*****Man City v Villareal ***** Official Match thread.

[Kladze]

Horrendous first half. Almost every player looked out of sorts. Don't know why Johnson was looking peeved by the subtitution, it was obvious something had to change and he'd been running down blind alleys.

Second half we will come out all guns blazing now the tactical switch has been made.

[mr_nool]

We're all over them after Mancini tinkered with the formation

We were all over them the whole half, bar the first five minutes.

If you can't see the change I am surprised.

I see the change, and it's for the better, but don't try to tell me that we weren't "all over them" for the rest of the period as well.We hardly gave them the ball and created quite a few almost chances.

[Arjan Van Schotte]

Should be an interesting second half!

DID YOU LEAVE FUCKING EARLY AGAIN ?

I'm not there tonight :(. I know, shame on me.

i'm also not there. again.

[Duckman]

kolarov best so far.
is nasri on the pitch at all

can someone explain that barry - AJ sub for me pls

Barry to sit deep with Nige; Silva and Nasri either wing, with Ya Ya pushing through the middle

so, basically, mancini made a mistake tactically, no?

do you mean before or after?

before, of course.

[Dameerto]

We're all over them after Mancini tinkered with the formation

We were all over them the whole half, bar the first five minutes.

If you can't see the change I am surprised.

So many fickle fans it's unfuckingbelievable. How about giving it ten minutes before throwing toys out of pram

Now I'm confused - why are you saying my observation of a tactical switch is some kind of emotional outburst?

[1950]

Point of the substitution was to put silva out wide and let ya ya go through the middle. We look more dangerous already. Back the
Manager 100%

Yup.

"He's taking off a winger for a defensive mid? Mancini out!"

Clueless fuckin people.

[Dameerto]

We're all over them after Mancini tinkered with the formation

We were all over them the whole half, bar the first five minutes.

If you can't see the change I am surprised.

I see the change, and it's for the better, but don't try to tell me that we weren't "all over them" for the rest of the period as well.We hardly gave them the ball and created quite a few almost chances.

So shots on target before the change, and after...

[Slim]

kolarov best so far.
is nasri on the pitch at all

can someone explain that barry - AJ sub for me pls

Barry to sit deep with Nige; Silva and Nasri either wing, with Ya Ya pushing through the middle

so, basically, mancini made a mistake tactically, no?

do you mean before or after?

before, of course.

Well you're an idiot then.

Had a plan, Silva poor pass, de Jong half arsed challenge, Hart with a bad save and we are a goal down. Gameplan out the window, tactical switch, goal, parity at half time.

Your conclusion: Mancini made a tactical error?????

[shawzy]

That MF setup was not right from the start....NDJ and Barry know there shit together....Good substitution from Mancini.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Should be an interesting second half!

DID YOU LEAVE FUCKING EARLY AGAIN ?

I'm not there tonight :(. I know, shame on me.

A slap on the botty for you then.

[Green in blue]

We're all over them after Mancini tinkered with the formation

We were all over them the whole half, bar the first five minutes.

If you can't see the change I am surprised.

So many fickle fans it's unfuckingbelievable. How about giving it ten minutes before throwing toys out of pram

Now I'm confused - why are you saying my observation of a tactical switch is some kind of emotional outburst?

Not having a go at you was agreeing with you... Pointing out that people are fickle, I could have worded it better :)

[Arjan Van Schotte]

Well you're an idiot then.

Had a plan, Silva poor pass, de Jong half arsed challenge, Hart with a bad save and we are a goal down. Gameplan out the window, tactical switch, goal, parity at half time.

Your conclusion: Mancini made a tactical error?????

to be honest, yes.

on balance - a bold substitution.

on reflection - a poor starting lineup. if we win - all is forgiven.

[mr_nool]

We're all over them after Mancini tinkered with the formation

We were all over them the whole half, bar the first five minutes.

If you can't see the change I am surprised.

I see the change, and it's for the better, but don't try to tell me that we weren't "all over them" for the rest of the period as well.We hardly gave them the ball and created quite a few almost chances.

So shots on target before the change, and after...

Why don't you count and tell me ... It's a discussion about fucking semantics anyway. Whether we were we "all over them" or not seems to be we what we're disagreeing on. In my book, we were, but as I've already said, we threatened (even) more after the sub.

[Green in blue]

And potato head explains it :)

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Ohhh unlucky Dzeko

[LeanneIsABlue..x]

Oooo nearly!

[phips]

what a soft finish from Dzeko...1v1 with keeper

[Crossie]

I'm fucking annoyed with AJ's reaction, oh didums you only played 40 mins, but yet again you were fucking ineffective and if a win for the team means you come off, you FUCKING COME OFF SON. Don't shake your head as your leaving the pitch, tilt your chin up and jog off quickly because you have been sacrificed for the GOOD OF THE TEAM.

He's pissed me right off and gone down in my estimation. Maybe I should update my estimations of most modern day footballers. Again.

[Duckman]

Well you're an idiot then.

Had a plan, Silva poor pass, de Jong half arsed challenge, Hart with a bad save and we are a goal down. Gameplan out the window, tactical switch, goal, parity at half time.

Your conclusion: Mancini made a tactical error?????

not sure about the idiot thing, but we just didnt look ourselves out there.

and, yes, fuck off mate.

[Dameerto]

Why don't you count and tell me ... It's a discussion about fucking semantics anyway. Whether we were we "all over them" or not seems to be we what we're disagreeing on. In my book, we were, but as I've already said, we threatened (even) more after the sub.

When people start arguing semantics with me I switch off to their cuntishness. They can argue with themselves.