Stoke vs. City Pre-Match Discussion Thread

[kippaxwarrior]

Aguero really should of started instead of Mario for this game

One reason, height.

Im sure that the reason but Huth and Shawcross are slow as fuck and Aguero would have a field day against them, they hate pace
But in Bobby we trust

 

[MadchesterCity]

#MCFC team v #Stoke: Hart, Zabaleta, Richards, Kolo Toure, Clichy, Barry, Yaya Toure, Silva, Nasri, Balotelli, Dzeko

Im happy with this line up
Tevez on last 20 minutes
1-3 City win

not too happy with this

Mario shouldn't start and would like to have seen Kolarov instead of Clichy.
Can't see any width here, lets hope we wont need it, in Mancini we must trust.

Hope Dzeko has a blinder

 

[Inzi]

Roberto opts for height upfront to counter Stoke's defensive power. Apparently Aguero missed training yesterday possibly due to injury #MCFC

apparently and possibly? coming from the official twitter account.......thats poor from them

 

[mancityscot]

no sergio, so mario better buck up his ideas, step up to the plate and really get stuck in today. we need him to really perform, no arsing around like against chelsea and other performances over the past few weeks. COME ON CITY!!!!

 

[MCFC1993]

Reports are that Sergio may be injured, might not be on the bench.

 

[Dzekunasri]

where is milner?

This. Is Mancini trying to run him off? I don't understand why he hasn't been playing.

 

[pudge]

Reports are that Sergio may be injured, might not be on the bench.

He's not on the bench

 

[andrewmswift]

anyone know what the bench actually is?

 

[kippaxblue76]

Aguero really should of started instead of Mario for this game

One reason, height.

Im sure that the reason but Huth and Shawcross are slow as fuck and Aguero would have a field day against them, they hate pace
But in Bobby we trust

Mario just needs to work hard and keep his head because they are sure to wind him up.

 

[herrock]

I would have preferred Milner for Silva against this lot, leaving Yaya to push on a bit.

 

[smiles]

I would of started Milner, Silva needs a rest and Jimmy is way more useful defensively.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

That's a team designed for height and steel.

Just what we need against Stoke. Could be potentially a great decision from Mancini. Every person there is capable of shrugging off challenges and getting up for headers and in for tackles.

Think we're going to play the simple game today, try and power it through the centre, and if that doesn't work, sllip it out wide to the full-backs and loft a ball in.

 

[pudge]

30 Pantilimon
13 Kolarov
15 Savic
07 Milner
11 Johnson
34 De Jong
32 Tevez

 

[LoveCity]

Pantilimon, Milner, Johnson, Kolarov, Savic, Tevez, De Jong

 

[Maccaaaa]

Still waiting on the full subs list but I can confirm Aguero is injured (no news on how serious) and Carlos Tevez is on the bench #MCFC

 

[Bluemoon115]

Milner for Silva, other than that I'd agree.

Hope Aguero's ok though...

 

[brenda]

he is injured not dropped

 

[Blue Haze]

If Sergio is injured, Dzeko must step up.

Now is your time, Edin.

 

[smiles]

dzeko is made for this game, give em hell Edin

 

[RandomJ]

This really isn't a game I expect Balotelli to shine in at all. Their defenders will rough him up and he'll either walk around sulking or snap and kick out at one of them and get sent off.