Post Match Thread - City vs Palace

PaulMoulden'sRecord said:
Well obviously, I'm not a premiership manager. But I also don't have to simply agree with everything one does just because they are one. I think with recent additions to the squad we will see him used less and less.
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oh dear, 5 wins out of 5 tells me your analysis is wrong. Can't you be just a little happy with how things are going ?
 
moomba said:
Didnt he tweet similar last year when he missed a month?
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That injury at first glance looked like he was heading for surgery for an ACL tear and months of rehab. A month was a blessing. This doesn't look nearly the same.
 
Dribble said:
I was so relieved when Nacho scored I nearly fuckin passed out!! Lol

I had a horrible feeling that Pellegrini would go 442 today after we scored after switching to it against Watford and unfortunately he proved me right. The team selection and formation were wrong from the start hebce why we looked so disjointed especially with Nasri wide left and Yaya yet again left exposed in a central midfield 2.

Palace sought to exploit this early on by knocking cross field balls to Bolassie thus putting Kolarov under constant pressure. I'm gutted that Aguero got injured and the only positive that came out of that was we had to revert to one striker which made us much more solid.

In the second half, the penny must have dropped with MP as he set the team up as it should have been in the first place with Nasri going central behind the main striker. Once we made this formational change we put Palace under constant pressure for the first time in the match and we looked much more of a threat.

KDB was a better fit than Nasri out wide and played some superb balls which created havoc for Palace. Bony looks out of sorts and I would have brought Nacho on around the 70 minute mark at the latest. This kid is just a natural goal scorer and I just knew when he finally came on that he'd be the most likely to score for us. The boy is gonna be massive for us and I couldn't have been happier for him.

The one gripe I have right now is my suspicion that Pellegrini and his 442 will never be too far away. I saw it during the post-season tour of the US and he made a chilling post-match comment about it after the Watford game. This is definitely his preferred formation and I hate to say it, but I think its just a matter of time before it starts to become an issue again.

I hope to fuck he proves me wrong! All said and done its 5 played, all won and no goals conceded so far but now the CL and CoC are upon us and injuries are starting to bite the real tests regarding tactics, formations and player positions will start.
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Would he have made that selection of Stirling hadn't pulled up ?
 
Strange that Bony is getting a few knocks here. His hold up play was brilliant, he must have set up at least three chances on the edge of the box with his back to goal.
 
citymad said:
oh dear, 5 wins out of 5 tells me your analysis is wrong. Can't you be just a little happy with how things are going ?
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I'm more than happy!! I have never stated any argument or discontent with the way things are going. My point was merely than Navas is most definitely our weak link offensively and I imagine will be phased out when we are at full strength.
 
PaulMoulden'sRecord said:
I'm more than happy!! I have never stated any argument or discontent with the way things are going. My point was merely than Navas is most definitely our weak link offensively and I imagine will be phased out when we are at full strength.
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Phased out ?? seriously WTF

we have won 5 conceded none and scored 11..... tell me where in that stat is he a weak link...
 
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Watched it at the showing in the Legends Lounge. They must have used a very dodgy stream as it kept freezing, including when Ken Nacho came on. - Most only realised he was on when he scored. But yours truly was emptying some of the free beer so missed the goal.
Good win, thought the first half was even but we were the better team after the break and could have scored through bloody Navas and could have had a pen or two; the obvious early one and another in the dying seconds.
But five out of five without conceding is a brilliant start.
And I see Jose is now blaming a computer fault for not being able to hold a pre-match technical meeting. He's running out of people to blame.
 
yeah whatever !! said:
Phased out ?? seriously WTF
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Some people just don't understand a squad system (or any system for that matter). They seem to think it's possible to have 22 players the standard of Silva or Aguero. Ah well - just smile kindly, nod then move on
 
PaulMoulden'sRecord said:
Arrogance about what? He's definitely a better player than me! It's based on the facts that he provides/produces next to nothing game in game out. Ok he runs and tracks back and stretches the game with his width but that isn't enough to be a starter in this team with what we want to achieve.
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You just need to read this thread to see how hypercritical some are becoming, the arrogance is suggesting he's shit, as opposed to a member of the squad which won a difficult game away. There are better players but he does his job and never hides. I agree his final ball is poor but his play creates space, just as sterling does at the moment
 
asgoodasitgets said:
Strange that Bony is getting a few knocks here. His hold up play was brilliant, he must have set up at least three chances on the edge of the box with his back to goal.
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Agree 100%. He's a master at hold up and creating and his input goes unnoticed by many, a bit like Navas, if they're not scoring they must be crap! I assume he gets so much shit on here because he's a striker and not scoring. IMO it still looks like he's in awe of Kun and some others in the team so prefers to provide. I really believe once he starts to net a few he'll go from strength to strength.
 
Great win when it looked like a certain Point. Not our best performance but we come away with 3 points just hope Sergio is ok.
Not very fluid at times but without sterling & Silva kinda understandable.
Only downsides Bony who for me is no improvement on Dzeko and navas who not only cannot find a man with a corner can now not find the target go from 10 yards!
Thought de bruyne looked Good on his debut and 11 out of 11 now so let's keep em coming
 
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