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

[squirtyflower]

Not raining at the ground now
Having a Guinness breakfast in the Harvester at the ground
Plenty of blues in here and not too busy

Werid.im in car park n chucking it down

Microclimates

 

[TCIB]

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[Paulpowersleftfoot]

Not raining at the ground now
Having a Guinness breakfast in the Harvester at the ground
Plenty of blues in here and not too busy

Werid.im in car park n chucking it down

Microclimates

Pissing down again

 

[squirtyflower]

The train had to stop as we passed by Victoria Falls

 

[welsh_andy]

http://www.gowerlive.co.uk/webcams/langland-webcam

Haha

 

[notts blue]

http://www.gowerlive.co.uk/webcams/langland-webcam

thats just made me put the heating on, saying that it aint much better here!

 

[Gillespie]

Should be a slam dunk 3 points for City.

However, I was looking at the betting odds and there does appear to be some value in looking at the underdogs today.

Being the mug punter I am, I couldn't resist a £1 patent on Swansea, Southampton and Spurs.

Pay out of £172 if successful. Good odds but almost certain stupid bet.

PS is there a place to discuss betting on here?

 

[Silva Citizen]

Should be a slam dunk 3 points for City.

However, I was looking at the betting odds and there does appear to be some value in looking at the underdogs today.

Being the mug punter I am, I couldn't resist a £1 patent on Swansea, Southampton and Spurs.

Pay out of £172 if successful. Good odds but almost certain stupid bet.

PS is there a place to discuss betting on here?

There should be, c'mon Ric sort it out !!

 

[Rammy Blue]

City App implies no big surprises as says a lot of people have guessed the side correctly.

 

[FredTilson]

Team news

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Negredo, Dzeko

Thoughts?

Ballsy going with Negredo and Dzeko upfront.

 

[City Raider]

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Negredo, Dzeko

 

[Rammy Blue]

2 up top, Beast and Dzeko.

Bold

 

[LoveCity]

Hm, not sure about the two big forwards against a team like Swansea, but Manny knows best.

Given the state of the weather, maybe we've just said to hell with it and will go route one. :)

 

[TCIB]

Team news

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Negredo, Dzeko

Thoughts?

Ballsy going with Negredo and Dzeko upfront.

I do not think it is ballsy as in "out of the box" as he has been aiming to do this with the entire squad.
That is integrate them all so we can change things with minimal to no disruption to our effectiveness.
It is bold though and i applaud Pelle for it.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

No surprise at all he's gone 4222. It was only the fixture pileup which stopped him in the last two.

 

[moomba]

Would have preferred one up front.

 

[FredTilson]

I do not think it is ballsy as in "out of the box" as he has been aiming to do this with the entire squad.
That is integrate them all so we can change things with minimal to no disruption to our effectiveness.
It is bold though and i applaud Pelle for it.

The way I saw it initially, out of the four attackers Dzeko and Negredo were meant to be the target men and Aguero and Jovetic the supporting strikers who can drop a bit deep too. So ideally, we should play one of each pair. Though I guess Negredo's work rate and Jovetic's unavailability changed things a bit. Not to forget Swansea have one of the highest possession in the league so hopefully Dzeko and Negredo will both be willing to close them down in possession.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Personally I'd have put Nasri in behind Negrado with Milner in for Silva for a bit more bite in midfield.

 

[BlueCityfan]

Hm, not sure about the two big forwards against a team like Swansea, but Manny knows best.

Given the state of the weather, maybe we've just said to hell with it and will go route one. :)

They've had the most possession in the PL. So a bit skeptical. That said, Yaya and Ferna have had a good rest. So we'll see.

 

[Project]

I do not think it is ballsy as in "out of the box" as he has been aiming to do this with the entire squad.
That is integrate them all so we can change things with minimal to no disruption to our effectiveness.
It is bold though and i applaud Pelle for it.

so hopefully Dzeko will be willing to close them down in possession.

lol