s1ty m wrote:well, we've seen plenty of these quickly become false. some observations on why this has a different feel.
ireland is, officially, the new johnny giles, one of the all-time greats. i cannot say much more to heap praise on stevie than that. he is an amazing footballer and is, what, 20? i'd give him a 10 year deal today..
The pass Sooperman did to set up Petrov's goal was pure class. Stevie should be with us for life like Giggs at the Rags.
given is the best we have had since corrigan. if he could take more control of crosses, he'd be better than joe. and joe was a fantastic keepr.
I agree, Given's reactions are razor sharp. I'll bet he's well made up that he got out of the black&whites in time.
toure is pure, unadulterated class. i thought he stood out saturday and did last night. arsenal are absolutely crazy for selling him and ade, totally out of their minds.
I still can't believe how Toure managed to cover both micah's and dunny's asses on saturday. They need to up their game to keep in the team with him.
onuoha could captain england. years ago, i thought he was better than richards, even when micah was in his early pomp and ned was injury prone. i think we can all see now that ned is, in fact, class. what a player he is and what a player he is going to be. awesome power..
Ned is like a rock. I don't think we need lescott myself. Just start Ned more often & leave Dunny as sub.
too many good things to list here. best city side, on paper, since 77, maybe including 77. they finished runners-up that year. this could be the best side we have had (could be, we'll see) since the 68 team. happy days!
Def the best side that I've known in my life. 77 team was just when I started to watch football, so I can't comment on them. But we now have the least amount of lightweights ever. Our only weak points now are in defence of course. Everyone talks about central defence weakness, but I reckon our fullbacks are also pulling light right now, particularly in attack. Both Micah & Bridge are supposed to be worldclass but Micah still hasn't regained his form of 18 months ago and Bridge has never been consistent. If they can up their game, then we got a Champions League side.