Barca v City Champions League Thread

[93:2012]

One up front wow better late than never.

Hart, Sagna, Kompany (C), Demichelis, Kolarov,        Nasri, Fernandinho, Toure, Milner, Silva,          Aguero

Caballero, Zabaleta, Lampard, Fernando, Bony, Navas, Dzeko


Come on City show what we can do and save Pelle.

[Lekos]

Current form:

Barca:  W W W W W L W W W W W W

City:     L W L L W W D D L W D D

It's going to need a miracle and Yaya to bother moving.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Meh

[goat]

Current form:

Barca:  W W W W W L W W W W W W

City:     L W L L W W D D L W D D

It's going to need a miracle and Yaya to bother moving.

two miracles at least
and yaya to be fucked to move which counts as a third

[goat]

jesus christ, its like the joey deacon allstars

[Neil Mcnab]

Toure lazy, lazy, lazy. Even Nasri is chasing back, Toure just ambling back as if its all nothing to do with him.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Stupid yellows already...

[KunDB]

Miracle one used already inside post roll along goal line.

[goat]

scary how far behind the english teams are

[KunDB]

Outclassed totally by a wonderful goal.

Bet Joe is saying keep calm we can still roll them over.

[goat]

barcelona do this weird thing i notice, when they get the ball they move it quickly to someone else. no wonder city are looking confused

[KunDB]

May the Lord have mercy on us - let Barcelona get bored toying with us and settle for 1 0.

[KunDB]

1o men (again) only a matter of time now.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

We're not doing THAT badly. Barca just have that little extra skill and understanding

[goat]

city are a mess at the back kenny, the way they are getting in each others way is shocking

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

barcelona do this weird thing i notice, when they get the ball they move it quickly to someone else. no wonder city are looking confused

And when there players don't have the ball they......they.....they.....MOVE!!!!!

[goat]

it will never catch on

[Rowley Birkin QC]

city are a mess at the back kenny, the way they are getting in each others way is shocking

I took it as read that we rubbish at the back. A bit of composure going forward and we might still get something out of this

[goat]

they have not been as good as rubbish so far

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

I wonder if any bookies is giving odds for messi to meg all our players. Well be shit odds anyway.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

The plan is now long range shooting practice

[KunDB]

What a moral victory for City should have been 4 down at least and only 1 down, Championees, Championees, ole, ole.

I bet they are shelled shocked and fighting with each other in their dressing room while our guys are sipping champagne and celebrating.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Still in this though (just...)

Need a few passes to stick - and perhaps a bit of luck. But oh dear - the defence...

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Tevez has scored a blinder in the other game

[goat]

ignoring sagna...like the barcelona players seem to be... its looking more and more that kompany is the weak link. obviously a bad season doesnt make him a bad player but what the fuck has happened to him

[gavin]

Not nearly good enough. Having a ref that books us for every slight foul doesn't help. Nasri's was stupid but the others were all a bit harsh. Barca are clearly a class team but given the investment in our squad the owner has a right to expect more from City. It is unrealistic to expect Barca not to create chances but it shouldn't look quite so easy and we should produce more going forward. Our corners have been utterly pointless again. Just what are we doing on the training pitch to improve them?

[KunDB]

I cannot wait to get shot of Yaaaaaa   yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Too tired to get up for this big game never mind ordinary games.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

ignoring sagna...like the barcelona players seem to be... its looking more and more that kompany is the weak link. obviously a bad season doesnt make him a bad player but what the fuck has happened to him

He seems to enjoy bursting out the blocks and leaving his partner wide open. He's the only player in the team who manages to burst into a sprint, but for all the wrong reasons.

[Lekos]

Not even come close to scoring a goal and Barca could be 3 up.

Defence is a mess, players are standing one yard apart paying to each other. Ok, Barca are class, but this performance is all a bit shit. Heads went down massively as soon as they scored, but reality is we still need two goals. I think their brains are broken.

[goat]

[Lekos]

Oh, and Nasri is a stupid cnut

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Yes, the yellows are a worry. Nasri's well deserved, but the ref looked to be enjoying himself a little too much with the others.

[KunDB]

Kompany is Pellegrini's biggest achievement he has helped him become a run of the mill defender.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Brass eye - class

[Swiss]

I wish we'd stop lumping it up front... frustrating!

Got to have more protection down our right.

still in almost the same position, needing two goals... not sure where they're coming from though!

