QPR vs City: Post match discussion [Merged]

St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:
Evening guys n gals...Just got in form an evening out with the kids so didn't get the match. Had a feeling we may lose this one but very glad we didn't. 3 pts is 3pts and I will be intrigued to see the game on motd tonight-well our 10 mins of footage if that. Not read most of the thread but from texts I was receiving it sounded like it was a less fluent performance.

Oh well - I don't think many will relish going to qpr this season and in the bigger picture another 3 pts on the board. Onwards and upwards peeps. How did Edin play by the way?
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Edin was best player by far. Great equaliser. Nearly as good as Silvas.

City were very good for brief spells. Watched it with commentary off. QPR played it like a Cup Final in front of a really passionate crowd. Best result so far. I am starting to believe
 
Comrade Buka said:
ChicagoBlue said:
Additionally, we play this BS "zonal marking" from dead balls, which gives the ATTACKER a running start on our standing jump defenders, which is a GREAT advantage to the attacker.
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Good point. Law of physics, really.
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not when its done properly, also for the goal we werent zonal marking, its usually done for corners not for free kicks, their guy out jumped our guy which is an arguement against man on man marking if anything
 
This was a great win and a very good match! that was won with a winning mentality that the team obviously doesn't lack of.

But, is it only me who thinks that QPR played that well (and they really did play well!) only because our midfield allowed them to? I am quite sure that if NDJ was playing, QPR wouldn't get that many chances and an open way to our back 4...

Once again, wonderful win!! Love it!
 
Marvin said:
St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:
Evening guys n gals...Just got in form an evening out with the kids so didn't get the match. Had a feeling we may lose this one but very glad we didn't. 3 pts is 3pts and I will be intrigued to see the game on motd tonight-well our 10 mins of footage if that. Not read most of the thread but from texts I was receiving it sounded like it was a less fluent performance.

Oh well - I don't think many will relish going to qpr this season and in the bigger picture another 3 pts on the board. Onwards and upwards peeps. How did Edin play by the way?
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Edin was best player by far. Great equaliser. Nearly as good as Silvas.

City were very good for brief spells. Watched it with commentary off. QPR played it like a Cup Final in front of a really passionate crowd. Best result so far. I am starting to believe
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Thanks mate.
 
We REALLY missed De Jong tonight. I think QPR had a lot of joy in the center of the pitch they otherwise wouldn't have had if he was there, but I respect the hell out of the players on that pitch tonight because with one annoying exception they fought for the club and fought to win.
 
narrow pitch;heavily over-watered;midweek euro match; under those circumstances
great 3 points.We didn't play all out attack or park the bus,difficult to summarise our
game strategy,seemed to be just do enough
 
BIG UP FOR QPR

they give us a fight and why should any team roll over and lets us win
you go out and give it your best and if you win well or win bad its still 3 points

110% today to dig deep and come back to win away from home in my book



IS JOB DONE
 
I could cry sometimes - i have watched City all my life and endured the ridicule to boot 3- 0 up with ten to play and drawing 3-3, yes typical City yet tonight the pundits lined us up for the losing headlines with the away in Champions League and then away in Premiership, have they got what it takes and one great away win does not make for a premiership title.
Ok i for one am not getting ahead of myself and yes we will lose games this season to teams like QPR but to those pundits who have turned from "oh I feel sorry for City fans, they deserve more" to band wagon haters of money bags City - shame on you and by the way another 3 points not for a team who played particularly bad but because the opposition played above their game but couldn't match City in the end - easy to try to look good to the neutrals and criticize - we won, rant over
 
Marvin said:
I find myself totally disagreeing with most of you. It was a great win, and why criticise the back 4 when it was the weak midfield play which led the back 4 to being exposed.

QPR is a small ground. It's very difficult to stop the ball coming into your penalty area. Only way to do it is to keep the ball. And I hope the Kolarov critics learned a lesson today. What a cross! Mind you they have had plenty of lessons so far thiks season and failed to learn anything so too much to hope that today will be any different
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Well it wasnt our usual back four and they certainly didnt gel, no one took control and there was poor communication. It just wasnt organised, but that experience will do us well
 
Tough game. QPR really gave it a go but the worry was that every time the ball went into the box I feared they would win the header. Savic looked out of his depth although I think he will become a really good player just seems he's too small for a centre back.
Still, the City of old would have lost that game, shows how far we have come.
To me Dzeko was outstanding, his touch was a lot sharper and he worked his socks off.
That game proved to me that we are the real deal and will up there at the end of the season.
 
- still room in the squad for a commanding CB
- unless we're chasing a game....please never bring AJ on away from home
- the quality of Kolarov's delivery for the winner got a little overlooked
- the notion that Micah will eventually revert to CB is laughable
- we were massively unlucky that Warnock stumbled across a set-up / formation that "worked" in the last 30 mins vs Spurs last week...if we had been playing the 10-man version of QPR (with adel "invisible" tarabt) that played vs Chelsea...we would have won this at a canter.
- very encouraging that we didn't panic after going behind / being pulled back to 2-2
- nice to see Yaya step up this week and make a big contribution in both games
 
cleavers said:
Excellent result, I only endured the talkshite 1st half commentary on the way to work, so not seen any of it, talkshite couldn't wait for us to go behind, and were disappointed we got back in it on half time.

Great fight from teh team today, go behind, equalise, go in front, get pegged back, but go on to win, we'd have lost this last year (and almost all of the previous 35 years).

Onwards and upwards.
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Ah! Talkshite, the Mens, Coronation Street ,Eastenders (Just take your brain out to listen).
 
cleavers said:
taconinja said:
We REALLY missed De Jong tonight.
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I guess he was injured ? Another of Bob's strange team selections for me, but they get results.
As Marvin says, I'm beginning to believe too.
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I don't know. If I had to guess and it is just a guess it's that he's struggled a bit with fitness since his injury (not general fitness but the actual injury) and he played a full match midweek. Mancini probably didn't want to push him too hard. I think Nasri was injured and honestly he would have helped almost as much because he works well with Silva to help us keep possession longer. Either would have made the match easier for us. If we're going to sit back though and concede the midfield like that we're in for long, long matches.
 
Not a great performance but going away from home, playing badly and still scoring three says it all really. The City of one or two seasons ago would have lost that tonight. Like others have said, sign of a title winning side!
 
remember arthur mann said:
Ah! Talkshite, the Mens, Coronation Street ,Eastenders (Just take your brain out to listen).
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I agree entirely, but it was the only place I could go at that time for commentary, as I was on my way to work.

Collymore is the most clueless ex footballer pundit around, and that is saying something. One comment from him "Did Aguero come on on Wednesday night ? If he did, he didn't look very sharp, and he isn't looking very sharp today either". Idiot.
 
I felt Aguero was a bit frustrated throughout the game. Not sure why. He was trying hard, maybe a bit too much on occasions when he could have released the ball.

Feel sorry for Savic, he can be very good, just needs more experience of the first team football. Perhaps trying to prove too much too quickly.

Balo totally didn't need that dive :) I though he had a good chance staying on his feet..
 
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