Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers (Kick off - 8pm)

Spiritoftheseventies

everdead.ie wrote: »

Does anyone remember when they bought the league? it only cost them £17m remember the outrage?

What would 17m be in todays money.

Instant Karma

Just another word on the Hughes debate, you have to wonder now if we had moved for Mancini at the start of the season the results against Bolton, Hull, Burnley, Fulham & Wigan could have been a whole lot different. I don't believe we would have conceded half those goals.

everdead.ie

bayviewclose wrote: »

What would 17m be in todays money.

£23,439,196.94 roughly:pac:

everdead.ie

Pederson Great goal
Bent it round Richards & Given

Spiritoftheseventies

Bellamy didnt look too happy being taken off there.

Iago

what a joke of a goal, citeh drive me demented

Xavi6

Horrible touch from Kompany.

Lovely finish.

fobster

C'mon Tev! Powerhouse and a great value replacement in the FF while Drogba is away.

Spiritoftheseventies

everdead.ie wrote: »

Pederson Great goal
Bent it round Richards & Given

was wondering what was going on there. Sopcast a bit behind for some reason. only saw goal now

eagle eye

Good man Peds. Come on Rovers, lets do a Mali.:D

magma69

Sloppy slop slop of a goal to give away. Sloppier than a rather sloppy poo I made earlier.

everdead.ie

I thought Pederson had a second there good work by city defense

ctrl-alt-delete

What a difference a goal can make, Blackburn finally creating stuff, would be nice if they could keep a clean sheet for the rest of this half.

Instant Karma

City definitely lost a bit of spark since Bellamy went off alright.

noodler

bayviewclose wrote: »

Yeah Bellamy who made a lot of noise about Sparky going is giving everything down the left. But Blackburn very poor.

Whats the logic there?

Bellamy should be criticised for playing well since the new man took over?

Instant Karma

Robinho can be infuriating at times, how did he not see he was offside there, he was looking across the whole line. Definite goal had he not strayed.

Spiritoftheseventies

noodler wrote: »

Whats the logic there?

Bellamy should be criticised for playing well since the new man took over?

No but if a player is unhappy about his former manager going Mancini might feel Bellamy would feel aggrieved having to play under a new one. Like i said he has played well tonight although not sure why he got upset about being taken off. Mancini has to keep his squad players happy

noodler

bayviewclose wrote: »

No but if a player is unhappy about his former manager going Mancini might feel Bellamy would feel aggrieved having to play under a new one. Like i said he has played well tonight although not sure why he got upset about being taken off. Mancini has to keep his squad players happy

In black and white then, just for me, what is your point?

Xavi6

Selfish from RSC

Instant Karma

The Bellamy thing was blown out of all proportion. Here's an interview that should shed a bit more light on teh matter.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/Exclusive-Interview-Craig-Bellamy-I-owe-it-all-to-Mark-Hughes-but-I-ve-not-spoken-to-him-since-he-was-sacked-by-Manchester-City-article269105.html

Tech3

Santa Cruz should have squared that ball for Tevez to score certain goal.

Spiritoftheseventies

Liverpool there for the taking at the moment . Did he just say that?

everdead.ie

OMG won't say what just happened for those on sop cast

Instant Karma

Hatrick.... Delighted!!!

Xavi6

Wow

Ronaldinho v Chelsea MKII

Tech3

Tevez you beauty, FF team got a fair few points thanks to him

eagle eye

Well he deserves that in fairness. Where has he got those scoring boots from?

ctrl-alt-delete

Fantastic from Tevez, knew he was going to score when he shaped it up,

fair play to him, what a signing.

CR 7

Brilliant goal. But that celebration,:(:(:(.

Raskolnikov

Have to say this is the best I have ever seen Tevez play.

everdead.ie

eagle eye wrote: »

Well he deserves that in fairness. Where has he got those scoring boots from?

Parting gift from CR7:pac:

Spiritoftheseventies

everdead.ie wrote: »

OMG won't say what just happened for those on sop cast

Think we will have to introduce a 2 minute delay on posting goal updates so as not to spoil it for sopcast viewers

CR 7

Xavi6 wrote: »

Wow

Ronaldinho v Chelsea MKII

Maybe a slight exaggeration, but reminiscent of it alright. Ronaldinho's celebration was more........................manly?

magma69

Gonna be gas seeing the deluded United fans still maintain Berbatov is a better player. Tevez has been simply electric tonight.

Instant Karma

magma69 wrote: »

Gonna be gas seeing the deluded United fans still maintain Berbatov is a better player. Tevez has been simply electric tonight.

Sure Tevez doesn't score goals ....oh shi..

Xavi6

Of we win our game in hand we'll be only three points behind United.

Spiritoftheseventies

magma69 wrote: »

Gonna be gas seeing the deluded United fans still maintain Berbatov is a better player. Tevez has been simply electric tonight.

Defending though was poor. You expect defenders to close down a bit. But taking nothing away from the quality of the strikes. Tevez a real pro.

Ush1

Carlitos Way.
Week of the small Argentine hat tricks with Messi and Tevez........that's all really!

magma69

bayviewclose wrote: »

Defending though was poor. You expect defenders to close down a bit. But taking nothing away from the quality of the strikes. Tevez a real pro.

There is no doubting Blackburn were a shambles but you can only beat what is in front of you. Liverpool would probably have made hard work of getting the 3 points tonight so you have give credit where credit is due.

Spiritoftheseventies

magma69 wrote: »

There is no doubting Blackburn were a shambles but you can only beat what is in front of you. Liverpool would probably have made hard work of getting the 3 points tonight so you have give credit where credit is due.

Yes game between the two should be a cracker. February 21 at 3pm. You play chelsea six days later followed by Spurs at home.

Bandit12

bayviewclose wrote: »

Liverpool there for the taking at the moment . Did he just say that?

Title's there for the taking for City, make no mistake about it.

PHB

Great performance from Tevez.

I'm pretty sure it can be talked about sans United, because the arguing about the problems with Tevez would take away from his utterly outstanding performance tonight.

Bandit12

magma69 wrote: »

Gonna be gas seeing the deluded United fans still maintain Berbatov is a better player. Tevez has been simply electric tonight.

Indeed. Even funnier some poster on here maintained Owen has the better player few months back and was happier to have him instead.:o

JerryHandbag

City really throwing down the gauntlet for a top 4 spot now after all those draws.

Johner

De Jong is the image of Miguel Cotto! Well kind of!

Spiritoftheseventies

Bandit12 wrote: »

Title's there for the taking for City, make no mistake about it.

Those two games in february and game with Spurs at beginning in march will tell us a lot more. Cant see us being that charitable to be honest but that discussion for another day. Well done tevez.

magma69

Bandit12 wrote: »

Title's there for the taking for City, make no mistake about it.

Not a hope of it. They will slip up a few times similar to the way Arsenal did last year. Methinks you are getting carried away.

FedEx

Man City serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious title contenders !!!

Raskolnikov

FedEx wrote: »

Man City serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious serious title contenders !!!

I wouldn't go that far, but top 4 should definitely be the aim, especially with Liverpool in dire straights.

Spiritoftheseventies

Raskolnikov wrote: »

I wouldn't go that far, but top 4 should definitely be the aim, especially with Liverpool in dire straits.

Well we will know more come the middle of march