PSG (2nd Leg) pre-match thread

[sh249]

Excellent point and spot on.

I have my downers on Yaya but when he plays, he dictates the play and we boss possession and that's key tonight.

I suppose that is, in many ways, what it boils down to in terms of people's preference for selecting Yaya or not. My (perhaps somewhat pessimistic) view is that even if Yaya plays, we won't dominate possession - I fear that we'll still have too many technically-limited players out there to do so (Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Clichy, Fernando), even De Bruyne and Aguero, for all their obvious strengths, aren't the most adept at keeping the ball. And I can't really remember Yaya dictating play in many big games in Europe, to be honest? That's why I'd be tempted to leave him on the bench and use him as needed later on.

Not that I'd be in any way bothered to see him start, though - I don't think the question of whether he plays will, in and of itself, decide things.

And if he does play from the off, I obviously hope that he's fucking brilliant!

 

[mancitymick]

Flybe think we are going to get to the final. They have hiked the price up for a flight on the day of the game from £90 to over £200 for the outboung leg only!

 

[Tricky_Trev]

So will this be "we attack/you attack" or bus park and play on the break?

Not sure Otamendi and Mangala can be classed as a bus. Maybe a burnt out bus which no longer has any windows! We will give them all the space in the world and play an open game. As the man himself repeats every week... "we will continue in the same way".

 

[aguero93:20]

Caballero

Otamendi
Demichelis
Mangala
Kolarov

Delph
Yaya

Silva
Garcia
Nacho

Bony

 

[blueinsa]

I suppose that is, in many ways, what it boils down to in terms of people's preference for selecting Yaya or not. My (perhaps somewhat pessimistic) view is that even if Yaya plays, we won't dominate possession - I fear that we'll still have too many technically-limited players out there to do so (Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Clichy, Fernando), even De Bruyne and Aguero, for all their obvious strengths, aren't the most adept at keeping the ball. And I can't really remember Yaya dictating play in many big games in Europe, to be honest? That's why I'd be tempted to leave him on the bench and use him as needed later on.

Not that I'd be in any way bothered to see him start, though - I don't think the question of whether he plays will, in and of itself, decide things.

And if he does play from the off, I obviously hope that he's fucking brilliant!

All good points mate. When you look at us, especially in Europe we are our own worst enemy in that we give away such cheap possession too many times with what should be easy passes for players at this level, becoming seemingly impossible and its at its worst when we try to play out from the back, losing it in the middle and we are stretched.

Whoever plays tonight, we have to be technically sound.

 

[pudge]

Caballero

Otamendi
Demichelis
Mangala
Kolarov

Delph
Yaya

Silva
Garcia
Nacho

Bony

Silva over Navas?

 

[Dax777]

Flybe think we are going to get to the final. They have hiked the price up for a flight on the day of the game from £90 to over £200 for the outboung leg only!

Smart guys. I'm gonna buy stock in them :)

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Could have done with 3 away goals tbh.

2-2 was a decent result but I just worry that they'll eat up that advantage before HT. We need to be sensible because tonight our goals are worth less than theirs. If we score first it doesn't really change the tie all that much. Obviously it'd be a confidence boost and you'd hope that PSG heads will drop a bit but you'd imagine PSG will be going out there with the aim to score 2 anyway to take away the advantage

Or... we could have done with Fernando and Hart being more sensible. 2-1 would have been very nice.

 

[KDBestplayerintheworld]

Not sure Otamendi and Mangala can be classed as a bus. Maybe a burnt out bus which no longer has any windows! We will give them all the space in the world and play an open game. As the man himself repeats every week... "we will continue in the same way".

Haha brilliant post ...

 

[kaz7]

I wouldn't put it past mp to go 442 with sergio and bony,i am sweating on the team news

 

[Blueknows]

Or... we could have done with Fernando and Hart being more sensible. 2-1 would have been very nice.

and if their 2nd had been rightly ruled out for offside 2-0 would have been even better

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Possession is key tonight. We can keep the ball without having to be as direct towards their goal. Let PSG chase us all over the pitch then hit them when they tire. Can City do things simply?

 

[Silva_Spell]

Or... we could have done with Fernando and Hart being more sensible. 2-1 would have been very nice.

Or the linesman putting up his flag

 

[The Silver Surfer]

Possession is key tonight. We can keep the ball without having to be as direct towards their goal. Let PSG chase us all over the pitch then hit them when they tire. Can City do things simply?

You need to ask that?!
Of course we cant, its not the City way.

I'm going with a 3-3 and out we go prediction.

 

[Jazzman]

I wouldn't put it past mp to go 442 with sergio and bony,i am sweating on the team news

Same here

 

[Tricky_Trev]

You need to ask that?!
Of course we cant, its not the City way.

I'm going with a 3-3 and out we go prediction.

With a missed penalty in the last minute, Robbie Fowler style!

 

[abu13]

I wouldn't put it past mp to go 442 with sergio and bony,i am sweating on the team news

I wouldn't put it past Pelle to put Nasri in a midfield 2, realise he isn't in the squad but then start with 10 men rather than break a promise tò a player,

 

[The Silver Surfer]

With a missed penalty in the last minute, Robbie Fowler style!

Fuck me and I thought i'd just jinxed it!

Its nailed on, isn't it? pmsl

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Possession is key tonight. We can keep the ball without having to be as direct towards their goal. Let PSG chase us all over the pitch then hit them when they tire. Can City do things simply?

Our possession game is terrible now though. We used to knock around 20-30 passes every single time we got the ball. Now the norm is a panicky 3 or 4. I suspect our scoring opportunities tonight will come through Yaya, De Bruyne and Sergio on a few counters.

 

[Jazzman]

I wouldn't put it past Pelle to put Nasri in a midfield 2, realise he isn't in the squad but then start with 10 men rather than break a promise tò a player,

Let's just hope he knows which score will take us to the semi final ...