Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City match thread

Nailz

Fuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!

PHB

De Jong does amazing. Bale does poor.

mike65

ShooterSF wrote: »

ELP?

:pac: Well if City win he will be a Lucky Man

Raskolnikov

Oh Bale, you've done everything but score today.

Drumpot

That_Guy wrote: »

Hart's starting in goal is justified today. He's played brilliantly. I really don't understand how people can't see that.

Its because Given has done nothing to deserve being dropped and most people are confident he would of made the same saves that Harte made today .. . How cant you understand that ?

Given will not and does not want to be one of the many overpaid twat's sitting on the bench at City. If City knew they were going to start Harte they should of let Given know long before yesterday ! Like Dunne and Stephen Ireland (that did nothing to be deserving of the chop - SWP wtf!), its not hard to see why Irish People would consider City to be a completely soulless club with no regard for good players thats only sin is performing well, playing their best for the club . .

Then when you see the Likes of Lescott and Sean Wright Phillips (overhyped average english players) displacing Irish players who are better and giving more to the team, its quite simple really.

That_Guy

mike65 wrote: »

Eh? I think everyone in the media tells otherwise and have done so for a while now. Its only managers who persist with that belief

Phil Thompson said it on SSN after the first game against USA... Although I suppose he is an ex manager.

Ah Bale ya bollocks.

IvySlayer

De Jong saves Cityyyy!!

Drumpot

That_Guy wrote: »

You caved rather easily.

I think he is playing really well . . Just fed up with Sky hyping english players . .

I come here to get away from that Sh*t and just felt that it was just being regurgitated ! !

Raskolnikov

How has there not been a goal.

JohnnyRyan99

BIG TACKLE

PHB

Anyone else notice Sky being off today? The subs are messed up, but also the replays have a couple of times cut into the ongoing play. Very unlike them.

ShooterSF

mike65 wrote: »

:pac: Well if City win he will be a Lucky Man

Well recovered sir. Well recovered indeed.

eagle eye

Just backed City now, have a feeling Adebayor is gonna score. And if he does get one, I'm backing the draw immediately.

doc_17

Too slow Ya-Ya. Again

Raskolnikov

Gio has looked real lively since he has come on.

JohnnyRyan99

eagle eye wrote: »

Just backed City now, have a feeling Adebayor is gonna score. And if he does get one, I'm backing the draw immediately.

What Price?

That_Guy

Drumpot wrote: »

Its because Given has done nothing to deserve being dropped and most people are confident he would of made the same saves that Harte made today .. . How cant you understand that ?

Given will not and does not want to be one of the many overpaid twat's sitting on the bench at City. Like Dunne and Stephen Ireland (that did nothing to be deserving of the chop - SWP wtf!), its not hard to see why Irish People would consider City to be a completely soulless club with no regard for good players thats only sin is performing well, playing their best for the club . .

Then when you see the Likes of Lescott and Sean Wright Phillips (overhyped average english players) displacing Irish players who are better and giving more to the team, its quite simple really.

Given hasn't done anything wrong no. But Hart, having been named keeper of the year last season hasn't done anything wrong to not warrant a place in goal.

Given is a top quality keeper. No doubt about it but Hart is also a quality keeper and is definitely one for the future and I can understand the reasoning behind Mancini's decision to start him goal.

You're anti-English nature, as I've said before is extremely tiresome.

doc_17

C'mon Spurs...Don't want my accumulator lost even befor 3pm

eagle eye

Drumpot wrote: »

Fair enough . .

Will Given get the move ?

I hope so, I'd love to see him go to Arsenal tbh. He deserves to get to play CL football.

That_Guy

PHB wrote: »

Anyone else notice Sky being off today? The subs are messed up, but also the replays have a couple of times cut into the ongoing play. Very unlike them.

Bit rusty after the long hiatus. Don't worry, 3 weeks and they'll be grand.

eagle eye

JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »

What Price?

Just better than 7/1 when I did it.

Drumpot

eagle eye wrote: »

Just backed City now, have a feeling Adebayor is gonna score. And if he does get one, I'm backing the draw immediately.

Even as a city fan, do you not hate Adebayer ? 20+ Mil and he hasnt exactly been value for money . . Handy to have against Arsenal though, you will never see a player run faster from one end of the pitch to another !

