Plzen vs City post match thread

[moomey]

Kolarov 7 when he looked like he was towing a fridge all night and Nasri only a 6 when he had IMO one of his best games for us - must have been watching a different match.....

Opinions, you're entitled to yours of course.

Thanks for the affirmation of my right to free speech!!

Seriously though I thought Nasri was class - tracked back, got challenges in and looked a real creative force on the ball.

Kolarov never fills me with confidence and I didn't see a good performance tonight - his passing remains woeful and his lack of pace will keep getting found out.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It's very worrying another thread becoming about Pige, when it could and should be about me.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Great result, thought we were city 2012-13 in the first half, laboured, slow, giving the ball away too often, and giving away too many daft free kicks.

Second half, the City of early 2011-12 turned up (for 20 minutes at least), great passing, great movement, great goals, which is why we still frustrate so much.

Hart - 6 - barely had a touch.
Zabaletta - 6 - better but still off his best.
Kompany - 7 - glad he's back, hope he came through unscathed, we need him Sunday.
Nastasic - 8 - thought he was great, he's still raw and will make the odd mistake, but so very good for his age.
Kolorov - 7 - had a good game, was worried he'd be a weak link, but he wasn't.
Fernandinho - 6 - still awaiting this guys quality, barely noticed him tonight, but that maybe a positive, because I rarely noticed Barry until he didn't play.
Yaya - 7 - wonderful goal, great second half, when he got forward, average first half when he didn't.
Nasri - 6 - better second half than first.
Navas - 6 - still not seen anything that excites me.
Aguero - 8 - worked hard for no reward first half, excellent second half.
Dzeko - 6 - good goal, 1 bad miss, usual for me.

Subs

Milner - 6 - didn't do much, but didn't have to.
Garcia - not on long enough
Negredo - not on long enough

Kolarov 7 when he looked like he was towing a fridge all night and Nasri only a 6 when he had IMO one of his best games for us - must have been watching a different match.....

Hmmmmm I wonder if you've another username.

 

[lastmanback]

That's what I love about opinions,
You learn who to disregard when you having proper debates
On football.

 

[Anonymous]

It's very worrying another thread becoming about Pige, when it could and should be about me.

the world doesnt revolve around you, ya know!

 

[marco]

decent result away from home however it was against the whipping boys of the group so not getting the champers out untill we can beat bayern like that the good thing to come from tonight apart from the 3 points is its a catalyst to go into the derby with lets hope this is now us gelling

 

[Anonymous]

Poor first half but found our mojo in the 2nd half. Welld done boys and much credit to MP for whatever he said at half time. That second half display has given me much comfort tonight and am very happy. Replicate that 2nd half for 90 mins on Sunday and we will beat the shit. Yaya was simpoly unplayable 2nd half.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

fernandinho the key

Anyone else notice him read the game. A quicker Barry hopefully. He is growing

Well I barely noticed him tonight, but I only ever noticed Barry when he didn't play, so I think that is a positive.

Yet you give him the same mark as Nasri ????????

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Tough opening half an hour as all away games are in Europe.
They will cause other sides in the group a problem or two but their defence is too leaky - they have proved they can win in Europe against better teams so lets hope they can do CSKA for us. Bayern will take them to the cleaners a bit like we did 2nd half for 20 mins.

It seems obvious to me we set up not to concede early as we knew they'd come at us and make this a mountain of a group to qualify from. Clearly you can't win the group or qualify in the first game or two but you can be out of contention like we were last year and we weren't going to make that mistake again. It just surprises me some people think we can just come out and go all guns blazing to win the game in the first half an hour or that we can play at a level that blows other half decent teams off the pitch for 90 minutes. Do people believe the players go out with no plan on how to go about the whole game other than "just play like you can". Do some believe there is no structured approach to how we would approach the game with it broken down into sections on how we should go about our business. Yes it didn't go to plan first half but the plan was clear to me and Dzeko should have given us the lead and Sergio was unlucky with the post effort otherwise it would have been 0 - 2. Hart didn't have a serious save to make despite them pressing us which was testament to how hard our midfield worked first half. Yes it wasn't pretty in parts but all part of the grand plan. The amount of chances Dzeko and Aguerro missed/wasted was a little painful if they could have converted the 1 on 1's we would have won the game by 6 or more. We increased the tempo 2nd half and they could't live with it. Another little learning curve for us and a good start in this years CL.

Now bring on the Rags! They will go at us which is how I like it none of this 10 behind the ball shite and man for man we're better than them and should come out on top.

 

[cleavers]

fernandinho the key

Anyone else notice him read the game. A quicker Barry hopefully. He is growing

Well I barely noticed him tonight, but I only ever noticed Barry when he didn't play, so I think that is a positive.

Yet you give him the same mark as Nasri ????????

Correct.