***Official Manchester City v Leeds United Match Thread***

[Ted Hughes]

City were good today. The front 3 played with a lot more awareness of each other than we have seen in many games & Yaya put a lot more in.

Hope it was injury which kept Sinclair out of the squad as otherwise it's quite a mean snub imo.

I see you made zero reference to Nastys game !! and dont come out with that old chestnut "leeds were shite" as you can only play whats in front of you,just about every time Nasty plays we keep a clean sheet...coincidence???

BTW Nasty aslo plays great FOOTBALL instead of the fuckign sideways ,backwards,just hoof it upfield to noone Lescott.

What the fuck did he do ?!!

He was neat & tidy & not quite as good as Kolo Toure if you want a comment.

Gave the ball away quite a few times did one or two good things but one or two bad things as well. And yes it was only Leeds who weren't really a threat from start to finish.

Crock of shite..go to the back of the class with Ted.

Just added this to my earlier post:

From the OS: City v Southampton, 1-3. Lescott completed passes: 21 from 25. City v Leeds 4-0 Nastasic completed passes: 25 from 32.

UInder no pressure, in perfect conditions, against a lower league side, his distribution was much worse than Lescott's v a side who was chasing everything, on a wet pitch, away from home. That's stats from our own website.


Once again, you are watching the game in your head, rather than the one which actually happened.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Eh ?

AND HOW MANY OF THISE FUCKIGN SHITE PASSES THAT LESCOTT MAKES GO FUCKIGN BACKWARDS OR SIDEWARDS YOU complete spastic !!!

Your off your head Ted , thank fuck Mancini is getting rid of Lescott and sees Nasty as the future..so you and Doug can crow all you like about your favorite little Lescott..he will be no more soon, so deal with it and recognize that Nasty is a better footballer and will soon be "without a shadow of a doubt" a better defender...hes only 19 btw.

[Hazy2]

City were good today. The front 3 played with a lot more awareness of each other than we have seen in many games & Yaya put a lot more in.

Hope it was injury which kept Sinclair out of the squad as otherwise it's quite a mean snub imo.

I see you made zero reference to Nastys game !! and dont come out with that old chestnut "leeds were shite" as you can only play whats in front of you,just about every time Nasty plays we keep a clean sheet...coincidence???

BTW Nasty aslo plays great FOOTBALL instead of the fuckign sideways ,backwards,just hoof it upfield to noone Lescott.

What the fuck did he do ?!!

He was neat & tidy & not quite as good as Kolo Toure if you want a comment.

From the OS: City v Southampton, 1-3. Lescott completed passes: 21 from 25. City v Leeds 4-0 Nastasic completed passes: 25 from 32.

UInder no pressure, in perfect conditions, against a lower league side, his distribution was much worse than Lescott's v a side who was chasing everything, on a wet pitch, away from home. That's stats from our own website.

the treatment of Lescott is uncalled for IMHO. Nasty had a good game against piss poor opos TBF, In fact Leeds are the worst team I have seen for a very long time, Clueless and Brown for all his panto villain part, was the only one to get a sweat on. Leeds would have lost to anyone left in the comp on that showing.

[carl_feedthegoat]

City were good today. The front 3 played with a lot more awareness of each other than we have seen in many games & Yaya put a lot more in.

Hope it was injury which kept Sinclair out of the squad as otherwise it's quite a mean snub imo.

I see you made zero reference to Nastys game !! and dont come out with that old chestnut "leeds were shite" as you can only play whats in front of you,just about every time Nasty plays we keep a clean sheet...coincidence???

BTW Nasty aslo plays great FOOTBALL instead of the fuckign sideways ,backwards,just hoof it upfield to noone Lescott.

What the fuck did he do ?!!

He was neat & tidy & not quite as good as Kolo Toure if you want a comment.

From the OS: City v Southampton, 1-3. Lescott completed passes: 21 from 25. City v Leeds 4-0 Nastasic completed passes: 25 from 32.

UInder no pressure, in perfect conditions, against a lower league side, his distribution was much worse than Lescott's v a side who was chasing everything, on a wet pitch, away from home. That's stats from our own website.

the treatment of Lescott is uncalled for IMHO. Nasty had a good game against piss poor opos TBF, In fact Leeds are the worst team I have seen for a very long time, Clueless and Brown for all his panto villain part, was the only one to get a sweat on. Leeds would have lost to anyone left in the comp on that showing.

And in January when we conceded fuckall with Nasty in the starting lineup.....was that down to shite opposition as well ??? Where was Lescott when we went on that run? how many games did he feature in?

[Ted Hughes]

City were good today. The front 3 played with a lot more awareness of each other than we have seen in many games & Yaya put a lot more in.

Hope it was injury which kept Sinclair out of the squad as otherwise it's quite a mean snub imo.

I see you made zero reference to Nastys game !! and dont come out with that old chestnut "leeds were shite" as you can only play whats in front of you,just about every time Nasty plays we keep a clean sheet...coincidence???

