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[ruralblue]

He's a fucking idiot but I still have that sneaky feeling he will win us the semi in the last minute.

[Dameerto]

What did Tevez get booked for?

Confronting the linesman.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

He's a fucking idiot but I still have that sneaky feeling he will win us the semi in the last minute.

If that happens I expect he will have come on with 2 minutes go

[Green & Blue]

Could we be better without him even if just 10 men?

Yes mate...I hope I never see that twat ever again....

Can we make his ban cover the domestic league for the next 5 matches:)

Wishful thinking.

Well hopefully at least Mancini will not stand for such bullshit and give him a run in the reserves for a bit and see how he feels about that.

Such a wanker of a thing to do when we are already fighting to stay in the competition.

[Alfie]

I'm so fckn tired of hoping Ballotelli will shape up.

[aaron bond]

Love listnening to Rosler on ESPN - constantly praising City and referring to us as 'we'.

Absolute legend!

[paddyblue]

10 yellow + 2 red from 20 games that must be some sort of record

[citytilidie]

AJ > Balotelli

[carolina-blue]

jesuz christz what do you have do that mario? really really stupid mistake. i guess whatever happens here where going to be absolutely knackered when we face chelsea, aren't we?

Ballotelli will be fit !!

[bigblue]

Getting really REALLY hard not to point out how useless Kolarov is, and it's only been 10 minutes.

completely useless

[s1ty m]

we did our best ever comeback with ten men.....

This.

Believe!!!

Our best ever comeback was Gillingham(in my memory, john may have something from the 1890's), Spurs was a good second.

I have to disagree. Whilst the Gillingham comeback was by far the most important, we were always in what was a dire game and had a great chance just before they scored their second. Then it took resolve and some luck to get back in it. At half time in the Spurs game we were dead and buried, having been destroyed for the whole half, and with ten men. We came out transformed and dragged ourselves back into it (also scoring 4 goals away from home)

And Anelka had gone off injured, our best player at that time.

[CityGer]

He's a fucking idiot but I still have that sneaky feeling he will win us the semi in the last minute.

No offence Rural but this sort of sentimental bollocks really fucks me off. Everyone seems to be convinced that he is destined to give us one of our greatest ever moments. I'm convinced that he will always let us down when we need him most.

[shawzy]

Fuckinell im fuming with Mario...8 yellows and 2 reds in 15 games.He mite as well not play again for all i care..Thats unless theres a miraculous turnaround in his temperament ..Knobhead.

[ruralblue]

He's a fucking idiot but I still have that sneaky feeling he will win us the semi in the last minute.

No offence Rural but this sort of sentimental bollocks really fucks me off. Everyone seems to be convinced that he is destined to give us one of our greatest ever moments. I'm convinced that he will always let us down when we need him most.

Not being sentimental fella, just would be so typic......... ;-p. I have no faith in him what so ever and would be glad to see the back of him!

[aaron bond]

He's a fucking idiot but I still have that sneaky feeling he will win us the semi in the last minute.

No offence Rural but this sort of sentimental bollocks really fucks me off. Everyone seems to be convinced that he is destined to give us one of our greatest ever moments. I'm convinced that he will always let us down when we need him most.

I don't believe he will deliver one of our greatest moments, but his pretty impressive goalscoring record cannot be ignored.

Yes, he was an idiot earlier, but I'm prepared to give him until next season and see what he's made of. Let's give him until next season and decide from there.

Although, completely agree, he needs to get his attitude right on the pitch. There are no excuses for making our chances of progressing even harder tonight.

[bigblue]

I've defended balo in the past, but I don't want to see him on the field for city again. Can't trust him and hope a few people gave him a piece of their mind @ half time

[Deyna]

A lot of people slagging off Balo, fully understanable btw... But after seeing the situation 1000 times in half-time from all thinkable angles, it's obvious that he takes back his foot before making contact. As usual the Dynamo player falls like a dead crow, but that should be well known by now. Not defending the Balotwat, but honestly there should never been a red... A combination of a filming ukraine and his repurtation gave him that.
Anyway, we'll fix this!

[carl_feedthegoat]

To be honest Id take Tevez off..his first touch has been pap...get Dzeko on.

[Mike J]

To be honest Id take Tevez off..his first touch has been pap...get Dzeko on.

id leave him on, he is working his absolute bollocks off. we need him

[halnone]

Haven't wtached any of the game so far. Does anyone think we have a chance even with 10 men?