goal diff

[Deleted member 14625]

oh god just get over it the game has finished now, nothing we can do about it just be happy.

Just listen to this guy ^

Not read much of the discussion, have you? I must have said twenty times I'm extatic with the result and we're just discussing a certain thing. Nobody is complaining - well apart from the ones moaning at us who are having a proper discussion - so what's up with just having a chat about stuff?

-- Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:06 pm --

can somebody tell bobby we might be relying on goal difference come the last day of the season, and ask him why the team fannied around for the last 30 mins ??

did the current chamions ease off in their game ?

No but Arsenal fell to pieces. Spurs didn't. Our's was actually the more impressive performance and result considering the opposition IMHO.


FFS we beat Tottenham 5-1 at the Lane and it's still not good enough???

Take your fan head off for a minute and think about if Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany or Roberto Mancini thinks it's good enough that we conceded that goal. I'll bet you they'd say it's nit good enough! Now put your fan head back on and be extatic about the result!

If I can do that, why can't everyone else?

 

[codespyder]

See, if the discussion was about us taking our foot off at the gas, then we could have something going.

But what the OP was going on about was that we should have scored more when the game was 4-1 because the scum put away 8 goals later that afternoon.

Basically, this was a sensible suggestion (i.e. we should be more ruthless) blown way out of proportion by knee-jerk fans who are threatened by what the scum did to the Arsenal reserves at the swamp.

 

[squirtyflower]

yep we need to stop fannying around and be more like the champions

 

[lee-mcfc]

oh god just get over it the game has finished now, nothing we can do about it just be happy.

Just listen to this guy ^

Not read much of the discussion, have you? I must have said twenty times I'm extatic with the result and we're just discussing a certain thing. Nobody is complaining - well apart from the ones moaning at us who are having a proper discussion - so what's up with just having a chat about stuff?

I was talking to the OP .
but like i said we can't do anything about it now can we though?

 

[codespyder]

I suppose we can ask Spurs if they would mind awfully giving us 3 or 4 goals more on the scoreline to boost our GD?

 

[MrOblivious]

some very well thought out replies there !
fyi i was at wembley 1970 and 1976 probly before you lot were born ,blue thru and thru

is there any point duscussing anything in here ? the abuse is embarrassing now

How can you say we fannied around the last 30 minutes FFS ?

The game was more than won, for those of us in attendance it were worth every friggin penny to see such a composed City team actually take some time out evaluate situation without riskin any un-needed injury ! ...as oposed to start of last term same place and all the needin to 'gell' shite spouted.

The whole match was class, wot more could they of done for us in all honesty ?

...were you not entertained ? ! ?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqJFIJ5lLs[/youtube]

I'd love for Mancini to do this to the press box at the wigan game.

I have just had a mass play through in my head.

The blues play with comfortable versatility testing the open play aginst Wigan. 15 Minutes have gone by before Silva, Nasri and Dzeko look solemnly to their lord Mancini. His eyes nonchalantly roll backwards and forwards across the City fans before bringing his thumb down.

Therein follows a mass goal spree. Wigan destroyed and humiliated are honored by the gaffer arising from his throne and beckoning to the crowd "Are you not entertained!?"


...It's been a long, long, boring day =/

 

[.allan]

Although the point may be valid, i dont think it was put across well. When we ease off which we do, we concede or look as if we are going to. 5-0 Yesterday and we are top of the league. Thats the difference.

 

[squirtyflower]

is it May already?

fuck that beer was strong

 

[.allan]

is it May already?

fuck that beer was strong

Start as you mean to go on.

 

[Macker]

Sorry lads can't believe some of the shit I'm reading, we win 5-1 at Spurs and are being questioned on commitment to attack and improving goal difference, some people haven't got a clue, top class performance against a good side, what the rags do at this stage of the season is of no concern to me, Bobby got it right get the goals to win the game then defend to ensure 3 points, ffs I would have taken a 1-0 win there before the game.

 

[bringer678]

we scored in the 92nd minute !
However it is embarrassing that we took our foot off the gas for the final 30 seconds or so

He's not on about the last 30 seconds, he's on about 70 mins plus and then we walked throught them at 90, can you read!

-- Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:27 pm --

Wots childish bout askin the OP if he were not entertained ?

You were taking the piss and being sarcy. Of course he enjoyed it but there was a spell where we could have put the same effort in and got 3 more and increasing our chances

...how was i takin the piss ?

I hear wot he's sayin buh' in my personal opinion compared with same match last term i were very impressed, pleased, satisfied and very much entertained with our overall performance havin been there to see it Again.

The '3 more' don't cut it, this is our Bobby Manc not mystic friggin Glen !



Those that played knew the script, read the match very well indeed and played their part, those on the bench imo can only take it as a boost when it's time for em to also step to the plate.

The flow of the match dint need changin in the last 30 minute furlong as the match was pretty much won already and respondin to their one n' only goal in the way we did is hardly takin a foot off peddle is it ! ? !

We are three game's in, the unity and bondin is so clear to see at this early stage, i have not been disrespectful to the OP within this thread.

We were fantastic, but as mancini says "we always must improve"

 

[bringer678]

we scored in the 92nd minute !
However it is embarrassing that we took our foot off the gas for the final 30 seconds or so

He's not on about the last 30 seconds, he's on about 70 mins plus and then we walked throught them at 90, can you read!

-- Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:27 pm --

Wots childish bout askin the OP if he were not entertained ?

