Manchester City vs Liverpool pre-match thread

[Zabbasbeard]

Do you guys think Aguero will start for this one, I think I read somewhere that he will be fit,

but will Pellegrini be one to start him or bring him on as a sub?

I suspect Pellegrini will go with Dzeko but you never know, he might start with Aguero instead. Pellers will decide if Aguero can get through it and most importantly be sharp enough to make a difference. Much will depend on whether SIlva makes it. What shape will we have?

 

[Matty]

Do you guys think Aguero will start for this one, I think I read somewhere that he will be fit,

but will Pellegrini be one to start him or bring him on as a sub?

I suspect, had he been required, Aguero could probably have played some part in the match against Southampton this past weekend. However with next weekend in mind, and in the knowledge we've got Dzeko, Negredo and Jovetic at our disposal, the sensible option was taken and Aguero was held back and allowed to get another week of recovery and training into his legs. I suspect he'll be full fit, if not match fit, for the weekend. It'll then be a tactical decision as to whether we start with him, or with Dzeko (I can't see us going with both of them). When we started him against Barcelona it was more of a gamble as he clearly wasn't ready and broke down, he's been away from the matchday squad ever since and he'll have recovered fully come Sunday.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Do you guys think Aguero will start for this one, I think I read somewhere that he will be fit,

but will Pellegrini be one to start him or bring him on as a sub?

I suspect Pellegrini will go with Dzeko but you never know, he might start with Aguero instead. Pellers will decide if Aguero can get through it and most importantly be sharp enough to make a difference. Much will depend on whether SIlva makes it. What shape will we have?

FUCK!!!! I didn't realise he was in doubt. When did you hear that???

When are we going to have a full strength team in an important game FFS!!?!?!?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Morning Raggedy Anne.

Morning darling x

-- Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:15 pm --

It's true, I don't know anyone that wants Liverpool to win the title except for Liverpool supporters.

Can you please explain me why that is the case? I support Man City but my third favorite team in the league this year is easily Liverpool, based on the style of play. (My second favorite being Everton, of course).

Most United supporters HATE Liverpool and their supporters with a passion.

Man City are a rival of ours but it's nothing like the rivalry we have with Liverpool - it's so different, it's difficult to explain. Probably because generally we live with and get on with blues at work etc so we're used to each other.

Liverpool supporters are a different breed - they're are self entitled, self important, deluded fuckwits.

Speaking purely for myself, I have no problem recognizing that LIverpool have played the best football, along with ourselves, this year. As I say, it's the fans that are generating this reaction. 'Entitlement' just isn't the word to describe their attitude at present. Now I've never had any problem with Liverpool fans but their reaction at the moment is just over the top. Here on BM I think most of us are saying, yeah, it'll definitely be tough, but we can get a win, and a lot of us would probably settle for a draw. We're being confident but cautious, as any fan of their team would. No such thing over on RAWK. I also think, though, that there's a certain general resentment about the fact that Liverpool have had so many penalties (for what it's worth, I thought both penalties against West Ham were dubious — how can the first be a deliberate handball, at that distance? — and so was the Hammers' goal against them, it was a foul on the keeper; and yes, to show that I can take the blue specs off, Nasri's goal against Saints was definitely offside, but it wouldn't have changed the result).

 

[Matty]

Do you guys think Aguero will start for this one, I think I read somewhere that he will be fit,

but will Pellegrini be one to start him or bring him on as a sub?

I suspect Pellegrini will go with Dzeko but you never know, he might start with Aguero instead. Pellers will decide if Aguero can get through it and most importantly be sharp enough to make a difference. Much will depend on whether SIlva makes it. What shape will we have?

FUCK!!!! I didn't realise he was in doubt. When did you hear that???

When are we going to have a full strength team in an important game FFS!!?!?!?

No clue where he's got that from, I've heard nothing whatsoever about Silva having any injury concerns. There's nothing as far as I can see in the media about this either.

