Rags on Sunday!

[london blue 2]

Yeah but in fairness they won. Had they not the media may have picked up on it...

Probably not though.

[zuricity]

I suggest people take scoring cards for the diving, even deep in midfield ashley young pulled off a cracking dive , worthy of a 5,9 from the Russian judge for artistic impression at any event!

[Douglas Higginbottom]

I expect a scum back 4 of Smalling,Camel,Evans or Vidic and Evra. A midfield of Carrick,Duncan,Fletcher,Young and shrek with RVP up top. Their main priority will be to stifle us and hit on the break and unless we show more than we have been doing we will have problems.

Showing them up with high crosses just isn't going to happen imo.Not that we can't score from a corner as we showed last season but it's just not a strength of ours to get good crosses in very often.We just need to turn up from the start and play at a high tempo.

[blue-nova]

...We just need to turn up from the start and play at a high tempo.

Bugger.

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

I expect a scum back 4 of Smalling,Camel,Evans or Vidic and Evra. A midfield of Carrick,Duncan,Fletcher,Young and shrek with RVP up top. Their main priority will be to stifle us and hit on the break and unless we show more than we have been doing we will have problems.

Showing them up with high crosses just isn't going to happen imo.Not that we can't score from a corner as we showed last season but it's just not a strength of ours to get good crosses in very often.We just need to turn up from the start and play at a high tempo.

That isn't scary opposition

[sheblue]

Derby nerves?....:-)

Taggart maybe many things but he's not an idiot. He knows what he's got and knows its limitations. His defence is shit and he will need to protect it. All out attack will not be anywhere on his agenda. He knows he has a potent attack in Shrek and Van Penis and the speed out wide to service them.
He will sit back in his parked bus in the hope, (or with the plan) of drawing us in and hitting us on the break.

He sits ahead of us in the league and will be happy to share the points and wander back to the swamp considering a draw is 2pts he's stopped us gaining. The onus is on us to get the points.

this is exactly what he will do, and we will need to be careful not to get sucked in.

[sheblue]

Any chance we can get the lino who didn't give this?

great clearance that.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

This is the first time in ages I've been worried about this fixture before the day of the game. They'll play like Everton without the ball but be much better hitting us on the break. What we'll do is anyone's guess given the form of all of our strikers and Saturday's effort doesn't inspire.

[Beefymcfc]

......snubbed the kit man, who threw the jacket on the back of his head.....

I thought that was funny as fuck, the kitman just thought 'Fuck you, you little scrote. Have it!' before he slumped in his chair before Welbeck patted his back in sympathy.

[Beefymcfc]

......snubbed the kit man, who threw the jacket on the back of his head.....

I thought that was funny as fuck, the kitman just thought 'Fuck you, you little scrote. Have it!' before he slumped in his chair before Welbeck patted his back in sympathy.

PS. Anybody know the officials yet?

[Lonzo11]

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This would be the best shout, Milner on current form with his usual effort cannot be overlooked.

[Swales4ever]

......snubbed the kit man, who threw the jacket on the back of his head.....

I thought that was funny as fuck, the kitman just thought 'Fuck you, you little scrote. Have it!' before he slumped in his chair before Welbeck patted his back in sympathy.

PS. Anybody know the officials yet?

just checked on PL OS. no appointment yet. Think will be for tomoz

[Beefymcfc]

......snubbed the kit man, who threw the jacket on the back of his head.....

I thought that was funny as fuck, the kitman just thought 'Fuck you, you little scrote. Have it!' before he slumped in his chair before Welbeck patted his back in sympathy.

PS. Anybody know the officials yet?

just checked on PL OS. no appointment yet. Think will be for tomoz

Roger-That.

[AG7]

PS. Anybody know the officials yet?

Martin Atkinson

[Swales4ever]

PS. Anybody know the officials yet?

Martin Atkinson

Hoped You're having a laugh, Mate...


Martin Atkinson will take charge of the Manchester derby at [strike]Old Trafford[/strike], Tossers: They even dont know where's Home of The Champions!

The Select Group Match Officials appointments have been made for Barclays Premier League fixtures on 8-11 December and are as follows:

Saturday 8 December

3pm unless stated
Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion
Referee: M Jones; Assistants: S Bennett, R West; Fourth official: M Oliver.
Aston Villa v Stoke City
Referee: R East; Assistants: G Beswick, H Lennard; Fourth official: C Foy.
Southampton v Reading
Referee: J Moss; Assistants: D C Richards, J Brooks; Fourth official: M Naylor.
Sunderland v Chelsea
Referee: M Halsey; Assistants: R Ganfield, M Wilkes; Fourth official: C Pawson.
Swansea City v Norwich City
Referee: H Webb; Assistants: M Mullarkey, S Massey; Fourth official: D Whitestone.
Wigan Athletic v Queens Park Rangers
Referee: P Dowd; Assistants: J Collin, L Betts; Fourth official: M Dean.

Sunday 9 December

1.30pm Manchester City v Dirty Bastard Raggish Filthy Scums
Referee: M Atkinson; Assistants: P Kirkup, S Burt; Fourth official: M Clattenburg.
3pm Everton v Tottenham Hotspur
Referee: K Friend; Assistants: C Breakspear, J Flynn; Fourth official: N Swarbrick.
4pm West Ham United v Liverpool
Referee: L Probert; Assistants: S Beck, S Child; Fourth official: M Jones.

Monday 10 December

8pm Fulham v Newcastle United
Referee: L Mason; Assistants: D Bryan, S Long; Fourth official: A Taylor.

Tuesday 11 December

7.45pm Sunderland v Reading
Referee: N Swarbrick; Assistants: A Halliday, D England; Fourth official: A Marriner.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news ... ember.html

[Alex Sapphire]

is it me or does that board say oo oo oo oo

[Swales4ever]

is it me or does that board say oo oo oo oo

Yes, Sir Alex! upon orders... can already see Atkinson' tongue unrolling

[Biamp]

Atkinson's first Manchester derby since the game where they scored in the 6th minute of 4 added minutes.

[Swales4ever]

Atkinson's first Manchester derby since the game where they scored in the 6th minute of 4 added minutes.

... let alone his current desperation for being welcome back at Court... after recent Slur' disappointment.

[Dameerto]

I saw highlights of their game & the Face hauled off Raphael, who pushed past the sub, snubbed the Face's handshake & snubbed the kit man, who threw the jacket on the back of his head as he stormed off down the tunnel.

It was worse than anything Balotelli has ever done.

So where is the outcry from the media ? I have looked on their 'Newsnow' page & I can't find any reference to it whatsoever. If this had been a City player, you would not see any headlines other than about Mancini losing the dressing room or 'troubled' players etc.

In fact, I bet there are more articles on that, re City, during this coming week.

The media world clearly loves these wankers.

I asked the same thing in the weekend match thread when it happened. Ten times worse than anything anyone at City has done (with the exception of Tevez's AWOL).