Post Match Thread: City 2-0 Watford

[unlikelyfan19]

To be fair there wasn't many wanting Fernandinho out, I think you'll find most people were talking about Fernando.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Pretty sure everyone knew how important he always has been to us.

 

[adeinchessy]

Are we sure that's even Sagna at RB? Completely different player since chopping the hair off

Couldn't agree more. I thought we'd bought a dud. He looked completely ineffectual last season. This season he's played like a man possessed. Inspiring performance today - well done Bacary - keep it up. Also, I am so pleased for Mangala that he's been given a chance. Yes, he had some bad moments last season, but he didn't deserve the incessant criticism he received last season & always looked one good performance away from getting his confidence and becoming the player we've seen so far this season. Suddenly our back 4 look unbeatable!

 

[Infinite blue]

Imagine how good we'd be under a decent manager, pelle out pep in.

Pelle won the match at half time. Brought Nas on, switched Merlin out wide and moved Sterling through the centre> Hey presto, we won the game. Great credit to the boss. Respect.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Everything you said is right apart from the completely different player part. He's done this for the best part of two seasons but the formation has left him ruthlessly exposed. With a tighter midfield and Yaya pulling his socks up a bit more he's showing how much of a complete midfielder he really is.

Great result. We played well again but Watford deserve credit for their first half performance, we probed but they played very well and were very well organised. The most pleasing thing was to see Pellegrini change it early and recognise it needed something different. We don't need to rely on just 1 style of play now we have numerous weapons and it's his job to find the oppositions weakness and utilise our weapons effectively. Today he done it perfectly.

Navas is a weird one. This season he's been in some of the best form he's ever had at City, including today, but unfortunately for him, Sterling has highlighted his weaknesses.

I predicted a big game and a goal from sterling today with Watford doubling up on Silva, he certainly delivered, the frightening thing is, there's still plenty of work to be done by him on the training pitch, he needs to learn how to shoot and specifically put power in his shots. His crossing could do with some work too but when you've got Kolarov almost always right behind you that's not something you need to worry about.

Defence were solid again, they look well drilled they cover each other and Dinho is a machine in being there to mop up in and around the edge of the box when a player is beaten, Vinny's got them organised, Mangala looks unbeatable and the fullbacks have both been excellent. Also great to see the work rate from the defenders and in particular Mangala when coming back from a corner, as soon as Mangala realises the ball isn't coming to him he turns and sprints 50-60 yards to get back into position and help stop any potential break. Fantastic to see.

Would never begrudge Fernandinho MOTM award as he's my favourite player and deserves every award he gets, but i thought it should of gone to Sagna today, who was superb yet again. Second half watching him close up from 114 there was a period of pressure from watford and Sagna won absolutely everything. He first came out of nowhere to slide in and block a shot that looked like it could of been heading in, then he was the first to the ball from the resulting corner, the ball came back in, sagna again clears, they attack down our right, he tries to outrun sagna, he was having none of it then finally a few seconds later after our attack broke down they threatened to break and Sagna charged back and made an inch perfect sliding tackle. He's certainly making a hell of a lot of people on here look like complete muppets. Long may it continue.

Oh and one last thing, i don't mind Watford in general, there's plenty of teams their fans could of supported instead of them and i know it was probably just a handful of absolute morons but it reflects badly on their entire fanbase when somebody is sad enough to bring a man united scarf to the game (not even a half/half scarf) with them and throw it into our end in the first half. Talk about small time...

You made some excellent points mate!;) I got the feeling the CM position looked very poor last year and Fernandinho/Yaya looked slow and a step behind the play for most of last season...your right, a change in formation and the "whole" team looking hungry is making a big difference so far this season...need to keep it going!;) cheers mate!

 

[scousemanc]

Dippers WALLOPED 0 3 hey Milner, how's that for expectation

He moved to Liverpool to win less silverwear

 

[NorCalBlue]

I wanted 11 goals.

Ha! That's word for word what I was about to write when I saw that post! Glad I read on before posting.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Pelle won the match at half time. Brought Nas on, switched Merlin out wide and moved Sterling through the centre> Hey presto, we won the game. Great credit to the boss. Respect.

Agreed.
Fucking stupid comment, that about Pep.

 

[The Count Of Monte Cristo]

This if Neverton and Spuds both loose!

I assume you mean lose, either way you'll be disappointed as they are currently playing each other. A 0-0 draw would suffice.

 

[adeinchessy]

Credit to Nasri when he came, ran the game when Silva went off.

He's looked good each time he's come off the bench to be fair.

Agreed.

 

[scousemanc]

Massive well done to Samir. That guy is an out and out proper footballer.

And Sterling is made for that team. (although no end product according to the scouser that sits next to me at work)

What are we going to be like when Sergio remembers how to score!