BM vs City Live Thread

[blueboy]

So, not long to go now. Let's hope we can emulate the U19's withn their 4-1 win.

Be a tough night tonight, regardless of who Bayern put out.

We need to be solid at the back and break with pace....and whatever we do, take our chances when they come.

Be happy right now with a point, but hoping for all 3.

The team should be interesting. We will all have our own preferences, but here's mine for tonight:

..............................Willy................................

Sagna..........Vinny.............Mangala......Kolorov

Navas...............Yaya.....Fernandinho.......Silva

....................Aguero......................................

...............................Dzeko.............................

[Topdawg]

That would work for me Bluey. Wouldn't mind seeing Milner instead of Fernandinho who hasn't hit the heights yet. If Fernando was playing I'd fancy our chances if we could weather the initial storm. I might leave Dzeko on the bench and play Nasri, but he'd really have to be on his game to make it worthwhile.

[blueboy]

Nope - this is the team for tonight!

......................Hart.....................

Sagna.....Vinny........DeM.....Clichy

Navas......Yaya.....Ferninho....Nasri

............Silva..........Dzeko...........

[blueboy]

Ribery and Robben both injured...thank god.

[Topdawg]

Hart, Sagna, Demichelis, Kompany, Clichy, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Navas, Silva, Nasri, Dzeko

[Topdawg]

Gone for pace at full back with Sagna and Clichy. Happy with one up top, but not the one he's chosen.

[blueboy]

Robben on the bench..

[blueboy]

It's time for Dzeko to step up to the plate...no more fucking excuses from him.

[Topdawg]

If Dzeko can't make the ball stick to his feet and doesn't chase around, we could be in for a long night.

[Guest]

Bloody hell, that was lucky. Asleep already.

[Topdawg]

Overall quite happy.  At least there are chances at both ends and we're having more of the ball than we normally do against Bayern. A bit light in midfield when they come forwards which is giving them a chance to create. Back line aren't always alert enough, but we've got through the first half.

[blueboy]

Don't know where to start really....there's so much wrong with our MF.

Navas....does he ever take a player on? He's had at least 4 or 5 opportunities when he's been one on one with a defender, and he either played a cross that's gone for a corner, or come back inside. So frustrating.

Yaya...really can't be arsed to do his defensive duties.

Nasri...he's the king of 'pass it back inside'....

Silva seems to be the only one to want too get in the box, then he's up against two big CB's.

Dzeko, unjust yellow card and has, on the whole, held the ball up well, but he's got no movement or anticipation to be in the box.

Joe's done well in net.

Guardiola is constantly changing his team around...we look like with our team, we can't. Sagna can't get forward to support Navas, Clichy has got forward well, but his crosses are poor.

Not really sure what we can do next other than the predictable...Aguero on for Dzeko and Kolorov or Milner on for Nasri.

Still, 0-0 away to Bayern....not sure if we can keep giving them the amount of opportunities we have without conceding.

[Guest]

Seen the Roma score? Anything out of this game would be excellent. That includes 0-0.

Other than YaYa they have done OK, just wish we would press like we did when we needed the result with Barca.

[Guest]

FFS get that waste of space can't be arsed Toure off

[titbumwilly]

Yaya is a fat fuck, get him off now.
Hopefully that will make him score for me to eat my words!

[Guest]

We've had chances, need to be taking them.

[Guest]

Right load it up now, take a very good point.

[Guest]

Fuck right off

[titbumwilly]

Always going to happen, you can't play against Bayern for 90 minutes with 10 men.
Cheers Yaya

[Guest]

We are still rank amateur at this Europe lark. Bastard group of death and bastard robbed again.

[TMG]

Got wot we deserved

Simple as

[Topdawg]

Once again, Yaya was wank.

[Guest]

And Yaya can fuck off out my club

[Topdawg]

There were some plusses for me in the first half, but they ran the game in the second. We could still have scored and should have had a clear penalty, but we aren't good enough at the back. Sagna wasn't up to speed and the back line got caught out too many times.

[Guest]

At least chelsea threw it away too. We are just not a sit back team. We got nothing just wished we pressed them, it so bastard frustrating.

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