Rammyblues
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Been at work all I got to know was the score and the scorer. So we have come through another training run out and this time the result is positive yet most on here are negative, YCNMIU. :-)
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Post match | South China v City
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Hate to say I told you so, but I've been singing Milner's praises for a long time. England's best wide player, our third best player last season and a player who has developed extremely well over the last two years. So many people have been saying "Navas is the savour, he'll provide width", but Milner gave us width last season and did a very good job, Navas will change nothing and believe me when I say this, Milner is a better player than Navas.
Shape with the ball exactly the same as Mancini's side, build up exactly the same, very pedestrian and lacking in urgency. The only two players who ever attacked with any urgency were Milner and Fernandinho, but a Fernandinho surge forward was rare, given the shape of the opponents.
Our lack of creation from deep was very apparent, Yaya's absence clearly damaged us in that respect, being deployed high up the pitch is not a good idea at all no matter how many of you clamour for it. Yaya in the #10 role should only ever be used from the start when we're going to have our backs against the wall, e.g. a game vs Barca, even then I'd very sceptical of the use of him there.
Fernandinho and Barry can't be allowed to start together regularly, both players were passing on responsibility far too often. Fernandinho was too slow to shift the ball and break the lines, didn't create any angles himself, lacked the desire to carry the ball which didn't help the side's urgency at all. On the plus side, he was very mobile, he did very well when we countered and helped provide quicker transitions as I've stated that he would previously. Barry's passing very sloppy on the whole, but certainly provides better cover for the back four than any other player in the squad.
Nothing to say about the defensive side of our game, can't take anything from a game like that, fully in control from start to finish.
Shape with the ball exactly the same as Mancini's side, build up exactly the same, very pedestrian and lacking in urgency. The only two players who ever attacked with any urgency were Milner and Fernandinho, but a Fernandinho surge forward was rare, given the shape of the opponents.
Our lack of creation from deep was very apparent, Yaya's absence clearly damaged us in that respect, being deployed high up the pitch is not a good idea at all no matter how many of you clamour for it. Yaya in the #10 role should only ever be used from the start when we're going to have our backs against the wall, e.g. a game vs Barca, even then I'd very sceptical of the use of him there.
Fernandinho and Barry can't be allowed to start together regularly, both players were passing on responsibility far too often. Fernandinho was too slow to shift the ball and break the lines, didn't create any angles himself, lacked the desire to carry the ball which didn't help the side's urgency at all. On the plus side, he was very mobile, he did very well when we countered and helped provide quicker transitions as I've stated that he would previously. Barry's passing very sloppy on the whole, but certainly provides better cover for the back four than any other player in the squad.
Nothing to say about the defensive side of our game, can't take anything from a game like that, fully in control from start to finish.
stonerblue
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Gingers Dad said:Really wish they wouldn't televise pre-season friendlies. After reading some of the comments on here it just makes you realise how many muppets support City. Any body who has critised individual players, the team as a whole or the tempo / tactics regarding this game needs to have a long hard look at themselves.
AFUCKINMEN to that.
I thought the match thread would be a light-hearted affair but obviously not for some. How the hell they cope during a proper game i'll never know.
Marvin said:Only seen the briefest of snippets on SSN this evening.
Negredo and Dzeko looked good.
They certainly did..partnership in the making possibly..
samharris said:Marvin said:Only seen the briefest of snippets on SSN this evening.
Negredo and Dzeko looked good.
They certainly did..partnership in the making possibly..
Edin was poor mate against the worst defence he will play all year.
Navas will be more effective going forward than Milner, he has acceleration that Milner just doesn't, he'll beat his full-back regularly and can cross from more dangerous positions.MJMRuiz said:Hate to say I told you so, but I've been singing Milner's praises for a long time. England's best wide player, our third best player last season and a player who has developed extremely well over the last two years. So many people have been saying "Navas is the savour, he'll provide width", but Milner gave us width last season and did a very good job, Navas will change nothing and believe me when I say this, Milner is a better player than Navas.
Milner is much better defensively, more versatile and hard-working, better at shooting too. Different players bring different things, maybe wait before Navas has played a game for us before writing him off as a useless signing.
BlueAnorak
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MJMRuiz said:Hate to say I told you so, but I've been singing Milner's praises for a long time. England's best wide player, our third best player last season and a player who has developed extremely well over the last two years. So many people have been saying "Navas is the savour, he'll provide width", but Milner gave us width last season and did a very good job, Navas will change nothing and believe me when I say this, Milner is a better player than Navas.
It may have escaped your notice, but both could play together if we play 4-3-3,
Milner could be DMR and Navas could be the AMR.
Milner is a very good player - but so is Navas.
bluevengence
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stonerblue said:Gingers Dad said:Really wish they wouldn't televise pre-season friendlies. After reading some of the comments on here it just makes you realise how many muppets support City. Any body who has critised individual players, the team as a whole or the tempo / tactics regarding this game needs to have a long hard look at themselves.
AFUCKINMEN to that.
I thought the match thread would be a light-hearted affair but obviously not for some. How the hell they cope during a proper game i'll never know.
NEVER...I REPEAT NEVER go on,post or look at the matchday thread during a match with something riding on it...it`s like a parallel universe inhabited by fookwits.
Few of our fans are insane with this Dzeko thing i just can read this shit much more.What he must do to not be a major topic of hate for same people.He score goals , he should score two more but pitch is horrible and goalkeeper make some great saves.Negredo and him look good so can we all just say for rest of season no matter how he play or how many goals he score that we know u think he sucks.We know your nicknames it s always same guys.For the game Pitch is awful and they play park the bus so we only start to work, Pelle just start created something but our fans are more spoil then Real Madrid ones. And who need rags media to spit on our game and our players when we have our fans.