****Official Charity Shield Thread****

[Beefymcfc]

Definately a yard or 2 off the pace and I was totally shocked that we went 1 then 2 up. The formation for me was totally wrong, considering we had Dzeko as a lone front man, and it was clear to see that Taggart needs to get his points in early.

It wasn't a special game but one we should've done better in. Yaya, Nige, Mario and even Big Dave were anonymous, not able to control the ball, no wonder we played shit. And Clichy, wtf was he doing when that ball was coming down? If you're going to leave it, at least get on the right side of the ball.

Message to self: They 'Must' do better.

[The Original Special One]

we looked off the pace physically- Utd much sharper- that'll right itself in a few weeks- tho Bobby should not have let us sit back and defend at 2-0, after all it is a "friendly" of sorts. Claridge on radio, Wilkins as co-commentator- and Gary Fuckin Nevile on at half time commentary as well on Sky- its a windup isnt it?!

Apparently Jamie Redknapp drew the short straw; he was given the task of 'taking City's side' of the two teams of commentators and studio 'analysts'

[Beefymcfc]

we looked off the pace physically- Utd much sharper- that'll right itself in a few weeks- tho Bobby should not have let us sit back and defend at 2-0, after all it is a "friendly" of sorts. Claridge on radio, Wilkins as co-commentator- and Gary Fuckin Nevile on at half time commentary as well on Sky- its a windup isnt it?!

Apparently Jamie Redknapp drew the short straw; he was given the task of 'taking City's side' of the two teams of commentators and studio 'analysts'

Yeah, but you couldn't give it to Rat-Face could you. Just a joke of a station really, and quite easy to see that they have no other interest than their own; the Rag Twat's that is!

[Flixton Blue]

Amen to that.

[Mike J]

After being there today I want balotelli gone. He does not give a fuck. Can't stand him. Yaya was shocking as well.

[carl_feedthegoat]

After being there today I want balotelli gone. He does not give a fuck. Can't stand him. Yaya was shocking as well.

Ballo is a fucking disgrace.. I've said it all along...miserable fucking spoilt cunt...went down the tunnel and obviously got told to get back with his team mates.

Utter wanker....although there's till some wankfest supporters that feel he does no wrong.

[Beefymcfc]

After being there today I want balotelli gone. He does not give a fuck. Can't stand him. Yaya was shocking as well.

Ballo is a fucking disgrace.. I've said it all along...miserable fucking spoilt cunt...went down the tunnel and obviously got told to get back with his team mates.

Utter wanker....although there's till some wankfest supporters that feel he does no wrong.

Was there more? I seen him shake hands when coming off and seemed to have no problems with Mancini. He the got a quick change and came back out.

Mancini's been adamant about his ways when dealing with players so this must be surely the same?

[Blue Blood]

After being there today I want balotelli gone. He does not give a fuck. Can't stand him. Yaya was shocking as well.

Ballo is a fucking disgrace.. I've said it all along...miserable fucking spoilt cunt...went down the tunnel and obviously got told to get back with his team mates.

Utter wanker....although there's till some wankfest supporters that feel he does no wrong.

I had a horrible experience today.. I actually agreed with Ratboy's analysis of balo on sky.

He said that if Balo was banging in 25-30 goals a season you'd understand Bobby putting up with his crap, but frankly he offers us little to nothing on the pitch and that it would be in city best interests to get rid.

I'd rather have Ade back in playing than Balo honestly.

[carl_feedthegoat]

After being there today I want balotelli gone. He does not give a fuck. Can't stand him. Yaya was shocking as well.

Ballo is a fucking disgrace.. I've said it all along...miserable fucking spoilt cunt...went down the tunnel and obviously got told to get back with his team mates.

Utter wanker....although there's till some wankfest supporters that feel he does no wrong.

I had a horrible experience today.. I actually agreed with Ratboy's analysis of balo on sky.

He said that if Balo was banging in 25-30 goals a season you'd understand Bobby putting up with his crap, but frankly he offers us little to nothing on the pitch and that it would be in city best interests to get rid.

