Manchester City Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

blueser

3 more points.....

feedthegoat

Round 2 seconds away, bound to be some drama, C'mon City

feedthegoat

Choice of Zinchenko pays off.... Yes

blueser

Great start. But that's all it is; a start. By the way, that original penalty decision was farcical.

feedthegoat

Foden handball which could have ended in goal was atrocious too. Another goal please to settle the nerves.

blueser

We'll have to be ultra careful with our challenges in the second half. I'm expecting the full RADA/Royal Shakespeare Company repertoire from PSG.

feedthegoat

Game opening up now

feedthegoat

What a beauty, w h a t a beauty

blueser

https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1389687633484386313?s=19


Let's go and make it 8!

Islander13

What a day blues. Drink it in

suffering golfer

Unbelievable, was really nervous before the start, but the team all around were brilliant, especially the defence. Hope we get Real Madrid for the final.

the whole year inn

suffering golfer wrote: »

Unbelievable, was really nervous before the start, but the team all around were brilliant, especially the defence. Hope we get Real Madrid for the final.

That's unreal to say but yeah I do to .
Great two games PSG turned dirty and there was def one more red deserved for them .

blueser

Lots of bitterness in the CL thread. Which is a pity, but hey ho; this forum will always be like that.

LineOfBeauty

Yessss!! Come on! Delighted for the team, the vast majority of whom have gone through a lot of CL disappointment with the club. And the pressure of taking a lead into the 2nd leg must have been immense. Delighted for Guardiola, for my money the best coach you'll ever see. Bloody masterclass over 2 legs.

Lad GAGA

A joy to watch well done City, hope you go on and win it now. If he can keep his feet on the ground (no pun intended) Foden is going to be the one of the best all time english players, he has it all and apart from his skills he has great discipline and awareness for a fairly young player.

blueser

LineOfBeauty wrote: »

Yessss!! Come on! Delighted for the team, the vast majority of whom have gone through a lot of CL disappointment with the club. And the pressure of taking a lead into the 2nd leg must have been immense. Delighted for Guardiola, for my money the best coach you'll ever see. Bloody masterclass over 2 legs.

]Agreed. One of the most feared forward lines in world football barely laid a finger on us over 180 minutes,

LineOfBeauty

blueser wrote: »

]Agreed. One of the most feared forward lines in world football barely laid a finger on us over 180 minutes,

Mbappe, Neymar and Haaland nullified. Foden tearing it up. You love to see it.

TFBubendorfer

Somebody please hand Fernandinho a new contract, for however many years he wants! If he's still that good at 36 it means he just stopped aging a few years ago!

Joe Exotic

Great result - i still havent seen the game as we had a power cut here last night.

Any preferences for who we would like to see in the final ?

Personally id prefer Chelsea but i think we have a better team than either

feedthegoat

At last an article in the Guardian that is appreciative of City's achievements

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2021/may/05/manchester-city-magisterial-win-a-triumph-of-composure-and-philosophy-psg

No real preference but perhaps Chelsea, we know exactly how they will play and they
don't have any standout match winner to turn a close game. Would be nice to beat them next game to dent their confidence.

LineOfBeauty

Would rather Real Madrid, but against either we're favourites. I just think Madrid at the back are a lot more susceptible than Chelsea at the moment.

TFBubendorfer

Would definitely prefer Real.

1) it's less of a special occasion when you play against a team that you meet 3-4 times per year anyway.

2) Chelsea made us look very ordinary in the FA Cup Semi. I know it wasn't our best team but still.

Not that we have a choice. We're going to be favourites against either.

suffering golfer

Urgh, Chelsea it is so. That will add a real bite to our premier League game against them. Hope we play our second team against them as don't want to be tipping our hand, but maybe such thinking is wrong and fruitless.

feedthegoat

suffering golfer wrote: »

Urgh, Chelsea it is so. That will add a real bite to our premier League game against them. Hope we play our second team against them as don't want to be tipping our hand, but maybe such thinking is wrong and fruitless.

Play our best team, trounce them, win the Premiership and then prepare. That's a plan.

GavRedKing

Ye can have the title this weekend if you give us big ears at the end of the month.

Deal?

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Two best sides in the final anyway, see ye in a few weeks lads.

TFBubendorfer

GavRedKing wrote: »

Ye can have the title this weekend if you give us big ears at the end of the month.

Deal?

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Two best sides in the final anyway, see ye in a few weeks lads.

We gave you the one cup, you'll give us the other.
I think that was the deal all along. Don't renege on it now.

blueser

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Would definitely prefer Real.

(1) it's less of a special occasion when you play against a team that you meet 3-4 times per year anyway.
2) Chelsea made us look very ordinary in the FA Cup Semi. I know it wasn't our best team but still.

Not that we have a choice. We're going to be favourites against either.

