Stoke vs. City Pre-Match Discussion Thread

[Joga Bonito]

Would really like to see Kolarov in the game at some point, although I am not sure how effective his crosses will be against Stoke

Solid line-up I really fancy Mario and Edin scoring today

 

[Logan's Run]

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

Hope Aguero's ok though...

Who could have imagined so many saying "Milner instead of Silva" even a month or two ago? To be fair, he is carrying an ankle knock and needs a long rest.

 

[Anonymous]

please tell me serg is ok!??

i can't take this anymore!

 

[Nelly's Left Foot]

please tell me serg is ok!??

i can't take this anymore!

serg is ok.

 

[LoveCity]

Bad feeling about this as usual at the Britannia, a true bogey ground for us. Come on Blues.

 

[Nelly's Left Foot]

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.

Stoke will have a game plan to get Mario sent off.I just hope the ref doesnt as well.

 

[pudge]

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.

Stoke will have a game plan to park the bus

 

[God game lover]

#scfc Begovic/Wilkinson Huth Shawcross Wilson/Walters Whelan Whitehead Etherington/Crouch Jerome

Oh shit Begovic is goalkeeper today :-(
Tough, but Dzeko knows him better. They are mates in Bosnia teem - I guess...
And s*** Balo is on the pitch. I hope everything goes fine and that he will keep his nerves down.

 

[City Raider]

just worried that dzeko plays right to strengths of their cb's - instead of sergio buzzing around them

 

[cookster]

Cool heads needed for the run in - not Balotelli

Can see him get wound up good style by Stoke cloggers!!

 

[Soulboy]

Strange line-up for me.

We need height at the back, so Kolarov would have got the nod.

I'd have gone one upfront, Balotelli, and played Milner instead of Dzeko.

But what do I know? I've never won the FA Cup...

 

[mancityscot]

cant stress enough how mario needs to shine today, or at least really try hard. if not it will be like playing with 10 men

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Fuck me Keegan playing subbuteo, where's me 3D gigs ?

 

[imtangledupinblue]

Big big mistake playing Mario, Stoke will wind him up and get him sent off nothing so sure, tut, tut, tut.

 

[cookster]

cant stress enough how mario needs to shine today, or at least really try hard. if not it will be like playing with 10 men

Don't matter he can put in 2 shite back to back performance's and still get in the starting eleven.

It's madness Milner and Johnson don't get afforded one bad half.

 

[Nelly's Left Foot]

Fuck me Keegan playing subbuteo, where's me 3D gigs ?

ESPN just trying their best to make out Tevez is a problem.Not sure they are even convinced themselves.

 

[RandomJ]

cant stress enough how mario needs to shine today, or at least really try hard. if not it will be like playing with 10 men

Don't matter he can put in 2 shite back to back performance's and still get in the starting eleven.

It's madness Milner and Johnson don't get afforded one bad half.

Well it's like when you were a kid playing football and the kid of the manager always played no matter how shit they were same thing with Mancini and Balotelli, he can do no wrong in his eyes.

 

[city diehard]

I can understand why he has gone for the two up-front but Balo and Dzeko notoriously don't play well together.

 

[cookster]

cant stress enough how mario needs to shine today, or at least really try hard. if not it will be like playing with 10 men

Don't matter he can put in 2 shite back to back performance's and still get in the starting eleven.

It's madness Milner and Johnson don't get afforded one bad half.

Well it's like when you were a kid playing football and the kid of the manager always played no matter how shit they were same thing with Mancini and Balotelli, he can do no wrong in his eyes.

Just hope Mario pays him back for all the support he give's him but I'n not counting on it!

 

[Andouble]

Mario and Dzeko have a poor partnership as neither has the work rate, touch, or passing ability.