Manchester City V Sporting Lisbon on ESPN

[xavi6]

Similar performance to the one we had against Spurs.

FUCKING SHITE PERFORMANCE AND I COULDNT GIVE A FUCK THAT ITS A FRIENDLY..............SHITE.

What about the hot portugese gurls you fat cunt?

One is in a mini skirt I could jizz on from my seat I think.

Also city are a bag of wank tonight. End of.

Roll on Sunday. I'm having more pints. Good news is city fans are here en masse to commiserate with.

Your boasting is useless without upskirt pics

[halnone]

I was going to watch the match later but after seeing a few comments I don't think I will. How shit are we playing?

[Lee_R]

I was going to watch the match later but after seeing a few comments I don't think I will. How shit are we playing?

About as shit as Jo normally plays.

[StrikeAnywhere]

god that was painful. sporting made us look like kids... oh wait

[scrandled]

ffs, this guys choice in tv viewing is pish!

[dazby]

hey Strike Anywhere, a guy I work with saw Strike Anywhere on Thursday night. He loved it.

Just thought I'd let you know.

[Beeks]

Well...after that pile of shite...

[scrandled]

think i'll give this Bishop Climate fella a ring. Wonder what his views on our midfield are?

[Lee_R]

The kit was nice.

[johnny99]

i blame platt for that performance and i am gonna blame him for anyting that goes wrong this season
that was fucking shit
platt you cunt fuck off i hate your stupid smirking fucking mong face

[Green & Blue]

I have to say I love the way the commentators are talking as if this is indeed a very important match. Indeed as important as the fuckin world cup!!

Mind you we are playing like England

Yeah they described it as an international match!!! and Adam Johnson just missed out on the england world cup roster.Johnson aims his corner for the six.I could go on but its getting late.

[StrikeAnywhere]

hey Strike Anywhere, a guy I work with saw Strike Anywhere on Thursday night. He loved it.

Just thought I'd let you know.

yea they are playing here tonight. some good gigs in the next few weeks.

[BobbyJ1956]

Just got in from the match. Sat in the second tier on the half way line, great view, and my missus came to her first ever match after all these years. At half time she said "why are they letting the other team keep the ball all the time?" Second half Ireland was getting into the game and looked disappointed to be subbed, Zab gave all he had, but there were few positives. Maybe the best thing to be said is that a match played in heat like that is no sign of what to expect from the season. Portuguese fans outnumbered City twenty to one. Amazingly the missus now wants to see a game when we're in Manchester.

[Goaters 103]

And I repeat, Friendlies? Monkey tennis.

Just seen the score and some of the comments - thats 90 mins of my life I'm glad I didnt spend watching. Wake me up on Aug 14 when it actually counts.

[one man army]

just watched highlights and i am pleasantly surprised with jo, but as i'm saying - it's only judgement based on short video.
score? judas christ, who cares about the score in a training game???

[Mase]

i blame platt for that performance and i am gonna blame him for anyting that goes wrong this season
that was fucking shit
platt you cunt fuck off i hate your stupid smirking fucking mong face

PMSL!

[Adam Johnson's Big Toe]

Well I'm glad I fell asleep and didn't get to watch it lol

[Wooders]

I recorded it and watched it on fast forward today

[mcfc1632]

My summary was:

1/ Enjoyed first 15mins - was pleased to see the tempo / effort from both teams - thought "...this could be a good match..."

2/ In the end Jo showed just how good he is - he was given a platform to impress, and well...... despite some effort he does not even have the basics for a PL striker

3/ Felt for the young lad given a chance at LB (Cunningham) - he had a mare and this was his big chance - and Bridge was ineffective when he came on - shows LB needs sorting still and no surprise the first goal cam from there

4/ Now I am admittedley an anti-Micah poster and was dismayed to see him start with the armband on. After 20mins though I was wondering if this had been a masterstroke by Mancini as Micah was impressing more than he had in the last 2 years put together - defending and going forward...

But after that brief spell of effort we saw the same old same old - as examples:
a) For the 1st goal - he lost the person he should be marking and made a piss poor effort to jump for the ball (the scorer was a slight chap who should not be able to get free headers)
b) He was not responsible directly for the 2nd goal - but god I hate to watch him 'just stand there and watch' - what happens if there is a second play - perhaps a rebaound from the GK - well he is not there 'cos he isn't arsed to get back just in case
c) After the 1st goal he seemed to lose motivation - more and more occaisions of him just jogging about - you could see a break down our right when he was not in the picture - even when the play had been held up by there attacker for quite a while and any defender even 'half-trying' would have been back helping - simply would get totally exposed in PL (again...)

5/ AJ had his most ineffective performance I have seen for quite a while - no lack of effort but he was trying to play as M/F as well as winger and got found out with lots of poor passing - giving the ball away often

6/ Stevie had a platform to impress as well - and I did love some of his touches - but he did not really take this chance - OMG (only a pre-season friendly) but it shows the need for the M/F players we have bought - big problem last season was how Tevez et al were not getting MF service and had to always become the MF to get the ball - Bellers was doing that before hald tie had been reached

7/....the commentators gave a good example of the sort of shit that is gonna be spouted by commentators about our spending every time we are less than 'top drawer'

[Mase]

4/ Now I am admittedley an anti-Micah poster and was dismayed to see him start with the armband on. After 20mins though I was wondering if this had been a masterstroke by Mancini as Micah was impressing more than he had in the last 2 years put together - defending and going forward...

He's definitely a confidence type player. I think that giving him the armband will have given him a little boost and lets not joke about here, he HAS the potential to be a top class defender. He just needs to get his head down and work hard. I think with the amount of competition he'll have for a place this year we might well see him pull his finger out and knuckle down.

It's funny because people go on about how brilliant Ireland is, yet he's only had one decent season out of how many?? Micah has done exactly the same yet doesn't get near the amount of praise Ireland gets.

Only time will tell but I have a feeling Micah will turn out to be a very very important player in the future.