Intimidation

[City Raider]

I remember watching the rags during their domination and seeing them in the tunnel before the match, Keane, Schmeichel, Ferdinand etc and thinking, they ain’t kicked a ball yet but this match is over, opposition look scared.

De Bruyne, Dias, Haaland etc - we are a scary team to line up against side by side in the tunnel. I ain’t talking about talent, it’s about leaders. The Mancini side had some big characters but for me, potentially this is the most intimidating squad we’ve ever had, because we’ve the history of winning and perhaps the greatest manager ever.

Have we ever had a more intimidating side?

 

[mat]

I remember watching the rags during their domination and seeing them in the tunnel before the match, Keane, Schmeichel, Ferdinand etc and thinking, they ain’t kicked a ball yet but this match is over, opposition look scared.

De Bruyne, Dias, Haaland etc - we are a scary team to line up against side by side in the tunnel. I ain’t talking about talent, it’s about leaders. The Mancini side had some big characters but for me, potentially this is the most intimidating squad we’ve ever had, because we’ve the history of winning and perhaps the greatest manager ever.

Have we ever had a more intimidating side?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Sorry OP, I’m not sure anyone will ever cut a more imposing figure than this lad.

 

[TravisBickle]

 

[Blue Smarties]

Sorry OP, I’m not sure anyone will ever cut a more imposing figure than this lad.

What a weird time of football this era was. Ben Haim linking up with a Real Madrd galactico and an angry Welsh man on the sideline.

 

[Keeper!]

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He walked very aggressively, it was scary ;)

 

[Keeper!]

I remember watching the rags during their domination and seeing them in the tunnel before the match, Keane, Schmeichel, Ferdinand etc and thinking, they ain’t kicked a ball yet but this match is over, opposition look scared.

De Bruyne, Dias, Haaland etc - we are a scary team to line up against side by side in the tunnel. I ain’t talking about talent, it’s about leaders. The Mancini side had some big characters but for me, potentially this is the most intimidating squad we’ve ever had, because we’ve the history of winning and perhaps the greatest manager ever.

Have we ever had a more intimidating side?

The more characters the better.

I love the ego and attitude of Haaland something we have lacked for a long time, Grealish also has an edge to him and when he shows that he is a much better player, we have been far too nice the last few years.

 

[Sir peace frog]

There a picture with a few city players walking all in shot, nigel de jong was definitely one of them, can't think of the other players, but it looked mean

 

[jimharri]

People seem to be picking what they see as intimidating City players. I'm pretty sure the OP meant an actual City side, not a "most intimidating XI" picked from our 14 year history.

 

[SebastianBlue]

What a weird time of football this era was. Ben Haim linking up with a Real Madrd galactico and an angry Welsh man on the sideline.

Can’t believe you haven’t mentioned the man mountain that was Berti.

 

[Sir peace frog]

The vinny, de jong, yaya, Mario mancini team was fucking frightening

 

[Fred_Quimby]

I remember watching the rags during their domination and seeing them in the tunnel before the match, Keane, Schmeichel, Ferdinand etc and thinking, they ain’t kicked a ball yet but this match is over, opposition look scared.

De Bruyne, Dias, Haaland etc - we are a scary team to line up against side by side in the tunnel. I ain’t talking about talent, it’s about leaders. The Mancini side had some big characters but for me, potentially this is the most intimidating squad we’ve ever had, because we’ve the history of winning and perhaps the greatest manager ever.

Have we ever had a more intimidating side?

The thing was in those days team's knew they were going to get beat by them and just rolled over: today team's when they play us don't do that they put everything behind the ball and try not to get beat.

 

[jimharri]

The vinny, de jong, yaya, Mario mancini team was fucking frightening

Switch Mario (not intimidating, in my opinion) for Kolarov, and chuck in Zabba as well. Pretty sure those 4 would have been in the same XI, maybe under "The Holistic One".

 

[Sir peace frog]

Switch Mario (not intimidating, in my opinion) for Kolarov, and chuck in Zabba as well. Pretty sure those 4 would have been in the same XI, maybe under "The Holistic One".

Keep mario big angry fucker, and agreed add kola and zabba , that was a proper mean squad,

 

[City Raider]

People seem to be picking what they see as intimidating City players. I'm pretty sure the OP meant an actual City side, not a "most intimidating XI" picked from our 14 year history.

Yeah, a team more mentally than physically intimidating was the thought. Otherwise throw in a pic of Andy Morrison and there’s not much more to discuss.

 

[BrianW]

Don't forget the old teams - Mike Doyle, George Heslop, Mike Summerbee, Franny Lee, Tony Coleman - any of those lads were up for putting an opponent in row Z.

 

[Stoned Rose]

All our sides over the last decade have caused many an opponent to fill their knickers.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

People have short memories, full backs knew it was going to be a bad day at the office when they saw this guy in the tunnel.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

I remember watching the rags during their domination and seeing them in the tunnel before the match, Keane, Schmeichel, Ferdinand etc and thinking, they ain’t kicked a ball yet but this match is over, opposition look scared.

De Bruyne, Dias, Haaland etc - we are a scary team to line up against side by side in the tunnel. I ain’t talking about talent, it’s about leaders. The Mancini side had some big characters but for me, potentially this is the most intimidating squad we’ve ever had, because we’ve the history of winning and perhaps the greatest manager ever.

Have we ever had a more intimidating side?

But we're weaker now!

 

[Sir peace frog]

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People have short memories, full backs knew it was going to be a bad day at the office when they saw this guy in the tunnel.

Shudders