****official black cats v citizens match thread****

[guv111]

Much happier now. Aguero joins Dzeko up front.

[DoomMerchant]

Aguero on for De Jong

i hope it makes the difference...i'd expect to see Silva at about 75mins if we're still chasing a result, which i think we will be.

cheers

[steveo_88]

If you can get two fists on the frigging ball you can catch it!

[Dameerto]

Aguero on for De Jong

i hope it makes the difference...i'd expect to see Silva at about 75mins if we're still chasing a result, which i think we will be.

cheers

the main difference is that Yaya has gone further back, so he can't turn over posession from an attacking position now (hopefully he wont turn over posession from a defensive position either)

[guv111]

I really dont like to see NDJ in the team anymore...hes so fucking predictable...sideways... backwards and offers ZERO in attack.
We are playing Sunderland ffs......we dont need an annoying DM like him today.

He's made more forward passes than Kompany/Lescott and maybe Barry (we need Rag Hater and his notebook full of stats to confirm). They were doing my fucling head in at times in the first half.

Why does Vinny give the ball to Lescott so often when he is in just as good a position ? He is a former midfield player. Pass it to one of them instead of Lescott; he is a defender.

I think Mancini likes his defenders to have plenty of touches. Or maybe Kompany does? Perhaps the reasoning is that players who have touched the ball a lot are less likely to be rusty when they have to do something.

[Dameerto]

Silva's coming on. Save us Dave.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Nasri was poor today. Needs to start stepping it up.

[guv111]

Silva's coming on. Save us Dave.

For Nasri..

Mancini realises we need to win this.

[Mase]

Dzeko is fuckin useless!!!!!!

[CityGer]

Anyone just see the Blue in the crowd with two black eyes? Looked a right mentalist.

[DoomMerchant]

Dzeko is fuckin useless!!!!!!

i guess you could argue that had he battered it into the throng of people it would have been "on target" but he tried to put it in the only place he could have scored.

[Dameerto]

Jeeze that was a chance for Aguero.

[CityGer]

FFS Aguero.

Should have burried that.

[Mase]

Sunderland fans thick as fuck!

[guv111]

I fear we're getting shitter.

[Fidel Castro]

Aguero's finishing has been fuckin shite for time now

[CityGer]

Aguero's finishing has been fuckin shite for time now

Agreed. He misses an awful lot of straight forward chances.

[Mase]

Has Kompany turned in to Dunnie over the last few games?? Stupid shite long balls all the time!

[lets all have a disco]

If i had a pound for every time Kompany slung a shit cross field ball forward and missed i'd be a very rich man.

[kinkylola]

second team in a row that we've run into that set up at their homes to just clog the field. not even trying to play, it's pretty shit ... but it's up to us to find a way past it. We need to be able to deal with negative tactics like this if we're going to win.