next: hull city tigers

[Nigels Tackle]

should be an easy 3 points

[Moonchesteri]

All they need to do is to put 10 men behind the ball and make sure Panti is injured and we're in trouble
Still looking forward to it!

[phips]

who is Hull City?

[Breks]

On paper Cardiff was an easy 3 points. Look how that turned out. We should not underestimate anyone

[Cit.revenge]

Think what Bob had when he come in England is exp. on defense from Italy, In Spain not one team play like Cardiff play so i wonder what Pelle will do against Hull who will play the same.

[sheblue]

Think what Bob had when he come in England is exp. on defense from Italy, In Spain not one team play like Cardiff play so i wonder what Pelle will do against Hull who will play the same.

We made three mistakes that cost us three goals, sometimes you get away with it, sometimes you dont, we didnt get away with it yesterday.
In the post match interview yesterday on sky the chap interviewing made some comment about pel not being familiar with the leauge (cant remember the exact wording) pelligrini said yesterday corners are corners no matter what leauge or country you are in. You have to defend set plays in every leauge in the world, and you have to defend them properly, we didnt, simple as that. He is correct we got the set play defending badly wrong for two goals.We were poor at that yesterday, coupled with the lack of determined tackling for the first goal which was litterally walked in.
You would expect that a foucs would be on more determined concentrated and organised approach to defending set plays this week, surely mr pelligrini and his staff saw what most of us saw and will act to sharpen up the concentration.
As for the goal keeping situtation, get panti in for a run.

[Ted Hughes]

Think what Bob had when he come in England is exp. on defense from Italy, In Spain not one team play like Cardiff play so i wonder what Pelle will do against Hull who will play the same.

We made three mistakes that cost us three goals, sometimes you get away with it, sometimes you dont, we didnt get away with it yesterday.
In the post match interview yesterday on sky the chap interviewing made some comment about pel not being familiar with the leauge (cant remember the exact wording) pelligrini said yesterday corners are corners no matter what leauge or country you are in. You have to defend set plays in every leauge in the world, and you have to defend them properly, we didnt, simple as that. He is correct we got the set play defending badly wrong for two goals.We were poor at that yesterday, coupled with the lack of determined tackling for the first goal which was litterally walked in.
You would expect that a foucs would be on more determined concentrated and organised approach to defending set plays this week, surely mr pelligrini and his staff saw what most of us saw and will act to sharpen up the concentration.
As for the goal keeping situtation, get panti in for a run.

The Count neglected to mention the two occasions 1st half when Campbell was through on goal just because of a simple long punt upfield, the exact same pass Arsenal used to fuck Vinny up pre season.

Those were the best chances of that half & plenty of top strikers would have scored both.

[sheblue]

Think what Bob had when he come in England is exp. on defense from Italy, In Spain not one team play like Cardiff play so i wonder what Pelle will do against Hull who will play the same.

We made three mistakes that cost us three goals, sometimes you get away with it, sometimes you dont, we didnt get away with it yesterday.
In the post match interview yesterday on sky the chap interviewing made some comment about pel not being familiar with the leauge (cant remember the exact wording) pelligrini said yesterday corners are corners no matter what leauge or country you are in. You have to defend set plays in every leauge in the world, and you have to defend them properly, we didnt, simple as that. He is correct we got the set play defending badly wrong for two goals.We were poor at that yesterday, coupled with the lack of determined tackling for the first goal which was litterally walked in.
You would expect that a foucs would be on more determined concentrated and organised approach to defending set plays this week, surely mr pelligrini and his staff saw what most of us saw and will act to sharpen up the concentration.
As for the goal keeping situtation, get panti in for a run.

The Count neglected to mention the two occasions 1st half when Campbell was through on goal just because of a simple long punt upfield, the exact same pass Arsenal used to fuck Vinny up pre season.

Those were the best chances of that half & plenty of top strikers would have scored both.

notwithstanding the poor defending at set palys and the lack of basic tackling, playing a very high line with two slow centre backs is another issue completely. Can see hull or whoever having alook at what happened yesterday playing plenty balls over the top. We look very vulnerable at the moment and it takes time to sort that.
A lot of hard work to do on the trianing ground.

[AG7]

Phil Dowd has been appointed referee for this Saturday's match between "The City" and "Hull City (Tigers)" at the Etihad.

[ruralblue]

They will throw everything the have into our box make no mistake about it. Am hopeful our attacking power can maybe take some pop shots from outside the box and not try to walk it through a packes defence. Fingers crossed the Count will have had them working on defensive set up on set pieces.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

They will throw everything the have into our box make no mistake about it. Am hopeful our attacking power can maybe take some pop shots from outside the box and not try to walk it through a packes defence. Fingers crossed the Count will have had them working on defensive set up on set pieces.

I expect them to try to do exactly what Cardiff did. A well organised back 10 or 11,lots and lots of energy to close us down and IF they get a chance to lob the ball in the box they will pile the big guys in.

[branny]

On paper Cardiff was an easy 3 points. Look how that turned out. We should not underestimate anyone

This. They walked away with a point last time iirc.

[DoomMerchant]

Phil Dowd has been appointed referee for this Saturday's match between "The City" and "Hull City (Tigers)" at the Etihad.

perfect. The Doppleganger is an old nemesis. I like familiarity.

cheers

[Saul Goodman]

Hoping to see:


Panti
Zaba lescott Nasti Clichy
Barry Fernandinho
Milner Silva Jovetic
Negredo

[Green & Blue]

Hoping to see:

Panti
Zaba lescott Nasti Clichy
Barry Fernandinho
Milner Silva Jovetic
Negredo

Any eleven without Garcia will do for me.

[Beefymcfc]

The Holistic One v The Fugly Fat Fuck Elephant Man

Let's see if Sky pimp that one out.

[FA cup winners 2006]

Why is everyone presuming that Hull will have got some confidence from the Cardiff result. They could well be thinking that we will be looking to prove a point in the next game, and we should be.

Hopefully another week of Pellegrini hammering home his style of play, a home game and the same 11 again will do the trick (with Nastasic in for Garcia obviously)

[Green & Blue]

They are drawing 0-0 with Leyton Orient in the cup it's gone to extra time.

[AG7]

They are drawing 0-0 with Leyton Orient in the cup it's gone to extra time.

Good, tired legs!

[DoomMerchant]

They are drawing 0-0 with Leyton Orient in the cup it's gone to extra time.

Good, tired legs!

haha....if we need the "Hull Tigers" to be on tired legs we've got some serious fucking issues.

I want Aguero on the fucking bench for this one with the Negro and the Bozspaz up front together.

I don't want Yaya + little Ferdinand together....so fucking pick one, or else smash their skulls together and tell them what the fuck to do together and give them one more chance not to be utter cunts as a unit. I'd play Barry and Ferdinand together and see how they look.

If Micah is fit i'd sit Pablo to send a message that you don't fuck about with the Count or he gets his fangs out...end of story.

Hart needs a rest as well. i wouldn't even put him on the bench because that's almost a disgrace. Send him packing for his INTL bollox and put Wright on the bench instead. Give him a good bit of time to think about his hijinx and let it sink the fuck in.

Clichy can fuck off as well...put Aleks on and tell him to smash a cunt in the face maybe. I dunno.

This lineup for me will be a statement line-up. Is the Count going to demand something...because the loss at the weekend was down to players, not the manager.

cheers