City XI: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Kolarov, Silva, Fernandinho, Toure, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero
Subs: Caballero, Demichelis, Horsfield, Zabaleta, Navas, Bony, Iheanacho
Wilf out Sergio in. Have to say I've not spent the day looking forward to this which is the first time I haven't looked forward to a match for a while. Our recent away performances are beginning to sink in.
Great lÃne up!
Come on City!!!!
We're going to have to score plenty.
As long as we score more than them!
Mangala is looking alright tonight (so far). Kolarov looking a bit gash.
Looking good going forward but on the break we look wide open and one slip from mang or oto and there through on goal
Quote from: Lekos on December 29, 2015, 20:11:33
Mangala is looking alright tonight (so far). Kolarov looking a bit gash.
Fern looked a bit gash there as well
Quote from: BBM on December 29, 2015, 20:21:29
Looking good going forward but on the break we look wide open and one slip from mang or oto and there through on goal
mang and oto...... sounds like a le carre spy novel
Not far off how it went at Arsenal really. We looked the better team for most of the first half and then looked as if we could fall apart at any moment. Fortunately, Leicester failed to take advantage. Hopefully, we will have more cutting edge second half.
Always a 2nd half team...
Aguero just lacking his superb match sharpness.
doesnt seem long ago Hart & schmikes were fighting for no 1 spot under sven
this is shite
they are a long ball team and were playing like more shite
Kolarov's crosses tonight have been embarrassing
As have Bony's flick ons to no one
Nacho to get 90 seconds to change the game.
Second half we were poor. Second best to most loose balls, failing to retain possession and failing to clear our lines when needed, and lacking clear chances.
Subs were poor, very poor. Not at all a convincing display.
Quote from: nimrod on December 29, 2015, 21:29:33
Nacho to get 90 seconds to change the game.
Bony is useless and Kelechi should be used more.
Not great.
Quote from: Zabba on December 29, 2015, 21:34:51
Second half we were poor. Second best to most loose balls, failing to retain possession and failing to clear our lines when needed, and lacking clear chances.
Subs were poor, very poor. Not at all a convincing display.
I'll flip that around a little, first clean sheet in x amount of games against the joint top scorers in the league.
We did create a few chances, despite Howard Webb saying no pen, I'm convinced it was.
We should have had a few more free kicks go our way too.
Quote from: Zabba on December 29, 2015, 21:35:49
Bony is useless and Kelechi should be used more.
If Pellegrini sees more in bony than Kelechi then I can only assume bony is shagging him
otamendi can fuck off,the cunty tart
The clean sheet was massively fortunate and arguably undeserved. It was a pen but also a theatrical dive.
One issue that bugs me is our failure to get players in the box and attack good crosses, killer balls in front of the opposing goalie.
3 positives
Mangala played well, so did Sterling and clean sheet
the rest was fucking dire, bony is useless
ota walked into Huths hand and acted like Mike Tyson had hit him
fuck of Manuel, were shite
What is going through Pelles head when he decides to sub Merlin, Aguero, Sterling??????????????????
It is just ridiculous and they must get well pissed off.
other than none of them doing a lot tonight?.....two are coming back from injury and one of them has a habit of breaking easily
We showed Leicester a lot of respect and seemed reluctant to lift the tempo and really go after them. Maybe we were just too worried about them hitting us on the break ( ...probably with good reason!) A very cagey game I thought - from both managers.
For my money we were the better team, but Leicester worked hard and did enough to deserve their point. We were very cautious and simply didn't create enough good chances.
It always looked like one of those games where just one goal would be enough to win it for either side - and the goal would come from someone's bad error. Didn't happen though.
Quote from: goat on December 29, 2015, 22:05:23
other than none of them doing a lot tonight?.....two are coming back from injury and one of them has a habit of breaking easily
Neither Sterling or Silva need nursed back to match fitness.
Aguero needs match time not bench time, and why replace him with a statue?
Pelle replaces all 3 even when fit and firing on all cylinders.
Rest them for a game or two, if needed, but give them respect and 90 minutes.
Aguero is just coming back from injury. Doesn't take a genius...
Quote from: Zabba on December 29, 2015, 22:03:14
What is going through Pelles head when he decides to sub Merlin, Aguero, Sterling??????????????????
It is just ridiculous and they must get well pissed off.
I agreed with him taking them off, Silva wasnt having much effect
Just why bring Bony on and not nacho ?
come back edin :(
Given the amount of space Kolarov had in the game it's a pity he thought the opposite corner flag was playing for us.
Bony couldn't trap a bag of cement.
bony is not just shit
he's.........
.......dogshit
Quote from: nimrod on December 29, 2015, 22:41:38
I agreed with him taking them off, Silva wasnt having much effect
Just why bring Bony on and not nacho ?
come back edin :(
Really, you think Silva, Sterling and Aguero were our worst performers tonight and needed subbed.
Aguero is not fit enough to see out 90 minutes!
Bony and Navas were sound tactical changes and better than leaving Silva and Aguero on the pitch.
Kelechi need a three minute run out to make an impact and to rest Sterling, really!
The King of capitals and shit sarcasm is back.
Quote from: lee on December 29, 2015, 23:17:47
bony is not just shit
he's.........
Quote from: lee on December 29, 2015, 23:22:16
.......dogshit
He's that white dog shit you don't even see anymore.
Quote from: Zabba on December 29, 2015, 23:23:17
Really, you think Silva, Sterling and Aguero were our worst performers tonight and needed subbed.
Aguero is not fit enough to see out 90 minutes!
Bony and Navas were sound tactical changes and better than leaving Silva and Aguero on the pitch.
Kelechi need a three minute run out to make an impact and to rest Sterling, really!
Fucking Hell
'This league is very, very crazy,' Ranieri said. 'Nobody wants to win the league, it's very strange this league.'
Quote from: Ludo on December 29, 2015, 23:54:05
He's that white dog shit you don't even see anymore.
one of the worst kinds of dogshit
Whatever else Bony is, he isn't anyone's idea of an impact sub - Pellegrini apart, that is. We were crying out for some energy, mobility and awareness in the box, none of these qualities are noticeable in Bony at present. For me and those City fans around me Kelechi was the obvious sub to replace Aguero, Pellegrini's substitutions are so predictable and bear little relation to events on the pitch.
2pts dropped again away from home. >:(