Burnley (h) pre-match thread

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@BluePhil8 said:
I predict the pendulum will swing today and we will win 5-0 and Chelsea, Liverpool, Aresnal, Spurs and United will all lose. Believe folks.
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I can believe that - until MANUre get the advantage of playing ten and a pen when Wiiiiiiiist Hiiiiiiim are getting the upper hand! CFC can play shit for 89 mins and win 1-0, Dippers have a direct line to The Holy Ghost, and now Giroud has scored, in Peearse Moron's words, the best onside scorpion this season, and 'Arry's Deli is serving goals as takeaways, we're doomed!!!
 
Feels like today is going to be a bit flat after Saturday and hoping that doesnt rub off on the players as we can't afford to drop points today. Is Jesus in Manchester now? Will he be at the game?
 
I think we might see a few changes to the team today.

In goal you could pretty much guarantee that Bravo will be starting.

Defense wise, we could well return to the 3 at the back - Pep clearly doesn't rate any of our existing full backs so having Stones, Ota and Kolarov will suffice. Burnley will sit back so having the supposed passing quality of AK and JS might help us cut through the lines.

For some reason I feel Garcia might be thrown into this game, he has fresh legs and is one hell of a passer. Hopefully Pep was so exasperated by the capitulation at Liverpool that he will bring the young lad through.

Ahead of him Fernandinho and kdb centrally, both have an abundnace of energy and can spray the ball around.

On the wing Sterling - he was a positive for me in the Liverpool game - he hugs the touchline therefore creating more space through the middle. On the other side I believe Sane is still injured so Navas. Again, purely to hug the wing and be a nuisance positionally.

Aguero up top, he hasn't impressed me much recently. However, on his day he is world class and can destroy teams.
 
Goaters said:
I think we might see a few changes to the team today.

In goal you could pretty much guarantee that Bravo will be starting.

Defense wise, we could well return to the 3 at the back - Pep clearly doesn't rate any of our existing full backs so having Stones, Ota and Kolarov will suffice. Burnley will sit back so having the supposed passing quality of AK and JS might help us cut through the lines.

For some reason I feel Garcia might be thrown into this game, he has fresh legs and is one hell of a passer. Hopefully Pep was so exasperated by the capitulation at Liverpool that he will bring the young lad through.

Ahead of him Fernandinho and kdb centrally, both have an abundnace of energy and can spray the ball around.

On the wing Sterling - he was a positive for me in the Liverpool game - he hugs the touchline therefore creating more space through the middle. On the other side I believe Sane is still injured so Navas. Again, purely to hug the wing and be a nuisance positionally.

Aguero up top, he hasn't impressed me much recently. However, on his day he is world class and can destroy teams.
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Thats 10 men mate
 
CrownPointBlue said:
Yes BH,but this is City....there are always more questions than answers.

If we had kicked on & backed Bobby after 93-20 we'd probably have won 2 more Championships,2 more FACs & be genuinely dominating the English game & be right alongside Barca,Franco FC & Munchen.

We didn't,we haven't & we aren't.

A shameful betrayal of the man who restored our pride & respect.
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Dude... are you obsessed with mancini? I see the same thing in most of your posts! What the hell does that have to do with burnley? Jesus
 
Goaters said:
I think we might see a few changes to the team today.

In goal you could pretty much guarantee that Bravo will be starting.

Defense wise, we could well return to the 3 at the back - Pep clearly doesn't rate any of our existing full backs so having Stones, Ota and Kolarov will suffice. Burnley will sit back so having the supposed passing quality of AK and JS might help us cut through the lines.

For some reason I feel Garcia might be thrown into this game, he has fresh legs and is one hell of a passer. Hopefully Pep was so exasperated by the capitulation at Liverpool that he will bring the young lad through.

Ahead of him Fernandinho and kdb centrally, both have an abundnace of energy and can spray the ball around.

On the wing Sterling - he was a positive for me in the Liverpool game - he hugs the touchline therefore creating more space through the middle. On the other side I believe Sane is still injured so Navas. Again, purely to hug the wing and be a nuisance positionally.

Aguero up top, he hasn't impressed me much recently. However, on his day he is world class and can destroy teams.
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We capitulated at Liverpool? Wasn't much different to City v Arsenal.
 
Hoping for a victory by a clear margin. Three should be good enough to have the ground almost empty by full time, so I get a good clear run home.
 
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An interesting schematic when you view saves per goal, believe it or not Caballero stat for this is even lower (1.33)

Can someone provide me the shots on target statistic for the 16 games Bravo has played?
 
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Given I gave up New Year's Eve to go to anfield and was thoroughly fed up by the experience I am going to give the game a miss today. It's just too frustrating predictable and am I allowed to say a bit boring.

A nice long family walk with the dog and then a long family lunch somewhere nice and a bit of red wine. Won't look at the scores at all today. Football free day.

On that basis it will be 6 nil city!!!!!!
 
SWP's back said:
We are having a serious crisis?

Can you just tell me if we win this, will it be four wins in five games? 2.4 points per game. We'd win the league if we did that all season as a rule.
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Agree mate, we all get annoyed when we lose but on the balance of it being totally honest I would say spurs away is the only match we've deserved to get beat. Some may add Leicester to that but I don't, apart from a mad few minutes we totally dominated them. For some reason which pep needs to address is the fact since the beginning of October we've been average in every first half, apart from maybe Chelsea. 2nd half were a different side which frustrates the hell out of me. Start games as we end them and they'll be no problems. Quick start today, 6-0 ;)
 
kevin horlocks wand said:
Given I gave up New Year's Eve to go to anfield and was thoroughly fed up by the experience I am going to give the game a miss today. It's just too frustrating predictable and am I allowed to say a bit boring.

A nice long family walk with the dog and then a long family lunch somewhere nice and a bit of red wine. Won't look at the scores at all today. Football free day.

On that basis it will be 6 nil city!!!!!!
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A good psychological hedge. Hope you have a nice lunch etc. Bet you look at your phone at 3.15, 3.30 3.45!
 
An early goal and then our flat track bullies to coast to a 4-1 win.
Either that or a scrappy 1-0 win with the goal coming late in the game.
 
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