We need fans to be our twelfth man

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Nigel de Jong is calling on the City fans to create a fantastic atmosphere tomorrow as City bid for a repeat of last season’s epic 2-1 victory over Chelsea.

The Premier League champions arrive at the City of Manchester Stadium yet to drop a point and having scored a hatful of goals, but de Jong says there is no reason City can’t make it three wins on the bounce against Carlo Ancelotti’s men.

“The fans can do a lot for us,” he said. “At home, they can be the twelfth man from the first minute onwards. That will be a big help and we expect a lot from them tomorrow.

“Everybody knows what happened last season. It was a special game for the club and the players. We are all looking forward to playing this game.”

With the Blues completing the league double over the Pensioners at Stamford Bridge in the return fixture, de Jong believes City may start with a psychological edge.

“They lost both matches against us last season, so they will be coming here to try and win, we are aware of that, but they will know we can more than match them if we’re on the top of our game,” he said. “They will give it 100%, as they have the mentality of champions.

"If you read the papers and listen to
what their players are saying, then you
know that that this is their biggest test
yet - and that is a good thing -
because it means that everyone is
taking us seriously"

“We’ll need to be at our best to beat them and we have some catching up to do. We are on eight points and they have fifteen, so there is a gap of seven points already. If we win this game we will close that gap a little, which is important.

“It is only September so anything can happen over the season. We need to win continuously so that we can remain in the top four. It doesn’t matter who comes here, whether it’s Chelsea or a smaller team, we need to win every game.”

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[Mase]

Fuck off De Jong!

[Kladze]

“We’ll need to be at our best to beat them and we have some catching up to do. We are on eight points and they have fifteen, so there is a gap of seven points already. If we win this game we will close that gap a little, which is important.

More talk.

This is precisely what Mancini keeps going on about - we need the players to rise to the occasion for EVERY game ......... Sunderland away, Blackburn at home AND Chelsea.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Horseshit.

Stop talking. Start playing.

One pass forward would be a start. Perhaps even a shot on target. That would be first in his City career.

[carl_feedthegoat]

I hope they dont expect a 13th man for the next League cup game.

[pepsi_dave]

Horseshit.

Stop talking. Start playing.

One pass forward would be a start. Perhaps even a shot on target. That would be first in his City career.

He passed forwards at least once against Wigan :-p

[Mase]

To be fair to Nige, I personally think his passing has been okay since he got back from the World Cup. Whether that's because he's got someone like Yaya there to help him out I don't know. But he comes out with this shite every week! It's a bit of a slap in the face to the City fans who travelled to West Brom on Wednesday.
You worry about what you and your team mates are doing on the pitch on Saturday and I'm sure the City fans who turn up to watch the match will continue to be the best fans in the land in all the world.

[Feed The Goat]

To be fair to Nige, I personally think his passing has been okay since he got back from the World Cup. Whether that's because he's got someone like Yaya there to help him out I don't know. But he comes out with this shite every week! It's a bit of a slap in the face to the City fans who travelled to West Brom on Wednesday.
You worry about what you and your team mates are doing on the pitch on Saturday and I'm sure the City fans who turn up to watch the match will continue to be the best fans in the land in all the world.

I'm not sure what he has done wrong he is just saying raise the roof right from the off on Saturday.

[BlueMoonAwoken]

To be fair to Nige, I personally think his passing has been okay since he got back from the World Cup. Whether that's because he's got someone like Yaya there to help him out I don't know. But he comes out with this shite every week! It's a bit of a slap in the face to the City fans who travelled to West Brom on Wednesday.
You worry about what you and your team mates are doing on the pitch on Saturday and I'm sure the City fans who turn up to watch the match will continue to be the best fans in the land in all the world.

I'm not sure what he has done wrong he is just saying raise the roof right from the off on Saturday.

But the players need to come out like they want dominate chelsea that way it lifts the fans up. If we start like we are scared of them or worried about going forward then the fans will start moaning and just think why should we give a fuck if they dont.

[Mase]

To be fair to Nige, I personally think his passing has been okay since he got back from the World Cup. Whether that's because he's got someone like Yaya there to help him out I don't know. But he comes out with this shite every week! It's a bit of a slap in the face to the City fans who travelled to West Brom on Wednesday.
You worry about what you and your team mates are doing on the pitch on Saturday and I'm sure the City fans who turn up to watch the match will continue to be the best fans in the land in all the world.

I'm not sure what he has done wrong he is just saying raise the roof right from the off on Saturday.

Does he think though mate that we're all going for our first match ever to COMS on Saturday? I know what's expected of me and I'm sure the other 46,999 fans do too. Whether we're cheering City on getting beat off WBA or we're cheering on trying to beat Chelsea we know what is expected of us.