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Champions again in 2012 said:
Yes but when it's all on a plate and complacency is costing you then your argument goes out the window.
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City v Wigan Post Match Thread (FA Cup)
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Yes but when it's all on a plate and complacency is costing you then your argument goes out the window.
Hello, my name is Adrian and while I am new to this forum I have been a City fan and football fanatic for many years and I'd like to share my opinion on this game without the "as-usual" slander anyone would get on Facebook.
First off, Demichelis is a good defender. He is experienced, but he is rather rudimentary and age is also a factor to consider. His reaction time is slow and he gets caught off guard by faster, more technical players. In both situations people accuse him of giving away penalties, against Barca and today against Wigan, there was absolutely no cause for a penalty. I still think he provides adequate cover to the team in the wake of a missing Nastasic and I do feel Kompany has been hesitant in the games he has played this past month. He should be dropped, in typical Hart fashion, so that he can focus more in training, but he is useful to the team and has suffered from scapegoating and bad luck throughout this season.
Second, I really do despise Dzeko's style of play and attitude on the feel and I think he should be benched till the end of the season and then let go to the highest bidder (if anyone will cough up enough cash). He has missed some monumental chances today and throughout these past months he has been absolutely woeful to watch. He seems disinterested and when he scores, it looks like a total fluke. We should cut our losses and focus on Negredo, Aguero and Jovetic for the coming season, plus the prospect of Guidetti.
Third, I don't think we should lose hope against Barcelona, but I can't agree with not fielding the best squad in the late stages of an important competition. I cannot begin to conceive what Pellegrini was thinking by benching Kompany and Kolarov, but it's too late now. Micah Richards was a waste of space for the most part of the game, I think he has a career as an airplane signaler when he's out of a contract. Aguero is out of shape badly and has seemed to lose confidence. He didn't play very well against Romania last week either. The only good thing I see and the only player worth praises for his performances and dedication to the team is Nasri.
So yeah, that's my two cents.
First off, Demichelis is a good defender. He is experienced, but he is rather rudimentary and age is also a factor to consider. His reaction time is slow and he gets caught off guard by faster, more technical players. In both situations people accuse him of giving away penalties, against Barca and today against Wigan, there was absolutely no cause for a penalty. I still think he provides adequate cover to the team in the wake of a missing Nastasic and I do feel Kompany has been hesitant in the games he has played this past month. He should be dropped, in typical Hart fashion, so that he can focus more in training, but he is useful to the team and has suffered from scapegoating and bad luck throughout this season.
Second, I really do despise Dzeko's style of play and attitude on the feel and I think he should be benched till the end of the season and then let go to the highest bidder (if anyone will cough up enough cash). He has missed some monumental chances today and throughout these past months he has been absolutely woeful to watch. He seems disinterested and when he scores, it looks like a total fluke. We should cut our losses and focus on Negredo, Aguero and Jovetic for the coming season, plus the prospect of Guidetti.
Third, I don't think we should lose hope against Barcelona, but I can't agree with not fielding the best squad in the late stages of an important competition. I cannot begin to conceive what Pellegrini was thinking by benching Kompany and Kolarov, but it's too late now. Micah Richards was a waste of space for the most part of the game, I think he has a career as an airplane signaler when he's out of a contract. Aguero is out of shape badly and has seemed to lose confidence. He didn't play very well against Romania last week either. The only good thing I see and the only player worth praises for his performances and dedication to the team is Nasri.
So yeah, that's my two cents.
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Back 4 had no understanding or discipline Start with the best 11 and let Wednesday take care of itself, as previously posted we had more chance of FA Cup than CL. Hopefully after Wednesday our league form doesn't suffer and we struggle to finish 4th.
City fan for 50 years, been there and seen it happen before.
Is Pelli any better than Bobby Manc in all honesty?
City fan for 50 years, been there and seen it happen before.
Is Pelli any better than Bobby Manc in all honesty?
TGR said:The manager has to take 100% of the blame for that defeat due to his team selection.
We should / could have won that game in a canter. A major fuck up.
Can't agree, the team put out should have been more than capable of beating a championship side, no matter how well they're playing.
Player mentality issue for me.
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Question: if we had played Kompany with Lescott we win this match dont we?
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Champions again in 2012 said:All too casual. Started with parade of league cup and Garcia having pictures taken with his baby just before kick off. Poor back four with MDM and I'm afraid Micah isn't the player he should have become. We didn't play for 65 minutes and in my opinion paid the price for that. Three defeats at the Etihad this season is a bit of a concern for me. All the talk of the quadruple and if we don't start to work harder and make our quality count we could possibly end up with just the league cup.
Just what the fuck was that all about with Garcia before the kick off?
I was glad to see he was 100% focused on the game about to kick off.
Someone needs to have a word with him and also the manager for allowing it.
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Cobwebcat said:Question: if we had played Kompany with Lescott we win this match dont we?
Almost. Dzeko should be playing left back over Clichy at the moment.
