Manchester City Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017 Mod warning post # 1403

Xavi6

Happy Anniversary folks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_DfmnDcxi0

JohnnyRyan99

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

F*cking RTE commentary is pissing me off, they are absolutely eulogizing about Ajax, in a completely over the top fashion, and then when City score they sound crest fallen. Wouldn't get this if United were playing. Yeah a few nice passing movements by Ajax, but we were hardly on the rack.

Xavi6

Delicious finish from Nasri. It was against the run of play to be fair but should help us settle.

mike65

So much money.....Poulson looking comfortable at the base of the Ajax midfield.

allybhoy

Xavi6 wrote: »

Delicious finish from Nasri. It was against the run of play to be fair but should help us settle.

Wrong again

Xavi6

Good finish from De Jong, they've had 60% possession and been the better side for the most part.

Look forward to welcoming more of my hoops buddies to the thread later on.

karma_

Xavi6 wrote: »

Good finish from De Jong, they've had 60% possession and been the better side for the most part.

Look forward to welcoming more of my hoops buddies to the thread later on.

In fairness, you only have yourself to blame for that.

As for the match, we've been comfortable for the most part and once again suffer the lack of concentration at the back, we had two players being very pedestrian getting back to cover that cross, otherwise it could have been easily defended. Disappointing because we need these three points.

allybhoy

Xavi6 wrote: »

Good finish from De Jong, they've had 60% possession and been the better side for the most part.

Look forward to welcoming more of my hoops buddies to the thread later on.

Nope, wont hear from me again, ive better things to do than troll against fans of a team i have zero interest in...just proving a point.

Xavi6

allybhoy wrote: »

Nope, wont hear from me again, ive better things to do than troll against fans of a team i have zero interest in...just proving a point.

Clearly you don't seeing as you took the time to post here...

Point well made caller.

thegreengoblin

niallo24 wrote: »

F*cking RTE commentary is pissing me off, they are absolutely eulogizing about Ajax, in a completely over the top fashion, and then when City score they sound crest fallen. Wouldn't get this if United were playing. Yeah a few nice passing movements by Ajax, but we were hardly on the rack.

Yeah, where's Niall Quinn when you need him...

lubo_moravcik

Xavi6 wrote: »

Good finish from De Jong, they've had 60% possession and been the better side for the most part.

Look forward to welcoming more of my hoops buddies to the thread later on.

What's the score?

Xavi6

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

What's the score?

Lol the fact you're now thread stalking is hilarious. Thought you bhoys would be better than that

Dempsey

mancini must be close to the sack at this stage.

Xavi6

Dempsey wrote: »

mancini must be close to the sack at this stage.

You might not be far wrong. Given the money spent and the understandable expectations, not getting out of the group for a second time would be a disaster.

Depends whether the 'Group of Death' excuse flies again with the owners.

EDIT: 3-1, that's that so. Terrible again.

padd b1975

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

What's the score?

Ajax 3-1 City. Latest.:)

born2bwild

Ooops - not looking good for the Sheikh's investment

Peppa Pig

Dempsey wrote: »

Mancini must be close to the sack at this stage.

Well just listening to George Hamilton there - I didn't realise that Mancini's european record was so poor given the teams he has had and the money at his disposal.

Abramovich is quick to dispense with managers, these Arabs may be the same

Dempsey

Xavi6 wrote: »

You might not be far wrong. Given the money spent and the understandable expectations, not getting out of the group for a second time would be a disaster.

Depends whether the 'Group of Death' excuse flies again with the owners.

hate to quote the rte lads but they had a point in the dortmund match, they are a collection of great individuals but not a team and no real game plan. thats all on mancini and his coaching staff.

do you think that should be an excuse considering the way manc played the 1st half tonight? i wouldnt

double GG

Talking about sacking him is crazy.

Xavi6

Dempsey wrote: »

hate to quote the rte lads but they had a point in the dortmund match, they are a collection of great individuals but not a team and no real game plan. thats all on mancini and his coaching staff.

do you think that should be an excuse considering the way manc played the 1st half tonight? i wouldnt

To call them a collection of individuals is a bit unfair given how many times they've pulled results out of nowhere at this stage.

There is something fundamentally wrong though when they keep getting in to those situations in the first place. This three at the back nonsense is doing him no favours either.

double GG wrote: »

Talking about sacking him is crazy.

Is it? It depends on what the preseason expectations were.

lubo_moravcik

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol the fact you're now thread stalking is hilarious. Thought you bhoys would be better than that

Thread stalking??? I only came into ask the score. how many posts do you have in that other thread?? :rolleyes:

Hank Scorpio

Should be a penalty there

Peppa Pig

Hooray - Mad Mario coming on - great entertainment coming up. He'll either get a hat trick or be sent off

Sparks43

If George Hamilton mentions Citys comeback on the last day of the season one more time .I WILL hunt him down, rip off his arm and beat him to death with the wet end


One of the most irritating commentators i have ever had the displeasure to listen to:mad:

Xavi6

66/1 for a City win :pac:

Might help City in the league getting knocked out.

Takes years to mix it with the big boys in the CL

Dempsey

Xavi6 wrote: »

To call them a collection of individuals is a bit unfair given how many times they've pulled results out of nowhere at this stage.

There is something fundamentally wrong though when they keep getting in to those situations in the first place. This three at the back nonsense is doing him no favours either.



Is it? It depends on what the preseason expectations were.

there is a definite lack of cohesion in how they play for me. it seems to be alot of individual brilliance over great team moves that gets them those goals i think.

ye'll be doing well to finish 3rd now i think

Crackle

Sparks43 wrote: »

If George Hamilton mentions Citys comeback on the last day of the season one more time .I WILL hunt him down, rip off his arm and beat him to death with the wet end

You better get used to it. He was still going on about Barcelona 99 during United games years after, despite the fact that majority had moved on long ago.

