City v Arsenal Post Match

[Love_Each_Day]

I really hope that 35milion Mangala deal doesn't back fire. I've been really thinking about that deal and i just don't know why we didn't spend that money on a proper winger. We could have done with Vinny, DM, Sagna, Boyata and either one of Denayer / Rekik.

Money could have been spent on Fabregas or Sanchez

I dont care if i get called a rag, Mangala isn't a 35M CB...no way. He isn't as good as Varane, Laporte or Marquinhos. He was also playing in a shit league.

rag bastard, fuck off

Only an arrogant and ignorant City fan would write Mangala off at this stage.

 

[ox-blue]

Not direct enough to many left to right passes! And we need to start shooting from outside the box all this pass pass pass stuff ain't getting us no where

 

[Mancitybluemoon1]

We haven't won a Premiership game without Yaya since April I think I read somewhere.

When next the question is asked "who do we miss the most?" The answer is Yaya, he pulls us through these games time and again.

I hate AFCON.

YaYa is our conductor. He dictates the pace and is always open for a pass. Nobody adopts this role when he doesn't play, and consequently we look rudderless.

We need another central midfielder who can do this job.

I agree with this....Fernando is solid "jack of all trades but master of none"....(today he made many mistakes and looked lost!) once Yaya is not in the team....we don't have anyone to take control in the middle....we need someone else in the middle that can make a difference, change a game....

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

I think injuries have caught up with us over the last few weeks. We are constantly missing key players and even though Aguero and Kompany are back it is obvious they are not fully fit. It's frustrating that chelsea are opening up a gap at the top again and it us essential we get something from Stamford bridge.

Let's hope Ivory Coast get knocked out in the group stages. I think Wilfried and Yaya would have made a great difference today. Let's hope the lads get back from Abu Dhabi refreshed and ready to do what we do best, fight to the end.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Fernando and Fernandinho just doesn't work. Time after time there they were with just two Arsenal players well ahead of them and they simply passed the ball along the line whereas if one had run at the heart of their defence Arsenal would have been in serious trouble.
Our set pieces continue to stink the place out - how many times does the ball not v clear the first defender?
Then there is our defending against set pieces. Very poor.

 

[goatinho]

they played on our mistakes all through the game. i dont remember them having a controlled attack when they passed it up the field and used skill and positioning. every time they broke was of our mistake and they scored off a penalty and a freekick. we beat ourselves today which pisses me off more as they played like a pub team with sloppy clearances , 5 or 6 at the back and just rode their luck.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Fernando and Fernandinho just doesn't work. Time after time there they were with two Arsenal players ahead of them and they simply passed the ball along the line whereas if one had run at the heart of their defence Arsenal would ha e been in serious trouble.
Our set pieces continue to stink the place out - how many times does the ball not v Lear the first defender?
Then there is our defending against set pieces. Very poor.

the roma games proved it does work. Arsenal were better than us today. Aguero isn't fit, naves can't cross and we didn't defend great today. the two ferns played alright

 

[citytill1die84]

Those who want Yaya gone need to give themselves a slap hugely important to our team.

 

[Bluep*ss]

We can't put any gloss on this: it was a very poor performance indeed and we have simply to shut up, take it on the chin and be ready for the odious Wenger to gloat. Fortunately we have home cup tie against championship opposition next week and this has to be used to get those players returning from injury match sharp for the looming game with Chelsea. I have been worried about the game with Arsenal all week, because Sergio, Edin and Vinnie were all returning from injury Vinnie hasn't played since December 6, Sergio got 20 minutes last week for the first time since December 6 as well and Edin has been out since November 8, with one short return at QPR which lasted long enough to see him injured again. Added to this are the absences of Nasri (yet another calf injury!) and Ya YA. Arsenal are not the best team in the world, but they are good enough to take on a weakened team including 3 players with half an hours football between them in the last 14 matches! But taking on Arsenal without a single striker could never even be considered.

Up front Kun had no explosive pace to take advantage of the cumbersome Arsenal central defensive pair and we had no aerial threat at all, Silva had no-one to play those delightful balls down the channels to and, not surprisingly we didn't have a single shot at goal in the first half. We had a lot of possession but lacked penetration. At the back we were poor and, at times, shambolic. Vinnie was slow and clumsy and the penalty was a direct result of this. Whether this contributed to Martin's uncertainty no-one knows, but his distribution was poor in the extreme. The low point of our defensive performance was the second goal. Think of Everton's equaliser and shout "snap!" Three Arsenal players managed to get goal side of our back line, none of them marked by any sky blue shirt as our lads seemed to look at each other to see who was going to defend and leave a free header for Giroud. Vinnie and Martin seemed to have split to let Arsenal through! That was just bad play and cannot be put down to lack of match fitness. We,ve looked poor at defending two goal leads often theis season: today we couldn't defend a 0-0 or a 0-1, and only briefly, at the start of the second half, did we look as though we MIGHT stand a chance of getting back into the game. I don't think it's fair to criticise the manager's selection - it's exactly the team I would have picked - but it is the case that this is not a game we were equipped to play at this time. It is simply to be hoped that we don't pay too high a price for it.

Best post so far............^^

 

[blue ranger]

Really disappointed with today. The decision to award the pen may not have been great but I couldn't believe the amount of times that MDM and Fernando in particular gave the ball away. I genuinely cannot understand what fernando gives the team.

I thought the decision to bring jovetic on at half time was the right one. But would have taken fernando off and put milner in the centre.

From a tactics perspective the decision to swap Dzeko for Navas was bewildering. He was our only outlet and once he went off the whole performance was disjointed and poor.