***Community Shield: City v Arsenal***

[Nigels Tackle]

What's the weather going to be like at KO, has that hurricane hit you yet?

About 30 mins from wwembley now and its still very wet but its looking brighter.

Also. Not arsed as on my 5th can and mini wonderwall has been asleep the whole journey. He will wake up to pissed up pops ha ha.

the monsoon has let up
another burst of heavy rain forecast for for 2ish...

[ashton287]

Boyata is a worry but I think nastasic will be our main problem. He is just too soft and my 6 year old is braver in a challenge.

When all else fails for boyata he will throw himself in, probably get sent off, but at least he will make the effort. I don't rate boyata and he hasn't given me any reason to but as long as he gets stuck in and does his best I don't care because it's the community shield.

Nastasic on the other hand would be scared to make a challenge on fifa never mind in a real game. He will allow himself to be pushed about and refuses to jump. He is happy to get a shove and then watch someone score rather than put himself in harms way and it's fucking infuriating to watch.

But again, it's only the community shield. We're not the rags so this won't be the biggest game of our season.

[ant london]

Boyata is a worry but I think nastasic will be our main problem. He is just too soft and my 6 year old is braver in a challenge.

When all else fails for boyata he will throw himself in, probably get sent off, but at least he will make the effort. I don't rate boyata and he hasn't given me any reason to but as long as he gets stuck in and does his best I don't care because it's the community shield.

Nastasic on the other hand would be scared to make a challenge on fifa never mind in a real game. He will allow himself to be pushed about and refuses to jump. He is happy to get a shove and then watch someone score rather than put himself in harms way and it's fucking infuriating to watch.

But again, it's only the community shield. We're not the rags so this won't be the biggest game of our season.

am I missing something here....??? has someone announced the team sheet?

I would not be surprised at all to see Vinnie start today. I know Pellers has said he won't but I wouldn't necessarily trust that

[Beefymcfc]

What's the weather going to be like at KO, has that hurricane hit you yet?

About 30 mins from wwembley now and its still very wet but its looking brighter.

Also. Not arsed as on my 5th can and mini wonderwall has been asleep the whole journey. He will wake up to pissed up pops ha ha.

Good to hear. Have a great day out mate, I wish I could be there too.

[Herb]

Caballero, Clichy, Boyata, Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernando, Toure (C), Nasri, Jovetic, Dzeko

There you go. That's the team.

[Beefymcfc]

Caballero, Clichy, Boyata, Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernando, Toure (C), Nasri, Jovetic, Dzeko

There you go. That's the team.

No surprises there then. You sound a little pissed off mate, don't you think it's good enough to win?

[Beefymcfc]

Looks like Big Bertha has just made it here and a bit worried that my satellite will go off.

[DoomMerchant]

Caballero, Clichy, Boyata, Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernando, Toure (C), Nasri, Jovetic, Dzeko

There you go. That's the team.

No surprises there then. You sound a little pissed off mate, don't you think it's good enough to win?

Herb has cornered the market on unintentionally dickhead-sounding posts where no dickishness is intended or needed.

keep up.

cheers

[DoomMerchant]

Boyata is a worry but I think nastasic will be our main problem. He is just too soft and my 6 year old is braver in a challenge.

When all else fails for boyata he will throw himself in, probably get sent off, but at least he will make the effort. I don't rate boyata and he hasn't given me any reason to but as long as he gets stuck in and does his best I don't care because it's the community shield.

Nastasic on the other hand would be scared to make a challenge on fifa never mind in a real game. He will allow himself to be pushed about and refuses to jump. He is happy to get a shove and then watch someone score rather than put himself in harms way and it's fucking infuriating to watch.

But again, it's only the community shield. We're not the rags so this won't be the biggest game of our season.

am I missing something here....??? has someone announced the team sheet?

I would not be surprised at all to see Vinnie start today. I know Pellers has said he won't but I wouldn't necessarily trust that

trust it, commie-licker.

i think the lineup looks tasty. i want to see the Balkans smash it today, as spastically as required. Come the fucl on CITY!

Football is back, motherfuckers.

cheers

[blues2win]

Navas in but no Silva. Otherwise as expected. Presumably doesn't see Silva as fully match fit.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

Not exactly one of best 11'a is it?

[Herb]

Caballero, Clichy, Boyata, Nastasic, Kolarov, Navas, Fernando, Toure (C), Nasri, Jovetic, Dzeko

There you go. That's the team.

No surprises there then. You sound a little pissed off mate, don't you think it's good enough to win?

Well I'm not surprised and I'm not pissed off and I think we stand a fair chance of outscoring the arse provided Jovetic stays on the boil and Dzeko does what he can do so well. That's not to say that I'm not nervous but that's the adrenalin kicking in and the nerves thing is what we watch it for innit.

[clippo22]

Let's see how the defence does today, a team full of goals ahead of them though!

Come on city!

Football is finally back!!!

[DoomMerchant]

Not exactly one of best 11'a is it?

not exactly shit either, is it?

everyone's such a little crybaby.

Other than not having our starting CBs it's a pretty strong fucking team.

cheers

[JamieMCFC]

[bayblue]

I like how Pellers has stuck to the guys who have done the full pre-season and as such it's a very big game for several of them. Whilst it's nowhere near our strongest line up i hope the incentive to do well will coax out a big performance from all those who are at risk of losing their places to the theoretical first eleven.
On a player by player level then I hope Boyata does well. Mancini chucked him in v Chelsea and Arsenal and then as quickly discarded him. I'm also very interested to see how Navas and Jovetic do against what isn't the best defence the Arse have to offer.

[Mike J]

any chance someone can send me a decent joan. the ones ive found are shit

[Pretty Boy Lee]

Not exactly one of best 11'a is it?

not exactly shit either, is it?

everyone's such a little crybaby.

Other than not having our starting CBs it's a pretty strong fucking team.

cheers

Two LB's, no decent CB and a shoddy bench. If were chasing who do we bring on to score?

No vinnie, sagna, zaba, Aguero, negrado, fernandhino.

Hope we win, but it's now hope not thibk.

[Dameerto]

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[Nigels Tackle]

lots of empty seats...