I'd rather have Ade back in playing than Balo honestly.

The thing is,what great play does he actually bring to the table ?..I have seen just about fuckall to make me think "wow"...fuckall.
He falls down and feigns injury and continues being a red card waiting to happen.

[Blue Since 76]

The fact that we struggled to sell the tickets showed what the fans thought of it, so why should the players feel differently? Before someone mentions their wages, how passionate are you about your employer?

it's nothing to do with wages, it's to do with mentality. Either the players are insilled with the will to win or they are not. If not they should go.
It didn't seem like Utd treated it like a friendly and they kept going till the end, that's why they win things. Until we have the same mentality we will only ever be close

they now know what it's like to win and to lose. Let's see what they prefer. I'd still rather lose this than an FA Cup semi-final or a Champions League final, if it's what's needed to teach a few of them about effort.

[failsworthblue]

Glad I did not go, would have been a total waste of money.

The best team won by a mile.

Hope it was a reflection of what the game was a "friendly"

Just a couple of points , we have no pace and that has not been addressed in the window, Balotelli is a myth and needs to shipped out now!

We will not win the Prem.

[PeterParker]

I don't have worries with Yaya, his last 3 seasons were poor untill october, then he became the Yaya we all know. Instead, my huge problem is this: they made it 2-2 in 7-8 minutes, if we were the team that was two down at half time i am almost sure we couldn't even score one back. This is the main difference between us and them, they have the mentallity to pull from behind, meanwhille City can barely score one.

[Beefymcfc]

The fact that we struggled to sell the tickets showed what the fans thought of it, so why should the players feel differently? Before someone mentions their wages, how passionate are you about your employer?

it's nothing to do with wages, it's to do with mentality. Either the players are insilled with the will to win or they are not. If not they should go.
It didn't seem like Utd treated it like a friendly and they kept going till the end, that's why they win things. Until we have the same mentality we will only ever be close

they now know what it's like to win and to lose. Let's see what they prefer. I'd still rather lose this than an FA Cup semi-final or a Champions League final, if it's what's needed to teach a few of them about effort.

A few on here need to understand that. Strange to think we lost against the league champions last seaon.

[Mike J]

After being there today I want balotelli gone. He does not give a fuck. Can't stand him. Yaya was shocking as well.

Ballo is a fucking disgrace.. I've said it all along...miserable fucking spoilt cunt...went down the tunnel and obviously got told to get back with his team mates.

Utter wanker....although there's till some wankfest supporters that feel he does no wrong.

I had a horrible experience today.. I actually agreed with Ratboy's analysis of balo on sky.

He said that if Balo was banging in 25-30 goals a season you'd understand Bobby putting up with his crap, but frankly he offers us little to nothing on the pitch and that it would be in city best interests to get rid.

I'd rather have Ade back in playing than Balo honestly.

The thing is,what great play does he actually bring to the table ?..I have seen just about fuckall to make me think "wow"...fuckall.
He falls down and feigns injury and continues being a red card waiting to happen.

This is what I don't get. I'm obviously missing something. People bang on about him being a world beater but he isn't even close to the level of ronaldo or messi. Wish bellers had been on the pitch today.

[Flixton Blue]

At least they got a taste of their own medicine after the game ;o)

[Beefymcfc]

At least they got a taste of their own medicine after the game ;o)

Only if they deserved it mate. What happened?

[Flixton Blue]

We stood up for ourselves and didn't get bullied.

[Beefymcfc]

We stood up for ourselves and didn't get bullied.

Fair one mate, as long as it didn't involve the scarfers.

[Flixton Blue]

We stood up for ourselves and didn't get bullied.

Fair one mate, as long as it didn't involve the scarfers.

Nah,that's the other lot's party piece.

[lets all have a disco]

Fuck Tevez though eh?

Sack the cunt off,WE NEEDED HIM TODAY BADLY,he pushes teams back on his own no doubt were a better team without him though eh?

I'm hoping that Aguero will do the same sort of thing for us.

Here's hoping pal if Carlos was playing today we would have gone out that second half and gone forward defending from the front. Instead.