☆☆☆official ajax vs city match thread☆☆☆

[london blue 2]

I'm waiting for rag hater to come on with some stat about how yaya is head and shoulders above the rest.

[Swales4ever]

really cant get what's up, individually, with our defenders this season.
not that they lack experience to know when it's time to stay focused. nor individual skill.
weird

[Lev Bronstein]

Despite all their pressure they hardly troubled Joe at all. Thought that, until the equaliser, we weren't in much trouble. Funny how different people see a different game.

[Beefymcfc]

who is this commentator on skysports hes so fucking annoying. he's so happy that ajax scored.. ffs

They're horrendous aren't they. I think it's Tyler that's seemingly loving the Ajax history shit.

On us, we're sitting too much, happy to take the 3 points with a 1-0 win. Ajax are playing a highline and we're dropping, allowing them to play. Good for 15 minutes, so-so for the rest.

Can't really be arsed saying more. If Bobby wants to do something different in Europe and cheer me up, I'd appreciate it.

[aaron bond]

they fucking deserved that. we have been shit AGAIN. why are we sitting back so much!!

I don't understand why we are not imposing OUR game upon them. We have done this for 2 seasons now in Europe.

We are at our best when we attack and control the game but in Europe we seem content to let the opposition dictate play.

[sheblue]

They have played the best football. Again we're outplayed.

[bhfanatic]

who is this commentator on skysports hes so fucking annoying. he's so happy that ajax scored.. ffs

They're horrendous aren't they. I think it's Tyler that's seemingly loving the Ajax history shit.

On us, we're sitting too much, happy to take the 3 points with a 1-0 win. Ajax are playing a highline and we're dropping, allowing them to play. Good for 15 minutes, so-so for the rest.

Can't really be arsed saying more. If Bobby wants to do something different in Europe and cheer me up, I'd appreciate it.

I agree with you my friend.

[sheblue]

they fucking deserved that. we have been shit AGAIN. why are we sitting back so much!!

I don't understand why we are not imposing OUR game upon them. We have done this for 2 seasons now in Europe.

We are at our best when we attack and control the game but in Europe we seem content to let the opposition dictate play.

That's down to the huge difference in standards between the CL and pl.

[Ted Hughes]

We are so far below our Premier League standard when we play in this competition. Workrate, organisation, passing, everything is a level down. When we reach the level we play at on a Saturday, we just run through these teams but most of the time, there seems to be no intention of playing football.

The number of times VK & JL have given the bal to the midfield in space, only to have it fired straight back at them, is ridiculous. Even Yaya is refusing to play football, just kicking everything backwards.

If we played this team on a Saturday, we would cruise it. As it is, everyone was just sitting back waiting for them to score, exactly as we did v Napoli last season. You can see why Mancini so much wanted DeRossi on nights like this. He would run this game easily.

[PeterParker]

Not happy at all, we could had finished them after the first goal.

I think Tevez will come at half time and Yaya will go off. That is a nasty injury that could get really worst.

[Moonchesteri]

Despite all their pressure they hardly troubled Joe at all. Thought that, until the equaliser, we weren't in much trouble. Funny how different people see a different game.

Agreed. We just need to keep it tight and concentrate and then keep playing our own game and we can take the 3 points.

Come in City!!!

[Douglas Higginbottom]

I was happy ...and then they scored. Cant say we have played great but I wasn't that worried about anything and Joe hadn't had much to do.I thought as long as they are only shooting from distance we will win.The problem is we have been giving the ball away far too quickly and easily and that's what happened when they scored.

I am sure we had 2 or 3 chances to keep the ball but messed up and then they swing it wide to open spaces as usual and get it right (or was it lucky) but I guess Milner if anyone should have been with the goalscorer.We just need to be more positive and we will cause them all sorts of problems.

What I can't understand is that they are overloading their right side and we don't seem to be bothered.It's easy to say Nasri should play more as a full back but then they will get more space down the inside right channel.Isn't it for Mancini to play Aguero deeper in some role to counter this.

[Mase]

Since all this shit about Kolo trying to be forced out Yaya has looked like he could care less playing for City!

[PALUS]

solution against us is press defence and we cant pass ball, that wath Borusia did , that is what Ajax is doing , but with this defence u can really win anything only one clean sheet ,insane

[Sister of fu]

Can anyone recall the last time we played well in Europe. I am really struggling.

[carl_feedthegoat]

We are so far below our Premier League standard when we play in this competition. Workrate, organisation, passing, everything is a level down. When we reach the level we play at on a Saturday, we just run through these teams but most of the time, there seems to be no intention of playing football.

The number of times VK & JL have given the bal to the midfield in space, only to have it fired straight back at them, is ridiculous. Even Yaya is refusing to play football, just kicking everything backwards.

If we played this team on a Saturday, we would cruise it. As it is, everyone was just sitting back waiting for them to score, exactly as we did v Napoli last season. You can see why Mancini so much wanted DeRossi on nights like this. He would run this game easily.

Apart from scoring the goal , Nasri has been exactly what he has been all season, fucking useless.
A shoe in for Siva ? my arse he is.

[Dameerto]

I was happy ...and then they scored. Cant say we have played great but I wasn't that worried about anything and Joe hadn't had much to do.I thought as long as they are only shooting from distance we will win.The problem is we have been giving the ball away far too quickly and easily and that's what happened when they scored.

I am sure we had 2 or 3 chances to keep the ball but messed up and then they swing it wide to open spaces as usual and get it right (or was it lucky) but I guess Milner if anyone should have been with the goalscorer.We just need to be more positive and we will cause them all sorts of problems.

What I can't understand is that they are overloading their right side and we don't seem to be bothered.It's easy to say Nasri should play more as a full back but then they will get more space down the inside right channel.Isn't it for Mancini to play Aguero deeper in some role to counter this.

He switched to 4-4-2 to try and counter it - but we need Milner on our left rather than Nasri. And we need more width.

[Swales4ever]

Not happy at all, we could had finished them after the first goal.

I think Tevez will come at half time and Yaya will go off. That is a nasty injury that could get really worst.

agreed. not sure about a kick on foot getting worst, but improving workrate with herman, for sure.

[Beefymcfc]

We are so far below our Premier League standard when we play in this competition. Workrate, organisation, passing, everything is a level down. When we reach the level we play at on a Saturday, we just run through these teams but most of the time, there seems to be no intention of playing football.

The number of times VK & JL have given the bal to the midfield in space, only to have it fired straight back at them, is ridiculous. Even Yaya is refusing to play football, just kicking everything backwards.

If we played this team on a Saturday, we would cruise it. As it is, everyone was just sitting back waiting for them to score, exactly as we did v Napoli last season. You can see why Mancini so much wanted DeRossi on nights like this. He would run this game easily.

Ted, you say that all our players are playing below par, surely that can't be right. All of them!

Maybe, just maybe, it's Mancini's tactics that are the common denominator here, especially in Europe.

[ScapeGoat]

A shoe in for Siva ? my arse he is.

TBH, Silva wasn't spectacular for months now