The "Balanced" Thread

[Blue Since 76]

It's quite simple... Those cunts who don't want to get behind the manager and team, leave the fucking Wembley tickets to those who want to go, stay at home and watch the '99 playoff DVD.... Or better still fuck off and watch the '99 treble DVD you bunch of fucking lemmings.

Some of you make me sick, yes we lost. The aim of the season was to finish 4th. How many players have been missing at times? We were 15 minutes from saying that was a good away point gained.

Finally, how many clubs would love to be in our position? Plymouth argyle for one, who we played regularly 20 years or so ago. So the football might not be what you want... But just deal with it.

Is the sand down there nice?

What difference does it make who we were playing 20 years ago? It's not like we have a bunch of homegrown players and are still skint. We've spent more in the last 2 years than ANY club in the WORLD. Yet I feel like I'm watching a Pearce side. Yay, go Mancini.

[Londonblue1]

For me the positives were the first 10 minutes in which we looked to go forward,also the defence is and has been for most of the season pretty good,plus two holding midfielders Barry and de Jong.
Attacking wise silva aj have been very good for the best part.
On the negative kolorov is an absolute liability at left back and correct me if I'm wrong was bought to be attacking and deliver crosses into the box aswell as free kicks and corners of which in my opinion is a joke.balotelli may be a good player at times(few and far between)but is also a liability from a team point of view and then there is the managers outlook towards 99% or games.I am one of the positive fans who belives we should have pushed a hell of alot closer for the title this year bit Mancini does not seem to show that same belief.if you want the players and supporters of this club to follow you, back you and will the team towards victory in every game we play he must tell us and show us that he has every intention of winning every game we turn up to regardless of the opponents we're playing.
Being positive I still think we'll finish top4
ctid

[gillie]

Poitives Lescott and Kompany look great as a CB pairing and NDJ has to be the best DM in the world.
Negative Mancini and his reactive rather than pro-active tactics and substitutions.I said whilst watching that he would only change things if we went behind and he did not prove me wrong.

[BlueinBosnia]

Some of you make me sick, yes we lost. The aim of the season was to finish 4th. How many players have been missing at times? We were 15 minutes from saying that was a good away point gained.

Yes, it was. As this was assumed to bring CL football. But time and time again this season, Mancini has shown he can't handle matches against big name opposition. If we want to be playing Champions League football next season (which is what I guess was implied by the fourth place target), we need to finish third, or change manager.

[Manx Blue]

It's quite simple... Those cunts who don't want to get behind the manager and team, leave the fucking Wembley tickets to those who want to go, stay at home and watch the '99 playoff DVD.... Or better still fuck off and watch the '99 treble DVD you bunch of fucking lemmings.

Some of you make me sick, yes we lost. The aim of the season was to finish 4th. How many players have been missing at times? We were 15 minutes from saying that was a good away point gained.

Finally, how many clubs would love to be in our position? Plymouth argyle for one, who we played regularly 20 years or so ago. So the football might not be what you want... But just deal with it.

Is the sand down there nice?

What difference does it make who we were playing 20 years ago? It's not like we have a bunch of homegrown players and are still skint. We've spent more in the last 2 years than ANY club in the WORLD. Yet I feel like I'm watching a Pearce side. Yay, go Mancini.

Quit your fucking bitching and get behind the club players and manager. He has a bloke with ooodles of cash, rather than you or I telling him how to play.

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

[BlueinBosnia]

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Erm... 2 places above us and a cup final?

[Manx Blue]

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Erm... 2 places above us?

Since 2005?

[Ted Hughes]

Not really true guv

The defensive solidity today came primarily from

Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott, Nigel de Jong....and to a lesser extent from Micah Richards and James Milner



Aleksander Kolarov's performance led to us playing effectively a "back three" and Gareth Barry and Yaya Toure offered pretty much fuck all in terms of additional "defensive" robustness.

We essentially today played with 4 "at the back" and we looked pretty bloody solid

I think Barry does an awesome job stopping us from losing 6-0 because of Kolarov tbh.

[Original Dub]

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Erm... 2 places above us and a cup final?

Ha ha fucking quality.

Besides that, what have the...

[BlueinBosnia]

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Erm... 2 places above us?

Since 2005?

Sorry, I wasn't aware that they only started playing pretty football then. My mistake.

[Blue Since 76]

It's quite simple... Those cunts who don't want to get behind the manager and team, leave the fucking Wembley tickets to those who want to go, stay at home and watch the '99 playoff DVD.... Or better still fuck off and watch the '99 treble DVD you bunch of fucking lemmings.

