Stoke v Manchester City 20/08/16 12.30 Skysports

lassykk

Gonna be travelling all day and want to catch up on the general premier league thread this evening. This thread is necessary to make that an enjoyable experience after last weekend

Really hope Stoke nick this but can't see past city

Harry Palmr

G'wan Joe Allen!

the whole year inn

City 3-1 Aguero Sterling & Nolito, Joe Allen for stoke.

Flint Fredstone

the whole year inn wrote: »

City 3-1 Aguero Sterling & Nolito, Joe Allen for stoke.

Is this a thing now? Predicting every scorer? Not having a go at yourself in particular, I'm seeing it in nearly every match thread.

Bret Hart

3-1 City.

Nalz

0-2 city

Aguero & Silva

Flint Fredstone

Nalz wrote: »

0-2 city

Aguero & Silva

I hate you :pac:

the whole year inn

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

Is this a thing now? Predicting every scorer? Not having a go at yourself in particular, I'm seeing it in nearly every match thread.

I dont venture into many match threads,I just done it like that for the craic,but I will be backing Aguero for a goal.

HalloweenJack

Sterling looks a new player.

the whole year inn

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Sterling looks a new player.

Really does.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Imbula should have blasted it.

martyos121

Absolute hero watching the match from a high tree.

Knex*

About time refs started calling them. Hopefully its a consistent trend.

Pyjamarama

Delighted the Ref gave that.

HalloweenJack

Good to see penos given for that, just wish there was consistency.

Bobby Baccala

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Good to see penos given for that, just wish there was consistency.

My stream died what was it given for?

the whole year inn

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

My stream died what was it given for?

Holding in the box

SlickRic

Sterling has gone from almost a laughing stock to pretty much the best player in the team.

Amazing work by Pep it seems.

Bobby Baccala

the whole year inn wrote: »

Holding in the box

Well deserved so.

the whole year inn

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Well deserved so.

Yea it was blatant aswell.

GreNoLi

Kun.

brianregan09

That Imbula is having a shocker two or three times now he's lost the ball and been left for dead by City attackers not to mention that terrible effort on goal

Penalty has really killed the game 2-0 City now

Bobby Baccala

No stopping that. 26 in his last 25 league games, what a cracking player.

SEPT 23 1989

he will break records this season if he can stay injury free

GreNoLi

Peno?

Tomagotchye

Stoke need to work on fixing their midfield and defence. Pieters and Bardsley are not good enough. Whelan and the likes of Ireland and Adam? That's weak, not depth.

They're getting some flashy players and doing some good stuff but they're losing focus in key areas.I like Hughes but he should be building and I feel like they've gotten a little weaker getting shaq and affeley

Unearthly

Blatant pen there.

brianregan09

How did Diouf miss that

ERG89

brianregan09 wrote: »

That Imbula is having a shocker two or three times now he's lost the ball and been left for dead by City attackers not to mention that terrible effort on goal

Penalty has really killed the game 2-0 City now

He walks around like Yaya Toure.
City poor at the back but you won't be punished for it against Stoke.
Great consistency by the ref just there.

the whole year inn

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

he will break records this season if he can stay injury free

Yea with ilkay and sane to play aswell he will rack them up no doubt.

BoJack Horseman

GreNoLi wrote: »

Peno?

Yep.
Should have been.

the whole year inn

Unearthly wrote: »

Blatant pen there.

Yea clear pen.

CSF

This is gonna be some title race isn't it?

BoJack Horseman

Stoke must be the windiest ground in the league.

ERG89

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Stoke must be the windiest ground in the league.

Not too windy for those up in trees.
Very handy first half for city away from home first thing after an away trip in Europe

Francie Barrett

SlickRic wrote: »

Sterling has gone from almost a laughing stock to pretty much the best player in the team.

Amazing work by Pep it seems.

The abuse he gets is unreal. Always said that he is the real deal and his potential was just waiting to be unlocked by the right coach/team.

Tomagotchye

Francie Barrett wrote: »

The abuse he gets is unreal. Always said that he is the real deal and his potential was just waiting to be unlocked by the right coach/team.

Rodgers/Liverpool?

MD1990

SlickRic wrote: »

Sterling has gone from almost a laughing stock to pretty much the best player in the team.

Amazing work by Pep it seems.

Playing well at the start of the season but today his end product has been poor. Certaintly not the best player with Aguero & De Bruyne both clearly better & Sane too.

Francie Barrett

Tomagotchye wrote: »

Rodgers/Liverpool?

Given a free role in a team with Suarez, Sturridge and Coutinho with Rodgers at the helm? Yes, absolutely.

GreNoLi

Come on shtoke.

the whole year inn

MD1990 wrote: »

Playing well at the start of the season but today his end product has been poor. Certaintly not the best player with Aguero & De Bruyne both clearly better & Sane too.

Well today hes been good 1 good shot that just went over the bar and that pass/shot through the legs was lovely.Lets wait till end of the match to judge.Anyway to out class De Bruyne and Aguero is some going.

GreNoLi

Peno.

The Backwards Man

Giving a penalty every time is the only way to cut that crap out. Good stuff

Agent Coulson

Don't tug on jerseys in the box.

GreNoLi

There'll be a record number of penos this season.

Unearthly

What a soft pen. Like as if he was determined to make up for mistake first half

niallo27

Shocking call there by the ref. You will 20 pens a game if this is the way it goes.

Mushy

Unearthly wrote: »

What a soft pen. Like as if he was determined to make up for mistake first half

Or that he's at least consistent.

Why was Sterling on Shawcross though?

Tomagotchye

I don't think shawcross was getting to that anyways. Hmm... Pathetically soft

JakeArmitage

Get in

Harry Palmr

Mike Dean having a Mike Dean. I'm old enough to remember when the game had some decent men in black what has gone wrong? Is the game too fast, are the rules and their interpretations too messy to be consistent?