***Official Man City v Sunderland Match Thread***

[Mase]

I have mate, like you I just wanted to highlight how shit he was ;-)

I hope he kicks on from here and has a top season. Love the guy.

[Beefymcfc]

I have mate, like you I just wanted to highlight how shit he was ;-)

I hope he kicks on from here and has a top season. Love the guy.

I'll second that.

[Dameerto]

Fucking hell i have missed seeing that.

I was baffled by the selection but they stepped up. Was zaba as awesome as i think he was?.

Also no kompany and a clean sheet, who'd of thunk it. Now hopefully he will get his bulbous fucking head sorted and fix his shit up.

Close to being man of the match (yet again).

[ruralblue]

Close to being man of the match (yet again).

me too!, first time in ages i have fallen unlucky and had to work when a games on! managed to catch the last two goals other than that I am reliant on reading through your thoughts on the game!

I should luck forward to Motd but they'll only show the goals the once and say we were lucky not to lose.

[Beefymcfc]

Close to being man of the match (yet again).

me too!, first time in ages i have fallen unlucky and had to work when a games on! managed to catch the last two goals other than that I am reliant on reading through your thoughts on the game!

I should luck forward to Motd but they'll only show the goals the once and say we were lucky not to lose.

They may not even show the goals, instead having gallery of Mancini's scarf's.

[Ted Hughes]

Much as I'd like to claim that today proved several of my points (Lescott, playing 2 behind Yaya, pushing him forward etc) , in reality , we were very good & it was very encouraging, but Sunderland were utter dog.

There were still lack of organisation issues between the cbs etc & I'm not sure they would have been that much better than Vinny & Nasty if they had been against quality. Similarly, AJ was fucking terrible so made AK's day a holiday.

Milner proved a point. The rest was nothing more than a good starting point.

Great to watch though.

[Lev Bronstein]

I still think we are wasting too many chances.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Much as I'd like to claim that today proved several of my points (Lescott, playing 2 behind Yaya, pushing him forward etc) , in reality , we were very good & it was very encouraging, but Sunderland were utter dog.

There were still lack of organisation issues between the cbs etc & I'm not sure they would have been that much better than Vinny & Nasty if they had been against quality. Similarly, AJ was fucking terrible so made AK's day a holiday.

Milner proved a point. The rest was nothing more than a good starting point.

Great to watch though.

Have to agree that we shouldn't be getting carried away by beating a team that didn't perform on the day. BUT it was much more like the City of last season.Real control of the game and and a lot of players with a claim to be the MotM.

[brite blu sky]

Much as I'd like to claim that today proved several of my points (Lescott, playing 2 behind Yaya, pushing him forward etc) , in reality , we were very good & it was very encouraging, but Sunderland were utter dog.

There were still lack of organisation issues between the cbs etc & I'm not sure they would have been that much better than Vinny & Nasty if they had been against quality. Similarly, AJ was fucking terrible so made AK's day a holiday.

Milner proved a point. The rest was nothing more than a good starting point.

Great to watch though.

Sunderland put an effort in for most of the first half, but City were too commited and took control. It isnt anything to get carried away by no but as always in football a team playing well can make another look crap. I didnt catch MON comments post match cos I was wondering what he may have been moaning about as an excuse, when he should be saying that City were too good.
There is better to come from us there is no doubt but the level of commitment would carry a lot of games and overwhelm a lot of teams.
Interesting was that a lot of players looked happier that those around them were putting the effort in. Zabba with Milner, Yaya with both Milner and Berry and Silva looked happier that he had a team around him, massive difference.

So is the conclusion that Mancini was criticising both himself and the players the other day when he said he knew what the problem was ?

[Slim]

Just like to point out that side contained no new signings until the 91st minute when the game was well and truly over.

Milner, Silva and Kolarov were all fantastic, I would be interested to know how much ground Milner covered in comparison to everyone else, seems he was everywhere and even charging down people in the 90th+ minute, great engine and attitude on this guy. Lescott was flawless for once, carl must be conflicted. Micah...well, what can you say? His shoulder fake late on was part of a great return, five consecutive corners found their way to him, very unlucky with 3 of them not to score.

Good effort, enjoyable for us especially after the shite we've been watching lately and could have easily been 8-0, and not been an unfair reflection.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Much as I'd like to claim that today proved several of my points (Lescott, playing 2 behind Yaya, pushing him forward etc) , in reality , we were very good & it was very encouraging, but Sunderland were utter dog.

There were still lack of organisation issues between the cbs etc & I'm not sure they would have been that much better than Vinny & Nasty if they had been against quality. Similarly, AJ was fucking terrible so made AK's day a holiday.