Some of you make me sick, yes we lost. The aim of the season was to finish 4th. How many players have been missing at times? We were 15 minutes from saying that was a good away point gained.

Finally, how many clubs would love to be in our position? Plymouth argyle for one, who we played regularly 20 years or so ago. So the football might not be what you want... But just deal with it.

Is the sand down there nice?

What difference does it make who we were playing 20 years ago? It's not like we have a bunch of homegrown players and are still skint. We've spent more in the last 2 years than ANY club in the WORLD. Yet I feel like I'm watching a Pearce side. Yay, go Mancini.

Quit your fucking bitching and get behind the club players and manager. He has a bloke with ooodles of cash, rather than you or I telling him how to play.

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

No thanks. He's a total tosspot, who's probably cost us a league title. As for 4th being good enough, it will be (for a qualifier), providing spurs/chelsea don't win it and finish 5th. Might be unlikely, but out of our hands, so why take the risk?

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Erm... 2 places above us?

Since 2005?

Chumps league every year

[Original Dub]

It's quite simple... Those cunts who don't want to get behind the manager and team, leave the fucking Wembley tickets to those who want to go, stay at home and watch the '99 playoff DVD.... Or better still fuck off and watch the '99 treble DVD you bunch of fucking lemmings.

Some of you make me sick, yes we lost. The aim of the season was to finish 4th. How many players have been missing at times? We were 15 minutes from saying that was a good away point gained.

Finally, how many clubs would love to be in our position? Plymouth argyle for one, who we played regularly 20 years or so ago. So the football might not be what you want... But just deal with it.

Is the sand down there nice?

What difference does it make who we were playing 20 years ago? It's not like we have a bunch of homegrown players and are still skint. We've spent more in the last 2 years than ANY club in the WORLD. Yet I feel like I'm watching a Pearce side. Yay, go Mancini.

Quit your fucking bitching and get behind the club players and manager. He has a bloke with ooodles of cash, rather than you or I telling him how to play.

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Actually, this gets brought up a lot and its fucking silly. Arsenal play football the right way. The big problem there is they don't spend big. If anyone here thinks that Wenger couldn't have done far far better than Mancini whilst playing football the right way, then they're off their head.

If Wenger had taken over from Hughes we'd be running away with the league. I honestly believe that.

[Manx Blue]

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Erm... 2 places above us?

Since 2005?

Sorry, I wasn't aware that they only started playing pretty football then. My mistake.

Don't be a prick BIB... They've won fuck all, same as us. All that lovely tippy tappy football...nothing.

So if all you've got to do is whinge and whine and moan, save it for getting behind the club.

[ant london]

I like you a lot Manx....but you are way off the mark tonight

Fair do's it's all about opinions but I disagree with you in the strongest possible terms

[Kladze]

Finally...(not aimed at you '76) we're going on about style of play and tactics?... All that pretty football arsenal play... Where's it got them??

Erm... 2 places above us?

Since 2005?

Sorry, I wasn't aware that they only started playing pretty football then. My mistake.

Don't be a prick BIB... They've won fuck all, same as us. All that lovely tippy tappy football...nothing.

So if all you've got to do is whinge and whine and moan, save it for getting behind the club.

Who the hell are you to tell me/us how to think anyway?

If you're happy watching mind numbingly tedious crap week in, week out then fine ....... prey continue.

Some of us are NOT.

[Manx Blue]

I like you a lot Manx....but you are way off the mark tonight

Fair do's it's all about opinions but I disagree with you in the strongest possible terms

Fine Ant.

I'm just sick to the back teeth of fuckers coming on here asking Mancini to go, at the most crucial point of our season. I mean what will that achieve? Who is going to come in? Do you not think for a minute that there are 80 odd otter clubs who'd like to be in our position?

[ENIAM NAM]

Negative: We look like we are going to struggle for champions league football. Our season is boiling down to two big games. Utd in the semi and Spurs at home. I pray to god we dont set up for the draw in each of those games.

Positive: I really do like our third strip!

[feedthegreek]

with all the money spent im feeling quite shortchanged.
tactics too negative, some good defending by komps richards lescott,
attack wise we were a nonentity.
god knows where wed be without tevez prob mid table.
3 players for me next season, jarvis wolves, adam blackpool, and a left back with speed
who can defend. oh and weve wasted 27 million on dzecko too slow.
even after thursday night i would stiull have played ballotelli instead
once carlos was withdraw

[Manx Blue]

Adios chaps.