Gbear

double GG wrote: »

Talking about sacking him is crazy.

He did the bare minimum with City.

He had to win the league with those assets at his disposal. Not doing so would've been sheer incompetence.
City have the 3rd best team in the world, and that's largely to do with freaks like Messi and Ronaldo who are so much better than anyone else that they massively skew the overall quality of Barca and Real.

What do City fans think of Mancini, not only on this board, but in general?

Obviously not a City fan but I don't really have an axe to grind against them. I don't particularly respect their achievements (given the resources available) but I don't begrudge the City fans some silverware and I like almost all City's players.

It seems fairly likely that Mourinho will become free during the summer.
Himself and Rafa are CL winning managers. Guardiola will be available too, but I think he has a little bit to prove away from a system running throughout the club so singularly geared to him. Where do City turn next?

SomethingElse

Xavi6 wrote: »

66/1 for a City win :pac:

Enjoying your glorious defeat much? You gave stick last night when a club like Celtic, who can't complete with the player pool City have available, came within seconds of getting a result in the Nou Camp. What do you think about City being embarrassed tonight? It's the manager's fault, yes?

klose

Dunphy is right, ye need Martin o Neil :pac:

Seaneh

According to Dunphy Martin O'Neill is a better coach than Mancinni and Mario Balotelli is a terrible player.

What a ****ing spoofer.

Seaneh

Seaneh wrote: »

According to Dunphy Martin O'Neill is a better coach than Mancinni and Mario Balotelli is a terrible player.

What a ****ing spoofer.

Suprised people still take Dunphy seriously..

MUSEIST

RTE is just hilarious. The amount of bull**** is immense

willmunny1990

Dunphy at his best tonight.

Xavi6

SomethingElse wrote: »

Enjoying your glorious defeat much? You gave stick last night when a club like Celtic, who can't complete with the player pool City have available, came within seconds of getting a result in the Nou Camp. What do you think about City being embarrassed tonight? It's the manager's fault, yes?

You Celtic lads are becoming a tad obsessive

To answer the question though, it's the manager and the players. The players sat too deep in the first half and allowed Ajax to play. Not good enough.

The manager has proven himself to be tactically inept on a number of occasions and thinks three at the back with left footed Clichy on the right is a viable situation.

It's a mess in Europe, most definitely, BUT we're unbeaten in the league so he's going nowhere.

klose

MUSEIST wrote: »

RTE is just hilarious. The amount of bull**** is immense

I love it though, great craic watching it:D

I'd agree about balotelli though, wouldn't have him anywhere near my team tbh and we've only one striker:pac:

Peppa Pig

Seaneh wrote: »

According to Dunphy Martin O'Neill is a better coach than Mancinni and Mario Balotelli is a terrible player.

What a ****ing spoofer.

Can't stand Dunphy, but in fairness to him he said that he was a terrible player to spend £25M on. He also said that Mourniho had called Balotelli unmanageable. Giles and Houghton are saying pretty much the same

Dempsey

i think martin o neill could get more out of those players than mancini has.

balotelli is marmite in terms of opinions but he isnt doing the business this season, is he? worth the price tag? not really

niallo27

Yet when dunphy is taking about Ireland and trap, people think the man is taking sense, he is **** stir and nothing more.

Ares

Money can't buy European pedigree.

I don't see why its such a big shock. Every team in the group has massive European pedigree, all of them having won Champions League's. City were in League 1 thirteen years ago. The last 5 season before the takeover their finished were, 16th, 8th, 15th, 14th and 9th.

At the end of the day that is the level of this football club. When all the millions stop being pumped in and their is a wage bill to turnover ratio of 1.5:1 and no one to pay it this is the level that Man City will once again find themselves at. Lower reaches of the top league. The level they've been at for most of their 118 years of existence.

The fact of the matter is that at this moment in time they can't compete with the big dogs of Europe. The past two seasons has proven that beyond all doubt.

Mars Bar

Mancini interviews are so hard to watch.

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Dempsey wrote: »

i think martin o neill could get more out of those players than mancini has.

Jaysis, try harder will you. Xavi really rattled your cage last night.

bookie basher

times up for mancini, nothing more than a cheque book manager, and a manager who blows some money on questionable players, do you think he
could get a team playing like de boer did and with a small budget?, not a hope

niallo27

bookie basher wrote: »

times up for mancini, nothing more than a cheque book manager, and a manager who blows some money on questionable players, do you think he
could get a team playing like de boer did and with a small budget?, not a hope

He won a premier league, cheque managers don't win premier leagues. He did well at inter as well before city. All the English teams are struggling lately, it's not just city.

Red Crow

rarnes1 wrote: »

Might help City in the league getting knocked out.

Takes years to mix it with the big boys in the CL

Roberto Mancini's record in the CL is very poor. Getting a balance and experience is key to winning the CL but you'd still expect City to be more competitive in this group.

Dempsey

Des wrote: »

Jaysis, try harder will you. Xavi really rattled your cage last night.

ill rephrase, based on tonights performance and a few others ones this season, i think steve staunton could get more out of those players.

Peppa Pig

Des wrote: »

Jaysis, try harder will you. Xavi really rattled your cage last night.

Any manager who takes no **** would do better with those players as a lot of them would be shipped out in the next transfer window. The problem at City seems to be they won't hire a manager who will be given overall control like Ferguson

General Relativity

Dempsey wrote: »

ill rephrase, based on tonights performance and a few others ones this season, i think steve staunton could get more out of those players.

Jesus, lets not go mental here.