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Derby day is upon us. Quite an early one this time. Horrible feeling about this one and the next week in general.

No idea what the defence will look like. Assume Donnarumma will play(?). Hope Haaland has brought his shooting boots from the International break.

Just win really, that's all I and everyone else I guess wants. Not bothered how we get the points or even if we play well.

Going with the heart for the prediction

3-1 Haaland (3)

I have captained Haaland to back up your heart prediction.

Fingers crossed cause Grealish just got me fuck all.

Kdb "3 wins on the bounce" love that he said on the bounce and isnt getting someone to translate his posts to Italian.

Def gonna do us on Thursday

Horrible feeling is right

Probably the most I’ve wanted to win a derby since the treble cup final. Mental as that sounds as losing any derby is gutting, but right now this feels must win.

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Probably the most I’ve wanted to win a derby since the treble cup final. Mental as that sounds as losing any derby is gutting, but right now this feels must win.

100% this. A fucking must win game. Can see us turning up today. Hopefully Phil is back and firing with the viking.

i want to see haaland putting the fear of god into the the rags keeper, pressing him line a mad man when he's on the ball. none of this half jogging into the box bollocks that we keep seeing

This has 1 : 6 written all over it.
Possibly worse tbh.
Defo not 3 pts.

Anything could happen but I'm going for a 3-1 win. Haaland to get a couple.

Blue Jam wrote:This has 1 : 6 written all over it.
Possibly worse tbh.
Defo not 3 pts.

Fuck off, I'm going to the game.

Don't depress me before I start.

An 8-0 will do.

Heart hopes for a good convincing win with tough games against Napoli and Arsenal up next.

Brain really isn't feeling it.

Sure derby is a one off game, even at our peak we lost against these bastards. No one will ever forget the derby we lost at home to clinch the Title.

I like a Football bet, or two, so have been going over ours and the Rags OPTA Stats this week. Against Spurs we won 0 second Balls, against Brighton we won just 18% of second Balls, we lost both games. Over the last 18 months there has been a serious decline in our Stats all round.

Rags stats against Arsenal at home were actually quite impressive, just lacked Goals, fact is they were unlucky to lose that game. Last game out they won over 80% of all second Balls and put in a lot of Leg work with their high press. They might be considered shit based on recent results but they are putting in a shift.

We also have the Amorim factor, sure he is a Clown, he isn't a great manager either, fact is though he has Guardiola number. Who can forget the City v Sporting away game that had rag fans drooling over him. Simple tactics again. Let us dominate possession and use the High press to make us make unenforced errors. It isn't Rocket Science any more pretty much every team in the League uses the same tactics against us because we play the same way regardless.

Have not seen anything yet to suggest Guardiola is going to try anything different other than slow, insipid, boring football with emphasis on keeping possession and recycling the Ball.

Reality being this derby today is actually the perfect game for the Rags style and and not ours.

We will play to their strengths again because we have no plan B. Their average "One trick Pony" Manager has the perfect team to employ his counter attacking style against.

The gulf in class of player has been closed. We have a Manager too stubborn to change his style with one Eye on retirement. I am not even sure the Players believe in his style any more either.

Kind of ironic that even with a win today Amorim is a dead Man walking. Rags could walk away with 3 point today. Get giddy with excitement that they have finally turned a corner. Fact is though it will only be delaying the inevitable for Amorim/Reality being even if they win they will only have beaten the worst City side from the last 10 years, and a Manager in Guardiola who himself is well past his Sell By date.

Rags will never have a better chance than today.

We lose today, i fear 3 defeats on the bounce will quickly become 5.


Or maybe today will be the day Pep will show me he really does have a plan B that goes beyond walking Football for long periods and lobbing aimless Balls in to the Box to Haaland.Maybe we will play quick incisive football with killer Balls on the ground for Haaland to run on to.

Heart hopes for 4-1

Brain says it will be more of the the same old insipid regurgitated shit. And we will make Amorim and the Rags look World class.0-1.1-3

Hope i am wrong.

Not even arsed about the result today now,

Life can be so cruel.

patrickblue wrote:

Blue Jam wrote:This has 1 : 6 written all over it.
Possibly worse tbh.
Defo not 3 pts.

Fuck off, I'm going to the game.

Don't depress me before I start.

Enjoy the match.
Please!!!

Back in 2002, we were hammered by injuries to the point we had Weikens and Mettomo starting as our centrehalves.

Anyone remember how that one turned out?

Slim wrote:Back in 2002, we were hammered by injuries to the point we had Weikens and Mettomo starting as our centrehalves.

Anyone remember how that one turned out?

What a day that was.
My ex dumped me because I said I'm not going away from Manchester that weekend, even though the game was sold out (she'd checked).
2 days afyer being dumped, I had an email from a Blue who sold me 2 North Stand tickets (Neil Hadfield - I'm eternally grateful).
9.11.02 was one of the best football days of my life.

Blue Jam wrote:

Slim wrote:Back in 2002, we were hammered by injuries to the point we had Weikens and Mettomo starting as our centrehalves.

Anyone remember how that one turned out?

What a day that was.
My ex dumped me because I said I'm not going away from Manchester that weekend, even though the game was sold out (she'd checked).
2 days afyer being dumped, I had an email from a Blue who sold me 2 North Stand tickets (Neil Hadfield - I'm eternally grateful).
9.11.02 was one of the best football days of my life.

Found out the score 4 days later after they updated my romanian teletext.

No idea what to expect. But I am worried about the officials.

There's going to be a minutes appreciation before KO for Ricky, I presume black arm bands too.

In the blue corner

XI | Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo (C), Reijnders, Foden, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Ake, Nico, Savinho, Nunes, Bobb, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni