SamTheGuru said:carlos92 said:They had an effective game plan which nearly worked. They have good energy levels and defended well.
Our game plan is to exhaust who we are playing against. But for the last 20 minutes, we were the ones that were exhausted. I hope the next game isn't like this otherwise I don't know how much longer I can watch City.
-- Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:25 pm --
de niro said:Thats bollocks, they were lucky it wasn't 8 fucking nil. Webb helped them. Oh and thier fans were cunts cheering agueros injury. Cunts , hope they go straight back down.
Now, now.
I felt he had to stop dropping deeper because after Rodwell's mistake he looked rattled and was dropping off too far. Granted, he tried to push forward a few times in possession to maybe make up for it. Still the amount of possession where they sat comfortably 20 yards out directly in front of goal waiting to pick a dangerous pass with no closing down was worrisome. That's boggling that both our center midfielders allowed that.i♥city! said:Personally i think Yaya was played a little too deep today and Yaya loves going forward so that left us open for the 2nd goal . Rodwell was good today , he gave great long passes unfortunately he made a rookie mistake . Thank God for Nasri's form . Hope Silva gets better as the season progresses.
Damocles said:Thoughts:
Rodwell had a very good debut. His job is to recycle possession and he did that well. Unfortunately mistake for the goal based on a pass without enough speed, but he's a young lad and I'm excited about him as a prospect. He has that ideal of working in a passing game that is very hard to find. I expect him to get a good 20 starts this year in all comps.
Nasri had a good game technically. More to the point, he was acting like a captain on the pitch, constantly harrassing people who slacked off in the way that Kompany does but also providing a fantastic ball for the assit and a good finish for the goal.
Dzeko was his usual frustrating self. It's becoming more and more clear over the games that he doesn't have the speed of thought to really challenge for a first team spot a City. Great bench player though.
I'll say this now in one of my "predicitions that prove true in 12 months" type moments. Gael Clichy is becoming a world class left back. His defending is great, going forward he's a good player, his passing is sublime considering he' a full back, he has nice pace, is strong and can shoot. People will be singing his praises as above Evra in months to come, mark my words.
Tevez had a nice game, nothing special by his standards but interesting enough to torment the Saints defence.
Kompany was a little flappy at points, though Lescott did okay.
Silva was about 25 miles off form. If it wasn't Our Dave, he'd be getting a slating on here. He's had a long summer and still isn't really up to full fitness, more to come from him.
Zab was a constant thorn in the side of the defence and played very well. Very good defending from him too, which is rare.
Yaya was ok by his standards. Not as driving as usual but made an effort, seems unfit.
That's about it really, Saints were determined and on another day it could have been 4-0 to us or 4-0 to them. Fantastic game for the neutral, advert for the league.
All in all, I'm happy. Points on the board is what matters at this point rather than performance and we've done that. Onwards and upwards.
Kurple said:rodwell was solid.. he was very good except for one horrible mistake, that he wont make again
and well done nasri.. someone needs to make a highlightreel of nasri this game
carlos92 said:SamTheGuru said:carlos92 said:They had an effective game plan which nearly worked. They have good energy levels and defended well.
Our game plan is to exhaust who we are playing against. But for the last 20 minutes, we were the ones that were exhausted. I hope the next game isn't like this otherwise I don't know how much longer I can watch City.
-- Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:25 pm --
de niro said:Thats bollocks, they were lucky it wasn't 8 fucking nil. Webb helped them. Oh and thier fans were cunts cheering agueros injury. Cunts , hope they go straight back down.
Now, now.
Our attitude was very sloppy and we did not look solid and was wasteful with our chance but we managed to get the 3 points which is job done.