Official Kaiser Chiefs vs Mcfc (Vodacom Final)

[K.Reeves right foot]

Given- 7
Zab- 5
Ben Haim- 6
Onouha- 7
Bridge- 7
De Jong- 6
Barry- 8
SWP- 4
Bellamy- 4
Adebayor- 5
Weiss- 5.5
Robinho- 5

I'd rather lose 3-2 than a ratty 1-0. Not good IMO but Barry, Onouha and Bridge were the big positives.

About right that mate, but would give Ade 6.5

Given - 6 not much to do
Zab - 7 commited if sloppy at times with passing - i love this guy though
Ben Haim - 8assured, solid good positioning
De Jong - 7 for his tackling but his passing has to improve and i wish he'd charge forward more just to creat uncertainty for opp
Barry - 9 superb technically, passing and awareness top notch, sees things early which is going to be vital for ade and robbie
SWP - 3 poor today, we all love SWP but spark not there at all, no positives hopefully a one off
Bellamy - 5 just dont rate him - watched him numerous times and cant see it with him............
Adebayor - 7.5 for first game did as well as could be expected, but his qualities are there for us all to enjoy next season
Weiss - 7 has spark, takes players on [a rarity these days] just needs experience [and certain people to stop slating him] could be a real star
Robbie - 4 irrelevant as he's way behind in fitness, basically a stamnina building session for him
Onuoha - 8 great in tackle and cultured player, keeps improving and as a defender many years to improve significantly must not be sold
Ireland - 1 very poor, nowhere to be seen all afternoon, should have been taken off!

 

[Kevcod]

You're forgetting "Gutless" too

good call sayed this all along he,s a shithouse.!!! allways has been ??

I've never forgiven him for getting sent off, in the 93rd minute against Everton for crying about something. At the time we really needed his experience over the 3 games he was banned. But he let us down.
Let Tottenham have him and go for Ashley Young

 

[rastus]

About right that mate, but would give Ade 6.5

What will you give to Petrov?

Adebayor was good, Barry, De Jong and Bridge played well too.

4.5 - 5.5 , Ade seemed to win a lot on the LH 1st half), but was pausing for support and options, a few times he had to hold the ball up and look again for options, petrov should have made himself availble. We were strong but not creative enough. However he did make an excellent run into space and a good cross so 1 for that.

 

[K.Reeves right foot]

About right that mate, but would give Ade 6.5

Given - 6 not much to do
Zab - 7 commited if sloppy at times with passing - i love this guy though
Ben Haim - 8assured, solid good positioning
De Jong - 7 for his tackling but his passing has to improve and i wish he'd charge forward more just to creat uncertainty for opp
Barry - 9 superb technically, passing and awareness top notch, sees things early which is going to be vital for ade and robbie
SWP - 3 poor today, we all love SWP but spark not there at all, no positives hopefully a one off
Bellamy - 5 just dont rate him - watched him numerous times and cant see it with him............
Adebayor - 7.5 for first game did as well as could be expected, but his qualities are there for us all to enjoy next season
Weiss - 7 has spark, takes players on [a rarity these days] just needs experience [and certain people to stop slating him] could be a real star
Robbie - 4 irrelevant as he's way behind in fitness, basically a stamnina building session for him
Onuoha - 8 great in tackle and cultured player, keeps improving and as a defender many years to improve significantly must not be sold
Ireland - 1 very poor, nowhere to be seen all afternoon, should have been taken off!

oops - Bridge - 9. best palyer. abs quality in allareas defending and pushing forward, awareness of danger excellent
Petrov - 7 frustrating, has ability but maybe not still fully fit....aspects good but final balll needs impriving

 

[bert38]

good call sayed this all along he,s a shithouse.!!! allways has been ??

I've never forgiven him for getting sent off, in the 93rd minute against Everton for crying about something. At the time we really needed his experience over the 3 games he was banned. But he let us down.
Let Tottenham have him and go for Ashley Young

Get it right. He was sent off in that game for losing his temper and kicking out. I love the guy. Explosive, quick and a great crosser of the ball. Showed glimpses today that he has recovered from a very bad injury-whether he has a future at City is a different matter.

