Post Match Thread - City vs Palace

[squirtyflower]

It's some statement to go to a very good side who was second in the league and flying after their last result, without our three main attackers this season for the majority of it and come out of it with a win and another clean sheet. It shows the strength in depth we now possess in most areas. However, it was a fairly poor game from us in all honesty.

Navas had a shocker even without his miss, just wasn't threatening at all, never runs beyond the player with or without the ball and very rarely produces any end product. He's so far off the standard of the other 10 in our starting lineup, people were saying after the game that he was the only person that could even have got on the end of the through ball but it's the same as last season. We can't play somebody on the basis of him just being fast, and that's essentially why he gets in the side.

Mangala had his first iffy game of the season, caught out a few times by Bolasie, but he's not the first and won't be the last this season to struggle against him.

Kolarov didn't really offer a threat going forward but i thought that was good play from him, he knew he was up against a quality player with pace to burn and didn't have the protection Sterling can offer on the cover with his speed so i think he, or pellegrini decided he shouldn't be as adventurous as usual. Good call for me.

Yaya wasn't as lazy as he can be but he was carried for parts of the game by Fernandinho who was excellent yet again. Needed more from him but is suppose we can't expect him to come up with something every time, he was at least trying, just wasn't his day.

Fernandinho was again superb. Especially second half when we dominated the ball and they sat back more and more and hoped to hit us on the counter. Whenever they looked to break, DInho was there, first to every loose ball and made some great interceptions. I can't believe how unappreciated he is amongst the media. Even moreso given how much praise comparatively limited Matic received last year for Chelsea.

Bony didn't really look threatening, his hold up play was decent but we need more than that from him, Heard a lot of people after the game saying he was poor yesterday but i don't think the blame is all his. We need to play to his strengths more, we were expecting him to play like Aguero does when he's the lone striker but they're different players, he's dropping deep and picking the ball up in areas that he's not really a danger for us in. He's not going to spin a man dribble and dummy his way around 2/3 and get a shot off like Aguero, let him play his natural game more which is 10 yards further up on the edge of box with players around him feeding off of him, where he can either lay it off like he did for Yaya's goal against West Brom or where he can turn and use his body to get himself into a shooting position or him being in the box.

I'd also like to see us whip some crosses in every now and again when he's on the pitch, If Navas can learn to put the ball in once he's gained a yard on the defender instead of checking ball and throwing a useless dummy that nobody is falling for and only allows the defender to get back into a position to put a block in, and with Sagna, Kolarov and whoever else is on the wings are all capable of putting in some great balls, i can see some joy in whipping in crosses for Bony to get on the end of. We don't need to change our style, the build up play is still the same, we just need to mix it up on occasions, especially when it's just not happening like yesterday until Kelechi popped up.

Nasri did alright on the whole but it certainly wasn't good enough to put himself in contention for a starting spot in our best 11. With no Silva or Sterling it was his chance to show that he's capable of being a match winner for us and in his supposed best position. Despite having the shot that led to the goal, i don't believe he did enough yesterday.

KDB was very encouraging, a bit surprised to hear people were giving him MOTM, i think that was a bit overboard, Personally, i thought Fernandinho was MOTM but considering how little time he's had, he slotted in very well and the prospect of him linking with Kun Silva and Sterling is very exciting.

Excellent description of yesterday's performance
And like you I thought Fernandinho was man of the match

 

[mcfcfc]

Yeh that was a bad foul and could have been a red. I won't deny that. It was bad challenge. Yaya did a really bad foul down in the corner and Nasri tried to take Bolasie out too. Both pretty bad fouls, though not as bad as the Danns one.


Dann is not a dirty player. He did one bad foul yesterday. The pen was when Fernandinho kicked Cabaye in the box. Kompany got the ball then Fernandinho kicked him his ankle.

