*** MATCHDAY 1: Build up and official match day thread ***

[Moonchesteri]

We're half an hour into the new season so take this with a pinch of salt but AJ right now reminds me a bit of MR2 when the early success had just gone to his head. thinking he has it all already

get your head down son, work hard and you can really become a superstar

he's still such an exciting player though! love him

[Mark (Blue Army)]

It's just straight at the keeper with every shot we have

[Chopper]

How the fuck did he not slot that home?

[Crossie]

and there is Yaya Toure, doing what he does best! BULLDOZER!

Dzeko should have burried that, it was on a plate.

[mr_nool]

Cross bar again. FFS!

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Off the bar again!!!!

[KinkyKinkladze]

Fuck me what a strike that was. Unlucky Garry Barry.

He's been excellent this half. Seems to be able to pick out Silva like no other.

[guv111]

Just got in and... oh dear. Seems we're pretty toothless. I'll see who's playing.

[Crossie]

We're half an hour into the new season so take this with a pinch of salt but AJ right now reminds me a bit of MR2 when the early success had just gone to his head. thinking he has it all already

get your head down son, work hard and you can really become a superstar

he's still such an exciting player though! love him

MR2??

[Dameerto]

Woodwork should be worth half a goal. some nice passages of play for us at times though, we just need to shake the rust off and slot some goals away.

[Moonchesteri]

We're half an hour into the new season so take this with a pinch of salt but AJ right now reminds me a bit of MR2 when the early success had just gone to his head. thinking he has it all already

get your head down son, work hard and you can really become a superstar

he's still such an exciting player though! love him

MR2??

Micah Richards. but don't blame me, I picked that up off this site!

[Good Times]

Only a matter of time before the Swansea onion bag is bulging.

[london blue 2]

Add some urgency and we ll bury these. Come on bobby earn your dollar

[PeterParker]

Pretty good since we started playing from the 25 minute. I hope Bob will open their defence before this game will become another B'gham, Burnley, Hull, home game.

[phips]

very disappointing first 20 except for silva. I dont understand bobby's use of 2 defensive midfielders; i understand he said that he didnt want to underestimate swansea, which is smart, but come on. i liked it when kompany started pushing up pretty far and that's kinda when we started bossing the game. in the beginning i dont know why we werent pressuring the ball and letting swansea pass it like arsenal.

for the 2nd half i want to see aguero for barry or even AJ at the 50th. maybe aguero for aj and milner for barry.

silva has been great so far and i dont know what dzeko is doing. messed up that perfect chance he had at the end.
yaya looks better than he did at the CS though which is good.

been pretty impressed with Swans keeper too. looks like a good signing for them...hopefully city will prove me wrong in the 2nd half when we pepper their goal

[CTID Hants]

We're half an hour into the new season so take this with a pinch of salt but AJ right now reminds me a bit of MR2 when the early success had just gone to his head. thinking he has it all already

get your head down son, work hard and you can really become a superstar

he's still such an exciting player though! love him

MR2??

Micah Richards. but don't blame me, I picked that up off this site!

Or maybe Twitter? Think that is his user name on there?

[dazby]

It'll come.

[DoomMerchant]

any luck or gilt-edged play, esp. from Jayko, and we'd be up. should be fuclin 3-0 and these are the matches we have to win when that happens.

stepping on their neck has to be top priority here in the first 15 mins of 2nd half.

good last 20 mins or so. do me a solid Bobby and put someone on the pitch who wants to score a goal maybe?

aguero for AJ swap?

cheers

[london blue 2]

very disappointing first 20 except for silva. I dont understand bobby's use of 2 defensive midfielders; i understand he said that he didnt want to underestimate swansea, which is smart, but come on. i liked it when kompany started pushing up pretty far and that's kinda when we started bossing the game. in the beginning i dont know why we werent pressuring the ball and letting swansea pass it like arsenal.

for the 2nd half i want to see aguero for barry or even AJ at the 50th. maybe aguero for aj and milner for barry.

silva has been great so far and i dont know what dzeko is doing. messed up that perfect chance he had at the end.
yaya looks better than he did at the CS though which is good.

Barry and dzeko have been two of our better players IMO.

[citytilidie]

Dzeko looking good