City v Norwich Post Match Discussion Thread

[shadygiz]

Best player on the pitch today...my lad who bagged 2 goals in the half-time mini match!
45 mins either side of that was totally inept.

does he have blond hair....if so, me and a few on our row commented on his finishing ;)

 

[east2]

Yes mate, scored 105 goals in his first year this season. Thanks for the kind words.

 

[steviemc]

I'm not sure quoting a 'meaningless game' is any sort of excuse for shipping 3 goals at home at any stage in the season. It's not just about our own clubs perspective, but more-so about the mind-set of other clubs coming back to the Etihad, knowing they have previously turned us over. We only know too well from certain other clubs how beneficial it can be to have your ground regarded as a 'fortress', so surely this is something we should be aiming for, irrespective of the finishing league position.

 

[paulchapo]

That was like turning the clock back 20 years!! No midfield,no defence and a couple of players actually looking like they gave a fuck,ie Rodwell and Tevez,both of who were bizzarely substituted!!

So called professional players paid mega bucks to churn out shit like that!I hope whoever was responsible for sacking Mancini watched that garbage because therein lies the problem....get rid!!

 

[cleavers]

Our defending today was w@nk, but I didn't think it was bad game, quite entertaining for such a meaningless match. The best team won, no doubt.

Player ratings...

Hart 6
Zabaleta 7
Richards 5
Lescott 5
Kolorov 3
Toure 4
Milner 7
Rodwell 8
Nasri 7
Dzeko 4
Tevez 7

Aguero 5
Silva 5

 

[berniethebusman]

Look like a team thats had their passion sapped out of them, new manager has his work cut out to reinvigorate this lot.

 

[cleavers]

Look like a team thats had their passion sapped out of them, new manager has his work cut out to reinvigorate this lot.

They looked fine at Reading, 27 shots, 20 on target.

 

[PragueBlue]

Our defending today was w@nk, but I didn't think it was bad game, quite entertaining for such a meaningless match. The best team won, no doubt.

Player ratings...

Hart 6
Zabaleta 7
Richards 5
Lescott 5
Kolorov 3
Toure 4
Milner 7
Rodwell 8
Nasri 7
Dzeko 4
Tevez 7

Aguero 5
Silva 5

Agree with your ratings on the whole but would mark Milner down to a 5 (plenty of effort but very, very poor use of the ball) and would also knock a mark off Nasri. For 10 mins he looks like he's going to be a world beater but then disappears for half an hour. He just doesn't seem to be able to maintain a consistent level of performance. Very frustrating.

 

[paulchapo]

Look like a team thats had their passion sapped out of them, new manager has his work cut out to reinvigorate this lot.

Well if they WANTED Mancini sacked as reports suggest then they should have been ecstatic and played like it.

Dead easy for me.New manager and chairman get the squad together and say,''If you want to fuck off there's the door!Step through it you are dead to this club.To the rest,the first player that stays who starts whining to the press the same applies.You are with us or against us,no middle ground!''

 

[berniethebusman]

Look like a team thats had their passion sapped out of them, new manager has his work cut out to reinvigorate this lot.

They looked fine at Reading, 27 shots, 20 on target.

Fair point, even fairer considering the changes from reading game and i suspect it was a few players last game in city colours. Over reaction on my part!

 

[cleavers]

Agree with your ratings on the whole but would mark Milner down to a 5 (plenty of effort but very, very poor use of the ball) and would also knock a mark off Nasri. For 10 mins he looks like he's going to be a world beater but then disappears for half an hour. He just doesn't seem to be able to maintain a consistent level of performance. Very frustrating.

Milner was all over the pitch, worked his arse off, his crossing wasn't his best I agree. I'm no Nasri fan, believe me, so I think my mark is fair, but I agree he does frustrate, and he wasn't as good after Tevez went off.

 

[MSP]

Look like a team thats had their passion sapped out of them, new manager has his work cut out to reinvigorate this lot.

They looked fine at Reading, 27 shots, 20 on target.

It's because they played away and didn't have to deal with some 40k fans that would rather be somewhere else but came there as they are used to do it on weekends and to prove some of their precious points.

It was a shit, tense week, last few days fans were more talking in what minute to clap and sing about ex manager than how to support a team and club itself, you could cut a bad atmosphere with a knife around anything City related, add to it it's last game of the season, meaningless one and it's absolutely no surprise that team played a shit game.

Some people are expecting that players are robots and that all what was happening and all what they probably expected to happen with fans adding more tense with Mancini stuff, is not something that could influence players. Well, they should ask Chelsea fans to describe them a situation and how their team played at home where they were acting as twats after Di Mateo got sacked.

 

[taconinja]

Our defending today was w@nk, but I didn't think it was bad game, quite entertaining for such a meaningless match. The best team won, no doubt.

Player ratings...

Hart 6
Zabaleta 7
Richards 5
Lescott 5
Kolorov 3
Toure 4
Milner 7
Rodwell 8
Nasri 7
Dzeko 4
Tevez 7

Aguero 5
Silva 5

Under no circumstances did Richards and Lescott deserve a 5 unless you mean between them but frankly neither deserves the extra point.

 

[Bluesiam]

Glad Kidd won't be getting the job full time shocking substitutions. But glad the season is over bring on a blue summer :)

Agree with 'shocking substitutions'. Take off 2 of the few players who looked interested!?
Unless there were instructions coz Carlos is being sold???

 

[taconinja]

Glad Kidd won't be getting the job full time shocking substitutions. But glad the season is over bring on a blue summer :)

Agree with 'shocking substitutions'. Take off 2 of the few players who looked interested!?
Unless there were instructions coz Carlos is being sold???

Possibly. And perhaps instructions not to risk Rodwell for too long either.

 

[mancyman]

up till now i have resisted posting but if the players wanted mancini out and that is their response after getting what they wanted i give up. next season could be a bad time after watching so many lazy players who are not bothered about the fans at all.

 

[MSP]

Glad Kidd won't be getting the job full time shocking substitutions. But glad the season is over bring on a blue summer :)

Agree with 'shocking substitutions'. Take off 2 of the few players who looked interested!?
Unless there were instructions coz Carlos is being sold???

Possibly. And perhaps instructions not to risk Rodwell for too long either.

I haven't seen it but remember few guys being worried Rodwell got injured again in 2nd half in match day thread.

 

[Bill]

Last game of a poor season still ended up second. Still in champions league next season. Few more additions, and we will go far next season.

Can you imagine putting that team out in the champions league? They would get mullered.

 

[Ribs]

Problem is we have played poorly whenever we have had both Dzeko and Kolarov starting. When I looked at the team sheet I thought they must be window shopping a few of them to other clubs but that's a poor decision too because every time Kolarov plays, his value drops a million.

I'd have understood resting players to play the EDS lads but why rest players like Silva, Clichy, Kompany and Aguero when there is nothing they need rest for?

Either try to f*cking win the game or play the younger players for experience.

There is no excuse for subbing off Tevez and Rodwell who were the only ones, outside of Milner on the odd occasion, to actually run with any purpose.

Yaya should not have lasted beyond half time and how that isn't obvious to Kidd is an absolute head shaker.

Last game at home and 2nd place secured is no excuse not to give a toss when you have 47000 fans paying good money to watch.

Rant over.

 

[tiggsywiggsywoo]

I only hope the owner wasnt watching that. If I was him I know hat I ould do. It was utter shit