Derby Pre Match thread

[malg]

I'm surprised so many are surprised with the Mangala/Otamendi decision.

Otamendi is better for the team photo, as he looks like he's just turned up from a Men's Health cover shoot.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Not concerned in the slightest about their team, we're clearly better in every respect. If anything does worry me it's the scope for the match officials to influence the outcome.

 

[BucksBlue]

Otamendi out to show why he chose to join us over them. My heart says he'll score for us today.

 

[Champions2012!]

Vinny has a habit of diving in as well. If I was LVG, I'd brief Martial to try and isolate either of those two and go down easy.

he won't need to instruct rag players to go down easy, it's already ingrained in them

 

[GornikDaze]

Bony definitely needs to have 'Aguero' work rate today. No sauntering around moaning about not getting the ball.
If we get an early goal it will put the fear in the rag cunts.
Another 6-1 for us would make my season!!!

Not seem him moaning to be fair he's been putting in a shift which they all need to do today.

 

[cleavers]

Reading this forum since Wednesday evening, that's the team the majority wanted, so I guess there will be no complaints about the manager if we don't win ?

 

[kaz7]

Vinny has a habit of diving in as well. If I was LVG, I'd brief Martial to try and isolate either of those two and go down easy.

As ratboy has said many times do whatever it takes to win and they will

 

[Gabriel]

My only concern for Otamendi is that playing on the left forces him to change his boy shape and will often find him tackling with his wrong foot. Cannot afford any slips.

 

[Mancity1980]

I hate derby days, always have always will, I hate mufc always have always will, I hate the build up always have always will, but I love beating the cunts always have always will.

like!

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

probably their strongest line-up but one we can beat. Schweinstieger slows the play down an awful lot for them, and Valencia and rojo can be got at. Sterling needs to peg him back and sagna will be overlapping rojo who aint the best most of the time.

 

[GornikDaze]

Reading this forum since Wednesday evening, that's the team the majority wanted, so I guess there will be no complaints about the manager if we don't win ?

Haha you know that's not going to happen ;)

 

[Manc in London]

Happy with the extra body in the middle.

Same team as Spuds away, though, outside of Bony for Sergio?

Navas and Mangala can consider themselves unlucky.

Hope Otamendi and Vinny keep calm and no cheap early bookings.

Demi and Cabalero played against Spurs. However, petty much the same set-up and team that produced our worst performance of the season.

 

[mosssideblue]

Wouldn't have played hotamendi, penalty and/sending off material.
Apart from that - best team we could put out in the circumstances.

Give it a rest. Vinnie has been equally as cuplable of doing that in the past.

 

[PragueBlue]

Our best defensive performances this season featured Sagna, Kompany, Mangala and Kolarov, so I'm surprised that he's left Mangala out. His extra pace could be important if Martial is playing and he and Kompany seemed to have developed a good understanding.

I'm also disappointed that Navas has been dropped in favour of Sterling. His work rate and ball retention is much better and he does create so much space for other players while Sterling tends to drift in.

Hopefully we'll still batter them but I'm less optimistic than before I saw the team sheet.

 

[ianw16]

My only concern for Otamendi is that playing on the left forces him to change his boy shape and will often find him tackling with his wrong foot. Cannot afford any slips.

Does he become Tony Duggan?

 

[Ducado]

Reading this forum since Wednesday evening, that's the team the majority wanted, so I guess there will be no complaints about the manager if we don't win ?

Ha, Ha don't bank on it mate

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

lets smash the cockneys !!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Sterling and KDB are our key players today.

Raheem for the only real pace in the side and De Bruyne for the ball retention.

 

[DavidWhitesUnderpants]

Been very pessimistic all week about this one and would have taken a draw if you asked me this week. But today feeling a lot more optimistic and think we can do it.

Still, head says a draw, maybe 2-2. Heart says 5-0 to us :)

 

[deano ou812]

Demi and Cabalero played against Spurs. However, petty much the same set-up and team that produced our worst performance of the season.

Wasn't helped when the linesmen totally fcuk up two big decisions....