Carlos_Ray

That_Guy wrote: »

Of course the media over hype things but FFS, if you can't form your own opinion of a player then there's no hope for you.
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Yea he's had a good game, he's a good keeper. We all know that, however, I still don't think that Shay Given (one of the top 3 keepers in the premier league for years), who has played consistantly the way Hart has played today, deserves to be relegated to sub keeper. Thats my opinion.

JohnnyRyan99

Maybe one of those guys people love to hate.. But as a City fan i adore De Jong!

PHB

Gareth Bale really reminds me of Beckham

Rikand

somebody needs to tell Pavy that he has teammates and he can use them.

Biggest anti-climax ever. (Stupid stream)

Raskolnikov

Give us a winner.

eagle eye

Drumpot wrote: »

Even as a city fan, do you not hate Adebayer ? 20+ Mil and he hasnt exactly been value for money . . Handy to have against Arsenal though !

Obviously you don't have sigs on, I'm not a City fan.

ShooterSF

JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »

Maybe one of those guys people love to hate.. But as a City fan i adore De Jong!

Ya have to be at a big club to be a "love to hate" player :P :P

MementoMori

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Give us a winner.

No give us a draw !!!!

mike65

Of all the games on today I had this down for the most goaltastic

FT 0-0

Sideshow Mark

Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U & Chelsea will be watching this and thinking, is that it? Both teams disappointed today.

Insect Overlord

Best goal-less draw I've ever seen.

JohnnyRyan99

ShooterSF wrote: »

Ya have to be at a big club to be a "love to hate" player :P :P

Ye look at Robbie Savage sure:rolleyes:

That_Guy

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

Yea he's had a good game, he's a good keeper. We all know that, however, I still don't think that Shay Given (one of the top 3 keepers in the premier league for years), who has played consistantly the way Hart has played today, deserves to be relegated to sub keeper. Thats my opinion.

And he'll move on. If Arsenal don't go for him I'll be very surprised. As a Newcastle fan I've always wanted Shay to do well. Justified his move away from us and hopefully he'll be playing CL football this year with Arsenal.

Nailz

Tottenham would be disappointed, City should be happy with that, by all right they should have been beaten.

PHB

I thought Spurs looked very good myself. Although still think that they lack that world class striker that United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal have. Giovanni looks like he could start fulfilling his potential.

Really enjoyable game of football though, how I love the premiership and how **** the world cup was

Drumpot

eagle eye wrote: »

Obviously you don't have sigs on, I'm not a City fan.

How do you turn sigs on ? (Im 32 going on 90!)

MementoMori

mike65 wrote: »

Of all the games on today I had this down for the most goaltastic

FT 0-0

Good result for Liverpool in the race for fourth.

'Arry to kill someone (probably Joe Harte) and fingers crossed Mancini to stick with these defensive tactics (has to view this as a point gained)

ShooterSF

JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »

Ye look at Robbie Savage sure:rolleyes:

Earned his reputation during his time with United clearly..

(:P)

everdead.ie

Dissapointing not to get it in the net Really feels like 2 dropped today

eagle eye

Drumpot wrote: »

How do you turn sigs on ? (Im 32 going on 90!)

User CP at the top of the page, goto edit options, tick show signatures and save.

steelcityblues

Man City may have spent the most money on the midfield, but its definitely where they looked the most vulnerable today!

JohnnyRyan99

ShooterSF wrote: »

Earned his reputation during his time with United clearly..

(:P)

And De Jong got his playing in the WC final for Holland

redzerdrog

didnt see todays game how did modric play???

That_Guy

Good game to kick off the new season. Spurs will be kicking themselves and City will count themselves lucky to have earned anything from that shocking display.

Good to have the footy back and a wee bit o' arguments in the ol' match threads.

Oh how I've missed this.

Carlos_Ray

That_Guy wrote: »

And he'll move on. If Arsenal don't go for him I'll be very surprised. As a Newcastle fan I've always wanted Shay to do well. Justified his move away from us and hopefully he'll be playing CL football this year with Arsenal.

I agree. I really hope he gets the Arsenal move and doesn't end up at Celtic or Fulham, he's far too good for those teams ( no disrespect).

everdead.ie

redzerdrog wrote: »

didnt see todays game how did modric play???

Played very well beside Huddlestone in CM kept things ticking over popped up everywhere and still was back to do his defensive duty's. All I can say is I'm delighted I don't have to wait a week for our next match

Nailz

Mancini's voice!