Milner proved a point. The rest was nothing more than a good starting point.

Great to watch though.

Sunderland put an effort in for most of the first half, but City were too commited and took control. It isnt anything to get carried away by no but as always in football a team playing well can make another look crap. I didnt catch MON comments post match cos I was wondering what he may have been moaning about as an excuse, when he should be saying that City were too good.
There is better to come from us there is no doubt but the level of commitment would carry a lot of games and overwhelm a lot of teams.
Interesting was that a lot of players looked happier that those around them were putting the effort in. Zabba with Milner, Yaya with both Milner and Berry and Silva looked happier that he had a team around him, massive difference.

So is the conclusion that Mancini was criticising both himself and the players the other day when he said he knew what the problem was ?

MoN comments were “They deserved to win. They were much, much better than us.”

[Slim]

Much as I'd like to claim that today proved several of my points (Lescott, playing 2 behind Yaya, pushing him forward etc) , in reality , we were very good & it was very encouraging, but Sunderland were utter dog.

There were still lack of organisation issues between the cbs etc & I'm not sure they would have been that much better than Vinny & Nasty if they had been against quality. Similarly, AJ was fucking terrible so made AK's day a holiday.

Milner proved a point. The rest was nothing more than a good starting point.

Great to watch though.

Sunderland put an effort in for most of the first half, but City were too commited and took control. It isnt anything to get carried away by no but as always in football a team playing well can make another look crap. I didnt catch MON comments post match cos I was wondering what he may have been moaning about as an excuse, when he should be saying that City were too good.
There is better to come from us there is no doubt but the level of commitment would carry a lot of games and overwhelm a lot of teams.
Interesting was that a lot of players looked happier that those around them were putting the effort in. Zabba with Milner, Yaya with both Milner and Berry and Silva looked happier that he had a team around him, massive difference.

So is the conclusion that Mancini was criticising both himself and the players the other day when he said he knew what the problem was ?

MoN comments were “They deserved to win. They were much, much better than us.”

Journo should have responded with "well duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

[Swales4ever]

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EPL - Week 7 - 06/10/2012
Manchester City v. Sunderland
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[Ted Hughes]

Much as I'd like to claim that today proved several of my points (Lescott, playing 2 behind Yaya, pushing him forward etc) , in reality , we were very good & it was very encouraging, but Sunderland were utter dog.

There were still lack of organisation issues between the cbs etc & I'm not sure they would have been that much better than Vinny & Nasty if they had been against quality. Similarly, AJ was fucking terrible so made AK's day a holiday.

Milner proved a point. The rest was nothing more than a good starting point.

Great to watch though.

Sunderland put an effort in for most of the first half, but City were too commited and took control. It isnt anything to get carried away by no but as always in football a team playing well can make another look crap. I didnt catch MON comments post match cos I was wondering what he may have been moaning about as an excuse, when he should be saying that City were too good.
There is better to come from us there is no doubt but the level of commitment would carry a lot of games and overwhelm a lot of teams.
Interesting was that a lot of players looked happier that those around them were putting the effort in. Zabba with Milner, Yaya with both Milner and Berry and Silva looked happier that he had a team around him, massive difference.

So is the conclusion that Mancini was criticising both himself and the players the other day when he said he knew what the problem was ?

MoN comments were “They deserved to win. They were much, much better than us.”

Journo should have responded with "well duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Fair play to him, he's been honest about it.

I really hope Bob gives Milner a fair crack this time & doesn't just start throwing him into any old position. Some of us have been critical of City's midfield set up recently, particularly when we are (supposedly) trying to defend, & the response of the crowd to Milner's efforts showed how much people have been longing for someone to show a bit of extra effort & just to 'get stuck in'.

It's not really the fault of the other players that it's not happened (it's not something, Nasri, Yaya, Silva specialise in & Garcia/Rodwell are new to the team), it's just that we haven't really been putting out that kind of team, it's been all strollers & flickers. It was great to see a bit of grit in there.

I doubt that side would have dominated Dortmund, but it's on the right path towards doing that, with a few more games & a bit of time to work together. Simply starting Milner or Barry rather than Nasri would have been an enormous improvement.

[KippaxBlue]

Pics and comments on the Sunderland game are now online at
http://www.rtfract.com/citoct12a.htm

[Beefymcfc]

I've read a few posts where it's been mentioned that Sunderland were dogshit (or words to the effect) but let's not forget that this is an O'Neill side who are always well organised and drilled in their approach. That was their first loss this season and I'd put it more down to our better play and organisation than them being 'Dogshit'.