Bill
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mscenterh750 said:
we started around 2002 iirc. it was a bit quieter then :)
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Man City vs Reading - Post Match Discussion
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we started around 2002 iirc. it was a bit quieter then :)
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The cookie monster said:Theres still no change with your crusade against zab is thereDidsbury Dave said:Yeah, that was a game for 3 at the back as a change but we had nobody in the squad with the ability to play wing back and cross the ball. Did you notice the formation change at half time? 442 with Barry wide left. It didn't work. Bad change , and it was no game for edin either. Zab is a real problem in these 10 behind the ball games. For all his defensive ability he can't cross or get to the line.Rammy Blue said:Similar thoughts although I'm not keen on Sergio dropping deep as it took him until near the end of the game before he had his first attempt on goal.
Agreed about Yaya, sick of him trying these stupid passes that just smack of laziness.
Bob left Rekik on for 20 mins too long, I know you're not a big fan of it but we should have gone 3 at the back far earlier - I'd have brought Jimmy on the right and moved Zab to the left.
Crazy playing 2 defensive midfielders and 4 at the back against a team with 10 behind the ball.
TBH until his goal, Barry was utterly woeful and gave away the ball more than I've ever seen him.
Nasty was great, was impressed at how dominant in the air he was against a bruiser of a forward.
Oh, and never a foul for the goal.
Fucking sad!
agree very silly, millions of pounds worth of forward players on the park and to even bother mentioning that the right back is a problem, thought he was ok anyway scoring for 2-2 v united and making the 3rd v newcastle,
mscenterh750
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Bollocks it may be but that's my opinion, as I really am grateful for what we have today and what we have won over the last 3 seasons. An ambling Yaya, is better than watching Brannan, Whitley, Wiekens, Cooke et al struggle their bollocks off at Macc. I wish I had my season ticket still rather than the 15 years of dross I had it for. Don't doubt me as a fan because I've only 60 posts, I started going in 82, season ticket holder for 15 years until 7 years ago and my godfather is Glyn Pardoe.
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We couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo for most of the game.
The defender against Barry at the end didn't even try to jump at the end and backed up half a pace as Barry jumped. Glad to see the ref spotted it. Still I've seen them disallowed.
We're playing poorly and winning. It's about the best that can be said.
Tempo - No where near enough.
Movement - Next to none till Dzelo came on.
Width - None till Milner came on.
Our strikers are poor. Aguero is a pale shadow of last year and Tevez is simply useless.Powder puff shots all round.
Dzeko did well when he came on. Two headers that just went over and lots of movement.
We need tempo, movement width and much, much better striking.
The defender against Barry at the end didn't even try to jump at the end and backed up half a pace as Barry jumped. Glad to see the ref spotted it. Still I've seen them disallowed.
We're playing poorly and winning. It's about the best that can be said.
Tempo - No where near enough.
Movement - Next to none till Dzelo came on.
Width - None till Milner came on.
Our strikers are poor. Aguero is a pale shadow of last year and Tevez is simply useless.Powder puff shots all round.
Dzeko did well when he came on. Two headers that just went over and lots of movement.
We need tempo, movement width and much, much better striking.
I didn't enjoy it one bit. Too frustrating at 0-0
We played well up to a point but Tevez had another off day, whilst Aguero kept coming deep to collect the ball. He did very well with some great runs and dribbles but his final crosses were poor.
We missed Nasri, and the natural width of a Clichy or Kolarov. That's all that was missing. We played almost the entire game in front of their massed defence
We played well up to a point but Tevez had another off day, whilst Aguero kept coming deep to collect the ball. He did very well with some great runs and dribbles but his final crosses were poor.
We missed Nasri, and the natural width of a Clichy or Kolarov. That's all that was missing. We played almost the entire game in front of their massed defence
GStar
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Brian McDermott can choke on my valiant chode.
Thought Dean got their 'penalty' call spot on, possibly kind on our goal too, although Barry got up their first.
