***official city v dirty rags match thread***

[Chopper]

United might well finish 5th this season. Tottenham won late at Cardiff Arsenal are playing well and Chelsea can be relied on to grind out results.

You are forgetting Liverpool ... (and Everton too) might want to have some say about that Europa League spot ... I am thinking the Scum will be somewhere 7-8th ... just about where they are now.

i wouldnt be too sure

2 things I am confident of;

Rags won't finish top four
pipps knows fuckall

[Dameerto]

Ha ha ha, just had a look at the FF league and after a bad start with Benteke I've gone on to pick up 84 points. 4 players picked me up 73 ponts and the rest were dogshit.

Can't believe I've got another 18 points sat on the bench. Bummer!

Also, picked up 4 wins up today on prediction league that took me out of the red.

Turned out nice again ;-)

After getting the result of the first three games of this round wrong I thought I was going to end up negative, but I got the result of the other seven games right - only one perfect score though.

[xavi6]

Don't know about you lot but I, 4-1, enjoyed that.

[Slim]

That's a great gif, if you watch the highlights on the mcfc website you'll see how good Navas really is. They made a point on sky and even the City commentary that Navas was looking for Negredo, however he looks up three times to check the run of the three players and his eyes light up when he saw Nasri unmarked at the back post.

To coin my old snooker phrase "played for and got".

[zuricity]

The team performance should give Bayern something to think about

[Beefymcfc]

Morning Blues ;-)

[xavi6]

Anybody got a close up pic of just the scoreboard?

[xavi6]

Oh my, just found this bad boy. Might be worth emailing it around today ;)

[carl_feedthegoat]

Daily Mail’s Martin Samuel who sums up the 90 minutes as succinctly as ever.

He writes: “United were simply repelled by their rivals, shut up, dismissed, seen off. They pushed them deep, chased and harried them up the field. A few reputations will take some mending, not least Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick, who had looked so impressive at home against Bayer Leverkusen last week.

“This was another level of expectation entirely and they were found wanting. There were outstanding performers all over the field — but each one wore a blue shirt.

the Daily Mirror’s Martin Lipton reels off the superlatives in his entertaining match report: “Of course, Roberto Mancini’s finest hour came at Old Trafford, 6-1, a key signpost on the title glory trail.

“In truth, though, that was somewhat misleading. United, down to 10 men, were picked off on the counter-attack, something of a freak score-line.

"This, though, was not misleading. This was annihilation. A massacre. A horror show that will haunt David Moyes for a long, long time. It was all over after 50 minutes, United were a rabble, Wayne Rooney the lone player in Moyes’ side who could hold his head high.”

That’s all for today folks. Make sure you enjoy the game again with our extended highlights package.

[Goaters 103]

A very pleasant day. In the end the way the game panned out it was somewhat disappointing it was only 4-1 tbh.

Kompany, Ya Ya and Aguero - spine of the team - all played magnificently, whilst Nasri buzzed around and created havoc. Negredo worked his knackers off up top, whilst Navas and Fernandinho showed why they were acquired.

Also pleasing was the way the players walked off at the ned, politely applauding the crowd, but not treating it like we'd won a Cup final. Bigger tests ahead and lots of work to do. I like the business-like attitude. I wont offer any comment or analysis on Utd's players as quite frankly I don't give a fucl about them.

Main problem we have is converting our home form to away. We need to go to Villa and win next week to hold serve so to speak.

[freshie]

Anybody got a close up pic of just the scoreboard?

I've got one of the score at 4-0 but can't upload pics from the iPhone app. Anyone else having this problem?

[john@staustell]

A very pleasant day. In the end the way the game panned out it was somewhat disappointing it was only 4-1 tbh.

Kompany, Ya Ya and Aguero - spine of the team - all played magnificently, whilst Nasri buzzed around and created havoc. Negredo worked his knackers off up top, whilst Navas and Fernandinho showed why they were acquired.

Also pleasing was the way the players walked off at the ned, politely applauding the crowd, but not treating it like we'd won a Cup final. Bigger tests ahead and lots of work to do. I like the business-like attitude. I wont offer any comment or analysis on Utd's players as quite frankly I don't give a fucl about them.

Main problem we have is converting our home form to away. We need to go to Villa and win next week to hold serve so to speak.

I agree. But I think we are improving, acheiving the style the gaffer wants bit by bit. Those who expected it from day 1 are obviously living in cloud cuckoo land. I'm optimistic the same style will start to appear away from home.

[aristation]

Anyone got the video of Kompany after the 4th Goal, his face and demeanour which showed real joy made him worthy of the new song for him

[MilnersJaw]

What's peoples thoughts on nasty in thus game? Carried by vinnie or what, or good job? In previous games he's lost when Kompany isn't there.

[KippaxBlue]

Pics and comments on the United thrashing are now online at
http://rtfract.com/citsep13.htm

[john@staustell]

What's peoples thoughts on nasty in thus game? Carried by vinnie or what, or good job? In previous games he's lost when Kompany isn't there.

Dont agree mate. He's class and when Komps isn't there it's the other bloke that's lost.

[Wonderwall]

I see Gollum said in his post match presser that he was never on the end of a result like that against City, even in his Everton days

http://www.worldfootball.net/report/pre ... verton-fc/

LYING BASTARD

[john@staustell]

I see Gollum said in his post match presser that he was never on the end of a result like that against City, even in his Everton days

http://www.worldfootball.net/report/pre ... verton-fc/

LYING BASTARD

Without reading it, was that the one where Danny Mills scored?

[Dameerto]

It's the one where Wanchope becomes Twochope after half an hour.

[Wonderwall]

I see Gollum said in his post match presser that he was never on the end of a result like that against City, even in his Everton days

http://www.worldfootball.net/report/pre ... verton-fc/

LYING BASTARD

Without reading it, was that the one where Danny Mills scored?

nope

1 : 0 Paulo Wanchope 16.
2 : 0 Paulo Wanchope 30.
3 : 0 Nicolas Anelka 41.
3 : 1 Kevin Campbell 60.
4 : 1 Antoine Sibierski 89.
5 : 1 Shaun Wright-Phillips 90.