The First Game of the Season City vs Newcastle Pre Match

[LookIfoundmyKnob]

I like both Zab and Richards. Their a perfect ying yang pairing.

 

[ardwickboy]

We have to start the season with a bang, so let's put Newcastle to the sword and show the Premier we are going for the title and not letting it slip like last season.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Think Pelle will be as conservative as necessary with players who play full games in midweek for their national teams, especially those that travel a long way. That's why I think Richards might get the start, with Zaba on the bench.

Additionally, it gives Pelle another CB on the field for when Clichy is released.

 

[City_Sean]

Hart
Micah
Kompany
Lescott
Clichy
Fernandinho
Yaya
Navas
Silva
Jovetic
Dzeko/Negredo

4-0 win :)

 

[Stoned Rose]

I just cant wait to see Silva, Jovetic and Navas at full pelt at the same time.

Devastating.

 

[DuggieCcH]

Should be fun,technology and all that,sometimes these things have gremlins!

as in the cricket.

When technology was first used in cricket, it was for run-outs and stumpings only. It proved so successful that the temptation to keep adding decisions became inevitable, and so problems have started. As long as football stays with goal line only it should prove foolproof, and it is the one thing you need to be certain of in any match. However, I don't think the day is too far away when we have a system in place to appeal off-side goals and that mightn't be a bad thing.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

The thing with football is that the majority of decisions are in the opinion of the ref.

I can't really see how it can be extended past goals either as its a fluid game rather than cricket.

I'd like to see a time keeper and a clock that stops when the ball isn't on play.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Should be fun,technology and all that,sometimes these things have gremlins!

as in the cricket.

When technology was first used in cricket, it was for run-outs and stumpings only. It proved so successful that the temptation to keep adding decisions became inevitable, and so problems have started. As long as football stays with goal line only it should prove foolproof, and it is the one thing you need to be certain of in any match. However, I don't think the day is too far away when we have a system in place to appeal off-side goals and that mightn't be a bad thing.

its a slippery slope. ..bit by bit, piecemeal by piecemeal, different "crucial" decisions will be added to the techno arbiter..
in a few years time, sky will take commercial breaks whilst the captive tv audience wait to see if " both feet really were off the ground, at the same time, in that reckless looking challenge.."

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

10 days and counting..Cannot wait now!

 

[yerwot?]

The thing with football is that the majority of decisions are in the opinion of the ref.

I can't really see how it can be extended past goals either as its a fluid game rather than cricket.

I'd like to see a time keeper and a clock that stops when the ball isn't on play.

Re the clock, i have done this several times (surprisingly difficult) and on average 65 mins is what we get when the ball is in play. It would do away with the inconsistency of extra time and an end to the scandal of "fergietime". Subs in the last seconds of injury time would be pointless and would hopefully disappear, blatant gamesmanship.
I would also like to see a straight red for a deliberate foul no matter where it is committed, at the moment it gives a team license to injure an opponent and rotate the culprits, fergiefouls