*** Official Man City vs Real Madrid ***

[mr_nool]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

He looks very promising. Much more the finished product than Savic was.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

Not if you listen to the so called expert muppets on the "our backline " thread.

Hilarious.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

nasti man of the match so far.

hahaha of course he is Carl .Oh what a surprise you would say that :)

[Wooders]

everyone off changing their undies?

[Pretty Boy Lee]

Kolarov on worries me. He made zero effort to help out at the back yet is worse in possession than any of the other options including Rodwell.

[Dameerto]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

He looks very promising. Much more the finished product than Savic was.

One of his first passes of the game was a through ball that got one touch to put it in the Real penalty area. I think it took Real by surprise.

[mr_nool]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

Not if you listen to the so called expert muppets on the "our backline " thread.

Hilarious.

Even a broken clock gets it right twice a day ... So how many times had you seen the lad play before tonight?

[Ted Hughes]

It really was a great idea to put & 19 year old kid next to Vinny when his confidence is shot to fuck. It's really bringing his game on. The way he dealt with Higuain was fantastic.

And the distribution from the back is so much better. They really are feeding Joe Hart like never before. And what a fantastic idea to let Maicon go 1v1 with Ronaldo.

I particularly like the tactic of hitting long balls from the back to Tevez' head too. Makes good sense if you ask me.

[Dubaimancityfan]

Thank you Joe. That's all I can say about the first half.

[Londonblue1]

Way to much respect being shown to Madrid.zero tackling little composure and very little belief.mancini needs to get them in and tell them to take control of the game and get them playing football because they have barely started.on a positive note its 0-0 and its still there for the taking.come on city!!!!

[kennyboy]

Kolarov on worries me. He made zero effort to help out at the back yet is worse in possession than any of the other options including Rodwell.

Agree, he is and always has been a weak link. I don't like footballers who cant handle the ball between their legs!

[PALUS]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

Not if you listen to the so called expert muppets on the "our backline " thread.

Hilarious.

Nastasic good but we were lucky or better Hart was great

[carl_feedthegoat]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

Not if you listen to the so called expert muppets on the "our backline " thread.

Hilarious.

Even a broken clock gets it right twice a day ... So how many times had you seen the lad play before tonight?

7 times

[PeterParker]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

Savic?? He's better than Lescott. Impressed by him, nice to see we have a playing CB.

Neah, Kingaloon still has that je ne se quoi in him.

[ashton287]

Maicon has been shocking, is zaba on the bench?.

If it is still 0-0 with 20-15 minutes left I hope we go for it and bring aguero on instead of trying to grind out the draw.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Interesting half with us looking slow and sloppy over most of the pitch.When the ball goes dead for whatever reason they seem to snap onto action and leave us behind. Really annoying how lacking in zip we are, bar Yaya's 2 great runs.

Looks like we are playing a backline of 6 Nasri not getting back to offer much cover,same with Silva but here we are at 0.0 at half time. I'll take that and hope for something better in the 2nd half and if Joe carries on as he is ( clearly our MotM so far) and that bit of luck you need we could even win this.

[Ted Hughes]

Nastasic is far, far, faaar better than Savic. There was a moment with that spastic di Maria and our lad brought the fucker down.

He looks prepared to play the big boys.

Not if you listen to the so called expert muppets on the "our backline " thread.

Hilarious.

Even a broken clock gets it right twice a day ... So how many times had you seen the lad play before tonight?

The lad got left for dead with a straight pass which your average run of the mill defender would have covered. Not his fault; he's just a kid. Doing very well for a kid ridiculously thrown into a game where he shouldn't even be on the bench. He's clearly got a lot more about him than Savic, including luck.

[mr_nool]

It really was a great idea to put & 19 year old kid next to Vinny when his confidence is shot to fuck. It's really bringing his game on. The way he dealt with Higuain was fantastic.

And the distribution from the back is so much better. They really are feeding Joe Hart like never before. And what a fantastic idea to let Maicon go 1v1 with Ronaldo.

I particularly like the tactic of hitting long balls from the back to Tevez' head too. Makes good sense if you ask me.

I totally agree with your moaning today. Bob's tactics have been shambolic. If we intend to sit back anyway, why don't we set up the team for counters? Dzeko as a target man, and a couple of fast players for him to lay off to...

[carl_feedthegoat]

It really was a great idea to put & 19 year old kid next to Vinny when his confidence is shot to fuck. It's really bringing his game on. The way he dealt with Higuain was fantastic.

And the distribution from the back is so much better. They really are feeding Joe Hart like never before. And what a fantastic idea to let Maicon go 1v1 with Ronaldo.

I particularly like the tactic of hitting long balls from the back to Tevez' head too. Makes good sense if you ask me.

Time to change tactics this half......Id take off Maicon for zabba

[Esky]

Maicon has been shocking, is zaba on the bench?.

If it is still 0-0 with 20-15 minutes left I hope we go for it and bring aguero on instead of trying to grind out the draw.

He is. Poor start at City from Maicon, though it will be great to rotate the three when Micah's fit.