Match Thread | Man City vs Wigan (09/03/14)

[blue ranger]

Need to get use Demichelis off - the number of mistakes he makes is ridiculous. Re Negredo can't understand what has happened to him since the west ham semi. Looks half the player he was.

 

[capiloton]

there's no more silva, zabaleta and fernandinho to save us from the bench. god help us.

btw, Demichelis are so poor. he made Lescott and Garcia looks like world class player. lol

 

[sam-caddick]

I had a feeling this performance would happen, it's quite cear the Barcelona game in on the players minds.

There is a few of them but one example is Yaya, I am sorry but you are going to really struggle to get him up for a game against a Championship side no matter what stage of the competition.

 

[Mancity1980]

what happened to the momentum generated by the trophy win? 1 shot, 0 on target at home against a championship side?

 

[MCFC-alan88]

Always baffles me how Navas has got where he has in his career.

Completely lacks a brain or the ability to retain possession.

Wtf? ^

Am I wrong?

The amount of times he receives the ball at speed before just aimlessly flicking it first time to the opposition is unbelievable.

And you don't think that's because of who's behind him? what's he supposed to do 2 on 1 when Richards hasn't got a fucking clue what to do. It's amazing how he looks like a different player when Zabaleta is next to him.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Refs influencing the outcome of a few games this weekend

Spot on. yes we have been poor going forward but fuck me, the twat of a ref is doing everything he can to help them out.

But we've been giving him the opportunity.

Richards needs to come off. He doesn't know when to go forward, when to stay back, and has no ability to control the ball. Navas is being shackled, which is especially detrimental against a back three and wingbacks.

Demichelis really needs to stop diving in—he isn't mobile enough to recover and it nearly always leads to him giving something away.

Otherwise we just need to maintain a our composure and stop getting into each others way, as has happened several times in their third. Perhaps a bit of over-eagerness but I am sure Pellegrini will sort it out.

 

[waspish]

Wigan are a sort if bogey team for us

 

[@BluePhil8]

I said when I heard the team sheet;

"That defence looks like a headless chicken defence"

What a surprise, they've conceded a penalty on one of the only attacks they have had to deal with.

We have been poor in the final third too.

Anthony Taylor is a very, very poor official. Again, Wigan have licence to go in hard on us. Does he not know the meaning of the words "excessive force"?

Negredo was dragged down - ignored.

Micah was scythed down head on right on the edge of the box - ignored.

It wouldn't bother me, but every niggling foul we have commuted he has given a free kick instantly. If you are going to be shit, at least be shit for both teams.

England truly does have wank referees.

 

[bluemanc1994]

Not one of them looks remotely interested. Nothing going forward against a championship side with that attack!? That's absolutely shocking! Demichelis is undoing everything we have built up single handedly, bring Kompany and Silva on at HT, give us the kick up the back side we need.

 

[Blueband Brother]

Our "second" string is no where near as good as our first team players. Fernandinho > Garcia, Zabba > Richards, Komps > Demi (me > demi).

We wont get away with this one. Wigan are more organised than Sunderland and it will take a little bit of magic to unlock the door IMO.

Don't worry, Yaya will come up with something.