Agreed. It would have more of a European feel to it if the two sides were from different countries. I've never really enjoyed single country finals. But, it is what it is. We now need to wrap the starting XI from tuesday night in cotton wool and bubble wrap for the remaining PL games. That team, for me, starts in Istanbul.

suffering golfer

blueser wrote: »

Agreed. It would have more of a European feel to it if the two sides were from different countries. I've never really enjoyed single country finals. But, it is what it is. We now need to wrap the starting XI from tuesday night in cotton wool and bubble wrap for the remaining PL games. That team, for me, starts in Istanbul.

Not sure I would agree about wrapping them in cotton wool. The final is 3 and a half weeks away, I would keep playing them on a rotational basis as need to keep them match fit.

TFBubendorfer

Blackburn and the grassy knoll!

Still getting goosebumps just thinking of Goater's equaliser after they'd been all over us for an hour! Still one of my best days as a City fan, despite everything that was going to come.

blueser

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Blackburn and the grassy knoll!

Still getting goosebumps just thinking of Goater's equaliser after they'd been all over us for an hour! Still one of my best days as a City fan, despite everything that was going to come.

Not got the faintest idea how we were only ever one down in that game. How many times did Blackburn hit the woodwork; 3 or 4?

TFBubendorfer

blueser wrote: »

Not got the faintest idea how we were only ever one down in that game. How many times did Blackburn hit the woodwork; 3 or 4?

If I remember correctly, 4 times! Plus a number of impressive saves by Nicky Weaver.

It was the most ridiculous 4:1 ever after being completely outplayed for most of the game. Then Kevin Horlock crossed into the box, The Goat got on the end of it and the rest, as they say, is history!

feedthegoat

Your team to take the title! ðŸ†

XI | Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Ake, Mendy, Rodrigo, Torres, Sterling (C), Aguero, Jesus

SUBS | Steffen, Walker, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Bernardo, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Foden, Garcia

⚽️ @HaysWorldwide
🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re https://t.co/lWsdGRxQRg

suffering golfer

feedthegoat wrote: »

Your team to take the title! ðŸ†

XI | Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Ake, Mendy, Rodrigo, Torres, Sterling (C), Aguero, Jesus

SUBS | Steffen, Walker, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Bernardo, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Foden, Garcia

⚽️ @HaysWorldwide
🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re https://t.co/lWsdGRxQRg

That is one weird team. Pep is playing mind games it looks like.

blueser

feedthegoat wrote: »

Your team to take the title! ðŸ†

XI | Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Ake, Mendy, Rodrigo, Torres, Sterling (C), Aguero, Jesus

SUBS | Steffen, Walker, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Bernardo, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Foden, Garcia

⚽️ @HaysWorldwide
&#55357;&#56631; #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re https://t.co/lWsdGRxQRg

Rotation City, USA!

feedthegoat

Terrible attempt by Aguero, hope he makes up for it in the second half.

blueser

feedthegoat wrote: »

Terrible attempt by Aguero, hope he makes up for it in the second half.

Trying to be Jack the lad there. Ending up looking a fool. It'd be one thing if he had an outstanding penalty record, but he doesn't. Indeed, as a team, our record is underwhelming, to put it mildly.

TFBubendorfer

suffering golfer wrote: »

That is one weird team. Pep is playing mind games it looks like.

I can only assume that Pep is trying not to give Tuchel any hints from a basically meaningless game

blueser

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

I can only assume that Pep is trying not to give Tuchel any hints from a basically meaningless game

Well; I'd be amazed if Tuchel doesn't have a detailed dossier on how our different line ups play. Same goes for Pep.

feedthegoat

Such skill from Laporte there

TFBubendorfer

It won't make the slightest bit of difference in the end but how that challenge on Sterling was not deemed a penalty I will never know.

peteeeed

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

It won't make the slightest bit of difference in the end but how that challenge on Sterling was not deemed a penalty I will never know.

as a chelsea fan , how was he still on the pitch ?

blueser

peteeeed wrote: »

as a chelsea fan , how was he still on the pitch ?

Eh?

peteeeed

blueser wrote: »

Eh?

the tackle is the first half where he should have gone

TFBubendorfer

peteeeed wrote: »

the tackle is the first half where he should have gone

Go home, you're drunk

peteeeed

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Go home, you're drunk

https://twitter.com/442oons/status/1391072340239339522?s=20

blueser

peteeeed wrote: »

the tackle is the first half where he should have gone

Is coming on a rival team's thread and having a go at one of their players acceptable now on here?

peteeeed

blueser wrote: »

Is coming on a rival team's thread and having a go at one of their players acceptable now on here?

was just making a point that sterling should have gone in the first half , thats all

blueser

peteeeed wrote: »

was just making a point that sterling should have gone in the first half , thats all

I could go on to your mob's thread, complaining about the penalty we didn't get. But I haven't. Try to remember that.

blueser

I'm finished on here. The modding is risible.

feedthegoat

Pep very definitive - it was a penalty. Let's move on and learn from this one.