Ratings vrs Wolves

[Wonderwall]

RIG slating [strike]Richards[/strike] again, what a shocker. :(

not shocking just boring

[Lionel]

This match is a reflection of what our home season is going to be like agiants the likes of Wolves, Burnley, Blackburn, Stoke, Fulham, Portsmouth, West Ham, and Birmingham. These sides will come to City basically for a nil-nil draw and will defend deep. We have to now play like how every top four side plays and we are presented with the same problems they are, that is breaking teams down at a level we are not used to.
Wolves offered nothing until we scored, nor were they likely to. As we play these teams, the longer the first goal takes, the more frustrated we will become and could even end up losing games due to not being experienced in this type of football.
Todays second half, Hughes should have brought De Jong far earlier than he did for Robinho, Tevez being brought off was the correct move considering his lack of game time.
Our second half will be a great learning curve, this team is far from gelled with 6 of the starters having joined the club since January.

[smurfsdabomb]

I don't think teams respect city that much, Wolves just always play that way.

[Grob]

This match is a reflection of what our home season is going to be like agiants the likes of Wolves, Burnley, Blackburn, Stoke, Fulham, Portsmouth, West Ham, and Birmingham. These sides will come to City basically for a nil-nil draw and will defend deep. We have to now play like how every top four side plays and we are presented with the same problems they are, that is breaking teams down at a level we are not used to.
Wolves offered nothing until we scored, nor were they likely to. As we play these teams, the longer the first goal takes, the more frustrated we will become and could even end up losing games due to not being experienced in this type of football.
Todays second half, Hughes should have brought De Jong far earlier than he did for Robinho, Tevez being brought off was the correct move considering his lack of game time.
Our second half will be a great learning curve, this team is far from gelled with 6 of the starters having joined the club since January.

Agreed.

The main crux of our first team who won so many games at home last season is still here. Our home form will be no problem.

The away form was obviously problematic last season. With focal offensive points like Adebayor and Santa Cruz however i feel this area will improve.

The team isnt firing on all cylondes at the moment with 4 out of 11 starters new to the club today, what really do people expect other than wins and clean sheets?

[Robinho_Is_GOD]

RIG slating Richards again, what a shocker. :(

I don't seem to be the only one thinking that man cannot defend to save his life, a certain England manager thinks likewise.....and he has won a few medals in his time, maybe if Hughes followed suit, then medals might follow his way also, pick 4 defenders that can do their own job first and foremost, pass and that to a team-mate, not a hoof upfield which comes back at you.

We didn't play him in midweek and the defence looked a lot better (until TBH came on), than it ever has done with him in the team.