 

[Failsworth_Blue]

Saw a lot of positives from this tour:

The sheer class of hold up play, dribbling, pace and agility Adebayor will bring us
How under rated i believe Bellamy is
How De Jong and Barry seem to be building up a good understanding
Why 442 just doesn't seem to work with our squad
Weiss, whilst raw, deffinately deserves his place in our team
Vidal, looked promising
TBH has cut his hair

Was just about to post my positive comments and you've covered most of them apart from the Bellamy comment. Under rated? By who? He's a decent player but thats it

De Jong, Barry and Ireland will be a good trio in the middle of the park

 

[bugsyblue]

About right that mate, but would give Ade 6.5

What will you give to Petrov?

Adebayor was good, Barry, De Jong and Bridge played well too.

Sorry missed off Petrov- 4!

 

[bluemoon32]

Barry had a great game today, we were crying out for a creative midfielder today though.

 

[bert38]

De Jong is a slight concern to me-plays a little like Peter Reid when he was at the end of his career-i.e in the centre circle. I'm afraid we need more from him-esp in a 4-4-2 system. For me Kompany is a better option in that role. I'm hopeful though that as his fitness improves he will improve his all round game.

 

[Kevcod]

I've never forgiven him for getting sent off, in the 93rd minute against Everton for crying about something. At the time we really needed his experience over the 3 games he was banned. But he let us down.
Let Tottenham have him and go for Ashley Young

Get it right. He was sent off in that game for losing his temper and kicking out. I love the guy. Explosive, quick and a great crosser of the ball. Showed glimpses today that he has recovered from a very bad injury-whether he has a future at City is a different matter.

Exactly -crying, like a five year old about something - kicking out - without the guts to actually chin someone- A petulant tit.
I got it right.

 

[jim_tolmies_perm]

Barry had a great game today, we were crying out for a creative midfielder today though.

have to say Barry looked great today and in last game too. God we missed Ireland though!

If we do end up playing these 3 then whoever is wide of the front 3 needs to be getting some good balls in be it Petrov, Robbie, SWP, Bellers or Tevez.

Thought Ade and Barry were class. Big improvement from Bridge too and i'm no fan!

 

[bert38]

Get it right. He was sent off in that game for losing his temper and kicking out. I love the guy. Explosive, quick and a great crosser of the ball. Showed glimpses today that he has recovered from a very bad injury-whether he has a future at City is a different matter.

Exactly -crying, like a five year old about something - kicking out - without the guts to actually chin someone- A petulant tit.

Fair do's-Petulant tit is a more accurate description! Still love the guy though..

 

[Kevcod]

Exactly -crying, like a five year old about something - kicking out - without the guts to actually chin someone- A petulant tit.

Fair do's-Petulant tit is a more accurate description! Still love the guy though..

Fair play to you Bert - Nothing against you at all - I just get SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed off when City loose. I've had 40 years practice and I still can't get used to it.
I need to get a life - just wanted to see us lift a trophy - even if it was made out of what looked like elephants tusks!

 

[seventeen hands]

Did 442 work today? I don't think it did. We looked too stretched for me when we played that formation.

 

[Manford]

Kaiser Chiefs are a mid table championship side at best...............tin hat time...the press are gonna have a field day.

Absolute bollocks!!

They have half the S.A. national team in their squad...the S.A. team which took Spain to extra time and were beaten by Brazil due to a great freekick in the ConFed cup.

 

[bert38]

Fair do's-Petulant tit is a more accurate description! Still love the guy though..

Fair play to you Bert - Nothing against you at all - I just get SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed off when City loose. I've had 40 years practice and I still can't get used to it.
I need to get a life - just wanted to see us lift a trophy - even if it was made out of what looked like elephants tusks!

No probs-I feel the same-although my suffering has only lasted 32 years. Keep the faith though-its gonna happen for us very soon!!

 

[rastus]

Did 442 work today? I don't think it did. We looked too stretched for me when we played that formation.

Not sure if we did.

 

[bert38]

Did 442 work today? I don't think it did. We looked too stretched for me when we played that formation.

Not sure if we did.

Switched to 4-3-3 when Robby came on and it a got a bit messy with the injuries..and SWP breathing out of his arse at the end.

 

[Packrat]

Not sure why the strongest team wasn't selected for the final of this illustrious comp, and play the weaker teams in the run up.
If TBH won't really be part of the equation next year then where was the likes of Elano (who we shouldn't let go)?

 

[Miami Weiss]

Who gives a shit, it's pre season ffs.

Let's just hope this doesn't indicate our away form has not been resolved, let the haters hate, grow some thick skin, any fan who's club has such wealth is expected to..