Interesting BBC article about City's squad

[Cobwebcat]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8924639.stm


You can see Mancini's top 22 players in the graphic.

No places for Jo RSC Etuhu Caicedo or Logan who will be loaned or sold.

One thing it does show though is that if Robinho is off, and Nimley isn't ready. we will probably need another striker before 01/09/2010.

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Jo will be included, if we sign another striker then the likes of ade, tevez and ballotelli wont like to sit on the bench.

 

[bluefandk]

City started with three defensive midfielders in Yaya Toure, Barry and De Jong.

Theres when I stopped reading.

 

[BlueDune]

Comments like this forget the number of games we may have this season...

Milner played 36 games for Aston Villa last season, scoring seven goals, but former Villa midfielder Ian Taylor believes the former Leeds and Newcastle man will have to accept he will not get as much time on the pitch in a City shirt.

Minimum 38 Premier League
Up to 17 Europa League
Up to 6 FA Cup
Up to 6 Carling Cup

Total potentially 67 games.
OK a minimum of 42 if we got knocked out first round of each cup.
If we don't get through the Europ groups and got halfway in each cup it would be 52 games.
Go all the way in the cups and we would have more than 25 weeks with 2 games so injuries likely to have a big impact.

Likely that Milner will get more than 36 games this season.

 

[johnmc]

Comments like this forget the number of games we may have this season...

Milner played 36 games for Aston Villa last season, scoring seven goals, but former Villa midfielder Ian Taylor believes the former Leeds and Newcastle man will have to accept he will not get as much time on the pitch in a City shirt.

Minimum 38 Premier League
Up to 17 Europa League
Up to 6 FA Cup
Up to 6 Carling Cup

Total potentially 67 games.
OK a minimum of 42 if we got knocked out first round of each cup.
If we don't get through the Europ groups and got halfway in each cup it would be 52 games.
Go all the way in the cups and we would have more than 25 weeks with 2 games so injuries likely to have a big impact.

Likely that Milner will get more than 36 games this season.

The 36 games referenced relate to the PL

 

[schfc6]

At least this article is slightly refreshing and not just making up a 38 man squad that we don't have, and how will we fit them into the 25!
Has Mancini not already said that he will play Milner in the middle.
I would guess the strongest starting xi would be.
Hart
Boateng Toure Komapny Kolarov
De Jong
Milner Toure
Tevez Silva
Ade/Balotelli
Balotelli can play anywhere across the front 3, as can Tevez.
I would guess commonly used subs squad players would be Zabaleta, Johnson, Barry. Lads like SWP, Jo, Richards, Lescott and Viera I would presume will be bit part players, but not a bad squad to select from.

 

[Joga Bonito]

Beautiful but I think Boateng is more effective on the wings (then again I don't think I saw him play anywhere else for Germany)

 

[Andouble]

I don't think there are going to be a "ton of unhappy players" like this writer insinuates. First of all, it's football, when, if ever, is the entire 22-25 first team players simultaneously fit? Just about never. Second, we've played just 2 games and we've already used 15 or 16 of them. Kolarov, Boateng, Bridge, RSC, and Milner were all already injured or unavailable.

Mancini, knows what he's doing, he's collected a lot of great players but he brought in players that know nothing is guaranteed, and what I like most about Roberto is if someone is unhappy he welcomes them to leave.

 

[Bilston Blue]

I don't think there are going to be a "ton of unhappy players" like this writer insinuates. First of all, it's football, when, if ever, is the entire 22-25 first team players simultaneously fit? Just about never. Second, we've played just 2 games and we've already used 15 or 16 of them. Kolarov, Boateng, Bridge, RSC, and Milner were all already injured or unavailable.

Mancini, knows what he's doing, he's collected a lot of great players but he brought in players that know nothing is guaranteed, and what I like most about Roberto is if someone is unhappy he welcomes them to leave.

Just about the most sensible and appropriate thing anyone has said about our squad all summer!!!

 

[kenzie115]

Hart
Given
Taylor

Richards
Zabaleta
Boateng
Kompany
Kolo Toure
Lescott
Bridge
Kolarov

De Jong
Barry
Milner
Yaya Toure
Vieira
A. Johnson
Wright-Phillips
M. Johnson

Robinho
Silva
Tevez
Adebayor
Jo
Santa Cruz

That's 25 plus Balotelli, Ibrahim and Boyata are all under 21s. I think we're struggling to be honest. If Santa Cruz and/or Jo and/or Robinho go we're in desperate need of a striker.