Nasri [Merged] continued.

[Jumanji]

Worst thing all last year was watching when we got bossed. That was awful, feeling relief at a goalless draw after getting torn a new one, or worse a collapse like Everton away or Wembley.

I really do agree with playing Nasri instead of Barry. Barry is good against certain types of teams but struggles mightily to make an impact against pacey, aggressive teams.

That's myth. Barry adds a lot to our team that people fail to recognize because, 1. he isn't flashy and 2. he isn't a star.

He cuts up a lot of play and physically bullies some opponents. Yep, he gets skinned but we always notice and point the finger when it's him. Kompany's gotten skinned worse than Barry a couple times last season.

Barry is one of most consistent players. Always composed, and if you understand what he brings to the team, you notice that he always produces. Here's an example, he makes a tackle or interception, and passes it to Silva who does the rest. Most of us are English and we would rather see a crossfield pass, etc, but yes, that little sideways pass to Silva could be the difference in a match. When he does put in a good pass, it goes unnoticed..Why? cause it's Barry. Let's not forget that Barry's made more tackles, blocks, and scored more goals than De Jong. The same goes for Barry-Yaya except in the goals category, I believe.

That said, do I think Nasri would be better than Barry. Absolutely, but I really think Barry deserves more credit.

 

[Cooper_mcfc]

Is today going to be the day? When does he have to sign before in time for him to play on Sunday?

 

[Blue Haze]

That's myth. Barry adds a lot to our team that people fail to recognize because, 1. he isn't flashy and 2. he isn't a star.

lol I remember Nasri skinning him alive at COMS for that goal last year. That may have been the play that convinced Bob to buy him. :P

I won't turn this into a Barry debate, though.

 

[SamTheGuru]

Is today going to be the day? When does he have to sign before in time for him to play on Sunday?

Noon friday always seems to be the general concensus for signings. Not that he will play anyway. Bobby Manc will say "He izzzza not ready. He train only for 1 day with ze other playerzzzz. It iz important Samir must train before he playz football. This is important. This is football."

 

[richards30]

Is today going to be the day? When does he have to sign before in time for him to play on Sunday?

Noon friday always seems to be the general concensus for signings. Not that he will play anyway. Bobby Manc will say "He izzzza not ready. He train only for 1 day with ze other playerzzzz. It iz important Samir must train before he playz football. This is important. This is football."

today is the day mate!!!!!! medical this morning,usual stuff at stadium,announcement teatime,video on website(which 3 people have pm`d me on here last night) is already done!! :-)

 

[Jumanji]

Silva does play in hole, he didn't initially but recently Mancini has realised that when Silva has the ball we do wonderful things and has moved him into the middle in the gap between the midfield and attack. Although I do agree that he can pop up all over during the course of a game, but the majority of the time these days you'll see him receiving the ball in middle, more often than not from de Jong after he's done his business.

I like that formation, and I'll take your word for it if you say Nasri can play slightly deeper and in the middle alongside Yaya, however, it has one MAJOR flaw. No Carlos Tevez. Assuming Tevez stays (and I hope he does) he simply MUST play, he is too damn good not to..

The middle (midfield isn't the hole).

It's not that he CAN pop up all over the place. He DOES. He is the one player constantly moving into open space to receive the ball.

Tevez MUST play? Oh really? He'll play when he's asked to. When he plays, we play less as a team unit and more so gearing the game towards him. Not to mention his selfishness is simply ridiculous. He had 6 passes to Dzeko over a large span of games (forget what the number was). It's a squad game. There's not going to be any of this oh, Tevez must play, Nasri must play, Aguero must play nonsense. Each game is different and Mancini will tailor his team to one-up his opponents.

If you've not noticed, if Tevez isn't the focal point, his game is diminished unless he works magic. This is why Tevez only became prolific when he joined us, because up until recently, everything we did was so that man could score. Fact. And yes, sometimes he would work magic on his own, but don't be fooled, he didn't carry this team to the extent that it's made out to be, especially if you take penalties out of the equation.

My opinion of course. :)

 

[green pennies]

Is today going to be the day? When does he have to sign before in time for him to play on Sunday?

Noon friday always seems to be the general concensus for signings. Not that he will play anyway. Bobby Manc will say "He izzzza not ready. He train only for 1 day with ze other playerzzzz. It iz important Samir must train before he playz football. This is important. This is football."

That's exactly what he will say. Word for word.

 

[Jumanji]

lol I remember Nasri skinning him alive at COMS for that goal last year. That may have been the play that convinced Bob to buy him. :P

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtfeFbLyKrk[/youtube]

 

[matsi]

Noon friday always seems to be the general concensus for signings. Not that he will play anyway. Bobby Manc will say "He izzzza not ready. He train only for 1 day with ze other playerzzzz. It iz important Samir must train before he playz football. This is important. This is football."

 

[avoidconfusion]

Is today going to be the day? When does he have to sign before in time for him to play on Sunday?

Noon friday always seems to be the general concensus for signings. Not that he will play anyway. Bobby Manc will say "He izzzza not ready. He train only for 1 day with ze other playerzzzz. It iz important Samir must train before he playz football. This is important. This is football."

That's exactly what he will say. Word for word.

He missed the "only zis'e"