Swansea - Post match thread

[CrownPointBlue]

Both of them up front would be great, drop Sterling to the bench.

That's what will happen in 4 games out of 5 imo.

 

[Danish Blue]

Not sure who the pundits were on BBC but strangely we had Shearer and Schmeical who i thought were BBC, on the sky coverage (well supersports) and they thought it was a penalty and if not certainly not a yellow. Futhermore Schmeical argued there goal was definitely offside. Now when these two were at the BBC they never saw anything from our point of view, so is it the corporation that is adding the bias, can't see why they would but strange that these two suddenly change their tune.

As for the game, Jesus's movement and some of his touches were great but Leroy looked the most dangerous player on the pitch for me, at times he is unplayable. Thought Sterling wasn't quite at it today, Stones again backed off and allowed a shooting opportunity which led to a goal. Ferdinhinho had a real curate's egg of a game, guess he was rusty, some good defensive work but shocking distribution. Silva looked after the ball well, but their organised and packed defence made it difficult for him and yaya through the middle, all the threat came from the wide players.

 

[Paladin]

I note MotD didn't review the Sterling penalty claim - anyone else suspect that was because they had an angle that showed contact?

Yes. Same with the Gundogan one v Chelsea. Funny how they have so many camera angles, but fail to pick up on such game changers. I think there has been at least one other this season, but it could have been one in United's favour.

 

[Bill]

I agree. The first sub was absolutely right as KDB was having no impact & Dinho was struggling playing in that role. But he should have done it around 65 minutes or even sooner.

The second sub was 5-10 minutes too late and the last one was, in my view, grossly irresponsible and unnecessary. There were seconds to go in a game we'd rescued but it allowed Dean to add more time on.

J remember Moyes doing that when Everton were 1-0 up and Micah scored in the added on time. Utterly stupid.

Word for word absolutely on the money.

 

[inchy14]

Watched the highlights on mancity.com.

jesus and Sane the stars. Aguero should have set up jesus for a sensational hat-trick at the end. Aguero's late sub was telling: either carrying a knock or Pep rates Sterling, Jesus and Sane above him at the moment.

Disappointing that Kompany did not start. Suggests to me that Guardiola is not going to prioritise getting him back for the run in and is going to go with the defence we have. Stones would improve alongside Kompany surely. Stones made some good interceptions and covering tackles today, but he retreats too much when forwards run at him, and we still have not eliminated the annoying habit of conceding from the oppositions only attacking moves

No shit sherlock....

 

[fergal_oc]

Just read the write up by Jenas on BBC.

shit stirring c@&*s the lot of them, Sky did the same wit's the Leicester players after the rags match, with ranieri.

What team would not want one world class striker and one with world class potential?

SJS has done a good job against two reasonably poor teams allowing Sergio to get back to health after a knock. I wouldn't be surprised to SJS again on Monday except Stirling replaced by Sergio.

Just the media taking a slash in a tea cup because they've not got anything else to write about - they won't criticise klippety and they don't want to proclaim the title race is officially over because that makes the rest of the season boring. Ergo its still us in the spotlight with whatever nonsense they can muster.

Move along blues, nothing to see here.

 

[Chippy_boy]

So how do you like Fernandinho at right back?

I think Pep got it right. He might stay there all along. Leaving room for Toure in the middle but more importantly, as a Pep right back he does the central cut in better than pablo or sagna, much better, giving Pep the midfield numbers he wants.

So one problem solved. Only has to buy a left back and centre half in the summer.

I thought he was pretty poor in that position and i don't want to see him there again.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

In the midst of whatever high we reach there are canutes in the RagDipperArseHaringeyMeedya who will find the most tenuous of negative slants to attach to a story. We batter someone, and it's because the opposition are not very good. We salvage a game at the death, like MANUre have done for seasons, and we are lucky. We put a person on the bench who is coming back from injury and he's dropped. We even had that prized tit Danny Mills making the suggestion during the recent 'wobble' that 'Pep hadn't lost the dressing room'! FFS. Morons, mischief makers, mickey takers, living stealers and just plain envious that we have the manager and the squad we have!

 

[cibaman]

I thought he was pretty poor in that position and i don't want to see him there again.

Or play him there often enough for him to master the position. I think he's got the skills to play that role, but it would take time for him to be comfortable in that position.

 

[Hoghead]

I agree. The first sub was absolutely right as KDB was having no impact & Dinho was struggling playing in that role. But he should have done it around 65 minutes or even sooner.

The second sub was 5-10 minutes too late and the last one was, in my view, grossly irresponsible and unnecessary. There were seconds to go in a game we'd rescued but it allowed Dean to add more time on.

J remember Moyes doing that when Everton were 1-0 up and Micah scored in the added on time. Utterly stupid.

I thought that Aguero should have replaced Sterling after 60 mins if not sooner, the booking seemed to have knocked his confidence (pathetic as it was). The Swansea defense would not have been able to cope with Sane and Aguero, in the 2nd half they hunted down Sane in packs of 4 or 5 whenever he got the ball which would have created the spaces for Aguero. The KDB sub was spot on and completely baffled around the Silva sub who you would want to keep on to retain the ball.