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Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:08 amManchester City v Swansea City
Etihad Stadium, City of Manchester
Sunday 1 December 2013
Kickoff: 4:10 PM
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Assistants: G Beswick and S Beck
Fourth Official: Neil Swarbrick
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Right, we are playing on Sunday in a non-TV game because this was originally a Sat 3pm kickoff moved to Sunday due to Swans being in the Europa League tonight. They haven't qualified from their group yet so still an important game for them, against Valencia (who have qualified from their group), but they are playing at home tonight so not a lot of travel for them but still with our players rested mid-week and most of theirs playing tonight, we should have that slight advantage on Sunday with their players a tad more tired ... and with us having scored 7, 5, 6 and 4 in last four home games, well they should feel a little weak in their knees just coming here ...
BUT we must not take anything for granted and especially against a team like Swansea. Their season hasn't started off as well as they'd have expected but still they find themselves in top-10 and have a very good manager and some good individuals and if they sense us becoming complacent at anytime, they could cause us some problems ...
Oh, and before people ask why are we playing at an odd 4:10pm start. There are three TV games on Sunday (ours is not, the other three are) and when that happens on a Sunday, they kick off at 12:00, 14:05 and 16:10 ... and we are simply starting at the same time as the last slot.
Considering the people rested and injuries etc., here's the lineup we will most likely see:
Panti
Zaba - Komps/Demi - Nasti - Clichy
Ferna - Yaya
Navas - Nasri
Aguero - Beast
Kompany is due back now and we might as well play him at home this game or give him at least 45 mins ...
Score Prediction: (considering last two home league games were 7-0 and 6-0, and other two games in CL ended 5-2 and 4-2), I'd go with anywhere between 5 to 8 goals for us and maybe a one off against us.
It's not this game I'm worried about but the next two are AWAY and only with two days gap each ... West Brom on 4th Dec and then Saints on 7th Dec ... so hell go for it this one and thrash them all out, a continued show of exceptional form at home will be good for our overall confidence going into those two games.
Etihad Stadium, City of Manchester
Sunday 1 December 2013
Kickoff: 4:10 PM
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Assistants: G Beswick and S Beck
Fourth Official: Neil Swarbrick
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Right, we are playing on Sunday in a non-TV game because this was originally a Sat 3pm kickoff moved to Sunday due to Swans being in the Europa League tonight. They haven't qualified from their group yet so still an important game for them, against Valencia (who have qualified from their group), but they are playing at home tonight so not a lot of travel for them but still with our players rested mid-week and most of theirs playing tonight, we should have that slight advantage on Sunday with their players a tad more tired ... and with us having scored 7, 5, 6 and 4 in last four home games, well they should feel a little weak in their knees just coming here ...
BUT we must not take anything for granted and especially against a team like Swansea. Their season hasn't started off as well as they'd have expected but still they find themselves in top-10 and have a very good manager and some good individuals and if they sense us becoming complacent at anytime, they could cause us some problems ...
Oh, and before people ask why are we playing at an odd 4:10pm start. There are three TV games on Sunday (ours is not, the other three are) and when that happens on a Sunday, they kick off at 12:00, 14:05 and 16:10 ... and we are simply starting at the same time as the last slot.
Considering the people rested and injuries etc., here's the lineup we will most likely see:
Panti
Zaba - Komps/Demi - Nasti - Clichy
Ferna - Yaya
Navas - Nasri
Aguero - Beast
Kompany is due back now and we might as well play him at home this game or give him at least 45 mins ...
Score Prediction: (considering last two home league games were 7-0 and 6-0, and other two games in CL ended 5-2 and 4-2), I'd go with anywhere between 5 to 8 goals for us and maybe a one off against us.
It's not this game I'm worried about but the next two are AWAY and only with two days gap each ... West Brom on 4th Dec and then Saints on 7th Dec ... so hell go for it this one and thrash them all out, a continued show of exceptional form at home will be good for our overall confidence going into those two games.