by Beefymcfc » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:46 pm
I really enjoyed that, even though Gollum's tactics were the shittest I've ever seem. Five across the back and every player told to take a piece of us if they could; Silva's man-marker just couldn't help but leave a foot in could he. And Tim Howard, you really do fuck me off, taking an age to get the ball in play whilst it was 0-0 but rushing when they were down. I'm so glad that their shit tactics didn't work.
As for us, I thought we probed and probed but it was very difficult to break down 2 banks of 5 with every person trying to take chunks out of us. Edin and Sergio were effectively non-existent today compared to their usual selves and I thought the introduction of Mario to change the system was perfectly timed. After that they had to push opening it up for us and by leaving Silva effectively as a front man for the counter was perfect. His composure and awareness for the 2nd was sublime and great to see Milner get forward and his name on the scorer's sheet.
Praise to the team, praise to the manager and praise to the fans for being so patient, and when we upped the tempo in the second half the crowd played their part too. The roof was raised and so what the performance on the pitch.
In the words of my Old Man, "Life will never be the same without Man City, so get it in while you can".
The Future's Bright, The Future's Blue!!!