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Our tactic from corners seems to be outswingers to the near post. Sadly it worked a couple of times at the beginning of the season & we've not stopped since. KdB should be taking inswingers for me, I remember us trying 3-4 all season, scored from 1 & hit post with another.. At worst it wouldn't...

Just hoping not to see Toure in a 2 man midfield. Either bring him on from the bench or put him in a 3, this is the worst type of game to have a partnership of Toure + 1 at CM IMO, we'll get out worked & ran past constantly. Wouldn't mind seeing Navas & Sterling either side of Silva or KdB to...

I said the same thing at the match, expected them to do the usual Sunderland defend like possessed men out of no where for 80 minutes then it's a toss up who wins 1-0 at the end; usually them. However within 5 minutes they had the ball in our half & with plenty of men forward looking to take the...

Got to agree with this, and does no one remember why Lukaku left Chelsea? He wanted game time, he'd be in the same position as Dzeko, Jovetic, Bony etc. waiting for Aguero to get injured before getting game time. No chance he'd be up for that, without even mentioning he doesn't suit how we play...

Some games he looks good and some games horrible. Definitely not helped by the system we play in, but whether he'll be good enough in a better system is still questionable. He's good against lumps like Costa & Fletcher, but will struggle more against people like Vardy up next.

Played well again. Very rare sight to not see him being a threat, he's raw & can make simple mistakes at time, but more than makes up for that by the danger he brings & his stats for the half-way point of the season are fantastic for a 21 year old (or any age really). Say it fairly regularly...

He was getting a lot of grief today & I'm not even sure why, people were on his back even after he'd scored & played well for 60 minutes. He won every header, didn't misplace a pass, even tried a bit of closing down at times (not particularly effective but can't bemoan it) & scored a goal. He...

Singing seemed pretty vocal to me today from where I was sat. Would say fair few times songs were going from different sections & getting mistimed. going at different times trying to sync up eventually leading to everyone giving up pretty quickly. Died down a bit after Kompany got injured...

Well fair enough, and you're probably right that if we managed that we'd probably do alright, however that never realistically happens unfortunately. Other teams adapt to us (e.g. taking out their strikers & putting fast skillful players in) & it works a treat. We're not good enough to just...

So you're suggesting you don't need to bother analysing the opposition? Can't tell if you're just joking or if you actually think that we're so superior to every other team that tactics don't matter if our players perform to their capabilities.

I'd go: Hart Sagna Otamendi Mangala Kolarov Toure Dinho Navas Silva KdB Aguero If Kompany is ready to play 90 minutes then go ahead and throw him in there. Should be heavily in favour with possession so Kolarov & Toure will be more use than liability for this match one would hope. Sterling...

Could have been better, could have been worse. Very much like the monochrome versions though. Home one is far from horrible IMO however there are some things that will bug me: 1) The shield poking out 2) Would have liked a pointed top to the shield 3) Not having FC anywhere 4) The fact that...

I agree with you to an extent, like you mention the Arsenal game, you can point at the wonderful finish or the poor pass by Delph/Mangala for their second goal - but you could also point out that our best player (Silva) had a man (Flamini) glued to him as Wenger had told him to do that, whereas...

I'm sorry but I disagree. I get what you're saying that people tend to overestimate the manager effect, but I think you're doing the opposite & underestimating their importance. You use Chelsea & Mourinho as an example yet you could say the opposite, last year was their team that good? Not...

Wasn't surprised to see this as such, said before the match on this thread that we're in a bad situation as Bony on paper had contributed to something like 8 goals in 7 appearences, to then drop him for a half-fit Aguero would destroy his hopes of becoming an integral part of the team, so I am...

Crap response, fair enough not wanting to reply to the whole thing but don't bother replying at all then. Stating bias is bollocks to be frank, it's clear as day that when City are bad the fans say we're bad, and even go further the other way saying we're worse than we really were - often see...

I'd be at least interested to see us try Navas & Sterling on the wings again, and like you I wouldn't mind Silva of KdB in the centre but would also lean towards Silva as we know what he can do. It's very clear we've brought in a cracking player, but it's also looking clear that Pellegrini is...

Oh geez that's long but I'll attempt to discuss your points. I wasn't using the Gladbach game as an example of KdB being a hindrance, I was using it as an example of when Navas comes on we play better - regardless of who went off. There have been 1-2 more matches where the exact same thing has...

KdB is clearly a great talent but we haven't found a home for him in the team yet. He's put in some great performances but I think people would struggle to say we are playing better with him in the team? Before he came we were far better defensively (Navas tracks back the best of our attacking...

1. You say it wasn't close, yet I'm sure you mentioned we were the better team for the first 30 minutes + the last 15 so that's 45 minutes of us being the better team and 45 minutes of them - yes their 45 minutes was more significant hence they won, but I just don't see how you can claim we were...