Ted Hughes wrote:The sending off made the difference between a back 9 & a back 10. Not that much.
But let's not ignore it; WBA did exactly the job today, that sides did for Ferguson,. time & again, when they needed a bit of confidence. I described it to a rag mate, & the fucker pissed himself, knowing exactly 100% what I meant. They were sent from heaven. We slaughter teams for it at the swamp, rightly, & that was WBA today.
But that shouldn't detract from a lot of good stuff imo. We still would have struggled v a decent number of PL sides, but there was a fair bit of attitude shown by some of our 'big' players. That's a big plus imo. Aguero was a right greedy cunt, but he clearly cared & Silva gave the same impression.
Also Bony showed how it is actually possible for City to play 1-2s on the edge of the box without always losing the ball & imo that all of our strikers previously, have been totally shite at doing it.
What a pity Jovetic is most likely doomed. Bony is the bloke he has been passing to in his dreams & I'm sure given time, they would link up.
Fernando was exactly the same as he always is. No better, no worse. He is still finding his feet, same as Mangala.
Zabba looked more lively going forward & was fucking hopleless defensively. His defensive positioning was fucking terrible on several occasions.
Navas, was fucking great.
Ted Hughes wrote:
Fernando was exactly the same as he always is. No better, no worse. He is still finding his feet, same as Mangala.
Nige wrote:Fernando still looks shit scared when on the ball. Also, pointless 5 yard sideways passes are his default rather than trying to take responsibility and carry the ball. I'm happy for CDMs to do that when under pressure but yesterday he had acres of space and still treated the ball like a hot potato.
Better than Garcia though.
Mase wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:
Fernando was exactly the same as he always is. No better, no worse. He is still finding his feet, same as Mangala.
Are you kidding? You could tell how much confidence Fernando had yesterday compared to playing next to Yaya. He was always looking to give his team mates and option and getting forward a lot more. He's fuckin quality!
The problem is some City fans still want a Joey Barton or Nigel de Jong who is happy to just sit there and boot people and nothing else.
Blue Since 76 wrote:I think it's impossible to determine anything, good or bad, from any of the players yesterday as most of it was like attack vs defence training. We didn't even need to worry about retaining the ball, as they had no interest in coming out, so were able to play more risky passes.
Hopefully it's improved our confidence, but I thought that about the second half against Stoke and then the Newcastle game. The only good point is that the next game is against Pardew, so hopefully Pellegrini still bears a grudge
Ted Hughes wrote:Blue Since 76 wrote:I think it's impossible to determine anything, good or bad, from any of the players yesterday as most of it was like attack vs defence training. We didn't even need to worry about retaining the ball, as they had no interest in coming out, so were able to play more risky passes.
Hopefully it's improved our confidence, but I thought that about the second half against Stoke and then the Newcastle game. The only good point is that the next game is against Pardew, so hopefully Pellegrini still bears a grudge
It will be interesting to see how they perform now we are away from UEFA again.
I think the Champions' League to City players, is like a little kid waiting outside the headmaster's office.
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