Stoke V City In Match Discussion Thread

[pweyhe]

What we need is for some stablitity at the back so Yaya can go farther up the field and help Nasri/Silva, cuz our forwards sure are not helping them. In fact, I think the coaches actually told Nasri to play farther up field.

 

[MSP]

Not good enough but I guess it's still better than in Swansea. Hopefully, we'll see some better football in 2nd

 

[MCFC BOB]

Milner on for Barry, Tevez on for Dzeko in the second half.

Not bad

Why Milner for Barry? What is he going to do different?

Not be on a booking.

 

[bennyboy]

Murder,struggling again against another poor team.

 

[LoveCity]

Nasri has been good, played some nice crosses in and is running at players more than stopping and getting rid of the ball. But we are so predictable, every away game of this sort is the same, we never score early to make it a bit easier, we are always too narrow. Mancini should have used his loan signing on someone like Krasic instead of Pizarro (since he hardly plays anyway).

 

[EaglesFan]

dzeko just cant be arsed, can see it in his play, lesser of 2 evils, well just so fuckface on useless kraut off

"useless kraut" ... you ignorant ****!!

Dzeko has been our only aerial threat in the first half.

Take him out - and forget crossing (i.e. get even more one-dimensional...if that's even possible).

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I'd consider bringing Kolarov on at some point. Sure, he'll pointlessly smash a few shots into row z from 50 yards out, but he's also capable of whipping in a gem of a cross for Mario or Edin to gobble up. Or he might score a free kick. Of course, he aint as good a defender as Clichy, but we have to gamble. The league is on the line here and we need a goal from somewhere.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Web allowed far too many fouls to go un punished.

Balo has done well not to react.

Dzeko has been his usual self.

The tactic is right and I think we should nick this in the second half. We should be 2 up already!

Agree, Web has been awful and Dzeko is playing his usual sulkaphon, when will it ever hit home to the soft arse!

 

[didactic]

We need width we need to bring johnson on. He is sadly the only option to the game we have. At the moment Silva and Nasri just aren't have to much impact and its so narrow they cant spread the play as much.

Hahaha nice repetition of what is being said on TV sometimes I wonder if guys think for themselves? We are being fouled off the pitch nothing to do with width.

 

[jimharri]

Stoke players wrestle city players to the ground. Stoke fans boo and complain.


Fair summary of the first half I reckon.

Fuck all else happening. At least, not in the Stoke penalty area. Or ours, come to think of it. Piss poor game.