***** Man City V Chelsea ***** official match thread.

[Redna]

Comentators doing my head right in, and the season has hardly started. It´s gonna be a long season no doubt.
I think we´re the better team.
CTID!!

[PeterParker]

Two things after this first half:

1) Savic was good, but Bobby must take him out because he is reckless and will get a second yellow.

2) This 3-5-2 system is by far his worst idea since he came here. Why change a system that the players are used too and took years to become stronger and eventually brought us the title. The attack worked, the defence worked, why the hell change?

obv. agree on point 1)

the 3-5-2 formation is being experimented to avoid dropping points on some CL away ties, like we did last season. It's just option b, Mate.
I wouldn't mind Mate.

I thought our new option B was the kitchen sink strategy with Sporting, Chelsea and QPR. All Forwards on the field if shit is serious.

[shawzy]

No worse than Kompany's against the scum. Not a sending off imo, yellow certainly.

Your off your rocker. ;-0

[Ted Hughes]

Two feet, shin high, out of control. Red card.

Savic was foulled by Torres in the earlier incident otherwise he would have been off too. He looks full of confidence in this game, & still totally shit, which just shows it's not a confidence thing. He is 90/10 to be sent off 2nd half.

Hazard is much better than Nasri. The rest of Chelsea's squad, apart from Mata, is vastly inferior to ours.

Kolarov looks useful going forward in this formation but we saw what happens as soon as he has to defend.

I know it's against board rules to criticise Yaya Toure, but we saw, when Lampard made a run into the box, how he was left for dead, in spite of being yards quicker. Lampard will score 80% of those. Yaya, if asked to defend responsibly, is shit. It cost us the Champion's League group. He should play a free role, not be given responsibility. Then his defensive work is an asset not a liability.

[Chinners]

Having seen a couple of rep[layers it certainly was a poor challenge. In real time I stand by what I've said and would have given a yellow. Still I ain't the ref so who cares, we need to capitalise on the 10 men now

[Swales4ever]

Overall we seem to be the better side but we are one down.
Ivanovic was rightly sent off event hough it looked a bit harsh initially at normal speed.

De Jong having a top game,Savic fine so far,shame Vinnie's clearance header wasnt a good one to lead to the goal as Panti almost not in the game up till then.It will be interesting how we shape up against 10 men and deal with their breaks which will be dangerous the longer we take to score.

very much agree.
what about getting Edin in first? Possibly for Savic, because we don't need the 3-5-2 vs. 10 men plus he will be targeted to have him sent off

[Dameerto]

I don't think Savic is looking shit, he has showed good positional play a number of times. He's looking rash and headstrong at times though, and I think he should have anticipated Torres a little earlier in the incident where Torres fouled him. I said last season he suits a formation with three central defenders more than two.

[Blue_Manc]

Surely we cannot do what Barcelona failed to do against a 10 man Chelsea, can we? Lol

[Mase]

I don't think Savic is looking shit, he has showed good positional play a number of times. He's looking rash and headstrong at times though.

He looks like a crack head and plays like one too! (Possibly new song for him somewhere in that!)

[Dameerto]

I don't think Savic is looking shit, he has showed good positional play a number of times. He's looking rash and headstrong at times though.

He looks like a crack head and plays like one too! (Possibly new song for him somewhere in that!)

In your opinion. I think he suits a hybrid fullback/central defender role personally as it makes the most of him.

[shawzy]

I don't think Savic is looking shit, he has showed good positional play a number of times. He's looking rash and headstrong at times though.

He looks like a crack head and plays like one too! (Possibly new song for him somewhere in that!)

and a Richard Ashcroft lookalike.

[Dameerto]

Clichy on for Savic.

[zuricity]

I don't think Savic is looking shit, he has showed good positional play a number of times. He's looking rash and headstrong at times though.

He looks like a crack head and plays like one too! (Possibly new song for him somewhere in that!)

How he looks is irrelevant.

[Swales4ever]

maralov

[Green & Blue]

Clichy on for Savic.

Thank god

[Slim]

I don't think Savic is looking shit, he has showed good positional play a number of times. He's looking rash and headstrong at times though.

He looks like a crack head and plays like one too! (Possibly new song for him somewhere in that!)

We have decided DiMatteo is a hoodie away from being the crack dealer.

[Socrates]

Having seen a couple of rep[layers it certainly was a poor challenge. In real time I stand by what I've said and would have given a yellow. Still I ain't the ref so who cares, we need to capitalise on the 10 men now

Ha, are you criticising the ref for getting it right then?

[Chinners]

Having seen a couple of rep[layers it certainly was a poor challenge. In real time I stand by what I've said and would have given a yellow. Still I ain't the ref so who cares, we need to capitalise on the 10 men now

Ha, are you criticising the ref for getting it right then?

No, no I am not. I am merely manning up after seeing the reply, a kluxury the ref doesn't have, so fair play to him.

[shawzy]

omg that was lush ;-0

[Dameerto]

YAYA!!!!!