Mancini (The Ted Hughes and BBS thread)

[Ted Hughes]

So Jo is proven and Boateng is unproven? How do you work that one out?

That absolutely isn't the point I'm making, at all in any way shape or form. Do your mates just call you the Georgian?

Why did you say it then?

Jo= controversial selection

Defenders changing for unproven youngsters in difficult games = fucking stupid & dangerous game losing type decision

Boateng and Boyata are the two players you mentioned, they are both young, they are both defenders. Therefore you are calling Boateng and Boyata unproven.

So yes that is the point you were making in any way shape or form.

No it isn't. Not at all. If you read it you'll see there are other words involved too & that word is just one of them but not the most important one. I'll leave you to try & figure out what the difference is between playing somone on the left of the front/midfield 3 & putting two players together on one side of the back four is but I won't give you any clues... oh bugger.

Explaining this is no fun & I'm bored now. Goodnight.

That's not a bad attempt at avoiding to dig a hole.

Goodnight Ted.

Are you a girl by any chance?

[dazby]

Ted, I think Boateng will be perfect against Stoke and should definitely play with Zabba suspended.

[Ted Hughes]

Ted, I think Boateng will be perfect against Stoke and should definitely play with Zabba suspended.

You could be right, but if he has Boyata stood next to him at 3 o clock City will probably get beat. Swapping a player up front is one thing but making several changes in the back 4 for difficult games is gambling at best & imo is reckless endangerment.


Personally I would pick Micah v Stoke as he's better in the air & that's where the ball will mostly be. Boateng has been caught out aerially more than once in the last year or so.

[Dronny]

We chanted his name loads of times yesterday and at the end of the game he along with Tevez got the boys to come over to applaud the supporters......as they should, but it was still nice to be appreciated. I also think he quite liked the question by the journo after the match about the "boring, boring City" chant!

[Swales4ever]

We chanted his name loads of times yesterday and at the end of the game he along with Tevez got the boys to come over to applaud the supporters......as they should, but it was still nice to be appreciated. I also think he quite liked the question by the journo after the match about the "boring, boring City" chant!

You were all terrific! Either vocally and making the Pozn. Great support, Mighty City with Mighty Supporters!
To say the Team is not influenced by the crowd is denying the obvious.

Hat off to all of You...:-)
Cheers.

[Dronny]

So Jo is proven and Boateng is unproven? How do you work that one out?

That absolutely isn't the point I'm making, at all in any way shape or form. Do your mates just call you the Georgian?

Genius!

[The Goose]

We chanted his name loads of times yesterday and at the end of the game he along with Tevez got the boys to come over to applaud the supporters......as they should, but it was still nice to be appreciated. I also think he quite liked the question by the journo after the match about the "boring, boring City" chant!

You were all terrific! Either vocally and making the Pozn. Great support, Mighty City with Mighty Supporters!
To say the Team is not influenced by the crowd is denying the obvious.

Hat off to all of You...:-)
Cheers.

Well said! The away support were a credit to the club yesterday - really they were.

The performance in the first 45 minutes was absolutely world class.

I've had my doubts about Roberto, but yesterday showed that by simply loosening the leash a touch, just how powerful and attacking a team we can be.

Buzzing isn't the word.

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

I hope yesterday proves to be a turning point. To see the football played being pretty much what we thought we were capable of, was an absolute pleasure. Long may it continue, because not many teams could live with that. We looked a class above and more in every department and Fulham don't often get turned over like that at home.

[brite blu sky]

Mancini insisted that his cautious approach was correct. "It is impossible to build a house from the roof down," he said.
"You must start with the basement. Now, maybe we are on the second floor. We have time but we must continue to improve."

er.. taking that quite literally then..

basement - Goalkeeper.
ground floor - defence.
first floor - deJong.
second floor - forward mids.
roof - strike force.

It is easy to say after a winning performance, but as Bob suggests we are getting the second floor finished off.. fittings.. polishing the plaster.. wooden floor etc. So attention is moving to the roof, you could say the timing is about right with the transfer window approaching, but i'm thinking january is never a good time to look for roofers.. too many cowboys lurking around looking for work and quickly take your money.
Also im hoping it doesn't throw it down too much and ruin all the work on the second floor.

[dazby]

Are we driving a house or building a Ferrari?

[lets all have a disco]

I wont be rooming with Mancini until he fits a power shower in the wet room.

[Ted Hughes]

Explains why we've been getting so much shit dropped on us in recent weeks.

[brite blu sky]

Are we driving a house or building a Ferrari?

could be both?

[brite blu sky]

alternatively it might take a turn for the worse

[CityFanFromRome]

Are we driving a house or building a Ferrari?

could be both?

just what I was going to say :D

[Swales4ever]

Are we driving a house or building a Ferrari?

could be both?

Talking about City and Ferrari, I'd better say ....:-)
The Abu Dhabi way!

[Original Dub]

It was the exact type of match I expected today, as I'm sure it was bob's.

Our formation at the beginning said we'd try do what we did against Fulham and it didn't work, so he went for 4-4-2 which did give us more options.

As I said in another thread, our reaction second half was that of a top team who are playing an in form physical side who had bossed the first half.

Mancini played it right today IMO and an indivudual error from a player that should have used his experience cost us.

had that not happened, I would have said great result - as would any team visiting Stoke lately.

Hard luck bob, definitely not your fault.

[brite blu sky]

It was the exact type of match I expected today, as I'm sure it was bob's.

Our formation at the beginning said we'd try do what we did against Fulham and it didn't work, so he went for 4-4-2 which did give us more options.

As I said in another thread, our reaction second half was that of a top team who are playing an in form physical side who had bossed the first half.

Mancini played it right today IMO and an indivudual error from a player that should have used his experience cost us.

had that not happened, I would have said great result - as would any team visiting Stoke lately.

Hard luck bob, definitely not your fault.

good shout.
Still think we are struggling when compressing teams, as in the second half. Bit more nous-flair combo or speed or both required. I suppose it will take a bit to get that consistently.

[Original Dub]

It was the exact type of match I expected today, as I'm sure it was bob's.

Our formation at the beginning said we'd try do what we did against Fulham and it didn't work, so he went for 4-4-2 which did give us more options.

As I said in another thread, our reaction second half was that of a top team who are playing an in form physical side who had bossed the first half.

Mancini played it right today IMO and an indivudual error from a player that should have used his experience cost us.

had that not happened, I would have said great result - as would any team visiting Stoke lately.

Hard luck bob, definitely not your fault.

good shout.
Still think we are struggling when compressing teams, as in the second half. Bit more nous-flair combo or speed or both required. I suppose it will take a bit to get that consistently.

I can handle drawing - fuck, I can even handle losing - once we go about it the right way. And we did overall against an in team physical side.

Improving on what we tried to do is a given. But we TRIED to do it the right way and I'm fine with that.

[Blue2]

Very unlucky today, think he got it right. We were excellent 2nd half.