Burnley (A) - Pre-Match Thread

[urban genie]

Liking Nigel De Jong as a pundit, talking sense

Plus we get the return of crimson clive commentating on our games

 

[kaz7]

If nico tries to hard to compete with Burnley's front two he will give away a pen
and prob get a red card before the Derby.

To be fair anyone can give away a pen ,oliver is on var so a pen is a given,this is a game for someone who isn't scared to get stuck in,pity we don't have vinny

 

[OntarioBlue]

No he isn't
So, he has never won and aerial battle? stop talking bollocks

I didn’t say he NEVER wins aerial battles. Don’t invent things.

I said he gets beaten in the air all the time and he does.

 

[manchester blue]

20 minutes into the coverage and the following noted:

The studio picture is ok, any coverage of action (replys) has a flicker problem.

The anti City rhetoric is alive and well at amazon, a dig about us not coping with Liverpool, no clean sheets for ages, Shearer might as well have a red shirt on,

8.15pm is a stupid kick off time

and Turf Moor is a shit hole and shouldn't be a venue for premier league football.

But Nige flown in from Qatar. I also like Gabby. No problems for me so far.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Absolutely 100% chance that Raheem will get booked and miss the Derby. Why does Pep rarely think ahead?

To be honest, he’s not playing well this season. We would miss his goal threat though.

 

[lmhblue1]

If nico tries to hard to compete with Burnley's front two he will give away a pen
and prob get a red card before the Derby.

Nico's gotten one red card in his entire City career and it was that stupid second yellow against Schalke, come off it

 

[mat]

I surely thought he'd play Foden tonight. Dave hasn't got the legs to play every game any more.

Saving him for the Rags...

 

[jollylescott]

Incoming aerial bombardment to Chris Wood. We are going to have to work very hard to stop them lumping crosses into our box.

Come on you blue boys!

 

[OntarioBlue]

That really is a conclusive stat - lol

So, if I interpret that stat for the person who just accused me of talking bollocks, Otamendi loses 39% or almost 4 in 10 of aerial battles.

 

[kaz7]

To be honest, he’s not playing well this season. We would miss his goal threat though.

No sergio,we need raz

 

[cjn]

It will be interesting to see what happens next summer.

City have been in no rush to hand Stones a contract extension and he will have just two years left at the end of this season.

Most clubs would cover that base already but it would not surprise me if we look to cash in, based on a reluctance to increase his already high wages?

As things stand, the only saving grace for him is he is homegrown, which sums up how far a talented £50m defender has lapsed.

He's taken his eye off the ball, both on and off the field this last year.

I genuinely hope he can get back his mojo.

Right, "cash in". Who's paying anything significant for Stones?

 

[kaz7]

Nico's gotten one red card in his entire City career and it was that stupid second yellow against Schalke, come off it

Barca?

 

[thelongbowman]

Absolutely 100% chance that Raheem will get booked and miss the Derby. Why does Pep rarely think ahead?

Hahaha good one

 

[ninjamonkey]

How often are you expecting them to be doing that?

That requires having the ball for quite a while, so that our defensive line is parked deep.

Enough for it to be a problem for us. We don’t press like we did last season. McNeil puts in a decent ball from deep. He will also be targeted from set pieces

 

[OntarioBlue]

No sergio,we need raz

I wonder if we’ll play Raz through the middle with Bernie and Jesus out wide. I really think that’s Jesus’s best position.

 

[kaz7]

I'm going in,hopefully they have got the dipper talk over

 

[The Black Shed]

Try turning your source off and back on. That should force it to sync.

It's close enough thanks TMT

 

[super_city_si]

Pissed off with that and no Foden.

Again, zero fucking pace through the middle, although understand the need for height with Rodri.

Dave just doesn't justify starting these days.

Seemingly Pep has already decided it is Gundo, KDB and Rodri in midfield against United.

Oh good lord no!!

 

[mat]

Absolutely 100% chance that Raheem will get booked and miss the Derby. Why does Pep rarely think ahead?

He'd rather have him out the rags game than the Arse.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Probably been asked, but why the daft kick-off time of 20:15?

Is this summat to do with it being shown on Amazon.