***Official Man City v Aston Villa Match Thread***

[Beefymcfc]

Anybody think the Ref will get some stick tonight?

Tbh he's the kind of ref who will deliberately shit on us if we give him stick.

I think he'll try and shit on us wether we give him stick or not mate. I suppose it depends which way the betting's going though ;-)

If you're reading Mark, we love you really :)

[Twobob]

Anybody think the Ref will get some stick tonight?

Tbh he's the kind of ref who will deliberately shit on us if we give him stick.

That's my gut feeling too

Anyone remember the game v Liverpool at Maine Rd, when we were giving George (Scouselicker) Courtney shit for corruptly failing to send off one of their lot for a deliberate, obvious, last man, prof foul & he retaliated by giving them their 2nd terrible penalty for a Breardsley dive, which he 'saw' from being positioned about 50 yards away? Then he stood, hands on hips, looking at the crowd as they shouted at him?

2 Liverpool fans sat behind me were embarrassed, one said "I don't fucking believe this".

Clattenburg is exactly the same kind of ref imo.

Cannot beleive they're letting him Ref so soon! He's the kind of scum ref who will screw us over anyway - and allways does, he probably believes this gets him further into the bossom of Taggert!

Hope we do these first time round, we dont need the replay and we need to get a head of steam up now. Hopeing to see MJ too if the other thread bears fruit

[Mark (Blue Army)]

is this our biggest game of the season? A win and nothing else is what is requored, wembley is in sight for the 1st time in my life(aside from playoff), no excuses win at all costs!

Same here mate, i was watching Birmingham lift the cup the other day thinking when will that be us. Now is the time to go for this, i really believe we can win this. Please, please Bobby don't fuck this up, let's get at them from the off COME ON CITY!!!!!

[ant london]

Don't know what shirt to wear for this....they have all had lucky patches.....tevez, balotelli or de jong

[guv111]

Anybody think the Ref will get some stick tonight?

Tbh he's the kind of ref who will deliberately shit on us if we give him stick.

That's my gut feeling too

After last weekend, he should have been sent on another eight months' gardening leave. He practically gets rewarded the more he fucks up.

[john68]

Don't know what shirt to wear for this....they have all had lucky patches.....tevez, balotelli or de jong

Simple Ant...Sew all the lucky patches together and wear that....whatever it is...they won't notice in Cairo mate.

[everyonehatesus]

Im working away at the moment again, only this week im working with a rag. After last night and him simply turning his back on me every time I bring up football, I fucking hope we dont slip up as we will be watching it in the pub. Ive had to put up with too much shit from him already, so please city, dont fuck this up.

[Moonchesteri]

Hart, Richards, Kolo, Boateng, Zabaleta, Vieira, Barry, Yaya, Kolarov, Silva, Balotelli. From OS.

Seems like we are relying on clean sheet and a moment of magic from Balo or Silva then.

[Tony P]

Hart
Micah
Boateng
Kolo
Zab
Pat
GazBaz
Yaya
Kol
Balo
Silva

Fuck

[mr_nool]

Hart, Richards, Kolo, Boateng, Zabaleta, Vieira, Barry, Yaya, Kolarov, Silva, Balotelli.

Should be strong enough of a team, but I hope Tevez is on the bench if it goes pear-shaped ...

I miss Vinny and Nigel...

[Moonchesteri]

Hart, Richards, Kolo, Boateng, Zabaleta, Vieira, Barry, Yaya, Kolarov, Silva, Balotelli.

Should be strong enough of a team, but I hope Tevez is on the bench if it goes pear-shaped ...

I miss Vinny and Nigel...

Tevez is sub. as is MJ.

[dikdik]

Strange selection?

[mr_nool]

Hart, Richards, Kolo, Boateng, Zabaleta, Vieira, Barry, Yaya, Kolarov, Silva, Balotelli.

Should be strong enough of a team, but I hope Tevez is on the bench if it goes pear-shaped ...

I miss Vinny and Nigel...

Tevez is sub. as is MJ.

Cheers mate!

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Vieira, Barry and Yaya at home to Villa?
FFS grow a pair Mancini. Negative, negative, negative.

[citytilidie]

fucking disgusting line up

[blues2win]

With Vieira and Barry playing we can expect that Yaya will play further forward along with Silva. Richards and Kolarov are expected to provide the width with Zabaleta at right back. No sense in criticising Mancini for playing three defensive midfielders because he's not. The key thing with this formation is that Balotelli gets lots of support from midfield. Silva needs to link with him and hopefully Yaya make runs past him while Kolarov and Richards fire crosses in. In theory it could be quite an attacking formation. In theory.

I assume that Mancini feels that Tevez is a bit jaded and doesn't want him playing 90 minutes before the Wigan match. He's there and will clearly be used if we need a goal after 60 minutes or so.

[halnone]

fucking disgusting line up

yeah, almost as disgusting as your attitude.

I have no problems with this line up.

[Fesan]

With Vieira and Barry playing we can expect that Yaya will play further forward along with Silva. Richards and Kolarov are expected to provide the width with Zabaleta at right back. No sense in criticising Mancini for playing three defensive midfielders because he's not. The key thing with this formation is that Balotelli gets lots of support from midfield. Silva needs to link with him and hopefully Yaya make runs past him while Kolarov and Richards fire crosses in. In theory it could be quite an attacking formation. In theory.

I assume that Mancini feels that Tevez is a bit jaded and doesn't want him playing 90 minutes before the Wigan match. He's there and will clearly be used if we need a goal after 60 minutes or so.

Some good points but surely Kolarov is in midfield?

Hart

Richards - Kolo - Boateng - Zaba

Yaya - Vieira - Barry - Kolo

Silva

Mad hatter



I am really looking forward to seeing Silva work with Balo, think they have playstyles that suit each other well.

[Moonchesteri]

fucking disgusting line up

yeah, almost as disgusting as your attitude.

I have no problems with this line up.

Hart
Richards - Kolo - Boateng - Kolarov
Zabaleta - Vieira - Barry
Silva - Yaya
Balotelli.

Doesn't look too bad, should be good enough to beat Villa. of course the formation can be very different from that so I'm looking forward to seeing how we line up

[Moonchesteri]

Bench: Taylor, Boyata, Reece Wabara, MJ, Jo, Dzeko, Tevez.

At least we have some firepower there