Bony - Malaria

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Be fucking honest Carl, you wanted a new keeper signed back then and you were of the opinion that Hart wouldn't accept it and he would want to move, you were happy for that to happen.

I think everyone wanted a new Keeper back then , such was the fruistration of watching Hart fuck up.He had no competition and thats why he let his game drop.
Pellegrini dropped him because Hart was playing SHIT.

He was dropped , he got competition , he came back strong.

Ill say it again , I was right all along and I never ever said we should sell him (Not that I recall , not even in a knee jerk match thread)

You said he would want to move on because he's a cocky, arrogant shit or words to that effect, yet despite this being your belief you still wanted a keeper signed, that tells me you were happy for him to be sold.

[sheblue]

can't pick on bony when all of the attacking players yaya kdb sterling and navas were dogshit as well.
The service bony got was awful.
But he is an easy target and some people feel the need for a scapegoat. Despite a good result.

[carl_feedthegoat]

can't pick on bony when all of the attacking players yaya kdb sterling and navas were dogshit as well.
The service bony got was awful.
But he is an easy target and some people feel the need for a scapegoat. Despite a good result.

Go to the bottom of the class and stare at the wall for an hour.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Be fucking honest Carl, you wanted a new keeper signed back then and you were of the opinion that Hart wouldn't accept it and he would want to move, you were happy for that to happen.

I think everyone wanted a new Keeper back then , such was the fruistration of watching Hart fuck up.He had no competition and thats why he let his game drop.
Pellegrini dropped him because Hart was playing SHIT.

He was dropped , he got competition , he came back strong.

Ill say it again , I was right all along and I never ever said we should sell him (Not that I recall , not even in a knee jerk match thread)

You said he would want to move on because he's a cocky, arrogant shit or words to that effect, yet despite this being your belief you still wanted a keeper signed, that tells me you were happy for him to be sold.

Which part of "this is a Bony thread" didnt you fuckign grasp ?

[PrezIke]

can't pick on bony when all of the attacking players yaya kdb sterling and navas were dogshit as well.
The service bony got was awful.
But he is an easy target and some people feel the need for a scapegoat. Despite a good result.

I agree, although that one chance from the cross he missed did show the issues that are with his lack of pace.

We were also playing him quite deep (false 9-like) to help with defence and relying on him almost as another creative attacking midfielder.

I disagree that he offers only "hold up play" when that sounds rather simplistic to describe it. Bony does have a pretty amazing touch from what I see, but I think he has been trying too hard to create some magnificent flick, as if he is also worrying about not scoring and trying to show us he has other qualities.

Problem yesterday was that Utd seemed to surround him immediately when received the ball with 2 or 3 players. This tells me they were also maybe thinking he is more focused on creating than scoring, which is not a good thing. Is it confidence or skill, or both? I think his confidence is low and it's not helping. His lack of pace also cause him issues in those situations, where he isn't making a quick turn to escape from a defender, and I do wonder if he would be better served playing in a 2 striker system as a supporting deep lying forward/false 9. Thing is don't Swansea use 1 striker, so what's going on?

He is a striker and needs to score goals. One cannot deny that. Iehanacho did look quite dangerous again as a poacher and you wonder if Bony doesn't improve his performance in his set role and we struggle to find goals after the next game or two he may wind up being dropped.

[carl_feedthegoat]

can't pick on bony when all of the attacking players yaya kdb sterling and navas were dogshit as well.
The service bony got was awful.
But he is an easy target and some people feel the need for a scapegoat. Despite a good result.

I agree, although that one chance from the cross he missed did show the issues that are with his lack of pace.

We were also playing him quite deep (false 9-like) to help with defence and relying on him almost as another creative attacking midfielder.

I disagree that he offers only "hold up play" when that sounds rather simplistic to describe it. Bony does have a pretty amazing touch from what I see, but I think he has been trying too hard to create some magnificent flick, as if he is also worrying about not scoring and trying to show us he has other qualities.

Problem yesterday was that Utd seemed to surround him immediately when received the ball with 2 or 3 players. This tells me they were also maybe thinking he is more focused on creating than scoring, which is not a good thing. Is it confidence or skill, or both? I think his confidence is low and it's not helping. His lack of pace also cause him issues in those situations, where he isn't making a quick turn to escape from a defender, and I do wonder if he would be better served playing in a 2 striker system as a supporting deep lying forward/false 9. Thing is don't Swansea use 1 striker, so what's going on?

He is a striker and needs to score goals. One cannot deny that. Iehanacho did look quite dangerous again as a poacher and you wonder if Bony doesn't improve his performance in his set role and we struggle to find goals after the next game or two he may wind up being dropped.

You could have saved yourself an essay by just stating that he was shit.

[zuricity]

can't pick on bony when all of the attacking players yaya kdb sterling and navas were dogshit as well.
The service bony got was awful.
But he is an easy target and some people feel the need for a scapegoat. Despite a good result.

I agree, although that one chance from the cross he missed did show the issues that are with his lack of pace.

We were also playing him quite deep (false 9-like) to help with defence and relying on him almost as another creative attacking midfielder.

I disagree that he offers only "hold up play" when that sounds rather simplistic to describe it. Bony does have a pretty amazing touch from what I see, but I think he has been trying too hard to create some magnificent flick, as if he is also worrying about not scoring and trying to show us he has other qualities.

