*** City v Everton match thread ***

[Mase]

Can someone sum up the first 80 mins? Been in college all day.

Kolarov went off early on. That's the most important information you need to know.

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Can someone sum up the first 80 mins? Been in college all day.

Kolarov went off early on. That's the most important information you need to know.

That good eh?

[FA cup winners 2006]

Can someone sum up the first 80 mins? Been in college all day.

Everton deservadly took the lead, dzeko pulled down in the box for a peno to equalise, 1-1 at half time, we much more on top in the 2nd half but nothing clear cut

[FA cup winners 2006]

again we look like we have never played together, what goes on in training that we cannot seem to play with any fluidity at all

[phips]

Pretty poor 2nd half performance. we had the ball most of the time and applied a lot of pressure but Howard had only one save to make: Maicon's drive right at him.

[Sideshow Bob]

i blame dzeko!!!

[Blue In Bolton]

That was shite.

[Cocacolajojo1]

They did it to us again. Having Probert as a ref never helps but Everton sure know how to play us. Fair play.

[Superbia]

Mancini can fuck right off what the fucks he doing in training has not a fucking clue

[Tony P]

Tough game. Nowhere near our best, but avoided defeat to bogie team. It's all Lescott's fault anyway.

[sheblue]

howard only had one save to make in the whole second half, and that was against our right back.

[Dameerto]

We look so fucling rusty passing the ball sometimes, especially compared to them today. I was frustrated with that second half. And what the heckw as Zabs doing giving away a freekick on the edge of our box with two mins of regular time to go?

[phips]

Having Probert as a ref never helps

No idea what you saw from him today.....
plus, we're now 6-1-0 in the last 7 he's ref'd for us. not bad.

[Nick]

fucks me off and you can see from the starting 11.

1) Maicon is shite
2) Kolorov is shite (But went off after a couple of minutes anyway)
3) Dzeko is shite from the start

Everybody knows these 3 points.

4) Aguero is looking wank at the moment.

When the FUCK is clichy back. He better be back for the derby or we're fucked.

5) Yaya is off form.
6) Nasri played well.

[aaron bond]

Everton is always a tough game but too many of our players were poor today.

Yaya and Dzeko put in 2 of the worst performances I've seen in years from a City player. Just dreadful.

Dzeko is a sub at best. He's had plenty of chances and he's shit every time he starts. No idea why Tevez was subbed instead of him.

Yaya has to be dropped. He was simply awful today. His passing was all over the place but the thing that annoys me the most about him is the sheer lack of effort at times. When Everton counter-attacked, he just simply walked back or maybe there was a slight jog. Other players sprint back but he just can't be arsed. He's done that ever since he's been here and it really pisses me off.

I really hope Milner is back soon. We need his energy in the middle as that's where Everton won many of the battles today.

[sheblue]

sell dzeko in jan

[Cocacolajojo1]

Having Probert as a ref never helps

No idea what you saw from him today.....
plus, we're now 6-1-0 in the last 7 he's ref'd for us. not bad.

Im sorry, I don't get that comment.

To clarify: Probert never gives us anything more than the absolutely necessary.

[Beefymcfc]

They did it to us again. Having Probert as a ref never helps but Everton sure know how to play us. Fair play.

I think that's what's got to be said, fair play to Everton. I enjoyed the first 20 of the 2nd half but then it seemed the ref would stop play for any reason whatsoever. That break where Zab's got hit by Fellaini really pissed me off. We probed and tried to push them but they stood firm in defence, a typical lower league type of team that we're coming up against so often now, trying to take something on the break.

The bonus, we didn't get beat by our Bogey team. The negative, I had to listen to Setanta who may as well have had Toffee flags flying above their commentary box.

Mancini can fuck right off what the fucks he doing in training has not a fucking clue

And, twice you've tried it for some attention. Well done. Your username does not suit you.

[Dameerto]

Dzeko played for the team today, thought he did ok but he'll get slated as usual - Yaya was in a deeper role again so isn't off form if you were expecting him to barnstorm into their penalty area - thought our midfield did ok in general, even Nasri - there was team work and effort but the passing through out the team was below par and we didn't threaten them anywhere near enough in the second half.

[london blue 2]

First 20 of the second half we were good, only one tem was going to score.

Until they started diving and the ref bought every fucking one. Very frustrating and completely killed our rhythm and momentum.