City v Sunderland Pre Match Thread (CoC Final)

[pavelsrnicek]

We've not bossed anyone at Wembley yet, the combination of a weeks break, Sunderlands hammering by Arsenal and their nerves and our passion to right the wrong of the FA Cup should all mean we win comfortably (hopefully)!!!

Bossed the FA cup semi last year for 75 mins.

And United, after the opening 20 minutes.

They say play the game, not the occasion.

I have to ask the question, would there be any doubts if Sunderland were playing Barca or Bayern this weekend at Wembley?

That's the current levels City are at and while the same could be said for Wigan, last year, it's clear there will be no excuses for us this time.

I have genuine affection for Sunderland fans and hope they stay up.

There's a fine line between arrogance and belief but I won't be surprised to see us get three or four, once the game settles down.

It's a funny one, we're all a little afraid of the typical city of the past and no amount of success, good management and great players will quite extinguish the fear completely. The Wigan game last year will play on supporters minds a little on Sunday. Our poor(ish) recent record against Sunderland will no doubt be mentioned over and over again between now and Sunday.

The fact is we are player for player a much better side then Sunderland. Their best player was a bit part performer for us, they are jammed with faded rags. They have, in fairness, some players who can still lift their game and produce occasional big performances (Brown, AJ and Fletcher) but that's it.

They will hope for one of two things on Sunday- either they score early and try and play it like the match earlier in the season or it stays scoreless long enough to give them belief for a sucker punch like Wigan last year, or 2 of the 3 recent defeats away to Sunderland.

For me the biggest factor this weekend may well be the return of Fernandinho, as it's no coincidence he missed the game at the Stadium of Light and that game was the nearest to some of last season's poor away performances.

It's a big game for us, Pellegrini especially, but without sounding arrogant if we turn and play as we know we can, we will win.

 

[paulchapo]

They want to show the players a short clip of the end of the Wigan game.The disappointement and hurt on theirs and the fans faces....and ask them,''Do you want to go through this again?No?Well go out there and get this thing won from the first minute!!''

No over confidence,no fannying around,bang in three or four goals before half time and lets's enjoy the day without biting our nails for once!

 

[BringBackSwales]

They want to show the players a short clip of the end of the Wigan game.The disappointement and hurt on theirs and the fans faces....and ask them,''Do you want to go through this again?No?Well go out there and get this thing won from the first minute!!''

No over confidence,no fannying around,bang in three or four goals before half time and lets's enjoy the day without biting our nails for once!

tbh I think the players will be trying hard enough without this - they have not exactly been letting us down the last few months

 

[mad4city]

...they are jammed with faded rags.

Don't you just know too that, should Sunderland pull off the win, all credit will be due to their Manchester United rejects. Piss off Mackems, it could well be your first trophy in 40 years but there's a whole lotta flabby rag arse that hasn't yet been kissed, this year!
Oh, and we'll be in crisis/ imploding and immersed in fan unrest because Pelligrini has failed to secure the quadruple, despite us blowing obscene amounts of money. Cue hints of dressing room unrest and pictures of Sheikh Mansour yawning and explosive interviews with City legends like Danny Mills and Steve McManaman.



Not that I'm paranoid or anything... :-)

C'mon City! Let's get stuck in from the off and have this lot before they've had time to notice they're not just at Wembley, there's a football match going on too.

 

[proudbear]

Our biggest asset on Sunday will be Aguero, no doubt.

He strikes fear into every team he plays against, not just because of him playing for City but because he is genuinely just an incredibly talented player and will terrorise whoever he plays against for whatever team. Hes one of those players, a game changer.

Ive put money on him grabbing a hattrick on Sunday.

 

[CitizenTID]

It's their keeper's birthday on Sunday ffs.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

It's their keeper's birthday on Sunday ffs.

Let's ruin it.

 

[bobmcfc]

2 more sleeps

 

[bojinov29]

today is propper fookin draggin :(

 

[WickyWain]

Good interview with Lescott on the official site. Hope he gets the start he deserves as he's played every minute of our league cup campaign so far.