***barca v city official cl match thread***

[london blue 2]

Who's feeling confident? :s

Me, and this is why...
Hart
Zaba Komps Mang Kol
Fern 1
Milner Yaya Nasri Silva
Aguero
Fern 1 protects the back 4. Our midfield has technical ability, and can retain possession.
Barca will not be expecting MP to change his tactics, and we have ......Agueroooooooo.
Barca 2 - City 3.
(The biggest obstacle is the ref, and what would UEFA's sponsors think of Messi not making the Quarters? Hmm? Hmm?)

Haha I admire your optimism

[iwasthere2012]

Who's feeling confident? :s

Me, and this is why...
Hart
Zaba Komps Mang Kol
Fern 1
Milner Yaya Nasri Silva
Aguero
Fern 1 protects the back 4. Our midfield has technical ability, and can retain possession.
Barca will not be expecting MP to change his tactics, and we have ......Agueroooooooo.
Barca 2 - City 3.
(The biggest obstacle is the ref, and what would UEFA's sponsors think of Messi not making the Quarters? Hmm? Hmm?)

Has the team been announced?
I'd be happy with that team but would prefer Navas to Nasri.
Navas and Milner offer more cover for our full backs than when he plays Silva and Nasri wide.
I'm assuming Silva will play in the pocket behind Aguero.

[phips]

what's the line on us ending the match with less than 11?

[iwasthere2012]

what's the line on us ending the match with less than 11?

Most probable.

[sheblue]

Really no idea how pelligrini will line up for this, would like to see.
hart

zabs
kompany
mdm
clichy

fern1
yaya
milner
navas
silva

aguero

[Dubciteh]

Really no idea how pelligrini will line up for this, would like to see.
hart

zabs
kompany
mdm
clichy

fern1
yaya
milner
navas
silva

aguero

Clichy suspended mate.....Kolorov to give a peno away!

[Cit.revenge]

But really two season in row we get UEFALONA.

[Wonderwall]

Pellers will blow us away, he will be Radical and go with a diamond


Hart

Sagna.........Demi.......... Mangala........... Kolarov

Fernandinho
|
Yaya
..............
..............................
Navas ............................................. Milner
..............................
..............
Silva
|
Aguero

[twosips]

You could argue that that's bascially just 4-4-2 ha. Silva as one of the two, Fern and Yaya in central midfield and Navas and Milner out wide.

[nottsblue]

Start with just ten men on the pitch. Then when one of ours gets sent off we just bring the other man back on so we don't see it as a disadvantage!!!

[Nigels Tackle]

Start with just ten men on the pitch. Then when one of ours gets sent off we just bring the other man back on so we don't see it as a disadvantage!!!

just start with yaya and we'll effectively only have 10 anyway
when zabba gets sent off, throw caution to the wind and rather than chucking on a defender to fill in at right back tell yaya to play a more attacking role - the only time he comes alive

[sheblue]

Really no idea how pelligrini will line up for this, would like to see.
hart

zabs
kompany
mdm
clichy

fern1
yaya
milner
navas
silva

aguero

Clichy suspended mate.....Kolorov to give a peno away!

fuck it forgot that, kola it is so, hope to fuck silva isnt in front of him.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Just go for it tonight. Nothing to lose.
We may aswell lose 6-0 as 1-0.

[Ted Hughes]

I think Carl should be reassigned for tonight & taken off Kompany.

Perhaps use him v Zabba if he plays, or Silva.

[Ted Hughes]

You could argue that that's bascially just 4-4-2 ha. Silva as one of the two, Fern and Yaya in central midfield and Navas and Milner out wide.

It is deffo 4-4-2.

It's the kind of 442 we play, when people think were playing 5 in midfield.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

You could argue that that's bascially just 4-4-2 ha. Silva as one of the two, Fern and Yaya in central midfield and Navas and Milner out wide.

It is deffo 4-4-2.

It's the kind of 442 we play, when people think were playing 5 in midfield.

Absolutely, the most obvious example of this is when we played Munich away last season. Dzeko was partnered by Silva up front and the latter was further forward than the former throughout.

[harveytravis]

Lose to Burnley
Beat Barcelona?
Typical City??

[City64]

Who's feeling confident? :s

Me, and this is why...
Hart
Zaba Komps Mang Kol
Fern 1
Milner Yaya Nasri Silva
Aguero
Fern 1 protects the back 4. Our midfield has technical ability, and can retain possession.
Barca will not be expecting MP to change his tactics, and we have ......Agueroooooooo.
Barca 2 - City 3.
(The biggest obstacle is the ref, and what would UEFA's sponsors think of Messi not making the Quarters? Hmm? Hmm?)

On drugs ^^^^^^

[South Stand Balti]

Who's feeling confident? :s

Me, and this is why...
Hart
Zaba Komps Mang Kol
Fern 1
Milner Yaya Nasri Silva
Aguero
Fern 1 protects the back 4. Our midfield has technical ability, and can retain possession.
Barca will not be expecting MP to change his tactics, and we have ......Agueroooooooo.
Barca 2 - City 3.
(The biggest obstacle is the ref, and what would UEFA's sponsors think of Messi not making the Quarters? Hmm? Hmm?)

On drugs ^^^^^^

Not yet, maybe later.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

would winning the tie change your opinion of this season, our players and/or the manager? i don't know how I'd feel tbh.

It might change the mentality of our players till the end of the season which would help in the league. It wouldn't change my thoughts on what the club needs to do next though, which is a couple of astute replacements for a couple of our big-time Charlies.