***Official City v Arsenal Thread***

[david yearsley]

Cant blame the ref for the sending off..Boyota ruined the game not the ref.
Shit result and fookin gutted but im so proud of Richards today.He was immense.

It was a mistimed challenge not a deliberate foul AND there was no certainty he would have got past Hart - I blame that piece of shit Fabregas for bigging it to the ref - the guy is a cnut and we should have made sure he saw red after his yellow

[Mark (Blue Army)]

A big well done to the lads they played brilliant up untill the second goal went in, we have a week now with no games in between lets hammer Wolves nextweek and get back to winning ways.

[BlueMoonAwoken]

Poor decison by Bobby to play Boyata. The lad has shown a lot of promise but we didn't need to risk him today. Hindsight is great but Chamakh has won five penalties this season already, he plays for fouls and looks to nick the ball away from defenders, and i was fearful before the game that he'd expose Boyata.

We played well in the circumstanes.

Yeah i was thinking the same maybe the experience of lesscott instead but as you say hindsight is great.

[Lee_R]

Poor today. Boyata fucked the game for us, too rash. Also we gave the ball away so many times, you cant do that against Arsenal.
Today was a bad day at the office and we just need to learn from it and move on. We really need to start scoring more goals now that Balotelli is ready, theres no excuses.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

hmmmm

[shawzy]

Cant blame the ref for the sending off..Boyota ruined the game not the ref.
Shit result and fookin gutted but im so proud of Richards today.He was immense.

It was a mistimed challenge not a deliberate foul AND there was no certainty he would have got past Hart - I blame that piece of shit Fabregas for bigging it to the ref - the guy is a cnut and we should have made sure he saw red after his yellow

I kwow what ya sayin bud,but in situations like that you have got to make contact with the ball.Divin twats like Fabritwat will make the most of it.

[Brad]

Bobby fucked up playing Boyata specially against a quick team like Arsenal, I hope Boyata dont blame himself too much and just learns from it, i know it cost us the game but 10 v 11 and we still battled too the very end, Richards,Silva,Barry,Dejong, Kompany all played there part, Bridge was shite,But we put the effort in and had it of been 11-11 we would of won i feel. I'm disapointed but proud at the same time if that makes sence :)

[blues-clues]

Cant blame the ref for the sending off..Boyota ruined the game not the ref.
Shit result and fookin gutted but im so proud of Richards today.He was immense.

It was a mistimed challenge not a deliberate foul AND there was no certainty he would have got past Hart - I blame that piece of shit Fabregas for bigging it to the ref - the guy is a cnut and we should have made sure he saw red after his yellow

Makes no difference! The mistimed tackle denied a clear goal scoring opportunity. End of story. Clattenburg had no choice. If Fabregas influenced him it certainly didnt look like it, Clattenburg told them all to go away.

[david yearsley]

Bobby fucked up playing Boyata specially against a quick team like Arsenal, I hope Boyata dont blame himself too much and just learns from it, i know it cost us the game but 10 v 11 and we still battled too the very end, Richards,Silva,Barry,Dejong, Kompany all played there part, Bridge was shite,But we put the effort in and had it of been 11-11 we would of won i feel. I'm disapointed but proud at the same time if that makes sence :)

Problem is are we going to return to glorious losers or are we gonna give Wolves a right good kicking? Got serious doubts after that - fucled my weekend right up what with that other snidey twat Alonso winning - not a happy house!

[Brad]

I know mate, just gotta stay positive :)

[ant london]

I hate losing but.....

David Silva....what a bloody player he is
Micah Richards......a fantastic performance, absolutely top drawer
Tevez.....doesn't know the meaning of "lost cause"....hope he's ok
Milner....I thought he was brilliant today....workrate but real quality and signs of being very much on Silva and Tevez's wavelength

Boateng....pretty strong stuff today, massively improved
Hart....good penalty save and some great command of the area today
Kompany.....silly challenge for the penalty but otherwise good performance
De Jong....excellent.....tough, energetic and clearly watching his step whilst letting their midfield know very much who the Wrinkly Dog is


Barry.....criminal lack of pace and innumerate examples of terrible use of the ball. I can forgive the pace but he was fucking shit today
Bridge.....just pretty bloody poor, he can go in January for me
Yaya....we could have done with him man'ning up and playing on post HT. He was so much stronger than GB first half. Barry should have been the one not to come out for the second 45. Disappointing lack of grit. Carlos was clearly injured and he came back out.

Boyata.....daft challenge but he's still learning
Super Mario.....showed some lovely control, will take him a while to "learn how to play PL"

[david yearsley]

I hate losing but.....