 

[kaz7]

Do you guys think Aguero will start for this one, I think I read somewhere that he will be fit,

but will Pellegrini be one to start him or bring him on as a sub?

I suspect Pellegrini will go with Dzeko but you never know, he might start with Aguero instead. Pellers will decide if Aguero can get through it and most importantly be sharp enough to make a difference. Much will depend on whether SIlva makes it. What shape will we have?

FUCK!!!! I didn't realise he was in doubt. When did you hear that???

When are we going to have a full strength team in an important game FFS!!?!?!?

Stay calm,he has been playing through his chronic ankle problem,pellers said he has been ok the last couple of games.<br /><br />-- Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:57 pm --<br /><br />

I suspect Pellegrini will go with Dzeko but you never know, he might start with Aguero instead. Pellers will decide if Aguero can get through it and most importantly be sharp enough to make a difference. Much will depend on whether SIlva makes it. What shape will we have?

FUCK!!!! I didn't realise he was in doubt. When did you hear that???

When are we going to have a full strength team in an important game FFS!!?!?!?

No clue where he's got that from, I've heard nothing whatsoever about Silva having any injury concerns. There's nothing as far as I can see in the media about this either.

I think MEN's yesterday

 

[WickyWain]

Do you guys think Aguero will start for this one, I think I read somewhere that he will be fit,

but will Pellegrini be one to start him or bring him on as a sub?

I suspect Pellegrini will go with Dzeko but you never know, he might start with Aguero instead. Pellers will decide if Aguero can get through it and most importantly be sharp enough to make a difference. Much will depend on whether SIlva makes it. What shape will we have?

FUCK!!!! I didn't realise he was in doubt. When did you hear that???

When are we going to have a full strength team in an important game FFS!!?!?!?

He isn't in doubt at all, it's just the standard "Silva a major doubt for the weekend" bullshit we get before every game

 

[Matty]

I suspect Pellegrini will go with Dzeko but you never know, he might start with Aguero instead. Pellers will decide if Aguero can get through it and most importantly be sharp enough to make a difference. Much will depend on whether SIlva makes it. What shape will we have?

FUCK!!!! I didn't realise he was in doubt. When did you hear that???

When are we going to have a full strength team in an important game FFS!!?!?!?

Stay calm,he has been playing through his chronic ankle problem,pellers said he has been ok the last couple of games.

So that'll be why he always heads straight down the tunnel when he's subbed off I assume, to get some instant treatment on the ankle to make sure it doesn't stiffen up or swell or anything. Makes sense, I had mentioned he does that to the people in the ground I sit with, couldn't work out why he didn't head to the bench like everyone else.

 

[kaz7]

FUCK!!!! I didn't realise he was in doubt. When did you hear that???

When are we going to have a full strength team in an important game FFS!!?!?!?

Stay calm,he has been playing through his chronic ankle problem,pellers said he has been ok the last couple of games.

So that'll be why he always heads straight down the tunnel when he's subbed off I assume, to get some instant treatment on the ankle to make sure it doesn't stiffen up or swell or anything. Makes sense, I had mentioned he does that to the people in the ground I sit with, couldn't work out why he didn't head to the bench like everyone else.

I think he has had the same problem for a couple of years,probably straight in the ice bath

Edit. had a look at MEN seems he sits out a couple of training sessions a week to manage the injury

 

[Chris in London]

Stay calm,he has been playing through his chronic ankle problem,pellers said he has been ok the last couple of games.

So that'll be why he always heads straight down the tunnel when he's subbed off I assume, to get some instant treatment on the ankle to make sure it doesn't stiffen up or swell or anything. Makes sense, I had mentioned he does that to the people in the ground I sit with, couldn't work out why he didn't head to the bench like everyone else.

I think he has had the same problem for a couple of years,probably straight in the ice bath

Edit. had a look at MEN seems he sits out a couple of training sessions a week to manage the injury

Do Barcelona and Madrid know that when they finally decide to take Silva and Aguero off us (that story can't be far off this week) they are actually buying a pair of demics?