One too many words Pam.Pam said:MOTD is shit.
FanchesterCity said:I think the halftime booing was largely exasperation as Kolarov's woeful freekick which ended a frustrating half - which just about tipped the crowd into booing.
On a positive note, Tevez was simply outstanding today. Sheer effort all over the pitch, regardless of his goal, he was superb.
I thought Yaya looked a little tired, but he did attempt a few runs.
Kompany's venturing a little too high up the pitch sometimes, and it's compromising us defensively.
I thought Nasri put in a real shift today, and Barry looked like he's returning to his better form... not quite there yet, but definitely on the mend.
Joe Hart possibly kept the points for us.
Nasty had a decent game, but I thought Kolo really did look past it. He really was an emergency measure.
Clichy played well too, made some fine runs but few were picked up, although his mad dash in the first half was very strange! Like a dog chasing a rabbit!.
Sergio looked a tad out of sorts. Certainly not bad, but an off day.
Richards wasn't too bad, real shame about the injury.
Despite having said most players had a pretty decent game - I felt we were the better team, but always on the cusp of danger... a win is a win, and we needed it for many reason today, but it took until the second half before we came out all guns blazing, then lapsed into 'relaxed' mode soon after the goal... 'relaxed' rapidly turns into 'nervous' at 1-0 against a good passing team.
Well played Swansea. Attractive football, a lot of effort, good support (in number) - but could have been louder.
Roll on West Ham
Not booing, merely a collective sharp intake of breath at the sheer audacity and awesome power displayed.FanchesterCity said:I think the halftime booing was largely exasperation as Kolarov's woeful freekick which ended a frustrating half - which just about tipped the crowd into booing.
Aguero was out of sorts to put it mildly. Not difficult to know why. 2 World Cup games in South America. Flys back and a sub appearance at WBA then plays at Ajax. Same for much of the City team, and with all the injuries we couldn't freshen it up. Best win of the season for me, thanks in large part to a fantastic 2nd half performance from Tevez.Wretched Vengeance said:FanchesterCity said:I think the halftime booing was largely exasperation as Kolarov's woeful freekick which ended a frustrating half - which just about tipped the crowd into booing.
On a positive note, Tevez was simply outstanding today. Sheer effort all over the pitch, regardless of his goal, he was superb.
I thought Yaya looked a little tired, but he did attempt a few runs.
Kompany's venturing a little too high up the pitch sometimes, and it's compromising us defensively.
I thought Nasri put in a real shift today, and Barry looked like he's returning to his better form... not quite there yet, but definitely on the mend.
Joe Hart possibly kept the points for us.
Nasty had a decent game, but I thought Kolo really did look past it. He really was an emergency measure.
Clichy played well too, made some fine runs but few were picked up, although his mad dash in the first half was very strange! Like a dog chasing a rabbit!.
Sergio looked a tad out of sorts. Certainly not bad, but an off day.
Richards wasn't too bad, real shame about the injury.
Despite having said most players had a pretty decent game - I felt we were the better team, but always on the cusp of danger... a win is a win, and we needed it for many reason today, but it took until the second half before we came out all guns blazing, then lapsed into 'relaxed' mode soon after the goal... 'relaxed' rapidly turns into 'nervous' at 1-0 against a good passing team.
Well played Swansea. Attractive football, a lot of effort, good support (in number) - but could have been louder.
Roll on West Ham
Reasoned and fair analysis.
Only thing I would add, is Aguero is very out of sorts, not just a tad.
That spell in the 2nd half after half time won us the game. I don't think we had it in the tank to go on from there. 7 days now to recuperate, get some injured players back and go again.Prestwich_Blue said:The 12 minutes added time made that the longest game in PL history and it certainly seemed like it at times. Very lethargic in the first half when most of us expected a reaction after Wednesday. No pace, no movement, too many silly mistakes. And let's give credit to Swansea who pressed well
Much better in the second half when we did the pressing and moved the ball quicker. I think the problem was that we missed Silva, who would have played the advanced midfield role but there was no one there in the first half to take the ball when we were going forward. Personally I would have moved Nasri there rather than have him out wide but Tevez took on the role when Mario came on and that made the difference. Disappointing that we then sat back after scoring as we did in Amsterdam. We have to kill games off by taking the game to the opposition rather than settling for a defending a single goal lead. That's cost us in Madrid & Amsterdam. In our best games last season we kept on playing to win until the final whistle.