Manchester City Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2011/2012

D2D

Europa League games on ESPN aren't available to watch in Ireland due to rights restrictions. 3e and Setanta have the rights for Ireland

karma_

Looks like a nasty injury there.

KittyeeTrix

Damn it... YaYa misses the next game:(

KittyeeTrix

Dzeko can be so infuriating at times!!!!

Lol at the City fans booing Hulk.. In fairness for such a big bloke he falls down fierce easily


DZEKO.....:D

Edit: wouldn't ya know he scores as I'm typing.... Haha

KittyeeTrix

Rolando off for Porto:D

KittyeeTrix

City on the rampage now like they did against United.... A goal for Silva and Pizzarro!!!

Agg city 6 Porto 1:D

karma_

Excellent performance, we can all be happy with this nights work! Shame about Yaya, but its great to have him back from the ACN.

Xavi6

Didn't see the game due to the unholy kick off time but the highlights looked great.

Sexy through balls all over the place and clinical finishing. Good to see Pizarro bag a goal and an assist.

SEPT 23 1989

Missed this due to the ESPN channel not working

rang sky they thought there was something wrong with the channel

knew nothing about rights restrictions

Anyway great result and we dont need Tevez

amiable

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/23/manchester-city-hulk-unsporting-porto?newsfeed=true

The opportunity for Manchester City's supporters was too good to pass up. Their team were on their way to a 4-0 win against Porto and the opposition had a striker going by the name of Hulk who was showing signs of frustration. "You're not incredible," the home fans sang.

Hulk, real name Givanildo Vieira de Souza, certainly did not look like he had superhuman powers as Sergio Agüero inspired City to a 4-0 victory to send them into the next round of the Europa League with an aggregate 6-1 victory.

Porto, however, have not seen the funny side. The Portuguese club are now preparing an official complaint in which they will ask Uefa to open disciplinary charges against the Premier League leaders – and they are denying it has anything to do with an apparent humour bypass.

Rui Cerqueira, the club's spokesman, said the matter would be reported on the grounds that City's supporters had acted in an improper way. Hulk had also been targeted with chants of "cheat" because of the Brazilian's tendency to look for free-kicks and Porto will claim he was the victim of unsporting behaviour that warrants an official investigation.

The allegations have been met with bewilderment at the Etihad Stadium where they could be forgiven for wondering if it is tit-for-tat retaliation after what happened when the two teams met at the Estádio do Dragão last week. Uefa has opened a disciplinary case after two of City's black players, Mario Balotelli and Yaya Touré, were racially abused – just as Didier Drogba and William Gallas were when they played there for Chelsea in 2004.

Porto, however, have made it clear they are outraged by City lodging a complaint. The Porto version of events that it was actually both sets of supporters chanting in support of Hulk and "Kun" Agüero. "Kun, Kun, Kun; Hulk, Hulk, Hulk," Cerqueira said at the time, demonstrating the chants. "These can be easily confused with racist chants."

All of which was a strange explanation given that Agüero was not even on the pitch at the time. Incredible, you could say.

karma_

amiable wrote: »

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/23/manchester-city-hulk-unsporting-porto?newsfeed=true

Now that is incredible!

mike65

Just saw that, a bit rich very bloody outrageous when racist chants and monkey noises were the order in the reverse fixture.

KittyeeTrix

I wasn't impressed at all with yer man Hulk...... Size of him and he fell like he was Peter Crouch's weight/size

Every players tries to overact for a decision now and again but this fella for his size took the biscuit imo:o

ironbluedun

Xavi6 wrote: »

Didn't see the game due to the unholy kick off time but the highlights looked great.

Well it was not great, far from it. The scoreline was very flattering to say the least, against a better team we would have been in trouble, very possibly beaten. Even considering the poor weather conditions we were still very sloppy at times and gave the ball away too cheaply. Porto just had not got enough upfront to make us pay.
Form still not what it was, there is still room for improvement. It is no wonder Mancini wants Tevez back.

