***Official Kiev v City Match Thread***

[Goataldo]

balotelli, profligate, casual, not trying hard enough.

kolorov not looking up to the challenge.

silva looking for fouls wen nothing is happening.

dzeko trying the same shit even when it isn;t working.

yaya? did he fly with the squad?

looking at our attacking players, I reamin to be convinced in this game.

richards looks the best bet so far!

funny old game though, bring on the second part of a game of two halves please.

[PALUS]

YaYa / Barry / Dzeko - all anonymous and shite.

all squad shit

[guv111]

Started well, then faded. Same as usual, in fact.

[The Original Special One]

Shite - Hart is crap at the moment...he has been average at best for a long time now and that goal was entirely his fault.

I'd like to get another angle on his dive for the goal
It looked as if he turned his head away as he was launching himself at the ball
Does he not have any bottle?

[bigblue]

their #10 milenko(?) is a fuckin cheatiing diver. Went down for in our box and when zabba got all ball. we need a few goals and someone to go through the back of him

[OliverHardy]

WE JUST NEVER EVER GET ENOUGH PLAYERS FORWARD FAST ENOUGH!! Or play mario and dzeko in the right positions!!! our overall game is just soooooo lethargic! Defensively why cant we ever put in a tackle outside the area!

[PALUS]

There are goals in this for us, but some of the decision making has been fucking abysmal. Dzeko needs to pull his finger out too, I'm a big believer in his ability but he's looking piss poor for us so far.

Balotelli has got enough balls in good opportunities; too many bad passes
But Ya Ya needs to get his finger out, Big Time
He's a disgrace, and if he doesn't stop sulking over his brother he should be dropped

our atack sucks becose we dont have midefild at all you no atackers need delivery to score but who can provide

[Beeks]

YaYa is playing like he's never seen a football before

[The Original Special One]

Yep, Hart DID turn his head away
No bottle; TOTALLY gutless
(Pat Dolan on Setanta Ireland called it, also!)

[Manx Blue]

I'd stick De Jong on for Yaya, and possibly SWP up front with Balo (if we're keeping CT fresh for Sunday) let's give Kiev something to think about with Sweeps pace and trickery.

Additionally, that right side prior to the goal saw their lads get plenty of space. We had 4-5 players in close proximity doing nothing., and we MUST close down quicker.

[Nick]

Blah Blah same shit different day, no pace, no urgency, one dimensional, sideways passing, Hart fucking up as soon as hes called upon.

[Florida Blue]

Why does Kolarov take any set pieces? 30% of the time they might be good, and 30% of time leads to a dangerous counter attack.

Was thinking that, i can say hand on heart that i can hit a better free kick than that chump. Has someone said to him the idea of a corner or freekick is to always hit the first man. Was he not meant to be some sort of specialist?

Javier Garrido was just as useful/useless and cost less, but much better at set pieces.

[aaron bond]

There are goals in this for us, but some of the decision making has been fucking abysmal. Dzeko needs to pull his finger out too, I'm a big believer in his ability but he's looking piss poor for us so far.

Balotelli has got enough balls in good opportunities; too many bad passes
But Ya Ya needs to get his finger out, Big Time
He's a disgrace, and if he doesn't stop sulking over his brother he should be dropped

I don't think we should let him have the excuse of what's going on with his brother.

He's been shit pretty much all season. I hate seeing his name on the team sheet. I hope Mancini drops him and gives Milner a run in centre mid once he's back from injury but unfortunately I can't see that happening.

Yaya only looks impressive when he does those powerful forward runs. The problem is, he's probably not done more then 10 of them all season. He just doesn't do enough for the team.

[guv111]

YaYa is playing like he's never seen a football before

Is that YaYa wandering around the middle? Thought it was the ref.

[Ted Hughes]

What are our tactics in this game? Yes there are many poor individual performances but what is our team supposed to be set up to do? Are we supposed to be hitting them on the break? If so, why are they hitting us on the break? Are we supposed to be pressing in their half? We look like we've just been told to spread out & get on with it.

Ist half= Capello's England v Germany. Almost all of the team caught wrong side of the ball on set pieces more than once, 5 v 2 breakaways by the HOME TEAM in an away game we don't need to win? Why?

This is the best we can do organisationally by March? Whether we win lose or draw this game, there is absolutely no excuse for that disorganised fucking shambles. Bobby fucking Gould could organise a team better than that.

[blues2win]

Yaya plays better further forward. He's too deep for my liking. Kola can do a lot better than that last free kick. Balo poor; too much show-boating when we need the ball held up.

[Florida Blue]

Shite - Hart is crap at the moment...he has been average at best for a long time now and that goal was entirely his fault.

Carl, not entirely, Silva let the cross go, Kolarov was looking at the stars. While he should have got a finger on it, no one else was helping him. We don't have another option right now.

[bigblue]

Why does Kolarov take any set pieces? 30% of the time they might be good, and 30% of time leads to a dangerous counter attack.

Was thinking that, i can say hand on heart that i can hit a better free kick than that chump. Has someone said to him the idea of a corner or freekick is to always hit the first man. Was he not meant to be some sort of specialist?

its not even that hard. just stick it between the penalty spot and 6 yard box. If you can't hit a 6 yard area go home

[Goataldo]

Andie, as a 'keeper, what say you of Joe there?

TO me it looked like a situation he had to cut out, and maybe would;ve expected a blue shirt telling him either visually by presence, or verbally, that he was onit (kolorov), did he hesittae too much in your opinion?

I'm struggling to blame joe there is all.

[The Original Special One]

balotelli, profligate, casual, not trying hard enough.

kolorov not looking up to the challenge.

silva looking for fouls wen nothing is happening.

dzeko trying the same shit even when it isn;t working.

yaya? did he fly with the squad?

looking at our attacking players, I reamin to be convinced in this game.

richards looks the best bet so far!

funny old game though, bring on the second part of a game of two halves please.

The thing with Richards, though, is all of the biggirlsblouses are throwing themselves at his feet
And the officials are being conned by them!

Dzeko isn't taking up the right positions.
These are all, at best, lower tier Premier League, even Bundesliga level defenders
He should be in his element here!