Oh and... still shit with 5 in the middle

[Rowley Birkin QC]

I think their brains are broken.

I think that's correct. We don't look as if we know what to do.

But we are still in it. Navas coming on for Nasri

[Swiss]

Miracle one used already inside post roll along goal line.

Messiah Jif clean kitchen wallpaper tooth smashed back doors in, upsie daisy effort cracking

[silvablue]

Silva's yellow was harsh but the others run of the mill playing in Europe against Barcelona.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Navas looks like billy Meridith the way he wears his shorts

[Ludo]

Yaya's a complete liability

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

I think he needs an eye test cos he can't seem to see any further than ten yards

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Fuck me even the keeper fancies his chances of a goal

[Ludo]

I think he needs an eye test cos he can't seem to see any further than ten yards

He can't walk ten yards

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Have no fear! Fernando's warming up!

[Ludo]

 

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Stop passing back to Hart FFS

[Lekos]

Barca so tidy with the ball, even when clearing it out of defence under pressure.

Better this half, but that's probably because barca can't be arsed.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

[Lekos]

Can't buy a decent cross can we

[Lekos]

Shit dive, Yaya

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

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Could someone forward this onto the players. Cheers.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

And Toure not to play again this season. Not that he has anyway.

[clevblue]

Nice try Bony, eatch where the goal is first though

[Rowley Birkin QC]

How many straight forward passes do we under hit? Drives me mad. These are supposed to be class players

[clevblue]

they know exactly what to do, Barca, and we are embarrassingly naive

[Ludo]

Why do we look so unfit?

I know we're chasing it a bit but half the time we're blowing out our arse.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Pen!

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Fucking hell...

[goat]

aguero catching shitness

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Well argues are shit at pens aye

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

And so are argies

[goat]

typing with your feet again?

[Lekos]

Hart's had a good game. That's about it on the positive front.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Hart brilliant - yes. Kicking still rubbish - we always lose possession

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

[goat]

thank fuck thats over

[Lekos]

Hart brilliant - yes. Kicking still rubbish - we always lose possession

Shouldn't be passing back to the keeper anyway in my opinion

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Indeed. There was a moment in the first half when we won a throw in the middle of the Barca half - and we decided to pass back to Hart. I nearly threw my breakfast at the TV

[Hesperus]

Still miles behind europes elite. Cant believe the powers that be at City aren't extremely disappointed at the lack of progress at this level after the expenditure on the squad.

[goat]

throw shitloads of cash at bayern and barcelona for half of their teams in the summer

[gavin]

If they'd have been near me I'd have thrown my breakfast, dinner and tea at the telly when we hit the first man with a corner in injury time. Obviously it would have been far too little too late but FFS Pellegrini should be sacked simply for the shitness of our corners and other dead balls.

[Ludo]

We're a team in need of real clear out.

But more importantly we need real quality in. No more Fernandos, no more Navas, no more Lampards

[goat]

to be fair lampard has done ok for a 40 year old

[Neil Mcnab]

Hart MOM. Messi reminded me of kinky in the first half. Perhaps the memory plays tricks. We are a long way short of Barca.

Two or or three world class players needed in the summer.

Most put a real shift in, a concern for the Baggies game?

[KunDB]

We're a team in need of real clear out.

But more importantly we need real quality in. No more Fernandos, no more Navas, no more Lampards

Yes a clear out is needed. Midfield much too lightweight. Lose Toure and Nasri and bring in physical presence and pace. That is were we need to start. Mangala, Kolarov, Fernando, Navas, Jovetic, and more are good but just not near good enough, they have to go but only if replaced with real quality.

[Swiss]

I'm starting to like Mangala, he's growing into the league. I'd rather get rid of clichy than kolarov. At least he offers something going forward!
We use nasti in the wrong position. He should be a false 10. But then so should dave. And Milner should be a central mid.

Navas we also don't use effectively. We need to draw out their lb and put the ball into space for him to run onto. Yes he does need a bit of cross practice. They are in him.

Not been impressed with sanga, ok not played much but I thought he was a liability last night.

Need a proper left winger with pace and a midfield general as we're leaderless there.

[chocovla]

Does make you wonder where last season's fast passing game has gone. During our good spell around Christmas last season we played a high tempo passing game while also pressing high up the pitch. Exactly what Barcelona did to us yesterday.

We looked slow, lumbering and star struck at times when confronted with Messi.