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City Vs Norwich Post Match Discussion Thread
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Dribble
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A brilliant win yesterday albeit against a poor Norwich side. But as the old adage says, you can only beat what's in front of you and beat them we certainly did. Apart from Hart's fuck-up last week, that was two very good performances in the space of a week, but the defence still gives me the willies!
Fernandinho is starting to come to terms with the pace and power of the Premier League and is showing steady improvement game by game. I still think we're a long way off looking as solid as we have in the past, but it was good to see MP change the formation for our last two games, horses for courses aint a bad thing. At times yesterday we were set up as a 4-1-3-2 which is a variation of my preferred 4-1-2-3, all we need now is time to perfect the formation and I reckon we'll be a force to be reckoned with at the top of European football.
On a negative, I wish we'd ditch Dzeko at the earliest opportunity. I read an interview he did in his homeland where he said he went to visit the CEO and Chairman many times to complain about his treatment at the hands of Mancini. He repeatedly stressed his issues were nothing to do with Mancini's attitude and were all down to his lack of game time! Negredo has brought into sharp focus the difference between the two. Negredo - very good footballer and goal scorer / Dzeko - very good goal-scorer and that's your lot. When under pressure and in need of a player who can hold the ball up and flash a brilliant piece of skill to skin a defender turning defence into attack, Dzeko's poor control and lack of skill at the highest level badly lets us down.
Back to Norwich, I hope Houghton gets it all sorted soon.
Fernandinho is starting to come to terms with the pace and power of the Premier League and is showing steady improvement game by game. I still think we're a long way off looking as solid as we have in the past, but it was good to see MP change the formation for our last two games, horses for courses aint a bad thing. At times yesterday we were set up as a 4-1-3-2 which is a variation of my preferred 4-1-2-3, all we need now is time to perfect the formation and I reckon we'll be a force to be reckoned with at the top of European football.
On a negative, I wish we'd ditch Dzeko at the earliest opportunity. I read an interview he did in his homeland where he said he went to visit the CEO and Chairman many times to complain about his treatment at the hands of Mancini. He repeatedly stressed his issues were nothing to do with Mancini's attitude and were all down to his lack of game time! Negredo has brought into sharp focus the difference between the two. Negredo - very good footballer and goal scorer / Dzeko - very good goal-scorer and that's your lot. When under pressure and in need of a player who can hold the ball up and flash a brilliant piece of skill to skin a defender turning defence into attack, Dzeko's poor control and lack of skill at the highest level badly lets us down.
Back to Norwich, I hope Houghton gets it all sorted soon.
Lucky Toma
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Agree with your last point totally Dribble.
A good man. A good club.
A good man. A good club.
Dribble said:A brilliant win yesterday albeit against a poor Norwich side. But as the old adage says, you can only beat what's in front of you and beat them we certainly did. Apart from Hart's fuck-up last week, that was two very good performances in the space of a week, but the defence still gives me the willies!
Fernandinho is starting to come to terms with the pace and power of the Premier League and is showing steady improvement game by game. I still think we're a long way off looking as solid as we have in the past, but it was good to see MP change the formation for our last two games, horses for courses aint a bad thing. At times yesterday we were set up as a 4-1-3-2 which is a variation of my preferred 4-1-2-3, all we need now is time to perfect the formation and I reckon we'll be a force to be reckoned with at the top of European football.
On a negative, I wish we'd ditch Dzeko at the earliest opportunity. I read an interview he did in his homeland where he said he went to visit the CEO and Chairman many times to complain about his treatment at the hands of Mancini. He repeatedly stressed his issues were nothing to do with Mancini's attitude and were all down to his lack of game time! Negredo has brought into sharp focus the difference between the two. Negredo - very good footballer and goal scorer / Dzeko - very good goal-scorer and that's your lot. When under pressure and in need of a player who can hold the ball up and flash a brilliant piece of skill to skin a defender turning defence into attack, Dzeko's poor control and lack of skill at the highest level badly lets us down.
Back to Norwich, I hope Houghton gets it all sorted soon.
I think Edin will be off as soon as Jovetic is fit and scoring, we don't need 4 strikers. Jovetic hasn't had a proper game yet so cannot comment but to be fair to Edin he has come on and scored and that is all that is required. It is not like he is going to start ahead of Aguero or the beast which is something I think Mancini got really wrong last year trying to rotate players rather than picking the best team. Don't mind Dzeko being here because he has been despite what everyone says pretty good for us and I think on his day he can go out and score a few. I wouldn't start him though ahead of Aguero or Beast so his future may lie elsewhere if he isn't happy at not starting every week.
He's been good the last couple of games though. Can't ask for moreinbetween said:Dribble said:A brilliant win yesterday albeit against a poor Norwich side. But as the old adage says, you can only beat what's in front of you and beat them we certainly did. Apart from Hart's fuck-up last week, that was two very good performances in the space of a week, but the defence still gives me the willies!
Fernandinho is starting to come to terms with the pace and power of the Premier League and is showing steady improvement game by game. I still think we're a long way off looking as solid as we have in the past, but it was good to see MP change the formation for our last two games, horses for courses aint a bad thing. At times yesterday we were set up as a 4-1-3-2 which is a variation of my preferred 4-1-2-3, all we need now is time to perfect the formation and I reckon we'll be a force to be reckoned with at the top of European football.