Don't think pace would have helped us too much today, Reading were sat so deep and compact that there was no space for pace to exploit.
Under difficult conditions, against a team camped on the edge of their own box, i'll take the last gasp 1-0. The team selection was strange though; Lescott over Rekik surely - (not taking anything away from him but it was a completely needless risk both to the team and his confidence)? Neither Aguero nor Tevez seemed to be our striker, there was no focal point in attack.
Thought Dean got their 'penalty' call spot on, possibly kind on our goal too, although Barry got up their first.
Don't think pace would have helped us too much today, Reading were sat so deep and compact that there was no space for pace to exploit.
Under difficult conditions, against a team camped on the edge of their own box, i'll take the last gasp 1-0. The team selection was strange though; Lescott over Rekik surely - (not taking anything away from him but it was a completely needless risk both to the team and his confidence)? Neither Aguero nor Tevez seemed to be our striker, there was no focal point in attack.
mscenterh750
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Ha ha de niro, I bet it was, god knows what it would've been like in the 80s-90s !, government health warning springs to mind.
Found it funny that ShowSec were even more aggressive than usual in trying to get 109 to sit down today in the week the club publicly backed safe standing and two weeks after the entire stadium stood unharassed in the derby (don't remember many people getting crushed or injured from standing...). BTW who were the two coppers looking for in 109?
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Cannot believe some people calling Zab man..
Disgraceful comments. He is the one player who can have a bad game and will get no criticism from me. He bleeds for this club.
We were below par today. Nothing more nothing less.
History will only ever say 3 pts.<br /><br />-- Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:59 pm --<br /><br />The only problem today and the only problem when we don't perform well...
Tempo..Tempo...Tempo...
Disgraceful comments. He is the one player who can have a bad game and will get no criticism from me. He bleeds for this club.
We were below par today. Nothing more nothing less.
History will only ever say 3 pts.<br /><br />-- Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:59 pm --<br /><br />The only problem today and the only problem when we don't perform well...
Tempo..Tempo...Tempo...
Brendan110_0
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Thought we played well but DIDN'T SHOOT ON SIGHT - this was glaringly obvious in our CL campaign compared to RM/Dortmund/Ajax. How often does a shot deflect into the path of strikers? Bloody lots!
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mscenterh750 said:Bollocks it may be but that's my opinion, as I really am grateful for what we have today and what we have won over the last 3 seasons. An ambling Yaya, is better than watching Brannan, Whitley, Wiekens, Cooke et al struggle their bollocks off at Macc. I wish I had my season ticket still rather than the 15 years of dross I had it for. Don't doubt me as a fan because I've only 60 posts, I started going in 82, season ticket holder for 15 years until 7 years ago and my godfather is Glyn Pardoe.
Thats the best fuck off tablet I have seen for a while,nice one!
uwe28
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MMmmmm!!! Are you Phil Jones????Sir said:Very poor performance. Try for 90 min to work the ball through the center and nothing happening. Finally score off the head of a DM player from a wide cross... Why not try something other than dancing around the middle looking for a perfect pass when that is obviously not working?
Hamann Pineapple
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City, ruining Christmas since today !
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2252216/Brian-McDemott-claims-Christmas-ruined.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... uined.html</a>
Bah humbug
'It's an absolute cert foul, it cannot be anything else.
He later added: 'But just to let you know, that has just ruined my Christmas.'
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2252216/Brian-McDemott-claims-Christmas-ruined.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... uined.html</a>
Bah humbug
rastus
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grim up north said:Paulmcfc2703 said:A team that has picked up 2 points away from home all season is now a potential banana skin for us at home?Deepest Blue said:Considering we were without
Richards
Maicon
Clichy
Kolarov
Nasri
Rodwell
Balotelli
Guidetti
And
Kompany
Milner
Garcia
And arguably Silva, Yaya and Aguero are carrying knocks, the Reading siege mentality and tricky pitch all made for a potential banana skin that we just just avoided.
