wigan v city official match thread

[carl_feedthegoat]

SHAMBLES - UTTER FUCKING SHAMBLES.

THE WHOLE TEAM HAS BEEN SHITE.

[Citylee]

shit half

lescott and richards fucking dire, losing every header and bullied off the ball every time

SWP has done well

Tevez done fuck all, Ade likewise

Spot on... Sort it out Hughes..

[citytilidie]

Absolutely shocking by Shay Given.. even hopeless Hart would of stopped that. Up against it now.. can't see us scoring.. no shots all half! Bollocks!

what could shay have done about that?? he was at full stretch?!

[Citylee]

Absolutely shocking by Shay Given.. even hopeless Hart would of stopped that. Up against it now.. can't see us scoring.. no shots all half! Bollocks!

The goal wasn't Shay fault... poor marker... poor defending ... yet again.

[The Original Special One]

shit half

lescott and richards fucking dire, losing every header and bullied off the ball every time

SWP has done well

Tevez done fuck all, Ade likewise

Good summary

I think Wigan's last two attacks are just a cameo of what an absolute disaster 'Laurel and Hardy' have been for us today
(the problem is, everybody here, apart from the most jingoistic cheerleaders, knew they'd be a problem for us so why couldn't Hughes see that)

[trueblue64]

We will find it hard now, hughes has to change it at half time I feel Wigan will now shut up shop and counter.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Absolutely shocking by Shay Given.. even hopeless Hart would of stopped that. Up against it now.. can't see us scoring.. no shots all half! Bollocks!

what could shay have done about that?? he was at full stretch?!

It's quite simple, he practices it every day. You have to have firm hands and knock the ball away from goal.
A mistake plain and simple.

[Beeks]

Absolutely shocking by Shay Given.. even hopeless Hart would of stopped that. Up against it now.. can't see us scoring.. no shots all half! Bollocks!

what could shay have done about that?? he was at full stretch?!

Exactly...WTF are you on about Craig!?

[Chinners]

The goal was down to Richards, no question, pathetic attempt at a tackle.

[Sister of fu]

Absolutely shocking by Shay Given.. even hopeless Hart would of stopped that. Up against it now.. can't see us scoring.. no shots all half! Bollocks!

Utter bollocks post. What should he have done???

[blues-clues]

Need a change of attitude and system.

Get Ireland and Weiss on. They are vulnerable down the flanks but we are not exploiting it at all. SWP and Petrov should be killing them but it isn't happening. Distribution from DeJong and Barry is non existent and Tevez is running around but not really making enough happen.

[bluemoon]

Half-Time Ratings -

Given - 6
Zabaletta - 6
Richards - 6
Lescott - 5
Bridge - 5
De Jong - 7
Barry - 5
SWP - 7
Petrov - 5
Tevez - 5
Adebayor - 7

Can Superman save us now??????

[petrov]

cb's are shit, theres this Dunne fella at Villa whose doing very well maybe we should sign him up. Poor half.

[The Original Special One]

....to be fair, Alan Wiley COULD do with losing a pound,.....or TWENTY

Maybe he should ask Andy Reid for some tips!

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Here's the problem, Hughes chooses his favourite system from Blackburn era of 4-4-2 with two deep lying miedfielders and wingers pushing forward which efectively means only four players attacking. WHY? Against bleeding Wigan??? If we are going to try and give top 4 run for their money we need to go to places like Wigan looking for win.

Wigan obviously quickly figured out our plan and their fullbacks are lying deep meaning we have no chance of creating anything. That goal was accident waiting to happen. They are going to defend with ten men now and it's going to be real uphill struggle.

Take Barry off and throw Ireland in as the gap between central midfielders and strikers is HUGE now. We need playmaker on the pitch ASAP.

[The Original Special One]

cb's are shit, theres this Dunne fella at Villa whose doing very well maybe we should sign him up. Poor half.

lol

[Redna]

Where is the movement without ball. You can't stood still and play football. Football isn't a ballgame it's a game of running.
CTID!!

[citytilidie]

Need a change of attitude and system.

Get Ireland and Weiss on. They are vulnerable down the flanks but we are not exploiting it at all. SWP and Petrov should be killing them but it isn't happening. Distribution from DeJong and Barry is non existent and Tevez is running around but not really making enough happen.

id debate putting weiss on, this game is about muscle, more likely to see RSC

[The Original Special One]

Here's the problem, Hughes chooses his favourite system from Blackburn era of 4-4-2 with two deep lying miedfielders and wingers pushing forward which efectively means only four players attacking. WHY? Against bleeding Wigan??? If we are going to try and give top 4 run for their money we need to go to places like Wigan looking for win.

Wigan obviously quickly figured out our plan and their fullbacks are lying deep meaning we have no chance of creating anything. That goal was accident waiting to happen. They are going to defend with ten men now and it's going to be real uphill struggle.

Take Barry off and throw Ireland in as the gap between central midfielders and strikers is HUGE now. We need playmaker on the pitch ASAP.

Good analysis, NQ,...although he might be forced to take De Jong off: far too many sloppy tackles for me so far

Although I suspect Hughes plan was to bring on Ireland by the 70th minute at latest, if we needed creative touches to break down a stubborn defence.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Need a change of attitude and system.

Get Ireland and Weiss on. They are vulnerable down the flanks but we are not exploiting it at all. SWP and Petrov should be killing them but it isn't happening. Distribution from DeJong and Barry is non existent and Tevez is running around but not really making enough happen.

id debate putting weiss on, this game is about muscle, more likely to see RSC

NO.

WIGAN's game is about muscle and we shouldn't lower to their level. If that's the way we are going to play then we are guaranteed to lose this game. We need to start playing balls on the deck and put their central defence under pressure.