Supersport V CITY, Sunday 14th July/Squad for SA

[dick dastardley]

One word ' pedestrian' 45 mins for a run out can't be this hard!!!

[carl_feedthegoat]

Milner...clueless.

[Dameerto]

I like the look of Facey and Huws (even though Facey just got skinned a moment ago)

[Beefymcfc]

Pellers Out!





























;-)

[Bleed_Blue]

Looks like 4-2-3-1.

Decent online stream : http://www.livefootballol.tv/streaming/ ... -city.html

You know it's being shown live on the official site, right?

There were some restrictions with stream in US

[Dameerto]

Looks like 4-2-3-1.

Decent online stream : http://www.livefootballol.tv/streaming/ ... -city.html

You know it's being shown live on the official site, right?

There were some restrictions with stream in US

Aaaah right.

[Bleed_Blue]

Can some bright intelligent lady/bloke summarize take away's from the match :

My first attempt :

.Team in first half was really strong defensively, lacked the conversion from final balls as usual (Didnt watch the first half completely)

.Second half team was bit organized a bit though it was all youngsters, defense was really bad

.Nimley was good, Yaya, Milner(missed goal by sheer bad lucj) & Barry rock

. Huws was ok

. Lescott was bad

. Sinclair seems pretty average

. Pellegrini will defnitely give chance to youngsters from the looks of it, he kept cool was not waving hands like all is lost or holding head(Respect Mancini - no offense here). 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Please some one add/change I am not a great analyst of football

[Ted Hughes]

There is not much that can be learned from this as regards real football, team shape etc but it's pretty clear Barry & VK are well up for whatever comes. The ridiculous campaign to get rid of Gareth Barry is already looking as completely fucking stupid as it deserves to be.

How do you mean? Not having a go, am curious about your observations.

He reads the game, moves, anticipates & turns possible difficult situations into comfortable ones. He does it so well that it's possible to miss the situation was ever there. The others just occupy space like chess pieces.

Talking to a Norwegian kid's football coach last night & he was mentioning the cleverest & best players from the Prem who he uses as an example for kids to watch & learn from, and how you can be a great player without pace; Lampard, Scholes were two & the one he rated as the smartest of all was Barry.
He is absolutely the best in the business at his job & criminally disrespected by fans in general including many at City.

Huws did himself no harm today. Not got the brain of Barry but looked more like a Prem player than many of the first teamers & way better than Razak or Suarez.

[Ted Hughes]

Can some bright intelligent lady/bloke summarize take away's from the match :

My first attempt :

.Team in first half was really strong defensively, lacked the conversion from final balls as usual (Didnt watch the first half completely)

.Second half team was bit organized a bit though it was all youngsters, defense was really bad

.Nimley was good, Yaya, Milner(missed goal by sheer bad lucj) & Barry rock

. Huws was ok

. Lescott was bad

. Sinclair seems pretty average

. Pellegrini will defnitely give chance to youngsters from the looks of it, he kept cool was not waving hands like all is lost or holding head(Respect Mancini - no offense here)

Please some one add/change I am not a great analyst of football

What did Lescott do wrong ?

He was better on & off the ball than all the other defenders, the centre backs were utter shite in every aspect, but luckily it doesn't matter at this stage.

It was a fitness run out with no significance tactically, just to get the players moving . It was an opportunity though for young & squad players to make an impression. Only Huws took the opportunity.

[ashton287]

He reads the game, moves, anticipates & turns possible difficult situations into comfortable ones. He does it so well that it's possible to miss the situation was ever there. The others just occupy space like chess pieces.

Talking to a Norwegian kid's football coach last night & he was mentioning the cleverest & best players from the Prem who he uses as an example for kids to watch & learn from, and how you can be a great player without pace; Lampard, Scholes were two & the one he rated as the smartest of all was Barry.
He is absolutely the best in the business at his job & criminally disrespected by fans in general including many at City.

Huws did himself no harm today. Not got the brain of Barry but looked more like a Prem player than many of the first teamers & way better than Razak or Suarez.

Barry is fucking mint. He will only get slower but he can control shit. It's like he can see the game on TV, seems to notice things as they develop and just shut it down. He's also one of the few players on our team that can foul someone when needed and knows how to get away with it.

[bigblue]

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[Bleed_Blue]

What did Lescott do wrong ?

He was better on & off the ball than all the other defenders, the centre backs were utter shite in every aspect, but luckily it doesn't matter at this stage.

It was a fitness run out with no significance tactically, just to get the players moving . It was an opportunity though for young & squad players to make an impression. Only Huws took the opportunity.

Lescott gave away the ball couple of times

[Beefymcfc]

What did Lescott do wrong ?

He was better on & off the ball than all the other defenders, the centre backs were utter shite in every aspect, but luckily it doesn't matter at this stage.

It was a fitness run out with no significance tactically, just to get the players moving . It was an opportunity though for young & squad players to make an impression. Only Huws took the opportunity.

Lescott gave away the ball couple of times

I thought Lescott was half decent to be fair, especially as he was playing on the left.

What happened to Yaya (he looked decent as well)?

[Tim777]

Too many ribs missing? This pic was posted by the MCFC Facebook page...


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[Nige]

Lescott did ok in a position he's not played in for a while. Nasti however was useless. Hopefully just ring rusty. I hope the Count notices that Vinnie and Lescott are the best pairing. Especially with any aerial threats.

[Tony P]

Too many ribs missing? This pic was posted by the MCFC Facebook page...


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Eh?

[phips]

so what happened to Yaya and how'd Fernandinho look?

[PrezIke]

any idea how badly yaya was hurt?

[Ted Hughes]

so what happened to Yaya and how'd Fernandinho look?

Very few looked like anything, it was just a run out. Yaya just strolled off with a bit of a limp. Fernandinho was neat & tidy but only once showed the kind of run which will become his trademark, when he effortlessly left 3 for dead but then unfortunately put in a 'City' cross rather than a proper one.

[Beefymcfc]

so what happened to Yaya and how'd Fernandinho look?

Very few looked like anything, it was just a run out. Yaya just strolled off with a bit of a limp. Fernandinho was neat & tidy but only once showed the kind of run which will become his trademark, when he effortlessly left 3 for dead but then unfortunately put in a 'City' cross rather than a proper one.

The only thing we can take from the game was the formation. Razak was purposely played out right to show what our formation will be. We'll be looking at 4-2-3-1 with plenty of width next season. Will Sinclair get one of those spots, I'm not sure. He seemed to want to pull it back to his right peg when the obvious choice was to swing it in with the left.