper in England for the next 15 years!

City need to make a tough but correct call here like Hart vs Shay Given!

5 points too many for you know who.

Infact I'd take 5 points away from him and add another .5 to the other 10 for making up for DonnaTRAUMA.

Most stressful game since Istanbul!

I still think its not going to be easy, but we've got a good chance!

To be honest we have no business being in a title race with how bad we've been compared to our own standards.. but maybe.. just maybe..

I won't complain though.. infact I'll be over the moon!

What does Trafford need to do to become #1 City Goalkeeper?

Change his name to James Etihad?!?!?!

DonnaTrauma.

He's shit! He choked vs Real Madrid, he's choked vs Arsenal.

Only won a CL because had a 5-0 lead and I could win a CL with that lead being a goalkeeper!

Seeing a lot of debate whether Bernardo should have a statue or not..
But it's so easy to solve this debate without having a debate --

Give the entire Treble Team a statue! -- For they did what no one has done before or since in our club's history!

To be honest we have no business being in a title race.

We're awful at times & have a very tough run in. All our remaining games are vs top table teams.

In a strange way run in it's more of Pep figuring out: Does the team respond to him -- which has always been his tenets for staying & extending!

Fingers crossed!

Could it happen?