City v Leicester - Live Thread

[blueboy]

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[blueboy]

So, Zaba, Vinny, Clichy and Fernandinho dropped. Bony starts.

Just another typical MP evening.....Fernando and TLMLF in MF.

Navas wide right, Silva left......

Are we really that shocked, or is it just another example of MP and his tactics??

Weird selection if you ask me.

Great to see Bony and Aguero, but Kolorov, Sagna and Fernando? Really?

[blueboy]

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[meltonblue]

At least he's put in width to give bony service. It makes sense to me. Midfield again though might be the issue!

[Topdawg]

He's saving players for when we storm the Camp Nou...

[blueboy]

[TMG]

Worrying MF With none of those 4 able to tackle properly Lats hope Our attacking line up gives em too much too handle

[Topdawg]

Waste of time attacking down the right with Sagna and Navas.

[Guest]

Boy oh boy are we.shite at the moment. I don't think a win is a given tonight. I think he's lost the players they just don't seem up for it. Who knows a loss might see the end of our joker in charge.

[Topdawg]

Defence is shit. Won't say who. Should have been a penalty and another great chance.

[Topdawg]

Leicester have weathered the storm and can see they can get something here. Maybe not just one point.

[Guest]

I will Dawg, all of them! We are 2nd best at home to the bottom team! Utterly shocking.

[Topdawg]

Silva is playing particularly badly.

[Topdawg]

why the fuck is Silva kicking Huth when he has nowhere to go?

[Guest]

Why is Seegio so deep? If rather he was furthest forward!

[Topdawg]

Epic time wasting already.

[Guest]

He needs to score soon!

[Topdawg]

Lucky bastards.

[Topdawg]

Shocked that he chose to shoot. Thought he'd try to take a coupld of players on first...

[Guest]

Very lucky indeed. Might settle them down though

[titbumwilly]

I fucking hate Danny Mills
He needs a serious punch up the bracket

[Topdawg]

At least he's taking a risk to get the reward...

[leopold]

For some reason, I had it in my head this was an 8PM kick off, so I missed the first few minutes. Doesn't look like I missed much. Almost fell asleep at one point. These lot don't seem to know each other...

We score from the first time we ran at them instead of dicking about. But apart from that, it's the same old, with Leicester playing the blueprint.

[leopold]

Not much atmosphere here tonight either, it's the quietest I've seen it.

[Topdawg]

Yaya looks knackered just walking out for the 2nd half...

[Topdawg]

Where's Dzeko when you need him? Fantastic ball from Silva.

[Guest]

Bony we don't need another 6 attempt striker my friend! He's on the bench!

[leopold]

Bony shoots, goes out for a throw... Hmm...

[meltonblue]

I'm going to jinx this but...Mangala is having a very good game.

[Guest]

You nearly did jinx it, lol

[meltonblue]

Yes I did!

[Topdawg]

Mango can't pass the ball.

[meltonblue]

I thought he was passing really well up to me jinxing it!

[Guest]

He jumps in too much for a supposed top defender. Most teams have the better of him.

[meltonblue]

Agree, still very raw. I do think he will be a very good player though.

[Topdawg]

That'll do Jimmy.

[Guest]

See Jesus you can do it :-)

[blueboy]

One word......."underwhelmed"

[Guest]

Will take the 3 points but yes very average.

[TMG]

That was torture Not a good performance again but thankfully 3 points Good job as every1 else won

[blueboy]

Fernando.....what a useless twat. Awful player.

Bony, Aguero and TLMLF....terrible performances tonight.

Sagna, offers fuck all.

Kolorov....slightly better than average.

Navas actually beat a player on more than one occasion, so an amazing performance by his standards.

Mangala had one or two stray passes, but I'd like to see how many TLMLF had.

Aguero was wasteful.

Bony was Dzeko in disguise - but clearly needs a few more games to adapt to the 1,000 passes between 3 players in MF before a pass is made, but he'll get there...he'll probably end up lumbering around the place if TLMLF takes him under his wing.

Milner does a job again and scores.....

It was just ANOTHER abject performance for a team with 80% possession...and Nugent should have scored and they hit the post.

On another day, we'd have drawn or lost that game....against the bottom of the table team.

It's just pathetically boring, predictable and inept by all concerned.

3 points are 3 points....but if that's all we have to grab on to against such a woeful team....sort of says where we are.

[blueboy]

With five minutes gone Sergio Aguero embarked on one of his thrilling mazy runs deep into Leicester territory only to be flattened on the edge of the area. By David Silva.
If Gary Neville was watching, he may well have given a knowing nod.
The former Manchester United star spoke at length in the build up to this match about how City are unbalanced in a 4-4-2 when they play Aguero, Silva and Yaya Toure. 

Silva proved his point - literally - sending the Argentine tumbling to the floor before many had even taken their seats.
Neville's wider point was that the trio - breathtaking when on the front foot but seemingly out of breath when asked to defend - are a luxury Manuel Pellegrini can ill afford when up against the cream of Europe.
With all due respect to Leicester they are not the cream of Europe, rather the dregs of the Premier League, but they proved his point more than once at a pancake-flat Etihad.
From the kick-off Toure wandered into the visitors' half. It was where he would spend most of the match.
The Ivorian's lack of an appetite for hard work did not go unnoticed among the blue-collar faithful.
After one run, in which he was felled on the edge of the box but failed to win a free-kick, he stayed down for what seemed like an eternity.

By the time he got up, Leicester were on the attack in the City half.
It was all too much for one punter in front of the press box who wasted no time in getting to his feet.
'Get up you lazy g**' was his frustrated shout. Nobody told him to shut up.
Against cellar dweller opponents who have four wins from 26 attempts it was unimpressive stuff and perhaps an indication of why, before this encounter, City had just nine points from a possible 21 in the Premier League.
It would be remiss, however, to deny that when it works (and it has won them two titles) it works well.
For the opener, Toure's surging run ended with a pass to Silva in space. His flick found an overlapping Aleks Kolarov and after some ping pong in the Leicester box Silva prodded home.

Silva also lofted two delightful balls over the visitors' defence, one for a misfiring Wilfried Bony and one for Sergio Aguero. Both strikers put their efforts over the bar but it would be very difficult for any manager to drop the graceful Spaniard.
Neville's point, however, was reaffirmed on 74 minutes. At 1-0, Nigel Pearson's plucky visitors should not have been in with a sniff. But in the midst of host of missed opportunities for the home side Riyad Mahrez hit a post.
Had that gone in it could have been title race over.
As it turned out, sub James Milner made it 2-0 after Silva had been replaced by Frank Lampard.
Better opposition, however, would have reinforced Neville's point even further.

[TMG]

It's just the same stuff everyday but will MP change anything No ! And his stubbornness will cost him his job
Not that he'l be fussed Im sure he'll walk away with a substantial sum & his efforts last season wil ensure Hel walk straight into another decent job

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