***Official City v Villa Match Thread***

[phips]

wow. what a goal....he's gotta keep his head though. he's getting a bit feisty. NDJ and Kompany trying to calm him down.

Yaya looks to, thus far, have forgotten his attacking ways and attacking mindset of last season.

Richards' movement is very good down the flank thus far.

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Looks like the Villa fans don't have anything to say to Mario now :)

Yeah had to laugh after them giving him shit

[maf]

Loving the new Micah he's immense for us , glad the clueless Capello gives him international weeks off .

[ronk]

Stupid setanta, there's zero point in having a legal stream that doesn't work

[Dameerto]

Was a bit worried about Nige til I saw the replay - thought it might have been his leg but he took a knee to the chest.

[Mark (Blue Army)]

He's such a hard cunt De Jong, other players would of lay there for 10 minutes.

[mr_nool]

Keep it up lads. If we play like this we don't a Silva type player on the pitch. Just keep it tight at the back and put pressure on them until they buckle.

[CitizenYank]

So far so good. Nice goal.

[maf]

Got to say I'm enjoying this good showing from Mario again , a poor start comparitivly by city turned around by hard graft , and Dean Sturrridge giving an unbiased commentary .

[Crossie]

Ticking over, hardly motoring along. Almost like scum's idea today, have the turbo boost on the bench ready to deploy if needed.

Ireland looks half arsed, just doesn't seem to be on the same level as the rest of his team.

[Esky]

Entertaining from Mario. Barry's passing's been poor. Aside from Lescott's horror moment, decent half.

[Sideshow Bob]

villa seems content to lose. not much effort from either side, really.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Should of done better Mario

Couldn't have done worse with that chance really and the stick the Villa fans gave him was probably deserved at the time.I never think it's wise though to have a laugh at a striker as it so often rebounds on you and it was as if it spurred him on.

[hyper]

Don't know what channel I'm watching but nice little Cult Hero piece on Kinky just now - always nice to see that goal against Southampton

[dazby]

A very flat half all round. Villa don't even look like they want to score, apart from Gabby. 2 more without reply in the second please.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

A very flat half all round. Villa don't even look like they want to score, apart from Gabby. 2 more without reply in the second please.

As long as we get a clean sheet I don't care but more goals would keep my blood pressure in cheeck

[Dubaimancityfan]

We're on top now alphabetically !

Scratch that. Silly of me, only looked at GD line. Well an truely on top.

[aaron bond]

We're on top now alphabetically !

and by 2 points

(as it stands)

[trueblue64]

We're on top now alphabetically !

We are on top by 2 clear points......

[Dameerto]

AJ!!!