The Derby Post Match Thread

[oakiecokie]

Whoa, forget this post match debate. Dominoes is one of the most underrated of pastimes.
Is it pairs 5&3's that you play Oakie? We have the local 'Top of the Hill' champions based here. Maybe we could arrange a pre-match friendly when you travel down to the Saints or Bournemouth games. Top pre-match entertainment over a jar or two of the finest ale,but be warned - what these locals lack in football knowledge, they make up for in the dark arts of the 'bones'.

Or taking it further, maybe we could get a City Domino Firm together. "Hello, is that West Ham? We've got four and we're coming down your boozer to take you on!" Could be the way forward ;-)

5/3`s is our game over here in Mid Cheshire mate and we are currently top with 3/3 wins (seasons only just started mind).Always made me smile when I used to go in a boozer by Maine Road called the Beehive.A group of West Indian men would all be playing this fine art,but when they knocked the fucking tables nearly went over,such was the force of the knock.
Definitely be interested in a game mate.

 

[TrueBlueMike]

Hopefully Arsenal will do their usual and implode around the New Year mark but I do agree that they will be our strongest challengers.

I reckon that will depend on whether they make it out the Champions League group. If they go through, i predict the annual implosion. If not, it could realistically be there best chance at winning the league for years.

 

[Marvin]

They are 2 points behind us, and going away in a Derby is rarely easy especially if you go there without your best attacking players.

Aguero and Silva are big misses. More so when Nasri who is the player who usually fills Silva's boots when he's out is also injured

 

[Marvin]

I reckon that will depend on whether they make it out the Champions League group. If they go through, i predict the annual implosion. If not, it could realistically be there best chance at winning the league for years.

Arsenal are getting stronger but we should win the League this season

 

[City_Sean]

I think we're actually agreeing with each other matey. I'm saying the rag was deluded for claiming that they were so much better and had progressed. I'd say that they were just as frightened of us, playing two defensive midfielders at home, with no width apart from the full backs, against a team they scored four against last season and that had it's two most dangerous players missing.

I think they were more defensive than we were. As the away side, with our two best players missing, I doubt we could have gone there and imposed ourselves. They had no excuse, and tried to defend themselves, with a defensive midfield three, coupled with their best player shunted out in the wing.

 

[oakiecokie]

They are 2 points behind us, and going away in a Derby is rarely easy especially if you go there without your best attacking players.

Aguero and Silva are big misses. More so when Nasri who is the player who usually fills Silva's boots when he's out is also injured

Unfortunately Marv,these two big players were so sorely missed on Sunday,but we need to somehow find somewhere,players of their ilk.Not easy,to say the least.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Getting rid of Dzeko and Jovetic was a bad idea. Either would've won it for us

Chances are Dzeko would have done nowt as he would have been too isolated and his ball holding skills are much poorer than Bony.

Jovetic???? There would only be a 15% chance he'd be fit. But to be fair he'd have been the best bet up front.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

Thought we did well in the first half without key personnel. Solid defensively and a threat on the counter.

Van Gimp obviously got into them at half time and they did better in the second half, though we contributed to the slightly disjointed performance with some poor passing.

However, we were still pretty solid and came away with a point that suits us more than them.

For what it's worth starting front four should have been:

Sterling
KDB YaYa Navas

 

[ojeme]

Thought we did well in the first half without key personnel. Solid defensively and a threat on the counter.

Van Gimp obviously got into them at half time and they did better in the second half, though we contributed to the slightly disjointed performance with some poor passing.

However, we were still pretty solid and came away with a point that suits us more than them.

For what it's worth starting front four should have been:

Sterling
KDB YaYa Navas

Couldn't agree more especially with the line up you put out there

 

[lewisMCFC]

Defensively we were fantastic. Definitely our strongest defence at the moment, with Kompany and Otamendi in the middle. Thought Sagna again had a quality game. Both Ferna's had a great game as well, I really like both of them together in front of the defence.

Going forward not so much. I actually thought Sterling had a decent game, and should not have been brought off so early. I'm not sure why Pelle doesn't let him play on the right, but I was again frustrated that he didn't have a go. Rojo isn't the strongest of defenders, and I think he should have had a go at him second half. De Bruyne looks so much better on the left. No doubt if Aguero was playing we'd have probably scored on the counter. Just shows how much he means to us, he is in my opinion the best in the striker in the world.

A draw was a fair result, and I think we'll dick them at our place.