City v Swansea Live Thread

[blueboy]

First topic message reminder :

So....I think the big questions are: will Sergio and Bravo start?

For me, I'd stick with the same forward line and save Sergio for the 2nd half and Monaco. Give him 45 mins. It'll be hard to drop the 3 kids up front, especially after their performances lately, but I'd definitely give Sergio 45 mins.

However, we know what Pep's like...he likes to rotate and give everyone a chance, so the team for me will be:

Willy
Zaba, Vinny, Otamendi, Clichy
Fernandinho, Silva
KDB
Sterling, Gabriel, Sane

[TMG]

Story of our season - Missed chances

[blueboy]

How fucking long does he want to shoot???

For one so brilliant, he's shite in front of goal!

[Topdawg]

he wanted it perfectly on his left foot

[Guest]

Shoot quicker ffs im getting crosser as this goes on

[Topdawg]

they're going to have a couple more god chances

[Guest]

Just when we start looking like a team again the shit creeps back in

[Topdawg]

too many lazy performances this 2nd half

[Topdawg]

how the fuck is fernandez staying out of the book?

[Topdawg]

good foul from zabba

[Topdawg]

i;ve waited 35 minutes to say this. it's rubbish now.

[blueboy]

KDB off? Seems odd. I'd have brought Sterling off, he's been very quiet this half. Fernandinho hasn't had the best game, but he's versatile....

I'd get Aguero on now and give them something different to think about. Maybe even Gabriel off.

[Guest]

Please dont play to see it out, defence not good enough

[blueboy]

I said it earlier....it'll be about the team that take their chances.

[Topdawg]

what a load of rubbish.

they've worked so hard. we haven't.

[Nijinsky]

Ffs

Typical of us this season

[Guest]

What a fucking surprise

[blueboy]

How is that possibly NOT offside???

[Topdawg]

now we want it again???

[Guest]

As much as the deserve

[Guest]

Thats offside but be men now you fuckers, get this together

[blueboy]

Come on Sergio!!

[Topdawg]

should have got aguero on earlier.

[Topdawg]

no ideas.

[Topdawg]

we don't want to play as a team anymore

[Topdawg]

they look like the only team to score again

[Guest]

We are one dimensional, great when we blow teams away but we simply cannot dig out results.

[Topdawg]

we didn't want it enough this half

[Guest]

Shit officials again,  this isn't funny anymore,  how can it be every single game

[Topdawg]

get the fuck in

[blueboy]

Oh my!!!! GABRIEL!!!!

[Topdawg]

Yaya is knackered.

[Nijinsky]

Fuck why do they do this to us

[Guest]

Admit it, who played the get out of jail free card

[Topdawg]

it's not over yet...

[Nijinsky]

I was close to playing the remote thru the TV card

[Topdawg]

should have been done and dusted

[Topdawg]

glad that's over

[Topdawg]

not a great 2nd half. we looked lost.

[Guest]

We looked knackered

[ManCityMan]

I missed the goal   turned it off at 87mins in disgust

[Topdawg]

If we were 3 up we'd not have looked tired. players stopped playing as a team.

[Topdawg]

fight to the end MCM (except when 4-0 at Everton!)

[ManCityMan]

Carra just made a good point about the rags, how us dropping points would have given them a lift going into their game but for us to score a late winner would be a demoralising blow to them 

[Strange Blue]

Jesus I nearly had a heart attack. On the bright side Willy showed he can still make a decent save & well a star is born.

[ManCityMan]

I should know better, last time i turned off in disgust was against the Gills 

[Strange Blue]

Carra just made a good point about the rags, how us dropping points would have given them a lift going into their game but for us to score a late winner would be a demoralising blow to them 

Now just need Leicester to stuff the rags & it will be a perfect weekend football wise.

[blueboy]

I think we looked tired in MF as well. Fernandinho hasn't played much, TLMLF didn't really close down space. Sterling dropped off in the second half, but I think it looked like he was suffering from that ankle knock in the first half...wouldn't surprise me to see him rested next week.

Credit to Swansea under Clement, a clever Manager, they reorganised and filled the gaps left in the first half. This is a Swansea team that are on the up....so the first half was a real surprise....I didn't expect the same in the second and we didn't get it - which goes to show, we still need to take our chances and be clinical like WHU, Palace.....

Brilliant again by Gabriel. Quiet in the 2nd half, Sane was excellent, but you have to be where you need to be...and he was.

Great start to his City career.

[TMG]

Great 1st half. Poor 2nd half Everyone could see their equaliser coming ! I said a couple of prayers and Jesus responded Looks like we have another absolute star on our hands Be good to see what him and Sergio can produce together for 90 mins

[blueboy]

Agree......this could be a MASSIVE 3 points at the end of the season.

[ManCityMan]

We have to cement that top 4 place, go for the cup and progress in the CL now it's in our own hands the league's gone.

[Topdawg]

It's a massive 3 points right now. The squad would be really down if it had ended 1-1. I bet they re jumping around in the changing room now.

Yaya certainly looked tired at the end with some poor passes. Ironically, it was from one of his poor passes that we ended up scoring.

We stopped using the wings as much in the 2nd half. Maybe Swansea didn't let us and they did seem to push a little higher to press us.

When they scored, they dropped back and invited pressure.

But we could so easily have lost that at the end instead of winning it.

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