City v Watford Post Match Thread

[Damocles]

You think that predicting an 8-0 scoreline if alternative things happened in a hard fought 4-2 scoreline isn't raggish?

Because we're going to differ on that opinion

We will differ then

Clash of the Titans!

Ducado would fuck me up, I'm slinking off to my cave!

 

[AdamoTheGreat]

loved vinnys team talk before they went out for the second half, as seen on the tunnel cam.

"forget about what happened in the first half. we're a better team then they are. lets fucking hammer them. were aggressive all game and go after them all together. come on!"

got me rock hard!

Did he really say that?

yes mate. i'll get u the time in the video but it looks like they pulled it down for now.

 

[kippaxchris]

The Watford fans trying to have a go at our fans and the way our club is run on there forum, they played a great game and a lot of them are still crying about there early wembley songs coming back to haunt them, saying our fans acted like idiots singing to them after we got the winner, really don't know what they expected after trying to slag us for 80 minutes. Even happier we put them out again after what i have seen from them the bitter shits and hope we get them again next year.

 

[Ducado]

We will differ then

Clash of the Titans!

Ducado would fuck me up, I'm slinking off to my cave!

We are allowed to view things differently, and each person sees life differently never mind a game of football

I am happy we won today, this game will soon be forgotten mainly because we have so many more games to come and so much more drama

 

[CitizenTID]

loved vinnys team talk before they went out for the second half, as seen on the tunnel cam.

"forget about what happened in the first half. we're a better team then they are. lets fucking hammer them. were aggressive all game and go after them all together. come on!"

got me rock hard!

Did he really say that?

yes mate. i'll get u the time in the video but it looks like they pulled it down for now.

I'm sick of them keep doing that just because someone swears it in it. It's going on the internet not the BBC!

 

[Chippy_boy]

In no sport, ever, does a winning player/ team not lose form at one point. They may not lose, but they may not win either nor play to their best in every competition!! Do you sack them off cos they have a blip??

What we saw today had fuck all to do with losing form.

And at no point did I say we should sack anyone, although in fact we should.

My point was that we have some great players who can pretty much be relied upon every single time and who are the spine of our team. I am talking Hart, Kompany, Zabaleta, Silva, Aguero primarily. Then you add in some others who are real top quality - Fernandino, Negredo, Nasri. Perhaps add Navas and Kolarov too. You play a majority of these and you know what you are going to get. Quality and work ethic and almost certainly a result.

Then you have other players who are patently not as good, or who can be great but are a bit flaky. I won't name names, but the rest basically. Play one or two of those and that's fine, they slot in and support the main cast. But when you have too many b list players, we struggle. It's not the first time we have seen this, and that's why I say it's got nothing to do with form. It's about quality.

I am not suggesting we sack all of these, just that we don't play them all at the same time.

John McEnroe and Peter Flemming won everything in tennis doubles and Flemming was a donkey. But Mac didn't sack him. On the other hand, if two Flemmings had played together they would have got knocked out first round every time. Our supporting role players can do a great job in a supporting role. But not in the starring role, thanks.

you can't be serious

Yes. Why not, Einstein?

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Just having a read of their main forum

A few points, what a few of us suspected many are closet rags

They think they actually played well in the first half, rather than we were poor

Some of the insults about us both club and fans are quite bad, given their ownership I would not bother to preach on the morality of modern football

Typical shit from a tin pot little club and it's pathetic fans

That last line makes you no better than them.....

 

[CitizenTID]

Ha just had a read of their forums. I see where they're coming from getting upset about being goaded after playing some good football against a team of our calibre, but we treat no visiting fans any differently (except scum who get a world of shit). I'm guessing they just don't get northern banter.

-- Sun Jan 26, 2014 12:27 am --

Just having a read of their main forum

A few points, what a few of us suspected many are closet rags

They think they actually played well in the first half, rather than we were poor

Some of the insults about us both club and fans are quite bad, given their ownership I would not bother to preach on the morality of modern football

Typical shit from a tin pot little club and it's pathetic fans

That last line makes you no better than them.....

He's just mad because they quoted him on their forums after reading ours ha

 

[Didsbury Dave]

loved vinnys team talk before they went out for the second half, as seen on the tunnel cam.

"forget about what happened in the first half. we're a better team then they are. lets fucking hammer them. were aggressive all game and go after them all together. come on!"

got me rock hard!

Did he really say that?

That's one of the reasons that the introduction of vinny was a master stroke. Obviously he is better equipped to deal with the pace at the back, and also it put demichelis in the holding role and allowed yaya to play forward. But you just knew, from the minute they warmed up together, that he and zab would get the whole team playing.

 

[German Blues]

Good to see that the team is really a team... Who will stop us?? Able to play fantastic football and if necessary fight till the end. That's the mixture of Champions!