Pezzer2 said:
Not read most of the views on this thread apart from the last page but judging by Ric's response its mostly negative again I cannot believe some of the fans thinking. Some spoilt blues out there.
I 'am more than happy with the way things are developing and have never been more content as a blue. We have hit a purple patch and long may it continue. We are still learning despite our League success last year and are surely only going to get stronger. We didnt build upon our success with a marquee signing to freshen things up BUT i dont think we will make the same mistake again. Even if we dont win nothing this year, we are in a very healthy position and will come out of it stronger in my eyes.
Anyway todays game was a professional display against a decent technical outfit. With us scoring early I thought the floodgates would open but it actually had the opposite effect and allowed Fulham to express themselves. I was particularly concerned about the space on our left handside in the first half hour, they constantly pressed down that side and tried to guide a few balls in but were met by a strong rearguard action again by the impressive Nastasic and Komps etc...... I have impressed with our work off the ball, we pressed at every opportunity and Carlos Tevez never gave a Fulham player an inch.
I think if needed we could have stepped up a gear but we had control of the game and could of easily won by 4 or 5 goals in the end. Fulham have not been at the best of late but certainly showed up today, Sidwell was impressive for them as was the ex scum Berbatov, who hardly gave the ball away but was too deep to hurt us.
-Dzeko held the ball up well today
-Nice to see Silva notch a couple of goals. (About time he chipped in with a goal or 2)
-Garcia was ok again, although a little sluggish in patches and gave the ball away a couple of times BUT I've been impressed with him of late.
- Nastasic - cool as as you like again. Does anything faze him?
- Kompany commanding as ever
Clean Sheet and 3 Points JOB DONE
It certainly was a great result. Fulham dropped thier heads after the second goal and we consequently created a lot of chances afterwards. We were also confortable at the back and thier strike force did not really have a sniff despite winning the midfield battle, particularly in the first half.
However I thought Dzeko was rather soft and poor today. I will still start him though as i believe he is our real No 9 striker and his roles are invaluable in terms of being that presence in the box, bringing the ball down to link up play and getting in them positions to score. I just thought he was largely ineffecive today.
Tevez is tevez but i still have concerns about him.( as my previous posts suggests)
Great to see silva scoring goals again.
Garcia looks more confortable and relaxed on the ball but his pace or paucity of it still worries me.
Kompany imperious as usual, Nastisic seems to be everybodies favourite but i have to say he does deserve credit for someone so young.
Who else.,,Clichy is probably at par with anyone you consider as the best left back in the country even in europe. He was an unsung hero last season and im glad hes back to his electric best.
Barry - underrated as hell - he is probably the player i enjoy watching the most. He is so cultured and intelligent on the ball and makes correct passing decisons. He is also versatile enough to drive foward.
Zabaleta and Milner - i need not say anything about zabaleta or milner.
Joe hart- glad he didnt freeze to death today. It must have been difficult standing there doing naught for 90 minutes.
Mancini: Well, Job done i guess.
On the whole, great win , keep pressure on the scum and good, no great !!!to see J-rod back and also aguero after such a short period.
Bring on stoke