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Fantastic management by Uwe. City had no answer to 3 at the back till Milner came on. Then he changed it to stop getting overrun.
Piss poor management by Pellegrini.
I will say this again:
DeMichalis is shite
He shouldn't play again for us this season unless we have an injury. He is a disaster looking for a place to happen.
Why Milner doesn't start in every game from now to the end of the season is simply beyond me.
He is fresh and clearly knows what is required.
I don't know what has happened to Negrado - total crap today. Aguero not much better either.
Piss poor management by Pellegrini.
I will say this again:
DeMichalis is shite
He shouldn't play again for us this season unless we have an injury. He is a disaster looking for a place to happen.
Why Milner doesn't start in every game from now to the end of the season is simply beyond me.
He is fresh and clearly knows what is required.
I don't know what has happened to Negrado - total crap today. Aguero not much better either.
yepCobwebcat said:Question: if we had played Kompany with Lescott we win this match dont we?
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Claytop said:TGR said:The manager has to take 100% of the blame for that defeat due to his team selection.
We should / could have won that game in a canter. A major fuck up.
Can't agree, the team put out should have been more than capable of beating a championship side, no matter how well they're playing.
Player mentality issue for me.
Sorry but with Kompany, Zab & Ferdy we would have won that game by half time.
100% fuck up from the manager for me.
nedor
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This thread is shit... seriously... some of the comments on here and the people who post them need to go outside have a break and come back on Wednesday..
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heslops barnet said:Back 4 had no understanding or discipline Start with the best 11 and let Wednesday take care of itself, as previously posted we had more chance of FA Cup than CL. Hopefully after Wednesday our league form doesn't suffer answers truffle to finish 4th.
City fan for 50 years, been there and seen it happen before.
Is Pelli any better than Bobby Manc in all honesty?
No he's not.
Well done to Uwe as well. A future city boss? He out thought our manager today thats for sure.
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Have we made a tough call here? Possibly sacrifice a domestic cup double for the league with the chance to show the world how we really can play on Wed? After Wed if we go out gloriously we´ll have 12 balls out games at full strength with no excuses - very tough but now they´re all cup finals. Realism v naked ambition. A lot might depend now how far Chavs go in CL
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On the way home so havent read the rest of this thread. The first half display was pretty pathetic, no urgency what so ever. why rest players to then bring them on at half time? Didnt learn our lesson from thw watford game. Silva once again changed the game, and yaya looked poor with out ferna. Best team won in the end so congrats uwe
Horrible play. I guess we should move on now to the next match. Aguero still needs more match fitness. David Silva, just wow. As soon as he comes on something will happen, the best player on the pitch by far and that's why he's my favourite player. Nasri was really good too and so was Milner. Demichelis is our weakest player and Lescott should play as he was good too. No one could go past Lescott's side but everyone from Wigan loved punishing and harassing Demichelis' side. Shows how he's past it and should not be played. Dzeko proves again why he's the most frustrating City player to watch. Clichy was good at defending but bad at crosses. Shows how Kolarov was badly needed. Richards seemed okay for some parts but then seemed confused at attacking as he didn't understand when to go forward. Probably needs more matches to play in but it's better for him to move on as who knows how long will that take. Zabaleta could've made the difference. Everyone else was just average at best.
Flop of the match: Definitely Pellegrini with choosing Demichelis first and for not kicking the players up the arse to wake up and be energetic and play with passion and pride. Only in the second half he did that, but it was just too late. Every match the City players need to play like in the second half and put pressure on the opponent. Then we'll see the real City.
Flop of the match: Definitely Pellegrini with choosing Demichelis first and for not kicking the players up the arse to wake up and be energetic and play with passion and pride. Only in the second half he did that, but it was just too late. Every match the City players need to play like in the second half and put pressure on the opponent. Then we'll see the real City.
Even though I agree with this.TGR said:Claytop said:TGR said:The manager has to take 100% of the blame for that defeat due to his team selection.
We should / could have won that game in a canter. A major fuck up.
Can't agree, the team put out should have been more than capable of beating a championship side, no matter how well they're playing.
Player mentality issue for me.
Sorry but with Kompany, Zab & Ferdy we would have won that game by half time.
100% fuck up from the manager for me.
The players have to take responsibility for such a shit uninterested performance as well.
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Feared the worse when I saw both Zabba and kompany were missing
TGR said:Claytop said:TGR said:The manager has to take 100% of the blame for that defeat due to his team selection.
We should / could have won that game in a canter. A major fuck up.
Can't agree, the team put out should have been more than capable of beating a championship side, no matter how well they're playing.
Player mentality issue for me.
Sorry but with Kompany, Zab & Ferdy we would have won that game by half time.
100% fuck up from the manager for me.
I'm not saying we would't, just that we shouldn't have needed to. Them players picked should have been good enough.
How many times have we seen Yaya look uninterested against lower opposition, I can't f***ing stand it.
They should be up for every game when trophies are up for grabs.