*** Stoke v City - FA Cup Round 4 Official Match Thread ***

[Swales4ever]

cheers Sirs, for lovely update.
much appreciated

[phips]

We just won away at the cloggers, getting fuck all off the ref and you want us not to go down when we take a hit, in our own penalty area while defending a 1-0 lead. No problem. Understood.

Sorry if I don't condone cheating and am sick of diving and am not biased

[phips]

Anyone see Mancini having a word with Carlos when he came off towards the end? Caught a glance but the camera switched away. Thought Tevez was very dangerous today

Saw that too. Wonder what that was about

[Original Dub]

Sorry if I don't condone cheating and am sick of diving and am not biased

You're not biased in favour of Man City?

[TheReturnOfTheSpecialOne]

Zabba....PFA player of the year or not fashionable enough??

Not fashionable enough, sadly!

[Beefymcfc]

Zabba....PFA player of the year or not fashionable enough??

Not fashionable enough, sadly!

That spot is reserved for the number 20 in their 20th. It's nailed on unless they fall apart or somebody catches them ;-)

[TheReturnOfTheSpecialOne]

Stoke fans are clueless cunts. All they do is boo every decision and the only thing they have to cheer about is when we give the ball away or it goes into touch.
It must be mind - blowingly dull supporting them fuckers tho

Howard "I'm the biggest personality here and everyone reatlly came to see me" Webb is playing to them as well. The crowd decided there was a foul a few mins ago, they played 3 more passes while the crowd continued to boo and Webb then theatrically gestured that it was play on as if trying to keep them happy. Total cunt

Webb will be hauled over the coals for missing that one: certain 3 match ban for Whelan

[TheReturnOfTheSpecialOne]

Yes...No replay and to beat that horrible team and there fans is class..My ex txt me yest who is a season ticket holder at Stoke (poor fucker) to say where going to get our asses kicked..Better send her a txt ;-0

How did you manage to get taken in by a Stoke City fan????

[aaron bond]

Nasti didn't train fully on Friday but was out doing simple stuff with Carminati.Nothing serious there and should be ok for Tuesday. Mario didn't train till Friday and Mancini said he had the illness again early in the week so that's why he wasn't considered today. Nasri also an illness and didn't train at all in the week.

Even if Nasti was fit, I would have been surprised if he would have started today. You don't fancy a guy who got beaten to headers by Walcott starting against Stoke. Lescott would always be the better option here.

Although in the light of Kompany's injury, let's hope he's fit for Tuesday. I don't fancy starting 3 at the back, even if we used it for a period today!

[TheReturnOfTheSpecialOne]

Genuinely cannot think of a better right back in the premiership than the mad one.

TBH mate, he's generally regarded as such by most pundits and journos nowadays. Gets in all the prem 11's along with Vinnie.

Ye, even anti city Jamie wanks over Zabba ;-0

I didn't think Jamie was anti-City
Unlike Niall Quinn, for examble
Or that three-faced Scottish runt, Burley

[TheReturnOfTheSpecialOne]

Btw, well done to negative Mancini, for the Aguero/Kolarov swap.

As deemed, it made the wrestles holding further back and only in the last 10 minutes they found a way to gets out from their final third.

and particularly glad at realizing that the boys are getting used to tactical swap to back three when needed. Every day a brighter day at City, if one wants to pay a little attention at long sight. whatever trophy or trophyless the season will end, the team is getting senior and senior...

Can't agree with the last bit.

Lescott rescued us twice with last ditch interceptions because the other cb had gone awol & left a Stoke player unmarked with a clear run on goal. A better team wouldn't have allowed him to get the ball. The back 3 was all over the place.

You are right on the ball, as usual. Nor I even try to claim that I assess football on even understanding as Yours.

I just wanted to stress my delight at seeing good improvements on an issue that have proved very hard to fix, early this season. Give em time and we'll see an almost perfect defensive set up even on back three set. and Stoke, You teach me, ain't the easiest arena to joust on, let alone with Crouch at the end.

The best thing about the defensive set up imo was that Garcia showed that he could one day become a decent cb. Whether he could stand up to tricky, fast players on the ground is a question still to be answered, but he certainly stood up to Stoke in the air, & closed down space very well.

When we first tried Vinny at cb, he got absolutely bitched in the air. It wasn't for another year that he became a reliable option. Garcia is very promising in that respect. I noticed that when he scored his last goal, he had jumped a full foot higher than Nastasic, who was jumping next to him. When people ask why Bob swapped him for Nige, today's performance gives a clue to the answer.

Garcia has arguably the best heading technique , - not to mention salmon-leap, - of anybody at the club, with the possible exception of Mad Mario
He should be good for half a dozen goals a season, minimum

[Beefymcfc]

Garcia has arguably the best heading technique , - not to mention salmon-leap, - of anybody at the club, with the possible exception of Mad Mario.

He should be good for half a dozen goals a season, minimum.

Better than Micah?

I think not ;-)

[TheReturnOfTheSpecialOne]

Garcia has arguably the best heading technique , - not to mention salmon-leap, - of anybody at the club, with the possible exception of Mad Mario.

He should be good for half a dozen goals a season, minimum.

Better than Micah?

I think not ;-)

With Micah, brute force is more of a factor

[Beefymcfc]

Garcia has arguably the best heading technique , - not to mention salmon-leap, - of anybody at the club, with the possible exception of Mad Mario.

He should be good for half a dozen goals a season, minimum.

Better than Micah?

I think not ;-)

With Micah, brute force is more of a factor

He is the only player I'd say rises like a salmon. He does the tail-whip with his feet and everything.

[TheReturnOfTheSpecialOne]

Garcia has arguably the best heading technique , - not to mention salmon-leap, - of anybody at the club, with the possible exception of Mad Mario.

He should be good for half a dozen goals a season, minimum.

Better than Micah?

I think not ;-)

With Micah, brute force is more of a factor

He is the only player I'd say rises like a salmon. He does the tail-whip with his feet and everything.

Yeah, I suppose Garcia's is more of a straight-up, vertical leap: but once he gets up there he's got the neck muscles to provide the necessary power.
He doesn't need the brute force that almost has an 'reverse-magnetic scatter effect' that Micah has on opponents

[Swales4ever]

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