You were taking the piss and being sarcy. Of course he enjoyed it but there was a spell where we could have put the same effort in and got 3 more and increasing our chances

...how was i takin the piss ?

I hear wot he's sayin buh' in my personal opinion compared with same match last term i were very impressed, pleased, satisfied and very much entertained with our overall performance havin been there to see it Again.

The '3 more' don't cut it, this is our Bobby Manc not mystic friggin Glen !



Those that played knew the script, read the match very well indeed and played their part, those on the bench imo can only take it as a boost when it's time for em to also step to the plate.

The flow of the match dint need changin in the last 30 minute furlong as the match was pretty much won already and respondin to their one n' only goal in the way we did is hardly takin a foot off peddle is it ! ? !

We are three game's in, the unity and bondin is so clear to see at this early stage, i have not been disrespectful to the OP within this thread.

I noticed before we conceded we slowed the pace down. We were scoring every 15 mins and doing fantastic, they were on their knees and had 10 men, then the pace slowed down and there were hardly any forward passing, and like what happened vs Bolton when we stopped putting pressure on them, we conceded. He says it himself "we must always improve"

 

[bringer678]

def not a rag , and i dont think clueless either
i,d go as far as saying this was a bad error on bobbys part stopping attcking ,
if we miss out on the league through lack of a goal even you lot will see this as unprofessional
then again with your intelligence...

It's the opposite of unprofessional actually.

If the game is won then it's an opportunity to practice holding possession and avoid conceding a goal: to kill the game.

When we're in a cup final and 1-0 up with 5 minutes to go maybe you will see this as professional.

Then again with your intelligence . . .

Ye but we weren't winning 1-0 vs man u or in the final. We were playing against 10 men who were on their knees. The way we slow down and kill the game usually ends up in us conceding but if we keep up the pressure it usually ends up in us scoring against weaker opposition. Which is better for the team?

In fact the same happened at the charity shield really.

 

[bringer678]

can somebody tell bobby we might be relying on goal difference come the last day of the season, and ask him why the team fannied around for the last 30 mins ??

did the current chamions ease off in their game ?

No but Arsenal fell to pieces. Spurs didn't. Our's was actually the more impressive performance and result considering the opposition IMHO.


FFS we beat Tottenham 5-1 at the Lane and it's still not good enough???

Spurs were falling to pieces after the 4th. They had 10 men and there heads were down. Then we sat back and they sat on us for a bit. We conceded like we did vs Bolton and we could have drew there considering the pressure we were under at the end.

 

[alky313]

At 4-1 it almost seemed like showboating. To be fair to the lads, only Nasri and Yaya have experienced such possession in their entire careers. At the 80' minute it seemed like the players were children with a new toy. I felt like the Savic substitution was ill advised. I would have preferred a swap for Balotelli to see how he integrates in a passing attack.

I guarantee that these guys know the scoreline at the swamp and their drive is now to simply outdo United.

 

[bringer678]

Sorry lads can't believe some of the shit I'm reading, we win 5-1 at Spurs and are being questioned on commitment to attack and improving goal difference, some people haven't got a clue, top class performance against a good side, what the rags do at this stage of the season is of no concern to me, Bobby got it right get the goals to win the game then defend to ensure 3 points, ffs I would have taken a 1-0 win there before the game.

You're being clueless! It doesn't matter if it's a point or a goal in the 1st game or the last, they all count.

I would have taken a 1-0 too, but after the 4th went in and they had ten men I would of had 7 or 8. Not to get the headlines, but to get as much as possible out of the game, as it's the start of the season it's just as important as we are not in any position to estimate where we will be next year or say how many points or goals we will need

 

[Macker]

Sorry lads can't believe some of the shit I'm reading, we win 5-1 at Spurs and are being questioned on commitment to attack and improving goal difference, some people haven't got a clue, top class performance against a good side, what the rags do at this stage of the season is of no concern to me, Bobby got it right get the goals to win the game then defend to ensure 3 points, ffs I would have taken a 1-0 win there before the game.

You're being clueless! It doesn't matter if it's a point or a goal in the 1st game or the last, they all count.

I would have taken a 1-0 too, but after the 4th went in and they had ten men I would of had 7 or 8. Not to get the headlines, but to get as much as possible out of the game, as it's the start of the season it's just as important as we are not in any position to estimate where we will be next year or say how many points or goals we will need

And you think we could have scored 7 or 8 at Spurs ? What other team in the history of the game has managed to sustain the brilliance that we showed over 90 minutes and score 7 or 8 against a top class side away ? deluded or what ?

 

[untalented]

i thought it was a chance taken by the team to practice playing keepball against opponents to see how long they can keep the ball, find space, pass and progress forwards when possible. i think that the ability to do this in an high profile game rather than just in training is particularly important and it's a way for the team to progress the passing style and be comfortable with passing in this instance.
i guess it could be like how you'd send on a youngster when you're comfortably winning to give them playing time and you gradually introduce them into the team more and more. likewiese, the complete passing game may be introduced more and more. we'll have to wait and see...

 

[whitt]

Some of you have never actually played competitve football in your life have you?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

can somebody tell bobby we might be relying on goal difference come the last day of the season, and ask him why the team fannied around for the last 30 mins ??

did the current chamions ease off in their game ?

MANUre never ease off whether they are behind, level or a dozen in front. They take the point that the game is about scoring goals, and when the opportunity arrives (The Arse Academy turning up) they dole out the biggest spanking of the opposition's life. No compassion, no laying off, the knive goes in and turns.