BTW Nasty aslo plays great FOOTBALL instead of the fuckign sideways ,backwards,just hoof it upfield to noone Lescott.

What the fuck did he do ?!!

He was neat & tidy & not quite as good as Kolo Toure if you want a comment.

From the OS: City v Southampton, 1-3. Lescott completed passes: 21 from 25. City v Leeds 4-0 Nastasic completed passes: 25 from 32.

UInder no pressure, in perfect conditions, against a lower league side, his distribution was much worse than Lescott's v a side who was chasing everything, on a wet pitch, away from home. That's stats from our own website.

the treatment of Lescott is uncalled for IMHO. Nasty had a good game against piss poor opos TBF, In fact Leeds are the worst team I have seen for a very long time, Clueless and Brown for all his panto villain part, was the only one to get a sweat on. Leeds would have lost to anyone left in the comp on that showing.

And in January when we conceded fuckall with Nasty in the starting lineup.....was that down to shite opposition as well ??? Where was Lescott when we went on that run? how many games did he feature in?

The strange thing is, that I KNOW we have lost games with Nastasic playing too, yet you seem to have forgotten.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Nasty does more for our attacking play than ripley will ever ever ever ever do!!...but as long as his pass completion backwards to the keeper or sideways keeps him ahead of Nastys completion rate...then you will be a happy man.

Me and Mancini seem to agree..thats all that matters.

[Hazy2]

I have no problem with Nasty in the side Ted, he is the future and the managers buy, in fact he is well ahead of the game for me and a better player than Lescott. I think Joeleon deserves better treatment if I am reading this right he is not wanted or rated by the manager. Maybe I am wrong but Kolo is not goona be used against anyone dangerous, two lefties should not be a problem to this players, I wonder if Barry will be joining the binned players too.

[Swales4ever]

City were good today. The front 3 played with a lot more awareness of each other than we have seen in many games & Yaya put a lot more in.

Hope it was injury which kept Sinclair out of the squad as otherwise it's quite a mean snub imo.

I see you made zero reference to Nastys game !! and dont come out with that old chestnut "leeds were shite" as you can only play whats in front of you,just about every time Nasty plays we keep a clean sheet...coincidence???

BTW Nasty aslo plays great FOOTBALL instead of the fuckign sideways ,backwards,just hoof it upfield to noone Lescott.

What the fuck did he do ?!!

He was neat & tidy & not quite as good as Kolo Toure if you want a comment.

Crock of shite...you really need to take off your hate glasses when it comes to Nasty ,I suggest you watch the match again.

Now.... now.... mate, pal, general!

I know i am just a twat that barely knows a tenth of the Club's history as You do...... but don't You consider that calling "a crock of shite" a Ted's [highlight]footballing[/highlight] assessment, even if just for fun, is a tad borderline, even for a OF-1 Officier who demands no borders???.... :-)))

[carl_feedthegoat]

I have no problem with Nasty in the side Ted, he is the future and the managers buy, in fact he is well ahead of the game for me and a better player than Lescott. I think Joeleon deserves better treatment if I am reading this right he is not wanted or rated by the manager. Maybe I am wrong but Kolo is not goona be used against anyone dangerous, two lefties should not be a problem to this players, I wonder if Barry will be joining the binned players too.

Lescott gets a hard time off me hazy as I just do not think he brings anything for our build up play, on top of that I dont think he is anywhere near a world class defender and imo Man City should have WCP in our first 11 in every position.
I have no problem with Lescott being plan B when evey other cunt is injured or rested but Ill be fucked if I want him in our starting eleven.

Anyone with an ounce of knowledge of football will know that Nasty is the future,he is already,as you quite rightly point out,a much better footballer than Lescott ever was or ever will be and he is showing it every game he plays. Sure he makes mistakes,name me one defender that doesnt,but overall hes head and shoulders better than Lescott when it comes to our build up play and his defensive duties are getting better and better - re January when we played some very tough games.

[KippaxBlue]

Pics and comments on the Leeds Cup game are now online at
http://www.rtfract.com/citfeb13a.htm

[Goaters 103]

Rumour has it a few Blues were giving shit to 5Live summariser and serial City slagger off Mr Danny Mills. If so, good - its about time that miserable twat got a bit back.

He picked up a wage from us for 3 years for doing nothing, and just like he did as a player, hes now stealing a living as a pundit.

As for his reputation as a hard man? Dont make me laugh. Talentless no mark is a better description.

[Ted Hughes]

Nasty does more for our attacking play than ripley will ever ever ever ever do!!...but as long as his pass completion backwards to the keeper or sideways keeps him ahead of Nastys completion rate...then you will be a happy man.

Me and Mancini seem to agree..thats all that matters.

Why don't we just play Silva there ?

[carl_feedthegoat]

Rumour has it a few Blues were giving shit to 5Live summariser and serial City slagger off Mr Danny Mills. If so, good - its about time that miserable twat got a bit back.

