Swans v Man City Pre Match Thread 1/1/14

[BucksBlue]

Silva really needs a kick up the arse for getting that yellow v Palace.

You wouldn't say that if Palace had scored from the potential attack losing us 2 points. I forgive El Magico's will to win and prey we can win without him today.

 

[kaz7]

Really thought Pellers had learnt about winning away and gone 1 up front,
Hope this doesnt backfire

 

[PragueBlue]

Well; that was a surprise team selection. Pellegrini certainly can't be accused of playing it safe.

A bold team selection and let's hope it gets the job done.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

My heart sank when I saw the team.

We need an early goal.

Dzeko is a match winner ;-)

TV fixture today ... I expect him to turn it on ... ;)

Seriously though, De Guzman, Canas, Shelvey ... Yaya is going to need to put in a big performance.

We need a win today - from here on out it's money time in the league.

My heart sank on seeing the team as well. Liverpool, Southampton and Swansea are the 3 sides you'd should always match numerically in midfield away from home. We've been over this dozens of times but Ya Ya is just not built for shuttle running based defensive duty in a 4-4-2 against a good passing team. I'd even prefer Garcia in a midfield 5 than this selection. Hope we can get something out of this but I'm not unduly optimistic

 

[Stoned Rose]

Dont like the selection.

Relies very heavily on Navas and Kolarov having blinding games on the flanks and firing in lots of crosses for the big guys up top.

I expect Swansea to have a lot of the ball and us to use a 'counter' system employing the above tactic.

I also dont like the bench as there are no game changers on there.

I trust MP knows more about footy than me though ;)

 

[EaglesFan]

I called this selection earler...really not a surprise to me.

When we start 4-5-1 we look tootless up front...and rarely get a lead.

Last time Dzeko and Negredo started together we were 2:0 up at the half...but subs came in late.

Pelle trying to get a goal or two early - and then sub one of them (Dzeko probably) out.

Better than chasing the score later on IMO.

I like it.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Got 1-0 defeat written all over it!

 

[markyboyblue]

Don't see a problem with this, we need to beat teams like Swansea so he has picked a team to do it today. Come on blues don't be so negative.

 

[OB1]

Dzeko is a match winner ;-)

TV fixture today ... I expect him to turn it on ... ;)

Seriously though, De Guzman, Canas, Shelvey ... Yaya is going to need to put in a big performance.

We need a win today - from here on out it's money time in the league.

My heart sank on seeing the team as well. Liverpool, Southampton and Swansea are the 3 sides you'd should always match numerically in midfield away from home. We've been over this dozens of times but Ya Ya is just not built for shuttle running based defensive duty in a 4-4-2 against a good passing team. I'd even prefer Garcia in a midfield 5 than this selection. Hope we can get something out of this but I'm not unduly optimistic

TBF, you rarely are.

Happy New Year

 

[Benarbia’s Backheel]

Right, I'm sure some of you will bash me on here for saying this, especially when things are going so well, but...

I can't begin to explain how gutted I am with the lack of faith shown in youth at City. We have no strikers on the bench, I don't understand why we can't just bring a youth striker with us. We've had Guidetti on the bench a couple of times recently (finally!!), yet when the game was safe we didn't even give him a 10 minute run out.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's frustrated by this, I'd love to see us bring some great home grown players through, If chelsea, utd, barca, bayern, etc etc can all bring youth through, and give them a fair crack then I just don't understand why we don't, and I don't believe it's because the youth aren't good enough, we have some really good youngsters. I thought maybe it was just Bob who didn't want to use them, and I thought Peller's would... sadly not.

Anyway, come on City, 3 points today. Big game!

(Boyata doesn't count as youth, he's 23 - but, I was also gutted when he got taken off the other day, he was having a great game at right back)

 

[Anonymous]

Dzeko is a match winner ;-)

TV fixture today ... I expect him to turn it on ... ;)

Seriously though, De Guzman, Canas, Shelvey ... Yaya is going to need to put in a big performance.

We need a win today - from here on out it's money time in the league.

My heart sank on seeing the team as well. Liverpool, Southampton and Swansea are the 3 sides you'd should always match numerically in midfield away from home. We've been over this dozens of times but Ya Ya is just not built for shuttle running based defensive duty in a 4-4-2 against a good passing team. I'd even prefer Garcia in a midfield 5 than this selection. Hope we can get something out of this but I'm not unduly optimistic

Conversely, a win would be a huge result. Today is an opportunity for us to send out a statement. The players are capable and the manager knows his players better than we do. If the midfield becomes a problem he can always change it.

 

[OB1]

Dont like the selection.

Relies very heavily on Navas and Kolarov having blinding games on the flanks and firing in lots of crosses for the big guys up top.

I expect Swansea to have a lot of the ball and us to use a 'counter' system employing the above tactic.

I also dont like the bench as there are no game changers on there.

I trust MP knows more about footy than me though ;)

I don't like our injury list...

 

[neel]

Right, I'm sure some of you will bash me on here for saying this, especially when things are going so well, but...

I can't begin to explain how gutted I am with the lack of faith shown in youth at City. We have no strikers on the bench, I don't understand why we can't just bring a youth striker with us. We've had Guidetti on the bench a couple of times recently (finally!!), yet when the game was safe we didn't even give him a 10 minute run out.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's frustrated by this, I'd love to see us bring some great home grown players through, If chelsea, utd, barca, bayern, etc etc can all bring youth through, and give them a fair crack then I just don't understand why we don't, and I don't believe it's because the youth aren't good enough, we have some really good youngsters. I thought maybe it was just Bob who didn't want to use them, and I thought Peller's would... sadly not.

Anyway, come on City, 3 points today. Big game!

(Boyata doesn't count as youth, he's 23 - but, I was also gutted when he got taken off the other day, he was having a great game at right back)

I guess we will give them run in FA cup this weekend

 

[Hungarian blue]

4-4-2 against a team who plays the 'classic' 4-2-3-1. I'm really worried about this, hopefully the better quality of our players will do it.

 

[Chris in London]

Have been worried about this one for a while as we never seem to do well in South Wales, but I woke up this morning with a really good feeling about the game. 2-0 to us.

Come on City!!!

 

[pudge]

(Boyata doesn't count as youth, he's 23 - but, I was also gutted when he got taken off the other day, he was having a great game at right back)

WUM?

 

[Bewar3them00n]

Dont like the selection.

Relies very heavily on Navas and Kolarov having blinding games on the flanks and firing in lots of crosses for the big guys up top.

I expect Swansea to have a lot of the ball and us to use a 'counter' system employing the above tactic.

I also dont like the bench as there are no game changers on there.

I trust MP knows more about footy than me though ;)

Ahem.. MILNER!!! ? Forgotten Munich already?!!! If he comes on it will be for Dzêko and reverting to a 5 man midfield, I expect to see him at some point anyway, so hopefully it's to consolidate our win,

 

[Jumanji]

I'm not very happy that Pellegrini chose to play Negredo and the Dzeko together away, but one positive might be if and when we choose to switch to one up top Swansea might not be able to adjust to our different approach. I've seen this work in our favour time and again.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

My ever reliable gut feel tells me we will win comfortably today with a couple from edin.

No problem at all with the 4222 for me. We go at them and outplay them in the final third.

 

[Sky Blue]

Sorry, must have stumbled across the Barca away thread by mistake...