Xavi6

Saw this pic today :eek:

Possibly nsfw

Gillington

Xavi6 wrote: »

Saw this pic today :eek:

Possibly nsfw

I was wondering where my jeresey went,she musta taken it on Sunday morning!

blueser

Xavi6 wrote: »

Saw this pic today :eek:

Possibly nsfw

Xavi6

If you're on Facebook this is the page for you -

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manchester-City-Girls/226365990758262

KittyeeTrix

Xavi6 wrote: »

Saw this pic today :eek:

Possibly nsfw

Feck ya Xavi6, you knew I wasn't comfortable with my picture being put up here for all to see:(



































I wish!!:D

Morzadec

Lads apparently you can get 2/1 on Balotelli not getting a red card over lent...

Does this not seem like a very very good price?!

http://backpagefootball.com/featured/irish-bookmaker-offers-odds-on-torres-to-abstain-from-scoring-during-lent/

Xavi6

They're all very good prices on that site

SEPT 23 1989

Toffs are now selling this



http://www.toffs.com/Manchester-City-1989-1990-Brother-Home-Retro-Shirt/productinfo/1426/

Xavi6

The OS has had it for a while as well, definitely want one.

SEPT 23 1989

Xavi6 wrote: »

The OS has had it for a while as well, definitely want one.

I had one when they came out but without the sponsor,then a few years later i cut the crest off it and got the mother to sew it onto a wolly hat because you could literally get no city stuff over here:D

ironbluedun

Morzadec wrote: »

Lads apparently you can get 2/1 on Balotelli not getting a red card over lent...

Does this not seem like a very very good price?!

not getting a a red card, that should be 1/5 at least........:D

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Any streams for the match today?

SEPT 23 1989

niallo24 wrote: »

Any streams for the match today?

http://nirsports.yolasite.com/

SEPT 23 1989

C'mon City

KittyeeTrix

Ryodinho!! Lol:D

Johnson not his usual sharp self and Clattenburg ignoring the constant shirt pulling/hanging out of Balo:(

KittyeeTrix

Goddamn it!!!! How are we not a bucketful of goals up yet

SEPT 23 1989

KittyeeTrix wrote: »

Goddamn it!!!! How are we not a bucketful of goals up yet

I thought after the first five minutes we were going to give them a real hiding:(

KittyeeTrix

Definitely happy to see that 2nd goal:)

SEPT 23 1989

I would like to see them drug tested after the match:D

Xavi6

19 :cool:

G.K.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV1t5S-QLow

shadowcomplex

Would ye guys accept the loss of Aquero to Real Madrid if ye could get Cavani as his repalcement?

Xavi6

Absolutely not, Aguero has proven himself in the Premiership and for me is one of the best strikers in world football.

Him AND Cavani would be acceptable.

shadowcomplex

Xavi6 wrote: »

Absolutely not, Aguero has proven himself in the Premiership and for me is one of the best strikers in world football.

Him AND Cavani would be acceptable.

well if ye keep Aquero and get in Cavani or Vpersie as Teves's replacement I cant see Edin Dzeko sticking around as 4th choice unless all he cares about is the money

KittyeeTrix

shadowcomplex wrote: »

well if ye keep Aquero and get in Cavani or Vpersie as Teves's replacement I cant see Edin Dzeko sticking around as 4th choice unless all he cares about is the money

KittyeeTrix

Anyone know what channels the City game is on this evening??

James__10

Whats the story with Owen Hargreaves? He doesen't even get a game for the reserves

SEPT 23 1989

KittyeeTrix wrote: »

Anyone know what channels the City game is on this evening??

ITV 4

Setanta

Xavi6

Fookin 2am kick off on a school night for me :rolleyes:

KittyeeTrix

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

ITV 4

Setanta

Cheers Sept 23 1989........

I'm stuck in college studying for an exam tomorrow morning and was thinking of watching it on the Eircom hub thingy but I cannot seem to get it working:(

kryogen

James__10 wrote: »

Whats the story with Owen Hargreaves? He doesen't even get a game for the reserves

lol
I highly doubt City were stupid enough to sign him expecting him to play, they are petty of course, but not totally stupid.

Crann na Beatha

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Aquila

Aquila wrote: »

Is city's game today televised?if so,what station is showing it?

Setanta Ireland & ITV4

KittyeeTrix

Kompany hobbling apparently:(

Damn...

He's gone off the pitch.

shadowcomplex

KittyeeTrix wrote: »

Kompany hobbling apparently:(

Damn...

He's gone off the pitch.

yes

karma_

KittyeeTrix wrote: »

Kompany hobbling apparently:(

Damn...

He's gone off the pitch.

Not good news, not at all.