***Official Blackburn vs Man City Matchday Thread***

[brite blu sky]

By the way, anyone else thinking we are playing better without Tevez?

I actually think we were better without Dzeko & Balotelli.

Not that I don't see a future for them, just that imo, so far, the team was, on the whole, more solid before they became fully involved.

Dzeko and Balo have warped the progress to playing as a team before they got involved imo, i can see we have taken two steps back. That said i can also see what aviodingconfusion is getting at.. and although in a direct comparison from team with Tevez and team without so far they are worse BUT obviously not so Tevez centric and i get the sense there are signs that the play is balancing out a bit between the players. I would even say that in the longer term the players without Tevez will be just as effective and with better all round play.

[Ted Hughes]

By the way, anyone else thinking we are playing better without Tevez?

I actually think we were better without Dzeko & Balotelli.

Not that I don't see a future for them, just that imo, so far, the team was, on the whole, more solid before they became fully involved.

Dzeko and Balo have warped the progress to playing as a team before they got involved imo, i can see we have taken two steps back. That said i can also see what aviodingconfusion is getting at.. and although in a direct comparison from team with Tevez and team without so far they are worse BUT obviously not so Tevez centric and i get the sense there are signs that the play is balancing out a bit between the players. I would even say that in the longer term the players without Tevez will be just as effective and with better all round play.

I could imagine that if the stories were true, a swap for Tevez & Sneijder would actually benefit City as the role Tevez is being asked to play now that Balotelli & Dzeko are here, doesn't really suit him. My big worry would be that neither of those two has proved themselves good enough to have the same impact Tevez had.

If he does go, we MUST sign another striker imo, not pin all our hopes on those two.

[The Original Special One]

Dzecko sweating buckets after 15 mins and de jong not got a droplet on him after putting in a good 90 mins. He is an animal!

Big Nige is making a serious late charge to win my Player of the Year award!

[The Original Special One]

Funny how the Sky commentators never talk about 'interfering with the 'keeper' for Man U players!

A disgrace the lot of them - Smith, Coleman and Friedel - anyone who doesn´t think there is an anti-City agenda at Sky watch a re-run of their coverage tonight. It couldn´t have been more biased if they´d tried - twats!

Did you just hear chimp boy Friedel? Blackburn deserved to win cos they were the better team. My arse!

He's a Blackburn legend; what do you expect!

[Ted Hughes]

Funny how the Sky commentators never talk about 'interfering with the 'keeper' for Man U players!

A disgrace the lot of them - Smith, Coleman and Friedel - anyone who doesn´t think there is an anti-City agenda at Sky watch a re-run of their coverage tonight. It couldn´t have been more biased if they´d tried - twats!

Did you just hear chimp boy Friedel? Blackburn deserved to win cos they were the better team. My arse!

He's a Blackburn legend; what do you expect!

I wonder which two former West Ham players we'll get as neutral commentators on Sunday?

[Alioune DVToure]

Funny how the Sky commentators never talk about 'interfering with the 'keeper' for Man U players!

A disgrace the lot of them - Smith, Coleman and Friedel - anyone who doesn´t think there is an anti-City agenda at Sky watch a re-run of their coverage tonight. It couldn´t have been more biased if they´d tried - twats!

Did you just hear chimp boy Friedel? Blackburn deserved to win cos they were the better team. My arse!

He's a Blackburn legend; what do you expect!

I wonder which two former West Ham players we'll get as neutral commentators on Sunday?

Paul Ince and Les Sealey

[Ted Hughes]

Harry Redknapp.

[freshie]

Funny how the Sky commentators never talk about 'interfering with the 'keeper' for Man U players!

A disgrace the lot of them - Smith, Coleman and Friedel - anyone who doesn´t think there is an anti-City agenda at Sky watch a re-run of their coverage tonight. It couldn´t have been more biased if they´d tried - twats!

Did you just hear chimp boy Friedel? Blackburn deserved to win cos they were the better team. My arse!

He's a Blackburn legend; what do you expect!

In that case what's Chris Coleman's excuse? Thought pundits are supposed to remain neutral

[freshie]

I wonder which two former West Ham players we'll get as neutral commentators on Sunday?

Paul Ince and Les Sealey

Tevez and Mascherano - the anchor won't be able to get a word in!