Problem yesterday was that Utd seemed to surround him immediately when received the ball with 2 or 3 players. This tells me they were also maybe thinking he is more focused on creating than scoring, which is not a good thing. Is it confidence or skill, or both? I think his confidence is low and it's not helping. His lack of pace also cause him issues in those situations, where he isn't making a quick turn to escape from a defender, and I do wonder if he would be better served playing in a 2 striker system as a supporting deep lying forward/false 9. Thing is don't Swansea use 1 striker, so what's going on?

He is a striker and needs to score goals. One cannot deny that. Iehanacho did look quite dangerous again as a poacher and you wonder if Bony doesn't improve his performance in his set role and we struggle to find goals after the next game or two he may wind up being dropped.

You could have saved yourself an essay by just stating that he was shit.

PMSL !

Perhaps he has one of those THWM machines from QVC .

[Cocacolajojo1]

Can we just agree to stop using the false 9 term? I don't get it and it's irritating, because if you're a false something then you're obviously a real something else. It's like I would refer to Carl as a false Doomie, Doomie as a false Dazby and Noolie as a false Cocacolajojo.

Please?

[zuricity]

Can we just agree to stop using the false 9 term? I don't get it and it's irritating, because if you're a false something then you're obviously a real something else. It's like I would refer to Carl as a false Doomie, Doomie as a false Dazby and Noolie as a false Cocacolajojo.

Please?

Ooooh ! Touchy tonight eh ....

[PrezIke]

can't pick on bony when all of the attacking players yaya kdb sterling and navas were dogshit as well.
The service bony got was awful.
But he is an easy target and some people feel the need for a scapegoat. Despite a good result.

I agree, although that one chance from the cross he missed did show the issues that are with his lack of pace.

We were also playing him quite deep (false 9-like) to help with defence and relying on him almost as another creative attacking midfielder.

I disagree that he offers only "hold up play" when that sounds rather simplistic to describe it. Bony does have a pretty amazing touch from what I see, but I think he has been trying too hard to create some magnificent flick, as if he is also worrying about not scoring and trying to show us he has other qualities.

Problem yesterday was that Utd seemed to surround him immediately when received the ball with 2 or 3 players. This tells me they were also maybe thinking he is more focused on creating than scoring, which is not a good thing. Is it confidence or skill, or both? I think his confidence is low and it's not helping. His lack of pace also cause him issues in those situations, where he isn't making a quick turn to escape from a defender, and I do wonder if he would be better served playing in a 2 striker system as a supporting deep lying forward/false 9. Thing is don't Swansea use 1 striker, so what's going on?

He is a striker and needs to score goals. One cannot deny that. Iehanacho did look quite dangerous again as a poacher and you wonder if Bony doesn't improve his performance in his set role and we struggle to find goals after the next game or two he may wind up being dropped.

You could have saved yourself an essay by just stating that he was shit.

You're right. What was I thinking? Better to leave attempts at nuanced discussion off of a fan forum.

Me Grimlock, fool?

Me Grimlock no bozo! Me king.

Me Grimlock say execute Bony before he ruins team.

[Wooders]

I think he would play better with a strike partner myself

[iwasthere2012]

Always wondered what the M stood for in Bony - M.
No wonder they shortened it to M. Bony Malaria isn't that catchy.

[sheblue]

can't pick on bony when all of the attacking players yaya kdb sterling and navas were dogshit as well.
The service bony got was awful.
But he is an easy target and some people feel the need for a scapegoat. Despite a good result.

Go to the bottom of the class and stare at the wall for an hour.

You try score goals with the elephant man sitting on your shoulders.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Hes fuckign cow shit.

No way will Pellerini drop him for Nacho..not having spunked 28 million on the cunt.....chrost on a bike , I fuckign hate watching the bow legged cunt play for us.

[DoomMerchant]

Hes fuckign cow shit.

No way will Pellerini drop him for Nacho..not having spunked 28 million on the cunt.....chrost on a bike , I fuckign hate watching the bow legged cunt play for us.

The way he runs disgusts me. The slow ass fucker. I hate his touch. It makes me cringe.

Literally I haven't disliked a players style and contribution more in the short time I've been following City. I'm sure others will call me spoiled and trot out some old names of truly shite players from years gone by, but I only have a decade of candidates and most of this shit ones I've often just felt badly for because we outpaced them. Or they never were a fit. But Bony is not just Benjani Mark II he is even worse because the team around him is F1 and he's driving a local track go kart whereas we were getting decent when Benjani was here but we were nowhere near our level now.

Cheers

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

He's not good enough.

[bigblue]

I like him. And doomie + Carl's hatred of him is getting quite strange (especially doomie cheers)

[Pretty Boy Lee]

I like him. And doomie + Carl's hatred of him is getting quite strange (especially doomie cheers)

You watched that game and decided you like him?

He's fucking useless. Had he taken either of those two glorious chances we gave him in 1st half we go on and kill Norwich. Shocking waste of a spot

[Socrates]

Capable and physically strong striker with an eye for goal. Truth is though that he fits into our team like Jeremy Corbyn would at the CBI. Needs to go to somewhere he can prosper again and we need a new back-up for Serg.

[branny]

He has a great track record (99 career goals from 209 starts) but maybe he's just one of those players that isnt going to work out. I believe he only missed a handful of games during his time at Swansea whilst with us he's been injured more frequently and had Malaria. His strike rate with us is less than one in four. The chances he had today he snatched at. I think Pellers is trying his best to get hin firing and a lot of the play first half seemed to go through the middle. Second half i'd have taken him off instead of Nacho because he was dropping deep to get involved, then the ball was going wide and he just isn't quick enough to then get on the end of the crosses. I think he knows that this is his shot at the big time and he desperately wants to do well. Unfortunately he's probably in the worst form of his life with a transfer window just around the corner