I am just discussing the game, because I like discussing football. It was a good win for City after an international weak which is never easy. I believe we played well and did not enough for a draw, but wasn't to be. It's the sort of game we could have nicked had Gayle's shot gone in, but like last season I wouldn't say that was deserved either.

give over....what dann done was intentional and a red card all day he wanted to rip aguero leg nothing to do with the ball...and you said about mangala or toure doing in nasty fouls too well sometimes you have to fight fire with fire and show the fuckers that we will not let them having us

 

[supercrystal7]

hmmmm hey my friend what about the pen at nasri when cabaye took his legs???? ehh??? that erased from you selective memory eh??? and to say that you had the possession and had more of the game....you clearly are on high drugs today....looked like a decent poster but it's look like you start to get over the boil

Nope unlike some here I can actually discuss a game without blinkers. I said clearly you should have had a pen. Cabaye took Nasri's legs. I never said we had more possession or more of the game. I said the opposite. I said CITY had more possession and more of the game. I said until the goal we had the better chances. How can I claim that we had more possession when this is a FACT that we didn't. It seems you have a problem reading.

Too many people here want to put on blue tinged glasses when they are talking about football.

Time will tell how right I am, but I will say this.

I have been correct more times than I have been wrong about football and players and my post history shows this.

 

[squirtyflower]

Too many people here want to put on blue tinged glasses when they are talking about football.

On a Manchester City forum ,get away.

I have been correct more times than I have been wrong about football and players and my post history shows this.

What a modest chap

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

Nope unlike some here I can actually discuss a game without blinkers. I said clearly you should have had a pen. Cabaye took Nasri's legs. I never said we had more possession or more of the game. I said the opposite. I said CITY had more possession and more of the game. I said until the goal we had the better chances. How can I claim that we had more possession when this is a FACT that we didn't. It seems you have a problem reading.

Too many people here want to put on blue tinged glasses when they are talking about football.

Time will tell how right I am, but I will say this.

I have been correct more times than I have been wrong about football and players and my post history shows this.

What about at the end when Kelechi was sandwiched to the ground by two of your thugs

 

[supercrystal7]

On a Manchester City forum ,get away.


What a modest chap

Fine I will go away please delete my account. You can delete my post as well.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

Nope unlike some here I can actually discuss a game without blinkers. I said clearly you should have had a pen. Cabaye took Nasri's legs. I never said we had more possession or more of the game. I said the opposite. I said CITY had more possession and more of the game. I said until the goal we had the better chances. How can I claim that we had more possession when this is a FACT that we didn't. It seems you have a problem reading.

Too many people here want to put on blue tinged glasses when they are talking about football.

Time will tell how right I am, but I will say this.

I have been correct more times than I have been wrong about football and players and my post history shows this.

I would say the Nasri amd Navas chamces were as good as any you had if not better and as far you being correct more times about football and players than not a large percentage is about opinion so get over yourself you fuckin clown.

 

[prof-taf]

YOU may have, but I probably speak for many!

Christ knows what city have to do for many more to move on

 

[FantasyIreland]

Fine I will go away please delete my account. You can delete my post as well.

Grow a pair pal.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Nope unlike some here I can actually discuss a game without blinkers. I said clearly you should have had a pen. Cabaye took Nasri's legs. I never said we had more possession or more of the game. I said the opposite. I said CITY had more possession and more of the game. I said until the goal we had the better chances. How can I claim that we had more possession when this is a FACT that we didn't. It seems you have a problem reading.

Too many people here want to put on blue tinged glasses when they are talking about football.

Time will tell how right I am, but I will say this.

I have been correct more times than I have been wrong about football and players and my post history shows this.

Both sides contributed equally to a very good game. It could easily have been two all it we got the narrow win - like you guys did last season.

The main issue with the Dann tackle was he would have challenged lower if he didn't mean to injure Aguero. Yes, Toure's chlenge could also been a red guard with another ref but Mangala's bookibg was a fair call by the ref.

I enjoy going to Palace who have a great group of fans. Shame the local pubs didn't let Blues in after the game - so had to head back into Euston sooner than planned.