Yep I noticed that as well. You can usually rely on his non stop running and commitment but today it was sadly lacking. Getting worried about this lad - he´s just not cutting the mustard yet you just fookin know if he was playing for Stalin he would;)sboroMCFC said:MCFC 4 EVER said:Even though I always criticise Barry we really needed him to start today so that Yaya could play as a playmaker, Milner in my opinion isn't good enough, I would have also swapped Balo for AJsboroMCFC said:We really missed Gareth Barry today. For ages I have been singing Milner's praises, saying that he should be playing instead of Gareth. Unfortunately, he didn't step up today and we improved massively once Gareth was on the pitch.
I really rate Milner but he was probably the biggest disappointment today. Not only his poor performance but the lack of effort from him was quite worrying.
was mentioned on talksport rooney and twitter as you said taught us a football lesson today was what he tweeted or something similar,well what a fcuking clueless ugly cnut he is, maybe if it had been 4 or 5 nil but 3.2 with us not firing on all cylinders, imo come end of season he wont be as quick to mouth off....K49112008 said:This prick thinks they taught us a lesson today?? This is really what fucks me off the pure arrogance of these rags. And they wounder why everyone hates them.
If Tevez goes we need another striker end ofLoveCity said:I have an ill feeling we'll be splashing out big on forwards again in a year's time.
Dzeko - Quality player but suffering from our system. If we want to play the cultured sexy football with lots of passing, no real wingers, lots of pace, movement, and flair involving players like Aguero, Silva, and Nasri, then how is Dzeko going to excel in that? We should have bought Suarez instead. Note: I think Dzeko is a world class target man and this is not his fault, he just isn't the sort of player for this system.
Balotelli - He can and occasionally does fit our system but unless some measure of consistency arrives its going to be the same all season: one week he's the best, next week sell the lazy fooker. We need players who will do it week in, week out - I want Mario to shut the slimy, horrible rag media up forever but I'm having doubts he will because of his mentality.
Aguero will settle I'm sure of it but Tevez will be gone.
If we could play with Aguero/Tevez/Silva that would suit our system perfectly and provide enough goals, but Tevez is going to leave, if not now then in January. In a year's time if alterations aren't made so Dzeko fits in better or Balotelli doesn't improve, the checkbook will be out again for someone like Rossi.
mcfcliam said:Great day out, City were shit, United deserved it, don't give a fuck and roll on Swansea.
Neil McNab said:Today showed how we've not moved on at all, how Mancini will never get the best out of this squad, that De Jongs position is pointless against 4-4-2, that we've next to no ceativity and that Mancini is just not at the intellectual races.
He said after the match that he couldn't understand why we were playing so deep when we went 2-0 up whilst playing two holding midfielders, duh!
The sum of your players should add up to more than their total, with Mancini it's less!
Reason said:Yes, it was the strikers' fault City lost.
This place is becoming delusional. It is obvious that midfield is thin, even when it works better than today. But noooooo, "let's buy three more strikers!".
Idiotic, really.
deano77 said:Lets put this into perspective,utd played 9 maybe 10 pre season games.
SWP (in good form), Jonhson and play two central midfielders that than get up and down the pitch. I'd tell Yaya to have a rest in the back four and let Kompany and Milner do what they want to do in the middle!Reason said:Neil McNab said:Today showed how we've not moved on at all, how Mancini will never get the best out of this squad, that De Jongs position is pointless against 4-4-2, that we've next to no ceativity and that Mancini is just not at the intellectual races.
He said after the match that he couldn't understand why we were playing so deep when we went 2-0 up whilst playing two holding midfielders, duh!
The sum of your players should add up to more than their total, with Mancini it's less!
To be fair to him (though this can be attributed as his fault as well), whom does he have on the bench and in the squad that is more creative?
Plus another injury time winning goal against us as well.LoveCity said:deano77 said:Lets put this into perspective,utd played 9 maybe 10 pre season games.
They played 6 according to this, which doesn't include testimonials which are basically kickabouts: <a class="postlink" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/results/default.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... efault.stm</a>
However, their fitness levels were quite clearly superior to ours for one reason or another.
Yes, they were SERIOUSLY fitter than us and that was the difference. If we were fitter they wouldn't have got back into that game. I'm concerned why we're not fit with only 8 days to go til the season starts, more concerned over that than getting beat today. A Serie A pre-season wont do in the Prem. I fall asleep sometimes watching Italian football on ESPN, it's slow, it's unimaginative, it's unambitious.. I hope they've got a hard wek in training coming up, and the International games are a blessing (even though I was strongly opposed to them last season) as it's another game to get fitness levels up.LoveCity said:deano77 said:Lets put this into perspective,utd played 9 maybe 10 pre season games.
They played 6 according to this, which doesn't include testimonials which are basically kickabouts: <a class="postlink" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/results/default.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... efault.stm</a>
However, their fitness levels were quite clearly superior to ours for one reason or another.