We will have to expect these tactics until such a time as we punish the teams that try them.
It's a good job football is not played on paper
So true and how boring it would be if it was.
rastus
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Re: City, ruining Christmas since today !
Funny as firk
Funny as firk
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uwe28 said:MMmmmm!!! Are you Phil Jones????Sir said:Very poor performance. Try for 90 min to work the ball through the center and nothing happening. Finally score off the head of a DM player from a wide cross... Why not try something other than dancing around the middle looking for a perfect pass when that is obviously not working?
Thanks,just spilt my pint!
laserblue
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Re: City, ruining Christmas since today !
McDermott had better think up another excuse for a ruined Christmas. None of the radio stations I listened to after the match thought it was a foul. Shorey was stood still so Barry had every right to go for the ball as Shorey was impeding him. If Shorey had jumped with him it might have been a different story.
McDermott had better think up another excuse for a ruined Christmas. None of the radio stations I listened to after the match thought it was a foul. Shorey was stood still so Barry had every right to go for the ball as Shorey was impeding him. If Shorey had jumped with him it might have been a different story.
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Re: City, ruining Christmas since today !
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Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry has admitted that he was a little bit fortunate to have his winning goal against Reading allowed by referee Mike Dean.
Barry headed home from eight yards in stoppage time at the Etihad Stadium, but the Royals players complained that Nicky Shorey had been fouled in the build-up to the goal.
"I haven't seen it again," Barry told BBC Sport. "Shorey was just standing there and I got over the top of him.
"The lads in the dressing room were saying it was possibly a foul, but I'm delighted the referee did not see it as a foul. I will have to see it again to make my own mind up."
Prior to today, Barry's last senior goal came in August 2011.
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This season, the tempo just isn't there. I'm sick of this tippy tappy pass, touch, look up, find man, touch again then pass shit. There's no movement, there's no one-touch stuff, it's slow and they're trying to walk the ball into the net all the time.
In the first half today, I saw about 5 attempts on goal. Aguero, Tevez, Kolo, Zabba and Barry I think. What's going on - the defenders and DMs seem to get frustrated and have a pop themselves because the forwards aren't? Yaya is playing too deep, we miss De Jong, and Silva is going left to right, right to left all the time. The game was crying out for a tall striker after 10 minutes, but Mancini doesn't change it until exactly 60 minutes...as usual. There is no plan B, the tactics are predictable and our strikers and AMs look terrified of having a shot. We desperately needed an Adam Johnson to run at them today, but he was sold and a worthy (or at least better) replacement wasn't bought. That game reminded me of Blackburn last year. They came to park the bus, but weren't great at implementing that tactic, and there were holes all over the pitch to exploit, unfortunately our lack of tempo and movement meant we couldn't capitalise, unlike Blackburn last year where we got the early goal, unsettled them, then went on to demolish them.
We just don't look the same team and my vocal chords can't take much more of this - this season.
Rakik looked good though, which is nice.
In the first half today, I saw about 5 attempts on goal. Aguero, Tevez, Kolo, Zabba and Barry I think. What's going on - the defenders and DMs seem to get frustrated and have a pop themselves because the forwards aren't? Yaya is playing too deep, we miss De Jong, and Silva is going left to right, right to left all the time. The game was crying out for a tall striker after 10 minutes, but Mancini doesn't change it until exactly 60 minutes...as usual. There is no plan B, the tactics are predictable and our strikers and AMs look terrified of having a shot. We desperately needed an Adam Johnson to run at them today, but he was sold and a worthy (or at least better) replacement wasn't bought. That game reminded me of Blackburn last year. They came to park the bus, but weren't great at implementing that tactic, and there were holes all over the pitch to exploit, unfortunately our lack of tempo and movement meant we couldn't capitalise, unlike Blackburn last year where we got the early goal, unsettled them, then went on to demolish them.
We just don't look the same team and my vocal chords can't take much more of this - this season.
Rakik looked good though, which is nice.