Man City V Barcelona Pre Match thread.

[Badensbluemoon]

Without your strongest team?

You mean having Fernando in midfield, (when you choose a 4 man midfield and you don't have Yaya) is a bad idea?

I'm talking about both Fernando and James.

Well, that if you want 5 in midfield and maybe according to you thats our strongest line-up. To me I want 2 up front. and for 4 in midfield I prefer Fernando Milner if I can not play with Yaya. I know Dinho is great when playing beside Yaya, but otherwise not so confident. Fernando was brought for this kind of games

 

[Silva_Spell]

It's a pure gamble by MP. Just hoping to blow Barca away in the first 30 mins

 

[Andy Morrisons jock strap]

Can only assume Dinho is carrying a knock of some sort as he was outstanding on Saturday and as the key to getting a good result against Barca is ball retention then the selection of Fernando and Milner in central midfield is somewhat baffling given neither player would count passing ability as a strength. Pellegrini must surely have seen the folly of 2 strikers in big European games but yet he blindly persists with we attack you, you attack us oh well let's see what happens

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

I'm really not sure what is going on with this lineup...big big risk


Are we sure it's a 4-4-2? Maybe he's shifting Aguero back for a supporting role..

I think he'll go 4-4-1-1 with Sergio hustling deeper.

 

[@BluePhil8]

We need to be able to hold on to the ball once we get it up front so why go with Dzeko when we have Bony who holds off defenders brilliantly and has a great first touch and finds his team mates regularly?

Probably because Bony has only played 20 minutes for us and he looked quite ineffective?

 

[deano ou812]

C'MON CITY..lets fcuking get at these fcukers.....

 

[Mancini Manus Domini]

Hoping our fitness can make a difference today. The likes of Nasri, Fernando and Clichy were not involved at the world cup last summer. For varying reasons all the rest of our squad have had breaks this season. Without Capital One and FA Cup distractions recently we are looking fresh.

The Barcelona Spanish contingent have been playing tournament football every summer (if you count Confederations Cup) for a number of years. Xavi and Ineasta are in the twilight of their careers.

 

[SkyBlueTX]

Let's fuckin' do this! Come on City!!

 

[abu13]

Why the fuck is that ginger needle dicked fucker on as a pundit again, tosser.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Go for the kill City, no prisoners. Can't afford a draw today.