Stoke Vs City Post Match Discussion Thread

[Marvin]

always a tough game at stoke , not many teams will win there this season , and theyve had a decent start , clichy,kompany,silva,richards injured and presumably he assessed the squad after the midweek internationals , and rested some players , another toothless performance though , there doesnt appear to be any progress .The next 3 games will tell us if we have the right manager, we need at least a draw in champs league , a good result against the rags and progress in the league cup .

Why does everyone say that...I'm not bothered one jot about what other teams do there.
I am concerned with City and yet again we have failed to win away from home.Now before you give it loads about Mancinis record at Stoke,in the league we were fucking unlucky to not win there the last 2 seasons and we won the cup tie there.
We have invested heavily in the summer and we are not seeing any returns on that investment. What concerns me as regards our signings is the fact that they never ever hit the road running. Look at Ozil,world class today,Erikson-world class today.
We carry on playing like that and we will be out of the title race before it has even really begun.

Your perspective is totally shot to pieces as you are not making any allowances for a team that was almost unrecognisable to the one we saw last week.

Continuity is required

We had an entirely make-shift back 4 with what I consider our 4 best defenders out, and our forwards were making their full debuts. Rodwell was playing his first game of the season

General play this season has been o]poor, but it's so obvious why we struggled today

The best thing is that the injuries are not thought to be serious and soon we should be able to get a relatively settled team, and then Pellegrini can start to be judged.

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

To me looks like the cl has took priority at the moment in time where really we should of gone all out to win today as Tuesday shouldn't be to much of a problem. But to say we played well is laughable few too many shandy's I think..

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

We didn't play well - who's saying we did

My grumble with the critics is they entirely miss the context? i.e The entire first choice defence out at a tough away ground

People keep saying this. Since when were Nastasic and Zabaleta NOT first choice??

After his performance today, it might be a while before Nastasić is first choice again.

Dont know which game you were watching but the only shite defender was kolarov today!!

 

[shadowyu]

I think all that can be said about today is that as we know away at Stoke for us is always tough. We have never beaten them away in the Premier League, and we probably never will. At least we have come through this game not playing well by any means with a point and a clean sheet.

I just hope Garcia and Kolerov don't play to many more games they were both absolute gash. But a good point at the end of the day, another game gone with Kompany injured boy we need Vinnie back asap. That point today may end up being significant come the end of the season.

What game were you watching?

Garcia was easily our best defender and Kolarov did well.

Nastasić was the one who let us down today; apart from the near own goal, he made several mistakes that almost let Stoke in.

Agreed mate!

 

[Vienna_70]

To me looks like the cl has took priority at the moment in time where really we should of gone all out to win today as Tuesday shouldn't be to much of a problem at home. But to say we played well is laughable few too many shandy's I think..

We're away on Tuesday.

 

[john blue]

The squad that won the title,was better than the one we have now..

 

[B\connellblue]

Clutching at straws to think Vinny would have made much difference today. Silva would be a different story but as already said that's not a valid excuse when you have an abundance of riches like we have. The plain simple facts of the matter are some of these players aren't nearly as good as we think they are or should that be as good as they think they are.

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

If we win on Tuesday and beat the rags on Sunday which I think we will then the start I the season won't be too bad. But we need to pull our socks up its still early days as well but we don't want to be playing catch up at the same time.

 

[vintiz]

People keep saying this. Since when were Nastasic and Zabaleta NOT first choice??

After his performance today, it might be a while before Nastasić is first choice again.

Dont know which game you were watching but the only shite defender was kolarov today!!

People used to slag of clichy for not putting in crosses. I can count the total number of crosses kolarov put in today with one hand !!!

 

[plattlane01]

Re: Stoke Vs City Post Match Discoussion Thread

I've said it before, he'll be gone by bonfire night. I've never seen us so short of a planned idea. Alan ball excluded