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

[Crossie]

Did Dzeko have a fucking stroke or something?

[Yesterdays Game...]

Juat on way home, it was messy but I will take messy everyday of the week! The booing and paper throwing was silly but it was in retaliation to constant time wasting just hope UEFA don't punish us to badly as we all know they would love too!

Bring on the rags!

[PoC]

Watched in the pub next to work outside oxford on a small telly on my own with a dozen rags across the room, god when we scored I didn't realise at first due to the offside goal and other near misses but when it sunk in it was all I could do to not to run round with my cock out.

I thought apart from the first fifteen mins where we were slow off the mark we played well and on another day we'd have gone in up at the break comfortably. Stellar work rate though, can't wait to go to villareal in november even though they'll be out for revenge, the dream is alive.

Look out scum, we'll fuck you up on Sunday

[stommy]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic from Milner. Loved Mancini's reaction.

milner deserves to start on Sunday after today and last game. [highlight]Dzeko doesn't deserve to even be in the squad after that performance.[/highlight]And Roberto's air punches were great!

BUT COMEON CITY!!!!!!!!!!

yeahhh.......sell him!

[simon12]

YES.....we are now officially a BIG club!

but a club that might get a sanction against us because we had morons throwing stuff onto the pitch after being warned not to.

It will be the last time City put out those paper banners for each supporter..it looked great on the telly.....fucking idiots they were for throwing them.

They were throwing them at showsec because the club has done nothing about the old bloke from last saturday apart from close ranks. Did none of you hera the "fuck off showsec" or cheering everytime one of them was hit?

[bigblue]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic from Milner. Loved Mancini's reaction.

milner deserves to start on Sunday after today and last game. [highlight]Dzeko doesn't deserve to even be in the squad after that performance.[/highlight]And Roberto's air punches were great!

BUT COMEON CITY!!!!!!!!!!

yeahhh.......sell him!

"squad" as in 18 players named for the game this weekend. A traffic cone would have done as good as he did tonight. Don't understand how in about 3 weeks he can go from being so good to being useless almost every time he touches it

However if kun missed the last chance, Dzeko was right behind him - and we'd probably all be saying how a great striker can suck for 89 minutes only to win the game with the right chance.

[Green & Blue]

Crazy to give Dzeko so much grief.His work rate is second to none.

He was in the right position for both of our goals today, would have put both away on another day.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Crazy to give Dzeko so much grief.His work rate is second to none.

He was in the right position for both of our goals today, would have put both away on another day.

What like he put away his other chances?

[phips]

Did Dzeko have a fucking stroke or something?

pmsl.

[Sheikhermaker]

I think Dzeko deliberately had a shocker to evoke discussion on this site and tempt PALUS back...

[mcfc1632]

Just had to pick the pieces from my head as it slammed on the desk in despair and relief.

Carl, imagine my feelings - I took my 85 year old dad into the singing section but we were running a bit late - as I was waiting for him to come up on the golf buggy (provided for OAPs to get up Joe Mercer way) I put a wedge on CITY to win at 1.38 - by the time we got into the ground (dad is a bit slow) Villareal had just scored - I was so pissed off that after a few mins of watching us dominate I put another wedge on us at 2.1 - As we moved into extra time I was just thinking (for probably the 20th time - just last night) what a total cunt I continue to be for my stupidity on backing CITY - and then......................

[carl_feedthegoat]

Just had to pick the pieces from my head as it slammed on the desk in despair and relief.

Carl, imagine my feelings - I took my 85 year old dad into the singing section but we were running a bit late - as I was waiting for him to come up on the golf buggy (provided for OAPs to get up Joe Mercer way) I put a wedge on CITY to win at 1.38 - by the time we got into the ground (dad is a bit slow) Villareal had just scored - I was so pissed off that after a few mins of watching us dominate I put another wedge on us at 2.1 - As we moved into extra time I was just thinking (for probably the 20th time - just last night) what a total cunt I continue to be for my stupidity on backing CITY - and then......................

pmsl...Nutter.

[halnone]

what does our group look like now? Are we in 2nd?

just got home

[Kladze]

what does our group look like now? Are we in 2nd?

just got home

Bayern 7 points
Napoli 5 points
CITY 4 points
V'real 0 points

[carl_feedthegoat]

what does our group look like now? Are we in 2nd?

just got home

Bayern 7 points
Napoli 5 points
CITY 4 points
V'real 0 points

3 goals worse off than Napoli..so we have top beat Bayern at home and Villareal away...cant see us getting much other than maybe a draw at Napoli.

[carl_feedthegoat]

what does our group look like now? Are we in 2nd?

just got home

Bayern 7 points
Napoli 5 points
CITY 4 points
V'real 0 points

3 goals worse off than Napoli..so we have top beat Bayern at home and Villareal away...cant see us getting much other than maybe a draw at Napoli.

[Ted Hughes]

Crazy to give Dzeko so much grief.His work rate is second to none.

He was in the right position for both of our goals today, would have put both away on another day.

Tbf it's almost impossible to play worse than Dzeko did tonight. He was shite in almost every way it's possible to be shite. His 1st offside header was a taste of things to come; he missed it by ten yards. It was lucky for him that he was offside. His hold up play & strength on the ball would make Gareth Taylor look like Joe Jordan.

He was absolute utter fucking dogshite. Anyone who knows anything about being a striker will say the same. He needs to man up if he's going to be our centre forward. a few weeks of brilliance followed by a few weeks of utter shite is not what we require. We need consistency.

[Kladze]

Crazy to give Dzeko so much grief.His work rate is second to none.

He was in the right position for both of our goals today, would have put both away on another day.

Tbf it's almost impossible to play worse than Dzeko did tonight. He was shite in almost every way it's possible to be shite. His 1st offside header was a taste of things to come; he missed it by ten yards. It was lucky for him that he was offside. His hold up play & strength on the ball would make Gareth Taylor look like Joe Jordan.

He was absolute utter fucking dogshite. Anyone who knows anything about being a striker will say the same. He needs to man up if he's going to be our centre forward. a few weeks of brilliance followed by a few weeks of utter shite is not what we require. We need consistency.

I have been a big admirer of Dzeko'sfor a few seasons now but I have to say you're right about his 'efforts' last night. Total rubbish, even throwing in the excuse that he needed a strike partner doesn't change that assessment.

He needs to learn that he has a physique and start using it.

[bigblue]

Crazy to give Dzeko so much grief.His work rate is second to none.

He was in the right position for both of our goals today, would have put both away on another day.

Tbf it's almost impossible to play worse than Dzeko did tonight. He was shite in almost every way it's possible to be shite. His 1st offside header was a taste of things to come; he missed it by ten yards. It was lucky for him that he was offside. His hold up play & strength on the ball would make Gareth Taylor look like Joe Jordan.

He was absolute utter fucking dogshite. Anyone who knows anything about being a striker will say the same. He needs to man up if he's going to be our centre forward. a few weeks of brilliance followed by a few weeks of utter shite is not what we require. We need consistency.

I have been a big admirer of Dzeko'sfor a few seasons now but I have to say you're right about his 'efforts' last night. Total rubbish, even throwing in the excuse that he needed a strike partner doesn't change that assessment.

He needs to learn that he has a physique and start using it.

My biggest problem with all of it was, with his back to goal, Dzeko letting defenders slip around him and get to the ball first. Multiple times. Shouldn't happen for a striker at his level. Lack of focus on the game and even more a lack of effort

[ant london]

Haha brilliant reaction from Mancini :D

hilarious brilliant stuff.....goes in the box with Mark Kennedy jumping on Joe Royle as one of my favourite manager reactions!!