Derby Pre Match thread

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My two penneth on the Kompany argument as well.

I'm behind Pelligrini on this. I don't see the logic in bringing back your captain for the sake of 3 games when he'll no doubt get fucking injured again, and the same recurring one as well. Mangala and Otamendi have been half decent and need time to develop an understanding.

I'm unsure as to where that would leave Vinny but what he needs to do now is prove that he's 100% fit and not made of fucking glass. His injury record has been pretty ugly in the last 2 seasons.

I wouldn't want to upset the balance of a CB pairing when we all know the risk in Kompany being injured if he isn't ready.
 
Marvin said:
Yes. He's become a liability against the better teams. I wouldn't play him even with the missing players. He's still a force when we have the ball, but without it it's like playing with 10 men. He just ambles around miles off the pace. Utd will target him.

We need to score first then pick them off.

A point would be a very big result for us
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Agree, whilst he can still provide moments of class and magic I believe he is one of our main weak links when it comes to teams targeting us.

Who else would you play though??
 
Proy said:
Hart
Zaba
Mangler
Otamendi
Kolarov
Fernando
Fernandinho
Toure
De Bruyne
Sterling
Navas

They will pack the middle and that is where we will lose the game if we play Bony on his own up top. I like him but he needs people around him when he recieves the ball and we have not been doing that well enough. A false 9 is the answer to primarily ensure that we keep the football. We have enough quality to turn that into goals if we play that way.

We have looked terrible out of possession recently and if we concede the midfield before we have even kicked a ball I will fucking scream. For all Fernandos faults he needs to start today in place of Bony.

If we do that then the 3 points are ours.
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That would be my starting line up.
 
MadchesterCity said:
Can someone find me the odds on a Fellaini elbow on our right back in first 20 minutes?

Isn't it terrible that I already expect one of our right backs to need stitches in this game before it is started

I hope the officials are wise to this tactic and Clattenberg has a good game
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Er; how many right backs are we picking today then?

;-)
 
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