Arsenal v City Pre Match Discussion Thread

[Blumers Bloomers]

fearing the worst for this, may be a bit of a mauling.

hart
zab komp nasty clichy
barry garcia milner
silva tevez balo


big games for garcia and balo if they play

On what grounds?

For some reason I feel quietly confident....not the team they were, and yes we're missing Sergio and Yaya but lets face it, Yaya hadn't been playing all that well. Sergio a big loss though. 2-1 City

Similarly, I think Liverpool with get a draw at OT and its game on again for the title.

 

[munster]

fearing the worst for this, may be a bit of a mauling.

hart
zab komp nasty clichy
barry garcia milner
silva tevez balo


big games for garcia and balo if they play

On what grounds?

For some reason I feel quietly confident....not the team they were, and yes we're missing Sergio and Yaya but lets face it, Yaya hadn't been playing all that well. Sergio a big loss though. 2-1 City

Similarly, I think Liverpool with get a draw at OT and its game on again for the title.

Only theeese

Have a strange feeling Balo may just surprise some doubters on Sunday....

 

[MadchesterCity]

As the second poster said they seem to raise their game for our encounters

I think we will struggle to have the amount of possession we usually have and when we do regain the ball, if we are sluggish, we won't keep it for long and make few chances, if any

Arse 3-0 City, heaviest defeat for a couple of years

Oh god I hope not, one thing is for sure is that the fans will have to be better than we were last year - what a rubbish crowd

 

[alextheswede]

--------------------HART--------------------
--ZABALETA--KOMPANY---NASTASIC--CLICHY----
---------------BARRY----GARCIA--------------
--------SILVA-------TEVEZ--------MILNER------
-----------------EDIN DZEKO------------------


more than capable of winning this game

 

[andrewmswift]

if mario plays FFS play him down the middle with tevez and silva supporting behind

 

[DannyBoy2890]

Is it true we are only taking 900?
Wouldn't surprise me if true, as the pricing for this one is ridiculous

 

[brian the blue]

I presume it'll be Dzeko and Tevez up front. One thing that will annoy me, though, is if he decides to play Mario wide left in order to have Milner and Barry in the middle. Mario wide left will result in him being hauled off early in the second half with him heading straight down the tunnel in a sulk because he isn't a left winger and he'll have a shit game and not do his defensive duties.

Playing Mario as the main striker through the middle could be a completely different story though...

 

[es1]

Is it true we are only taking 900?
Wouldn't surprise me if true, as the pricing for this one is ridiculous

we only send one block back so i imagine more like 1800

 

[inbetween]

Hardest game of the season so far, we are going to struggle without Yaya, i'd pack up the midfield with Milner/Barry/Garcia and definitely setup for a draw and hit them on the break. This match is all about not conceding really, we need to put a much better showing then last year anyway.

They aren't exactly on fire but like usual if we don't turn up and perform we'll get turned over, a good performance and a draw is much better than playing crap going for the win and losing.

 

[buryblueboy]

.Manchester City have returned 900 unsold tickets of the 2,000 allocation for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal at the Emirates.

The champions were expected to sell out but it appears travelling supporters have been put off by the £62 Arsenal are charging each fan.

Arsenal were revealed to be the hosts of English football's most expensive day out by the BBC's Price of Football survey back in October


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