Napoli Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[Joga Bonito]

What is up with all the random Napoli supporters and other haters coming to our forum today and acting like total cnuts? I really hope blues don't go on Villarreal forums and mock them after winning.

Disappointing today but this was arguably the toughest group in Europe, there is still a chance we can make something happen. Not sure if I like the prospect of our squad worrying about the Europa League this season either.

 

[The game 161]

What is up with all the random Napoli supporters and other haters coming to our forum today and acting like total cnuts? I really hope blues don't go on Villarreal forums and mock them after winning.

Disappointing today but this was arguably the toughest group in Europe, there is still a chance we can make something happen. Not sure if I like the prospect of our squad worrying about the Europa League this season either.

Because anytime City lose it is something for them to celebrate...we truely have arrived. Lets face it we have only lost twice this year....3 if you count the pre-season shield.

 

[inGavious]

Never learn from the first Napoli game.

right formation, wrong tactics and wrong players in certain areas.

might work against a 4-4-2 premier league team, but up against a 3-4-3 counter attack formation with the ball, that converts to a 5-4-1 defensive formation without the ball, it fails. especially against Italian sides that play Defensive:Counter style for years.

we play 4-3-3, with the defensive option to go 4-5-1. problem is when we have the ball we end up going 2-1-4-3 with both full backs attacking. lose the ball and its 3-4 on 2 center-backs.

plus playing against 3 centre-backs, you dont play 2 big front men. you play one front man to get the centerbacks thinking, then two wingers either side, that keeps their wingbacks closer to the defense, not the midfield, so if they do break, its less numbers. plus pushing the defensive line back creates space for Silva to exploit.

so the line up should have been:

------------------------------ Hart ------------------------------
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PabZab --------- Kompany ------------ Lescott ----------- Kolorov
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----------------------------- De Jong ----------------------------
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--------- Yaya Toure ------------------------- Silva --------------
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Milner ----------------------- Ballotelli -------------------- Johnson

or

------------------------------ Hart ------------------------------
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PabZab --------- Kompany ------------ Lescott ----------- Kolorov
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------------------ De Jong -------- Yaya Toure -------------------
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------------------------------- Silva -----------------------------
Nasri ----------------------------------------------------- Aguero
------------------------------ Balotelli ---------------------------

 

[Comrade Buka]

we play 4-3-3, with the defensive option to go 4-5-1. problem is when we have the ball we end up going 2-1-4-3 with both full backs attacking. lose the ball and its 3-4 on 2 center-backs.

Apparently you are not familiar with defensive mids slotting into the fullback position when the fullback steams forward.

You are also apparently not familiar with the fact that both fullbacks do not go forward at the same time.

It is a learning curve in CL.

For those of you who claim the CL "learning curve", Napoli's last season in the "European Champions Clubs' Cup" was 90/91. Just saying.

They have never played in the Champions League as we know it today.

































Just saying.

 

[Football_crazy]

My views on the game are that against a Team like this you need width and city were stupid to not play some. You can't play Milner and silva who tuck I'n and make it harder for city to break the opposition down , Johnson needed to play ..

 

[Ragnarok]

Its a disgrace that people are calling for Mancini's head (some are doing so subtly) in his maiden CL campaign with the club. Havent you fools learnt from his maiden (full) season with the club that all will be well.

 

[mcfcmatt]

Stats aint bad though are they....they just took the better chances

Napoli Team Statistics Manchester City
2 Goals 1
1 1st Half Goals 1
5 Shots on Target 8
6 Shots off Target 8
2 Blocked Shots 1
3 Corners 5
10 Fouls 11
1 Offsides 2
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
73.5 Passing Success 90.6
30 Tackles 14
86.7 Tackles Success 78.6
29.9 Possession 70.1
46 Territorial Advantage 54
291 Total Passes 692
12 Total Crosses 30
121 Lost Balls 145
64 Recoveries 63

 

[BlueAnorak]

Its a disgrace that people are calling for Mancini's head (some are doing so subtly) in his maiden CL campaign with the club. Havent you fools learnt from his maiden (full) season with the club that all will be well.

What do you expect? Most of them wanted Hughes to stay and took an instant dislike to Mancini.

We were simply too slow last night. That and YaYa and De Jong both having stinkers caused us big problems. Mancini will learn from it - he normally does.

 

[gelly]

It was always going to be hard to win this game in a stadium of 60000 Napoli fans, wall of noise, against a team who hasn't lost at home in Europe since 1984.

In Europe the key is to try and win all home games and play for a draw away.

 

[wayne71]

Credit to Napoli, they played well, we were average.

Mancini has obviously prioritised on the league and has possibly discovered some of his squad aren't quite good enough for the CL.

My initial reaction to the europa is meh, but could doing well in this not get us higher seeded for next years CL?