City v Liverpool (Home) Pre-Match Thread

[Billy Bowlegs]

So who will the captain be, inspiring, cajoling, cursing, motivating, calming nerves and everything else that Vinnie is so good at?
What pisses me off about Vinnie's injury is that it occurred in a game that the Belgium U-21s would have won - did he really have to play?

He is a patriotic Belgium,he would have wanted to play...

 

[Josh_D]

It's also nonsense, Pep generally plays possession football but at home to Barca last season we played counter attacking football.

So far under Pep we have played 4-3-3, 3-4-3 and 3-5-2 so we don't play one way.

The biggest reason we have struggled in the big matches (Spurs away apart) is our utter wastefulness in front of goal, Chelsea at home, Liverpool at home, Spurs at home, Everton at home all defined by missed chances by us. This season already we have missed 6 big chances.

Guardiola believes the best way to beat most teams is to ensure they don't have the ball. We are inot there yet but what is letting us down time and again is our finishing (Jesus missed a few against Brighton and Bournemouth, Aguero missed chances against Brighton, Silva and Sterling missed sitters against Everton.

We will no doubt get chances on Saturday but so will Liverpool as they attack at pace and in numbers. The winning side will be the one who takes their chances.

Agree with this 100%.

 

[Leto]

Liverpool to win or draw are about 3/1 while we are roughly around evens.

If any worriers are that certain that we will lose, you might as well put some cash on it. If the result is so obvious then it is easy money.

Although if you do fancy giving your cash away for nothing, I'd be happy to take it from you. We're winning today.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

My Mrs (Liverpool Fan) just tagged me in this by the Enfield Wrap:

Let's remind City who they are, and who we are.

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Class, dignity, respect.

 

[vonkeynotvenky]

Not long to go before a flood of whinging whining bin dippers infest the internet with their sorrow at getting their arses handed to them.

 

[Josh_D]

Never heard such a load of shitbags , my god it's Liverpool not R.Madrid , we murdered this bunch of tossers last season & only a bent ref saved em . They're facing better fullbacks , athletic & fast as fuck , a miles better goalkeeper , 2 silva' snot just one , a dynamic forward in Jesus & then there's Aguero....I wouldn't want to be in their shoes t'row ...it's Moreno , Lovren & he do not Hansen Keegan & Rush ffs , grow some fucking bollocks & back our team

Your comment made me want to scream 'This is Sparta!'. Nonetheless, I agree with you. Back them to the hill and back.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Typical of City's luck. We do not get the centre cover we needed at the back and within days pay for it big time.

How often has that happened to us?

Kompany is a huge loss in a pivotal game because Liverpool and United are the two real threats to us winning the league this year.

And we are much less secure against them without him.

We will need to start taking chances tomorrow because we will not keep a clean sheet. But we can still win if we do the stuff up front. Might be an open game with goals.

Liverpool are a threat every year at the start of the season, they've done fuck all for years and that will continue.

 

[Wolfkin]

 

[RandomJ]

Can't remember when I last felt confident about us playing one of the "big" teams. Probably all the way back when Mancini was our manager. Just seem so vulnerable against them these days.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

That's my team. Sane has to start for me.