4 draws but what about the opposition?

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

It's not just style of football opposition play. Personally I think we have been extremely lucky to get anything out of those three games and we were generally the worse side.

[simon12]

After reading some of the posts today no one has mentioned about the negative play of the opposing teams.
Yes we have drawn 4 prem games on the trot now and it is a cause for concern, but 3 of those games City were away from home.
Granted we let ourselves down against Fulham and in recent matches against them they are our thorn in the side to play against.
Its getting quite obvious now that the opposition are playing tight and scrappy football against us.Hoping they can grab something out of the game.Its not nice to watch but im afraid its going to happen alot this season.Last season the football was more open because other teams didnt have fear of defeat playing against us.
Teams in the top 4 get the same treatment but they have had to put up with this shite negative crap for yrs..They have the know how to be patient and unlock the door to get a goal and grab the 3 points.
We are not upto that level yet and deffo not used to it.
Looking at the stats on todays game we had the upper hand in all areas but currently didnt have the edge to kill off the Brum.


Birmingham City Statistics Manchester City
0 Goals 0
0 1st Half Goals 0
5 Shots on Target 4
4 Shots off Target 6
1 Blocked Shots 3
4 Corners 8
10 Fouls 11
5 Offsides 4
2 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
59.5 Passing Success 71.6
26 Tackles 16
69.2 Tackles Success 75
43.4 Possession 56.6
45.5 Territorial Advantage 54.5

I dont think the manager got alot wrong today.He played all our inform players.Would a young kid like Weiss change the game? In reality i doubt it.
We are going to get plenty more of this treatment in future matches and it is upto the players to make a stand and dont let the frustration get the better of them..Like i said earlier the top 4 have put up with negative play from opposition for yrs.Its time for us to do the same.
We have the quality but patience in play is the key.

Agree with most of what you said except the part about Weiss. I think most of us agree that SWP's form has been very poor lately and the manager should try something different. SWP is involved a lot but he can't beat defenders anymore and his
crosses have been mostly very bad. I think MH should either put Tevez on the right or give Weiss a chance. Would it have hurt to
put in Vlad yesterday in the last 15 minutes ??
One more thing, why wasn't Benjani on the bench. With the form that RSC is in, Benji would have been the logical sub. He couldn't
have doen any worse than RSC !!

I thought Johnno & Weiss were the logical subs yesterday