He picked up a wage from us for 3 years for doing nothing, and just like he did as a player, hes now stealing a living as a pundit.

As for his reputation as a hard man? Dont make me laugh. Talentless no mark is a better description.

Spot on - one wonder strike and that was your lot.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Rumour has it a few Blues were giving shit to 5Live summariser and serial City slagger off Mr Danny Mills. If so, good - its about time that miserable twat got a bit back.

He picked up a wage from us for 3 years for doing nothing, and just like he did as a player, hes now stealing a living as a pundit.

As for his reputation as a hard man? Dont make me laugh. Talentless no mark is a better description.

Mills is the biggest mercenary we've had at the club (and that when we were skint). And the blandest pundit not working for ITV.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Nasty does more for our attacking play than ripley will ever ever ever ever do!!...but as long as his pass completion backwards to the keeper or sideways keeps him ahead of Nastys completion rate...then you will be a happy man.

Me and Mancini seem to agree..thats all that matters.

Why don't we just play Silva there ?

Quick build up play from the back is required during a game...if you cant see that then Ill be fucked if Im going to carry on with this Nasty V Lescott with you.

[Alex Sapphire]

Nasty does more for our attacking play than ripley will ever ever ever ever do!!...but as long as his pass completion backwards to the keeper or sideways keeps him ahead of Nastys completion rate...then you will be a happy man.

Me and Mancini seem to agree..thats all that matters.

Why don't we just play Silva there ?

he's a little short, and we'd miss his attacking threat further up the field.

no wait, you were being sarky

[Ted Hughes]

I have no problem with Nasty in the side Ted, he is the future and the managers buy, in fact he is well ahead of the game for me and a better player than Lescott. I think Joeleon deserves better treatment if I am reading this right he is not wanted or rated by the manager. Maybe I am wrong but Kolo is not goona be used against anyone dangerous, two lefties should not be a problem to this players, I wonder if Barry will be joining the binned players too.

Lescott is streets ahead of Nastasic as a defender currently & if we had two players like Nastasic next to each other, we would not finish in the top half. He relys on the players around him to do the main defending; Lescott does the defending.

Nastasic is almost like a sweeper at the moment; he wins the occasional header so long as the challenge isn't too tough or the run too clever, if either of those things happen, he is fucked. He covers next to whichever defender is doing the tackling etc & picks up the loose balls or nips in & intercepts & he does that quite well. The word 'quite' being the realistic assessment rather than the utter bollocks sometimes spouted on here as if he is the fucking reincarnation of Bobby Moore. Micah Richards was a miles better cb at the same age FACT. He is currently playing right back & still hasn't made it at cb yet. There is no guarantee Nastasic will fare better. He has a chance but a fair way to go; that's where we are realistically up to at the moment in his career.

He will never ever be the prospect Lake for instance was though as a defender or a footballer & THAT is the level we should be looking for imo if we want a 'footballing' defender to replace Lescott. Genuine pace & skill.

Nastasic is more creative with the ball than Lescott & has a better first touch but also more careless, however that should sort itself out in the future. He is not very quick though & nowhere even in the same league as Lescott in the air. For all the improvements to his game he could make & possibly will make, it is unlikely he will ever make that one.

(Garcia jumps a full foot higher than him & is a miles better passer btw)

Aerial strength should concern people in the Premier League where the team currently at the top scores a huge number of headed goals & so do half of the league.

Lescott & VK were the best cb pairing in the league last season & their distribution is decent for cbs. They were a great partnership which we have split up & interfered with & neither player looks as good because of it.

Lescott is unlikely to remain a top cb for many more seasons, so I have no problem replacing him with a top quality player.

If we sell him & replace him only with Nastasic however, Utd will win the league again next season, we will bomb out of Europe & the same people kissing Nasti's bottom now will be slaughtering him.

Lescott is currently not at his best but still a miles better defender than Nastasic.

[Sideshow Bob]

Garcia jumps a full foot higher than him & is a miles better passer btw

oh FFS, now you've gone too far, ted.

[Ted Hughes]

Garcia jumps a full foot higher than him & is a miles better passer btw

oh FFS, now you've gone too far, ted.

No I haven't he's a midfield player ffs.

Nastasic is a defender. He's competent at passing FOR A DEFENDER.

Garcia's pass completion rate is better than any of the defenders or similar midfield players.

V Southampton, playing as a cb, it was 100%

[Sideshow Bob]

Garcia jumps a full foot higher than him & is a miles better passer btw

oh FFS, now you've gone too far, ted.

No I haven't he's a midfield player ffs.

Nastasic is a defender. He's competent at passing FOR A DEFENDER.

Garcia's pass completion rate is better than any of the defenders or similar midfield players.

V Southampton, playing as a cb, it was 100%

García es un fucking burro. (i typed that in spanglish to be sure he understands.)