Thanks City

[Renato_CTID]

Always proud to support City and much more after a game like this! May be we defended very badly, but we were even very very unlucky for all this game. In Edin we trust! :)

[bluemoonnz-71]

I'm so proud because this is how the champions form looks like, always able to win no matter who are we playing, home or away or even if we down to 10 players.
I just noticed something, non of our new signings played, Sinclair was the only one who made the bench and didn't even play.
The funny thing is we have too many defensive midfielders and we short in attacking midfielders as Nasri is the only one available for the next game as Silva is injured and Milner is suspended.

After Dortmund, Mancini immediately said he knew what the problem is. He then picked a side for Sunderland with none of the new players. Same thing yesterday. The result has been a hugely improved overall team performance and signs of the returning beast from last season. The problem is, therefore, tinkering about with the title winning team and trying to fit too many new players in. As for the quality of new players, that is another question.

And yet some clowns on here are already suggesting we drop Lescott again.

It was pretty obvious that the changes were cocking up the team & we still haven't fully recovered from it (Vinny's mistake really set him back after a confident week) but the more The Champions play together, the better they will get, then it will be easier for the new players to fit in, once the team is functioning properly.

very true, you don't have to change many players when the team is doing very well

[Tony P]

I dropped to the floor and span around on my back like an upturned turtle. Missus just a little worried.

[Swales4ever]

I'm so proud because this is how the champions form looks like, always able to win no matter who are we playing, home or away or even if we down to 10 players.
I just noticed something, non of our new signings played, Sinclair was the only one who made the bench and didn't even play.
The funny thing is we have too many defensive midfielders and we short in attacking midfielders as Nasri is the only one available for the next game as Silva is injured and Milner is suspended.

Mate, with no intention to hurt, if You save the money of 365 issues of the Sun, You may find Yourself with a free season ticket in the pocket.
Yesterday we had only 2 holding midfileders available to pick: the two who started. Yaya Tourè, being one of the world's best allround midfielders, who features huge athletic power, skill, experience and game intelligence can also cover the role (as well as the CB role, occasionally), but everyone should have understood that he's best in the playmaking position, where he is not forced to rush back when caught in the counter or beaten onto one-on-one challenges. we also enjoy 3 of our 4 stikers who feature the qualities of playmaking role and can play in the 3 playmaking positions behind the center forward: it makes silva + nasri + yaya + tevez + aguero + balotelli, with sinclair and possibly dennis suarez as additional impacts/back ups.

as per the new signings, we all have learned to digest the sometimes uber stubborness of Mancini and I certainly do not want to re-open the moanings from last window, now that the problem have been sorted by the Chairman with the appointment of the best man for the job (Ferran Soriano, CEO and fully charged with the market operations). You would perhaps had noticed that all the options B/C that had been achieved on the market deadline, because the manager was crying that we had to compete on 3 very competitive fronts at least, have been immediately lined as if by means of proving a point.
just saying...

[bluemoonnz-71]

I'm so proud because this is how the champions form looks like, always able to win no matter who are we playing, home or away or even if we down to 10 players.
I just noticed something, non of our new signings played, Sinclair was the only one who made the bench and didn't even play.
The funny thing is we have too many defensive midfielders and we short in attacking midfielders as Nasri is the only one available for the next game as Silva is injured and Milner is suspended.

Mate, with no intention to hurt, if You save the money of 365 issues of the Sun, You may find Yourself with a free season ticket in the pocket.
Yesterday we had only 2 holding midfileders available to pick: the two who started. Yaya Tourè, being one of the world's best allround midfielders, who features huge athletic power, skill, experience and game intelligence can also cover the role (as well as the CB role, occasionally), but everyone should have understood that he's best in the playmaking position, where he is not forced to rush back when caught in the counter or beaten onto one-on-one challenges. we also enjoy 3 of our 4 stikers who feature the qualities of playmaking role and can play in the 3 playmaking positions behind the center forward: it makes silva + nasri + yaya + tevez + aguero + balotelli, with sinclair and possibly dennis suarez as additional impacts/back ups.

as per the new signings, we all have learned to digest the sometimes uber stubborness of Mancini and I certainly do not want to re-open the moanings from last window, now that the problem have been sorted by the Chairman with the appointment of the best man for the job (Ferran Soriano, CEO and fully charged with the market operations). You would perhaps had noticed that all the options B/C that had been achieved on the market deadline, because the manager was crying that we had to compete on 3 very competitive fronts at least, have been immediately lined as if by means of proving a point.
just saying...

Mate, Yaya is a defensive midfielder, I know his role at city is to go more forward and I have to admit he does great but he don't go wide as only Silve, Nasri and Milner can do and 2 of them have to start every single game which make us short of this position if one of them was injured or suspended, Sinclair is not good enough though.
What I meant it was waste of money to sign 2 defensive midfielders (Rodwell and Garcia) and leave them in the shadow, it was much better to sign one of them and sign another attacking midfielders.