On a negative, I wish we'd ditch Dzeko at the earliest opportunity. I read an interview he did in his homeland where he said he went to visit the CEO and Chairman many times to complain about his treatment at the hands of Mancini. He repeatedly stressed his issues were nothing to do with Mancini's attitude and were all down to his lack of game time! Negredo has brought into sharp focus the difference between the two. Negredo - very good footballer and goal scorer / Dzeko - very good goal-scorer and that's your lot. When under pressure and in need of a player who can hold the ball up and flash a brilliant piece of skill to skin a defender turning defence into attack, Dzeko's poor control and lack of skill at the highest level badly lets us down.
Back to Norwich, I hope Houghton gets it all sorted soon.
I think Edin will be off as soon as Jovetic is fit and scoring, we don't need 4 strikers. Jovetic hasn't had a proper game yet so cannot comment but to be fair to Edin he has come on and scored and that is all that is required. It is not like he is going to start ahead of Aguero or the beast which is something I think Mancini got really wrong last year trying to rotate players rather than picking the best team. Don't mind Dzeko being here because he has been despite what everyone says pretty good for us and I think on his day he can go out and score a few. I wouldn't start him though ahead of Aguero or Beast so his future may lie elsewhere if he isn't happy at not starting every week.
CITY FOR LIFE
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Tried to sell my betting slip in 308 after 78 mins I had 6-0 at 33-1 and just knew it wasn't going to be worth anything at 90mins :(
I was in the end just hoping we hit 10 but I think one day it will come, we didn't get out of 2nd gear and still put a performance in like that, immense City just immense :)
I was in the end just hoping we hit 10 but I think one day it will come, we didn't get out of 2nd gear and still put a performance in like that, immense City just immense :)
OB1
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inbetween said:Dribble said:A brilliant win yesterday albeit against a poor Norwich side. But as the old adage says, you can only beat what's in front of you and beat them we certainly did. Apart from Hart's fuck-up last week, that was two very good performances in the space of a week, but the defence still gives me the willies!
Fernandinho is starting to come to terms with the pace and power of the Premier League and is showing steady improvement game by game. I still think we're a long way off looking as solid as we have in the past, but it was good to see MP change the formation for our last two games, horses for courses aint a bad thing. At times yesterday we were set up as a 4-1-3-2 which is a variation of my preferred 4-1-2-3, all we need now is time to perfect the formation and I reckon we'll be a force to be reckoned with at the top of European football.
On a negative, I wish we'd ditch Dzeko at the earliest opportunity. I read an interview he did in his homeland where he said he went to visit the CEO and Chairman many times to complain about his treatment at the hands of Mancini. He repeatedly stressed his issues were nothing to do with Mancini's attitude and were all down to his lack of game time! Negredo has brought into sharp focus the difference between the two. Negredo - very good footballer and goal scorer / Dzeko - very good goal-scorer and that's your lot. When under pressure and in need of a player who can hold the ball up and flash a brilliant piece of skill to skin a defender turning defence into attack, Dzeko's poor control and lack of skill at the highest level badly lets us down.
Back to Norwich, I hope Houghton gets it all sorted soon.
I think Edin will be off as soon as Jovetic is fit and scoring, we don't need 4 strikers. Jovetic hasn't had a proper game yet so cannot comment but to be fair to Edin he has come on and scored and that is all that is required. It is not like he is going to start ahead of Aguero or the beast which is something I think Mancini got really wrong last year trying to rotate players rather than picking the best team. Don't mind Dzeko being here because he has been despite what everyone says pretty good for us and I think on his day he can go out and score a few. I wouldn't start him though ahead of Aguero or Beast so his future may lie elsewhere if he isn't happy at not starting every week.
Ha, ha, ha. I had totally forgotten about Jovetic (since yesterday morning).
Dzeko is just the most maddeningly frustrating player. You can't say that a guy who scores two goals a provides on crucial assist in the space of a few days is not worth having but he probably needs to go somewhere that he can start every week.
On yesterday's performance, Norwich were poor but City's desire and determination was excellent and when that is allied to the skill that they possess, the opposition can be made to look really bad.
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I feel both privileged and blessed to be able to watch this City team. Yes Norwich were most definitely poor. But that doesn't really do justice to how good our players were both individually and collectively. Performance wise I think we picked up from where we left off against Chelsea in the second half. We kept the ball for fun, our attacking players drifted around the final third of the pitch making it almost impossible for the Norwich defenders to do anything but get whiplash from trying to get the ball back.
On a personal level I have to say that I'm fucking delighted that Nasri is performing the way he is and that the supporters at the ground are appreciating it. If ever there was a confidence player, he's it. And his confidence is growing with each excellent performance he puts in.
On a personal level I have to say that I'm fucking delighted that Nasri is performing the way he is and that the supporters at the ground are appreciating it. If ever there was a confidence player, he's it. And his confidence is growing with each excellent performance he puts in.
BertTrautmann'sParachute
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It has to be said that since Hart was dropped the team have improved no end.