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I know... because mancini had such a great record against Everton didnt he...? :-/

1. your quoting Gary neville ...?!? So biased, he as the england assistant still publicly criticised joe hart last night... totally unprofessional! 2. Worked...!?!? In the champions league..? Nooooo... in the f.a cup final against wigan...? Nooooo.... when ever yaya was unavailable? Noooo...

Become ridiculous reading this thread... sack a new manager whos been incharge for 8 games, including one of the best city displays I ve ever seen (vs united)... if you dont want to accept mancini was a failure and his style of management will never have a long term future then thats fine but...

Bull s#it... only kompany and (aguero on his best form) would get in there team... Every other player works too hard for any of our players to replace them, its not pellegrini's fault he inherited a team that was so cocky it lost the fa cup final to a relegated team.... Would bayern munich ever...

I think if silva was fit enough to start tonight he' d of had the option of playing an extra midfielder, but he wasnt. But maybe Pellegrini wants to develop the idea that at home we play with 2 strikers, and we dont sit back and try to counter teams because it has never worked in big games for...

Yeah, but they ARE world class and do it week in...week out... and have done for the last 5 years... who in our line up has?

Sorry, I missed the first 7 minutes where pelligrini substituted himself after he failed to save the first goal because he was too busy thinking about his new head and shoulders advert?!?!

Agreed, I think some players think they are world class but in reality are very good players who dont play constantly, or work for the team consistently.... I think thats why we have signed navas and negredo, 2 players who try to work hard for the team and dont have advertisement deals, shampoos...

Negredo 1 dzeko -1... negredo has the energy and determination, he looks like he really wants to play, dzeko on the other hand... hmmm... I think negredo is dzeko's replacement, next we will look to sell him and buy ballotellis, tonights game has shown that 11 players willing to work for each...

I think its Dzeko's chance tonight... im pretty sure he ll get a few chances and if he wastes them then he ll become our number 2 striker... think hes given a few (Nasri, Clichy, RIchards and Dzeko) a chance to prove why they should be starting tonight... I like the team he's picked!

Haha, my sentiments exactly! this is a wind up surely...? This kind of team selection works great on fifa, but not so much in real life...

Agreed.. at least should of scored 1 first half, id of been surprised if negrado wouldnt!

We were playing a pub team, who still managed to get in between our defence and midfield frequently in the first half Pub team who beat napoli 5-0 over 2 games last year....

I dont think he could of sold kolarov... big loss in value, we'd of paid a chunk of a fee to him, and who'd of paid him the same wages?!? Pellegrini will need 2 more transfer windows to get his players in that will suit his formation and style. Hopefully he will do well enough to get this...

I agree, but 4-2-2-2 should be the best to provide width, we re playing with 2 striker's (combining aerial threat and speed) for me fernandinho will start to get use to the prem physicality but the quality of our left backs to defend and attack at speed and zabs play going forward is where we ll...

I dont really think what formation we play actually matters 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 once we have possession most teams in the prem play with 10 men behind the ball and defend for their lives... no formation stops this or counters it, intelligent players, intelligent passing and working hard to...

I think the problem has mostly been our defence... cental defensive changes and the fact that if it was more settled the wing backs should be pushing up the field to give us more shape and options. But the wide combinations today of zab and milner was very poor, and kolarov doesnt play with the...

Under mancini in the title winning season we lost against premier league new boys swansea without kompany... and absolute shocking performances against sunderland away and everton with kompany. I dont know why people here are dreaming of a magical time under roberto, last season was dire at...

Title chasing...? We were quiet a bit off the pace last season and we were lucky chelsea, arsenal, liverpool and tottenham didnt have the seasons they are likely to have this year... the two games in the league against wigan for example we were outplayed for most of the game but managed to...

Re: Yaya - World class Hes physically great, does clever things, scores some important goals but if you compare him to the best holding / attacking midfielders he isnt there with consistency and work rate. He isnt the engine and all rounder schweinsteiger is, he isnt the defensive cover javi...