Arsenal v CITY - Official Match Thread

[Pam]

Something tells me we'd be delighted to settle for a point. Why?? Arsenal don't look at it today. A more adventurous team would take them on and beat them well. And how the fuck Tevez is supposed to carry a goal threat when he is so utterly isolated up front. I wish we wouldn't play like this against a less than convincing Arse XI.

 

[citymad]

Credit to Arsenal at least they're going out to win the game. Its only a matter of time before they score and Mancini can't complain. Vierra is so off the pace. I'll tell you Bellers, Tevez and Johnson will be fucked by the middle of second half. They've been chasing scraps all half. Arsenals class will tell in the end.

 

[BusterPhillips]

And Tevez is having a crap game. He needs to stop coming so bloody deep all the time.

to be fair to Tevez either Easter Isle Head, Diaby or Song are man marking him. They are doing as much as possible within the laws of the game to put him off his game, this includes playing dirty.

Our game plan is working thus far, trying to get a break on the counter. I think we'll see Ade on for deJong around 75mins if things stay the same.

 

[lee-mcfc]

God i hope paddy goes off for ade

 

[shadygiz]

boring game at the moment...both teams cancelling each other out....we need an outlet, be that up front or in midfield

 

[svennis pennis]

Those saying get Johno off are clueless.

We might as well take all 3 of our frontmen off if thats what you want. We need a player to sit in the middle of the pitch to link the midfield. Wingers dont do that job. We have 3 very defensive central midfielders and then a huge gap to Tevez. If I was going to make a change it would be Adebayor on for De jong. Play Tevez through the middle and Ade up top.

 

[avoidconfusion]

Correct. Draw here and then beat spurs n villa, then we would only need a draw against west ham.

I don't agree. If we tried to exploit the fact that Arsenal have so many 1st Team players out and go for a win in this one we could afford to draw against Spurs.

 

[citysky]

second half this should be the lineup

............given
micah..toure..komp..zaba
.........de jong
swp....bellamy..johnson
....tevez....adebayor

We're dominating midfield atm, give them that much space in MF and they'll score 3 on us

bellamy always tracks back and if adebayor is upfront tevez will be like another midfielder. trust me that lineup will work great

 

[mancityscot]

haha, you should do stand up. these replies are hysterical!!!

Are they as good as Old Trafford looks?

just because i dont agree with what you say, you accuse me of being a rag. what are you, 5 ?

 

[bluetoo]

I can't understand Mancini, why is a point good here, i would rather go down fighting and lose, i can't see a scenario where a draw is good for us, what is the difference between being 1 or 2 pts behind spurs, surely better to win and be 1 point in front. Negative shite, if Arsenal get lucky and score, this game will pass without us even having a go. We should be flying at them here, trying to win. This fucking BORING MANCINI has got a lot to answer for. We wont win this game in a month of sundays but we are more than likely to lose. Bet anyone on here

This 'fucking BORING MANCINI' couldnt have got his tactics more right so far. We've done what we set out to do and contain Arsenal. With our pace up front we can hit at any time and I expect Viera to come off for Ade at the right time in the game to make that even more of a possibility. Calling this 'negative shite' is why youre banging your head against a computer screen while Mancio is managing Man City.