walmai wrote:So, I got my comeuppance...I met my old City mate (of nearly 30 years standing) about a fortnight ago and tore him a few strips about the profligate spending you'd done re Sterling. So, of course, he was always going to pop up with a goal or two.
I haven't seen much of the match, due to doing other things, so the best thing I can say is that I am glad that we somehow managed to keep it at only 2-0 until the break, so that we could re-group and at least ask you a few questions second half.
That Antonio, eh? Scorer of the most headed goals in the last year in the Prem and always game - never lets his head go down.
Mr Aguero, you can hang yours in shame, mate. Why does such a gifted striker need to resort to that? Were our lads taking it in turns to wind him up?
My feel this season is that, whereas it was a fairly open field until the last knockings, last season, you lot are one of perhaps 3 teams who are likely to motor off away into the distance, leaving the rest to fight over 4th etc....
Good luck to yer - that's not that hard a suggestion, given the identities of the other two teams I had in mind!
I agree with that part. I think the gap between the top teams and the rest will be much bigger than last year. I also think that that the "sub-top" (teams 4 to 8) will be way ahead of the rest. There are a lot of teams looking distinctly average or down-right poor this season, despite all of the new money that's come in.
Back to the game yesterday, I thought our first 15 minutes were the best I've seen us play in a very long while. The work rate and effort in closing West Ham down when we lost the ball was superb and very Barcelonaesque.