***Official City v Chelsea*** Thread

[Swales4ever]

Back from the game.
Brilliant.
Best defence I've seen in forty years.
Solid and confident midfield.
Forward formation needs thinking about.

Brillant sum up.

Fucking bastard Italian. He's ruining our well deserved entertainement.... :-(








Fancy a new life as Cottagers' suppoerters?....... :-)

[Dameerto]

Arsenal get zero points, Spurs get zero points, we beat the league leaders! How good a day is it today?

[Ted Hughes]

Back from the game.
Brilliant.
Best defence I've seen in forty years.
Solid and confident midfield.
Forward formation needs thinking about.

Brillant sum up.

Fucking bastard Italian. He's ruining our well deserved entertainement.... :-(

Agreed. Marvellous apart from attack. Great performance/workrate. Can't post now; drinking.






Fancy a new life as Cottagers' suppoerters?....... :-)

[yankmanc]

Wow, we beat Chelsea for the 3rd time in a row and there's only 6 pages with the last one mostly about other games? What's going on here?

Frickin' ecstatic! Silva's workrate was a delightful surprise, and Zabaleta MOM for me just for embodying the determination of our team today. Wonderful stuff and stopping Chelsea from scoring for the first time this year suggests that Mancini is doing something right.

[Swales4ever]

Agreed. Marvellous apart from attack. Great performance/workrate. Can't post now; drinking.

Ted, U know I'm just a proud pupil of Your goodself [as well as of few other Top Guys&Girls hereon] so I wont never argue anything You are gonna say: You are the Master, I am just the humble servant... :-)

Cheers to You Sir, and all Mates as well


Gonna get fucking drunk as well, btw.... :-)

[zuricity]

Arsenal get zero points, Spurs get zero points, we beat the league leaders! How good a day is it today?

So, If I understand you correctly, you are saying that David Silva was man of the match , by a long chalk ?

[wyted]

Did anyone notice Jamie Redknapp's comments on how Mancini drew too many games last season?!

[zuricity]

Arsenal get zero points, Spurs get zero points, we beat the league leaders! How good a day is it today?

So, If I understand you correctly, you are saying that David Silva was man of the match , by a long chalk ?

[zuricity]

Arsenal get zero points, Spurs get zero points, we beat the league leaders! How good a day is it today?

So, If I understand you correctly, you are saying that David Silva was man of the match , by a long chalk ?

[london blue 2]

do i start a new thread to say sorry, i was wrong. Thought manchini fucked up against WBA, in hindsight he still coulda played afew, but well done bobby. SORRY.
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[gillie]

I have not stopped drinking er i maen celebrating since the final whistle and young twitch and sourness can fuck off we won fair and fuckin square.Chelsea had loads of attempts my arse Joe had 2 shots/headers to save all game Sky sports fuck me right off with there big four bias.

[mcfctm]

Just got in from the game and yeeeeeeeees! Gamble in midweek paid off!

[MaineRoadMemories]

Two points ahead on head-to-heads from last season. All is looking promising so far in the league :-)

[Lev Bronstein]

Did anyone notice Jamie Redknapp's comments on how Mancini drew too many games last season?!

Actually, I thought it was Souness that said that, in the context of "It's ok beating the top teams, but...". In other words, convert those draws into wins and we are a serious threat.

Now, I didn't hear all their comments, but, from the bit I heard I thought there ws a recognition of our qualities plus the ability to battle. I got the impression that Souness quite liked our mugky/battling side.

[ronk]

Really was a great game to watch. Chelsea were good, there was some brilliant attacking against some really solid defending on both sides without being excessively bad tempered. Probably the best game I've seen this season.

Chelsea had some good spells and really lifted their game in the last few minutes to try and sneak an equaliser. It's the one thing we really haven't learnt how to do.

[The Man In Blue]

PUT THE POODLE ON A LEASH

[Ted Hughes]

It was a strange game imo. A bit like watching a test match (I'm an avid cricket fan so that's actually a compliment) where it can seem to the layman as if nothing's happening but in actual fact there's a hell of a lot happening & a lot of intelligence being used to try & strike the decisive blow. City did that part almost to perfection & some of the defending both at the back & in midfield was up with the best I've seen. For the players available & where we're at in our evolution it was a great performance.

It shouldn't mask the fact that we still have work to do though. For all the great defending in open play, we were very poor at set pieces & would have conceded 3 goals on another day. The same mistakes v Stoke or Spurs or even rags will cost us the game. We also lack attacking purpose & rely almost totally on Tevez winning us the game. Without him, we currently have no attack at all. It's time to get Ade involved & develop some attacking cohesion to go with the defensive fortitude.

This was a fantastic day for us but we stil have to adress those points & one or two others if we're to match Chelsea & the rags.

[Swales4ever]

It was a strange game imo. A bit like watching a test match (I'm an avid cricket fan so that's actually a compliment) where it can seem to the layman as if nothing's happening but in actual fact there's a hell of a lot happening & a lot of intelligence being used to try & strike the decisive blow. City did that part almost to perfection & some of the defending both at the back & in midfield was up with the best I've seen. For the players available & where we're at in our evolution it was a great performance.

It shouldn't mask the fact that we still have work to do though. For all the great defending in open play, we were very poor at set pieces & would have conceded 3 goals on another day. The same mistakes v Stoke or Spurs or even rags will cost us the game. We also lack attacking purpose & rely almost totally on Tevez winning us the game. Without him, we currently have no attack at all. It's time to get Ade involved & develop some attacking cohesion to go with the defensive fortitude.

This was a fantastic day for us but we stil have to adress those points & one or two others if we're to match Chelsea & the rags.

Ted, I do agree with Your summary: spot on as usual when You don't allow Yr. Leslie's dirty legs to sidetrack Yr. valuable football brain... :-)
But, mind You - re Ade - Bobby is not stupid: if he still insist not to rely on his contribution should be [imho] because he's fearing a sort of Ireland_the twat_versus_rags factor [that barely costed us the Cl spot, btw] from his lazy attitude... Be patient and wait untill Balo will be back and fit and You will enjoy different displays and more easy unlocking outcomes.
Nonetheless I do expect a great perfomance from Ade versus the f****g bianconeri, at least just to put himself on a sparkling soft spot to the italian market...

[wyted]

Did anyone notice Jamie Redknapp's comments on how Mancini drew too many games last season?!

Actually, I thought it was Souness that said that, in the context of "It's ok beating the top teams, but...". In other words, convert those draws into wins and we are a serious threat.

Now, I didn't hear all their comments, but, from the bit I heard I thought there ws a recognition of our qualities plus the ability to battle. I got the impression that Souness quite liked our mugky/battling side.

Naw, it was definitely Redknapp who claimed Mancini had far too many draws last season.... Leslie had nothing to do with that, obviously.

I was shouting at the telly in anger, which is rare because I never do that </lies>.