***official city vs real match thread***

[Moonchesteri]

Come oooooonn!!! I'm desperate for a result today! Or at least have a proper go against them!

[phips]

wtf was that? the matador defense? thank god for joe there

[PeterParker]

Not to be so negative about this, but if we win the league what? We have been shit in Europe for some time now and we have to ask, what is our real value?

We had been murdered so far by those fucks from Madrid.

[ruralblue]

Well played Jo superb goal keeping. Come on city for frigs sake step it up a bit!

[Mike J]

haha the defending is dreadful!they are nervous as fuck

[phips]

Back 4. thank god.
zaba has moved to left back with Maicon as right. Kolarov is left winger now.


for now..

[Swales4ever]

this back 3 is a fucking joke. they are not ready to use it. khedira, a pure dm, passing through the all of them, ffs!
bring tevez on for maicon and swap to 4-2-3-1
we can still win

[Dronny]

The RM movement is fuckin brill, we're trying to hit statues

[I Just Blue Myself]

People slating Maicon & rightfully so, but what about Zaba? We're playing 3/5 at the back, but he's standing on Kompany's & Nastasic's toes. Should've doubled up on Benzema. Later he's playing Ronalod onside & just stops with his hand in the air. I love the guy, but what the fuck, man. Pull your finger out.

All Mancini's fault obviously. Forcing a half baked system v Real fucking Madrid. Fuck's sake.

[Green & Blue]

Lovely movement from Maicon.Almost

[Dameerto]

If we can force them to play through the centre we're getting the better of them there.

[shawzy]

Oh wait, this systems shit, let change to a back four because its not working and were losing..... You cannot afford to tinker about like this against tops sides Mancini.

[ruralblue]

So that's jack the lad or Garcia playing against dortmund then.

[Swales4ever]

supersub

[Swales4ever]

So that's jack the lad or Garcia playing against dortmund then.

I'd better go with jmmy and nasri behind mario, silva and carlos

[PeterParker]

The problem tonight is not the system, but the fact that we don't have a defensive midfielder, that is were they are winning tonight.
Yaya won`t defend, so they control without any problems our middle, If we would had 3 on the middle, Gaz, Yaya and Garcia or Milner, instead of 5 on the back, we would had been up there tonight.

[Swales4ever]

Oh wait, this systems shit, let change to a back four because its not working and were losing..... You cannot afford to tinker about like this against tops sides Mancini.

already happened, Mate.
luckily

[carl_feedthegoat]

If Mancini plays 3 at the back one more fucking time this season Ill self combust.

[Swales4ever]

The problem tonight is not the system, but the fact that we don't have a defensive midfielder, that is were they are winning tonight.
Yaya won`t defend, so they control without any problems our middle, If we would had 3 on the middle, Gaz, Yaya and Garcia or Milner, instead of 5 on the back, we would had been up there tonight.

They have been ALWAYS misplaced, looking lost at each other.
the problem IS the system. was, actually.
let's keep the faith

[FA cup winners 2006]

fucking mancini, he really has no clue. goal comes from a complete mis communacation in defence.

really got to admire madrids work ethic. they are man marking tightly and really following the runners and we just offer up so much space to them, this is something we need to work on in training not just do it the day before the game and expect the players to be able to follow it ot a tee