David Silva....what a bloody player he is
Micah Richards......a fantastic performance, absolutely top drawer
Tevez.....doesn't know the meaning of "lost cause"....hope he's ok
Milner....I thought he was brilliant today....workrate but real quality and signs of being very much on Silva and Tevez's wavelength

Boateng....pretty strong stuff today, massively improved
Hart....good penalty save and some great command of the area today
Kompany.....silly challenge for the penalty but otherwise good performance
De Jong....excellent.....tough, energetic and clearly watching his step whilst letting their midfield know very much who the Wrinkly Dog is


Barry.....criminal lack of pace and innumerate examples of terrible use of the ball. I can forgive the pace but he was fucking shit today
Bridge.....just pretty bloody poor, he can go in January for me
Yaya....we could have done with him man'ning up and playing on post HT. He was so much stronger than GB first half. Barry should have been the one not to come out for the second 45. Disappointing lack of grit. Carlos was clearly injured and he came back out.

Boyata.....daft challenge but he's still learning
Super Mario.....showed some lovely control, will take him a while to "learn how to play PL"

Toure had a knock - decent assessment - Bridge is an embarrassment - why no AJ though?

[BlueMoonAwoken]

I think yaya went off injured, barry for me should not even start he slows our play down, he should come on when we are 1 nil or 2 nil up and need to keep the ball. When we need a goal his passing is hopeful and to obvious and always gets cut out he really frustrated me today but win against wolves sets the derby up for an exciting game!

[Redna]

Love it that the crowd is still singing Blue moon!

And what do you think the swedish pundits said in that exact moment?

"- Ahh, hör vad Arsenalklacken sjunger"
Knobheads the lot;)

Dissapointed as f*ck but not that dissapointed. We stood up pretty good.
We'll be back
CTID!!

[The Original Special One]

I couldn't watch, from about 10 minutes after the sending off.
There was always the prospect of Wenger's team shooting themselves in the foot, though, because, beside them being the worst team to play against for 90 minutes with a man short, they can just be, on occasion, the best team.
I listened to the Sky commentary from another room, though, and it sounded like they were 'luhving it, with their patronising comments about 'brave' City!

[BlueMoonAwoken]

Yeah andy gray banging on every 5 minutes city get all the credit, i didnt want credit i want a goal you nob.

[The Original Special One]

Cant blame the ref for the sending off..Boyota ruined the game not the ref.
Shit result and fookin gutted but im so proud of Richards today.He was immense.

It was a mistimed challenge not a deliberate foul AND there was no certainty he would have got past Hart - I blame that piece of shit Fabregas for bigging it to the ref - the guy is a cnut and we should have made sure he saw red after his yellow

Makes no difference! The mistimed tackle denied a clear goal scoring opportunity. End of story. Clattenburg had no choice. If Fabregas influenced him it certainly didnt look like it, Clattenburg told them all to go away.

That was what everybody else means when they say 'mistimed tackle'
Wenger's definition of mistimed tackle is when his 'Golden Boy' launches himself with a premeditated two-footed retaliatory assault against an opponent who had earlier nicked him
(there should be two different forms of punishment as Boyata's was just unfortunate, and wholly innocent of any malice)

[TheGOAT]

I couldn't watch, from about 10 minutes after the sending off.
There was always the prospect of Wenger's team shooting themselves in the foot, though, because, beside them being the worst team to play against for 90 minutes with a man short, they can just be, on occasion, the best team.
I listened to the Sky commentary from another room, though, and it sounded like they were 'luhving it, with their patronising comments about 'brave' City!

what the fuck is that all about!? if you cant watch us when we are in trouble dont ever watch at all!

unless you mean you actually wasn't able to watch it????

[Renato_CTID]

The Big Mal celebration from all the COMS will rest in my eyes and in my heart forever! Of course we lose a game nil three playing decent football against Cesc Fabregas the Genius and other clever footballers called the gooners. Micah, Joe, Nigel, Silva and Carlitos show undoubtely that future is ours but, dear Mancio, how could you think to beat Arsenal without our best striker AJ?

[david yearsley]

Cant blame the ref for the sending off..Boyota ruined the game not the ref.
Shit result and fookin gutted but im so proud of Richards today.He was immense.

It was a mistimed challenge not a deliberate foul AND there was no certainty he would have got past Hart - I blame that piece of shit Fabregas for bigging it to the ref - the guy is a cnut and we should have made sure he saw red after his yellow

Makes no difference! The mistimed tackle denied a clear goal scoring opportunity. End of story. Clattenburg had no choice. If Fabregas influenced him it certainly didnt look like it, Clattenburg told them all to go away.

That was what everybody else means when they say 'mistimed tackle'
Wenger's definition of mistimed tackle is when his 'Golden Boy' launches himself with a premeditated two-footed retaliatory assault against an opponent who had earlier nicked him
(there should be two different forms of punishment as Boyata's was just unfortunate, and wholly innocent of any malice)

Ha - nice one and very true