Man City vs Reading - Post Match Discussion

[dazdon]

The defender backed into Barry and Barry still scored.

Fair play to Reading though,they nearly escaped with a hard earned point.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

re: the goal, Barry had every right to jump for it...Shorey didn't jump for it or try to play the ball, so if there is any infraction then he obstructed Barry by backing into him. If we want to be really mean, he should have been carded, possibly sent off for trying to impede a clear goal scoring opportunity.

Not that I'm being particularly serious about this last point, but it's something to throw back at Brian Mcthingy when he starts moaning with as much if not more substantiation than just, 'It was a definite foul' + provide no reasonable justification as to why = FAIL.

Exactly, he turned his back on it and did nothing.
Well played Gaz, great leap.

If you watch it again he does do something; he actually tries to back into Barry without making any attempt for the ball whatsoever, so fuck him.

I'm with you, gaz, and every blue on here.
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[homerdog]

Totally unimpressive performance. Barry chooses today to pop up with his one goal of the season for 2012-13 and gets us out of jail. Not expecting much better against a physical, spoiling Stoke team on NY Day. Nice to get 3 points today even though we were awful.

FFS...

 

[oakiecokie]

The thing that did piss me off today was the constant time wasting, kicking the ball dead after Joe Hart had stopped play for one of their players, (a right twats trick,) walking off when 'Injured' via the longest route possible and a goalie who did everything but light a fag before returning the ball to play. I had some sort of affection for Reading prior to today but not now, their manager was saying in some interview or other that he would always try to win, no matter who they played. Bollox. If he wanted to play all in defence, why not say so?
A bloke next to me was fucking apoplectic; rightly so.

You don`t sit in CB3 do you ??

I do, and it sounds like someone near me.

Hahhaaaaaaaaaa.Come on mate where do you sit and yes I was going a bit mental due to us trying to walk the fucking ball in.What would "this person" look like. ;)

 

[MCFC BOB]

Hart - 7, didn't really have anything to do.

Zabaleta - 8, the man is a hero.
Kolo Toure - 7, another comfortable display.
Nastasic - 7, another comfortable display.
Rekik - 7, did well on his debut, was often in great positions but ignored.

Yaya - 6, mis-placed far too many passes in the first half and only really picked up the pace towards the end.
Barry - 6, despite the goal he was pretty dreadful, giving the ball away needlessly at times.
Garcia - 7, an assured display, confidence is increasing.
Silva - 7, probing but never threatening until the cross for the goal.

Aguero - 6, industrious but relatively quiet.
Tevez - 6, same as above.

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

I thought we were woeful and I thought Reading were fantastic, even though they were time wasting from the first 10 minutes.

The Rekik incident was never a Penalty, but they have a strong case for Handball from the original cross. As for Barry's winner - Nicky Shorey should have cleared it but gambled on getting a free kick, as soon as it went in I looked at the Ref. If that had been Crouch,Rooney,Suarez,Torres on Zabs or Vinny and the Goal given I would be incandescent with rage.

We really,really got out of Jail today.

 

[BlueOz]

A win is is a win, but what a shite game, why are we always trying to walk the ball in the back of the net.

 

[the talisman]

I thought we were woeful and I thought Reading were fantastic, even though they were time wasting from the first 10 minutes.

The Rekik incident was never a Penalty, but they have a strong case for Handball from the original cross. As for Barry's winner - Nicky Shorey should have cleared it but gambled on getting a free kick, as soon as it went in I looked at the Ref. If that had been Crouch,Rooney,Suarez,Torres on Zabs or Vinny and the Goal given I would be incandescent with rage.

We really,really got out of Jail today.

Zab or Vinnie would have attacked the ball, not backed into the player

 

[bluefn]

To all of those doom merchants on this forum tonight.

WE WON THE FECKIN GAME!!!!!

This site makes me want to top myself sometimes. Have a look at the stats, we battered them FFS!! They came with a gameplan, hang on like your life depends on it and dont get beat. Fair play to Reading, they nearly pulled it off but trying to play against that is hard graft. We are the CHAMPIONS, our home record is absolutley feckin brilliant for a reason and teams are going to come here and make it hard.

Ive said it before and I will say it again, defending your title is harder than winning it.

Job done today, move on.

 

[TCIB]

To all of those doom merchants on this forum tonight.

WE WON THE FECKIN GAME!!!!!

This site makes me want to top myself sometimes. Have a look at the stats, we battered them FFS!! They came with a gameplan, hang on like your life depends on it and dont get beat. Fair play to Reading, they nearly pulled it off but trying to play against that is hard graft. We are the CHAMPIONS, our home record is absolutley feckin brilliant for a reason and teams are going to come here and make it hard.

Ive said it before and I will say it again, defending your title is harder than winning it.

Job done today, move on.

Sensible posts are banned after midnight, didn't you get the memo :p

I agree, to many doom merchants.