*** Official Match Thread - Stoke v Manchester City ***

[Jon London]

Lucky lucky lucky Stoke.

They got battered and got a draw.

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[Duckman]

The amount of hate I have for this cunt of a referee is beyond me.

Clear handball by the fuckin lamp post, he is 5 meters away...

and the penalty for the rags...fuckin hell

city fighting windmills. fuckin windmills.

[Moonchesteri]

How much did they test Hart? At least we worked Begevic so he goes home knowing he's actually played a game of football!

I don't know. Looking at the highlights I guess your right. I'm just pissed off about our performance. We were shit for so long periods

[PeterParker]

Really now, what do you expect from someone who had a hair implant? Look at Shrek for fuck sake.

Regarding our team, Mario was shit in every game this season (Southampton, Liverpool, today) while Dzeko was one of the best players when he was around, so we can do the math. I am almost sure at Madrid we will have Sergio and Tevez up there.

Not fair Bobby, not fair at all.

[Ted Hughes]

Lucky lucky lucky Stoke.

They got battered and got a draw.

Thanks to Clusterfuck docking us points yet again.

He took more possession off City than the entire Stoke team.

New lads looked comfortable. Sinclair kept it simple & made some decent runs. Maicon is a class act & comfortable against average wingers. Loved Nige but Garcia is better. Not much different in distribution but bigger, quicker & better in the air.

We really should be scoring goals in a game like this though. Sometimes we had 3 players all passing the ball to each other with no Stoke players within 20 yards & still ended up with the wrong pass. A point there for City is a decent one though. It's one of those places where luck deserts us. Crouch's fluke last year. Double handball this year. Clattenberg would have disallowed the goal if we had scored.

Joe Hart was Stoke's most dangerous player.

[Dubaimancityfan]

How did we not win that !! I still can't believe we had 2 great chances in injury time and the ball still did not go in.
Oh and fuck Clattenburg !

[bhfanatic]

Dont get why dzeko didnt start. same story as last year when he scored four goals against tottenham he was put to bench. Every player would lose confidence/moral if your coach benches you for being in great form. It really is frustrating. I could imagine how Edin feels then. He had to start this game. No reason why he didnt. I hope Mancini has a good explanation for this needless draw.

[Ted Hughes]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

[bhfanatic]

Sad thing is that Dzeko will be benched for the next 5-6 games. The best thing for him would be to leave.

[Dameerto]

Joke, Mario was pants, Edin should have been on after 65 mins, we'd be 3-1 winners now!

He should have started today, anyone who actually rated him as player would have used his confidence and good run of recent form. Bob for whatever reason doesn't rate him. Off in January? I wouldn't be surprised.

[bhfanatic]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

What did he do? Do well as a striker means to score goals.

[Dameerto]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

What did he do? Do well as a striker means to score goals.

I'm with the Bosnians on this one. Was very surprised he didn't start, especially with Real coming up in midweek.

[Cocacolajojo1]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

What did he do? Do well as a striker means to score goals.

Dzeko will probably start against Real Madrid, don't you worry.

[Dameerto]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

What did he do? Do well as a striker means to score goals.

Dzeko will probably start against Real Madrid, don't you worry.

It's going to be Tevez and Kun, assuming Kun is matchfit.

[Ted Hughes]

Balotelli did well & worked a lot harder than Dzeko usually does.

Let's hope that when Dzeko does play, he puts in just as good a shift as Mario did today.

Oh, and he played better than Tevez btw.

[Cocacolajojo1]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

What did he do? Do well as a striker means to score goals.

Dzeko will probably start against Real Madrid, don't you worry.

It's going to be Tevez and Kun, assuming Kun is matchfit.

I'm not so sure but you might be right. If you are, I really think Dzeko needs to be treated better and get more playing time than he has gotten so far. Why do you think Aguero will start?

[Cocacolajojo1]

Balotelli did well & worked a lot harder than Dzeko usually does.

Let's hope that when Dzeko does play, he puts in just as good a shift as Mario did today.

Oh, and he played better than Tevez btw.

I agree re his work rate. The biggest beef I've had with Balotelli is his lack of commitment when we're defending and today I think he really put in a lot of effort. Considering it wasn't a big game, which is usually when Balotelli decides to dig in, it's a very good sign. Let's hope it continues.

What is your verdict on Lescott's and Kompany's performance?

[carl_feedthegoat]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

Im sick of Bobby treating him this way......Dzeko on fire for club and country...Ballo hardly played and out of action with his eye.......who plays next???

And your sick of hearing about Dzeko ???....Unless Dzeko is playing on tuesday then its a fuckign stupid move by Mancini.

[Ted Hughes]

I'd play one up front to start with in Madrid & that would be Tevez, with Yaya behind him.

[PALUS]

Already fucking sick of hearing about Dzeko.

Mario did well today.

well for me its not that he did not play but 3 minutes wtf is that , that is time for young players to fell the game , i fuckin dont get that ,and if Ballo was on hes form why we did not win and i dont remember one fuckin chance by him , sorry one in first half , its all been Tevez if anything hapend.