City V Everton pre-match thread.

[Chi-town blues]

If you see a blue dippers bus driven by a sleezy Spanish manager around the vicinity,please send it to old toilet.

 

[mancity1]

Yeah, I agree with you. I'm going off the shape training they did yesterday though. It's interesting that they've got Delph left wing to start. If we score a couple I can see us changing to a 433 and pulling him into center mid. We could also put Toure into the front row of midfield and pull DeBruyne wide!

They will have a midfield of 5 including Barry and McCarthy and work on the break so I wouldn't start Yaya.

What I would like us to try if not this game certainly on Saturday is a defensive midfield of Ferny , Fernando and Delph with Silva behind Kun and Nacho or KVD with Sterling / Navas and Yaya to come on after 55 minutes depending on the scoreline.

 

[St.Pauli support]

I hope the crowds arrive early today and push the team forward from the start. Remember what Sergio was beggin for....
No hand-over to the dipper's army. We need some big roars. It's our place ffs.

Everton has quite a good record here. It's time for a setback. I personally would love a come back match without ET.

Whatever lineup, we need movement and variation of pace upfront to surprise and confuse their defence. Get in the box and cover the back post.
But most of all, team up and show you want it more.

 

[mancity dan]

They will have a midfield of 5 including Barry and McCarthy and work on the break so I wouldn't start Yaya.

What I would like us to try if not this game certainly on Saturday is a defensive midfield of Ferny , Fernando and Delph with Silva behind Kun and Nacho or KVD with Sterling / Navas and Yaya to come on after 55 minutes depending on the scoreline.

Check my team out from a couple of pages back ;)

 

[mancity1]

Check my team out from a couple of pages back ;)

That to the best of my knowledge notwithstanding injury has never been used this season and I cannot understand why it hasn't been.

It could be used today notwithstanding our famous "last minute" unavailability syndrome.

It covers all bases and leaves us with Navas / Sterling and yaya as impact and or to finish off tiring sides.

Yaya without the three of Delph , Fernando and Ferny in the same line up doesn't work for me as does Sterling Silva and KDB unless the opposition go 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 ala Crystal Palace recently.

 

[mcfcphil]

All out attack.
Throw everything we have at them - they'll be playing for a 0-0.
No point playing 3 in midfield if they don't move off their own 18 yard line. We need players to pick them apart - ie yaya, silva and de bruyne.

Caballero
Zaba demi otamendi clichy
fernandinho yaya
de bruyne silva sterling
aguero

 

[Armaan]

Sterling has to play otherwise they'll easily cope with us. Teams can easily defend that short passing style we do these days and with no pace in the side it'll make it even easier to defend.

 

[york away to this!]

As always seems to be the case this season, if we can start well and get one up in the first 20 mins I can see us relaxing in to this and doing well. If it's still 0-0 after 20 or worse still we go behind, then feck knows.

And it looks like there's not many tickets left (this morning only a few in upper tier of the east stand and the first couple of blocks away from the corners in upper tier colin bell - looks like just the ones away from the cameras to go..)

 

[i8rags]

Willy

Zab
Otamendi
Mdm
Clichy

Delph
Fernandinho

Yaya
Kdb
Silva
Aguero

 

[Pam]

I hope the crowds arrive early today and push the team forward from the start. Remember what Sergio was beggin for....
No hand-over to the dipper's army. We need some big roars. It's our place ffs.

Everton has quite a good record here. It's time for a setback. I personally would love a come back match without ET.

Whatever lineup, we need movement and variation of pace upfront to surprise and confuse their defence. Get in the box and cover the back post.
But most of all, team up and show you want it more.

Come on City!

 

[kaz7]

I want blood and thunder and not the usual slow and sloppy start that we have been seeing of late
Will mp have learnt anything from playing them before,not a chance lol

 

[kippax4ever]

I'm always confident in my willy to do a great Job.

So long as he stands proud & doesnt doing any dribbling we should be fine(Oh and a good pair off save hands)

 

[Pam]

I wonder who the Red Scouse want to win tonight.

 

[The Black Shed]

Remember that 1st half vs Spurs away in 2014, very nearly two years to the day?
That's the style we should be aiming for every time.

A 4-4-2 line up then, with Yaya in a 2-man midfield:
Hart
Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy
Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya (Nastasic 69), Silva (Kolarov 80)
Aguero (Jovetic 45), Dzeko

 

[kaz7]

Remember that 1st half vs Spurs away in 2014, very nearly two years to the day?
That's the style we should be aiming for every time.

A 4-4-2 line up then, with Yaya in a 2-man midfield:
Hart
Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy
Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya (Nastasic 69), Silva (Kolarov 80)
Aguero (Jovetic 45), Dzeko

yaya is 2 years older and much slower,in a 2 now he is crap

 

[heslops barnet]

Martin Atkinson has already been told to make sure it's a scouse final, we'll get no decisions tonight.......

 

[The Black Shed]

yaya is 2 years older and much slower,in a 2 now he is crap

Agree 100%. My point is that we only need to swap Yaya for another decent passer in midfield (there must be one!), play with that mindset and everything will be fine. Think we have 3 goals in us tonight...

 

[kaz7]

Agree 100%. My point is that we only need to swap Yaya for another decent passer in midfield (there must be one!), play with that mindset and everything will be fine. Think we have 3 goals in us tonight...

I would prefer him to start on the bench and go with dhino and delph or fernando as he would never last extra time if we need too but i think mp will go with 442 with yaya and dhino.i just hope he goes sterling and navas for some width.I'll probably moan whatever team he picks tbf lol
They have given us a very tight games recently so i don't think we will be scoring 3

 

[Oyster28catcher]

Smash 'em City. Please.

Take us to Wembley.

 

[whp.blue]

I cannot see us keeping a clean sheet tonight so we will need to score a few
I am going but If I am honest I cannot say I am looking forward to it or over optimistic. I can see them scoring first but we shall see.