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Tottenham v City 26th BT Sports 12:45

Sugarlumps · 2015-09-25 06:47:10

Head-to-head Manchester City have won eight of the last nine league meetings. They have scored 16 goals to Tottenham's two in the last four games - winning them all. City have scored 27 goals in their last eight league games against Spurs at an average of 3.4 a game. Hope we don't get smashed, Augero usually goes to town…

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#152 29-09-2015 11:41am
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Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

You need to go to every game:-D:-D

MonkieSocks wrote: »

Think we are all so happy for that performance today.

Especially delighted for KingdomYid who is at the match..

Well done Spurs

Cheers lads, was one of those days at the Lane. No better place to be when the sun is shining and the whole place is rocking. COYS!!!!

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#153 29-09-2015 12:33pm
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Dier completed more passes than anyone on the pitch on Saturday. Very impressive stat for someone I thought was a make-shift midfielder. It shows how confident a player is - constantly looking to be involved.

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#154 29-09-2015 4:38pm
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Have a look at those stats for other DMs and theyll be consistently pretty similar .

He had a great game defensively and his goal was a cracker but i thought that he gave the ball away quick cheaply in the first half by trying to force passes

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#155 29-09-2015 5:29pm
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I think we are getting carried away. City were missing a few players and missed a good few chances to put the game out of our reach. When we win three consecutive home games against weaker opposition I'll start to believe.

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#156 29-09-2015 7:42pm
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golfball37 wrote: »

I think we are getting carried away. City were missing a few players and missed a good few chances to put the game out of our reach. When we win three consecutive home games against weaker opposition I'll start to believe.

Start to believe what? I don't think anyone is tipping us for the title.

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#157 29-09-2015 10:19pm
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KingdomYid wrote: »

Cheers lads, was one of those days at the Lane. No better place to be when the sun is shining and the whole place is rocking. COYS!!!!

Hope it went well Donal, beer went down well I'd say

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#158 29-09-2015 10:30pm
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Dier, a master stroke from Poch, or just thrown in there because there was no one else?

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#159 29-09-2015 10:38pm
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Hatch99 wrote: »

Hope it went well Donal, beer went down well I'd say

Cheers mate, it never went down as good haha. Was in the shelf and standing for the whole game, felt like a proper old school atmosphere

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#160 29-09-2015 11:09pm
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KingdomYid wrote: »

Cheers mate, it never went down as good haha. Was in the shelf and standing for the whole game, felt like a proper old school atmosphere

Love it

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#161 29-09-2015 11:32pm
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mushykeogh wrote: »

Dier, a master stroke from Poch, or just thrown in there because there was no one else?

He played at DM a bit for Sporting Lisbon.

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#162 30-09-2015 10:47am
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golfball37 wrote: »

I think we are getting carried away. City were missing a few players and missed a good few chances to put the game out of our reach. When we win three consecutive home games against weaker opposition I'll start to believe.

Bit harsh there golf we were missing players as well! Though they had a few chances they were never camped in our half. I never felt we were under siege. On paper they have a vastly superior team and on the way over I said to the fella with me I'd take a draw in a hearbeat. But on they day a lot of their "stars" didn;t want to know whereas the Spurs guys gave it everything. Great performances from Dier, Alli, Kane and especially Lamella. Not forgetting Lloris of course!
Long way to go but I think we're going in the right direction.

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#163 30-09-2015 1:36pm
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Let's not forget the hammering we gave chelsea on new years day and within a couple of weeks we were back to our usual crapiness...

... beating city counts for little unless we follow it up with a win at Swansea and the games to follow.

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#164 30-09-2015 2:03pm
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And with arsenal v united and Everton v Liverpool its a nice chance to close the gap to at least one of the top four.

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#165 30-09-2015 3:39pm
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2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Let's not forget the hammering we gave chelsea on new years day and within a couple of weeks we were back to our usual crapiness...

... beating city counts for little unless we follow it up with a win at Swansea and the games to follow.

It doesn't count for nothing. Highlight of the season so far, no matter what happens.

But I agree, it would be very annoying if we give it all back against Swansea. Would be all too Spursy.

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#166 30-09-2015 7:57pm
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MrKingsley wrote: »

Have a look at those stats for other DMs and theyll be consistently pretty similar .

He had a great game defensively and his goal was a cracker but i thought that he gave the ball away quick cheaply in the first half by trying to force passes

Yeah it's fair enough that most DMs will have the same passing stats, but most DMs aren't stepping up from centre back - it's a whole different ball game. I think the stat I mentioned just highlights Dier's confidence in the role not bad for a player who isn't naturally as dynamic as a trained DM.

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#167 30-09-2015 8:08pm
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DubPerryman wrote: »

Yeah it's fair enough that most DMs will have the same passing stats, but most DMs aren't stepping up from centre back - it's a whole different ball game. I think the stat I mentioned just highlights Dier's confidence in the role not bad for a player who isn't naturally as dynamic as a trained DM.

What people don't realise is he's not completely new to DM, he's played there before for Sporting Lisbon academy

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#168 01-10-2015 4:28pm
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mass_debater wrote: »

What people don't realise is he's not completely new to DM, he's played there before for Sporting Lisbon academy

Ah now, playing there in the Sporting Lisbon academy is hardly comparable to the Premier League.

He was trained as centre back, he was bought as a centre back and now he's doing a fantastic job in DM.

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