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

[s1ty m]

I got this from Red Cafe. I thought it was worth popping in for a look. It was:

I have to say I didn't see this coming, even when I saw Young in the team I thought the game would be fairly close. I think the reality that might be dawning on me is that SAF managed miracles with a fairly average team and without him we are really going to struggle to win the league. Granted, it would help if we actually played our best eleven instead of leaving Kagawa, Nani and Evans languishing on the bench. But I still don't see a mortal manager competing with two teams that have far more expensively assembled squads at their disposal.

More expensive? They spend more than anyone, surely? No?

[Risby]

I got this from Red Cafe. I thought it was worth popping in for a look. It was:

I have to say I didn't see this coming, even when I saw Young in the team I thought the game would be fairly close. I think the reality that might be dawning on me is that SAF managed miracles with a fairly average team and without him we are really going to struggle to win the league. Granted, it would help if we actually played our best eleven instead of leaving Kagawa, Nani and Evans languishing on the bench. But I still don't see a mortal manager competing with two teams that have far more expensively assembled squads at their disposal.

More expensive? They spend more than anyone, surely? No?

Finally, a bit of reality.

But these constant jibes at our spending culture is ridiculous. They did it for years and don't understand that we were just playing catch up. Now it's their turn to try and match us b

Also, talking to a rag today at work, who is a member of some consultation group for them, he told me they are looking into copying our city square. Clubs and away fans have enjoyed the square so much that loads have suggested to the clubs hierarchy.

[Im_Spartacus]

Anybody got a close up pic of just the scoreboard?

Yep, cant upload it tho. I've posted it on the fb group if you are a member

[Beefymcfc]

Anybody got the team costs from yesterday?

It'd be interesting to see the difference, I bet there's not much in it.

[city72]

Anybody got the team costs from yesterday? It'd be interesting to see the difference, I bet there's not much in it.

I was thinking this when Neville was talking about our expensively formed team demanding instant success, pot kettle and all that.
Rooney/Ferdinand/fellanni has got to be 90 million.

[Wonderwall]

De gayer 18.9m
Smalling 10m
Ferdinand 27.5m
Vidic 7m
Evra 6m
Carrick 18.6m
Young 17m
Fellini 27.5m
Valencia 16m
Rooney 27m
Welbeck 0m

177.5m

Not bad for a bunch of local lads

[Wonderwall]

Subs
Evans
Anderson 15m
Hernandez 6m
Cleverley,
Amos,
Nani 13.5m
Kagawa 12m

And the selective ones who didn't make it but came though the ranks

Jones 17m
Zaha 15m

Plenty more we could mention too...RVP 22m

[Beefymcfc]

Cheers WW, not too shabby is it.

Hart - 1.5m
Zab - 6 mil
Komps - 7 mil
Nasti - 12 mil
Kola - 17 mil
Nasri - 25 mil
Yaya - 25 mil
Fern - 30 mil
Jesus - 14 mil
Neggers - 16 mil
Aguero - 38 mil

What's that, 191 mil.

Just shows that there ain't a big difference when it comes to it. Taggart must have been worth the extra 15 mil, or should I say at least 2 ref's in the pocket.

Wonderful.

[Wonderwall]

Cheers WW, not too shabby is it. Hart - 1.5m Zab - 6 mil Komps - 7 mil Nasti - 12 mil Kola - 17 mil Nasri - 25 mil Yaya - 25 mil Fern - 30 mil Jesus - 14 mil Neggers - 16 mil Aguero - 38 mil What's that, 191 mil. Just shows that there ain't a big difference when it comes to it. Taggart must have been worth the extra 15 mil, or should I say at least 2 ref's in the pocket. Wonderful.

Forgot to mention Webb from their lineup, no official figure but prob a couple of million a year

[Wonderwall]

Considering RVP was a late absentee who would have played instead of welbeck they would have hit 200m!

[Beefymcfc]

Cheers WW, not too shabby is it. Hart - 1.5m Zab - 6 mil Komps - 7 mil Nasti - 12 mil Kola - 17 mil Nasri - 25 mil Yaya - 25 mil Fern - 30 mil Jesus - 14 mil Neggers - 16 mil Aguero - 38 mil What's that, 191 mil. Just shows that there ain't a big difference when it comes to it. Taggart must have been worth the extra 15 mil, or should I say at least 2 ref's in the pocket. Wonderful.

Forgot to mention Webb from their lineup, no official figure but prob a couple of million a year

Or a couple of tickets from Uncle Bobby ;-)

I thought old Howie Red did well yesterday. There was loads of pressure on him due to the latest [strike]scandal[/strike] revelations and he had to get it right. Early on he gave Shrek a freekick for a nothing foul and once it happened he was screaming for everything. Howie must've caught on and where the ref would usually give a foul for an innocuous challenge, he let the game go on, leaving Shrek to sweat in his own piss.

The last set of tickets must've been fake.

[Beefymcfc]

Fuck me, that was random. Sky have just shown an interview with 4 City fans who were saying the Sick Swan wasn't has good as the 4-1 but then throw a random half and half Rag/City scar being held up, face hidden, saying ''Champions (them) - One Hit Wonders (us)'! Then moves on to some Rag landlord.

I've seen some things but why show something like that?

[RodneyRodney]

That was the easiest game I've ever seen against the rags. Looking round at the journeymen they had on the field and on the bench(and in the dugout) I couldn't help but offer up a prayer of thanks for our owners. The Glaziers have absolutely fucking raped United. Long may it last!

My other team in (slightly darker) Blue, The Patriots, just bummed . . . . guess who ?

Perfect weekend

[RodneyRodney]

We should NOT have gone easy on them for the last half hour.
If we've got more big games approaching , and want to cotton wool certain players and take a breather , then against Fulham, or Norwich, etc. , then OK, if we're 4 goals clear with half an hour to go, - OK take it easy.

Goals can be hard to get against Stoke , or Everton, etc., but when we come up against our "bunny" teams, we need to DRILL them for every goal we can get - remember these things can be decided on goal difference , and if in the last 3 weeks on the season we're neck/neck with Spurs or Chelsea , goal diff is what could count.

No more easing off when we go to the Swamp

[MilnersJaw]

anywhere to download this in good quality? want to watch it again.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

We should NOT have gone easy on them for the last half hour.
If we've got more big games approaching , and want to cotton wool certain players and take a breather , then against Fulham, or Norwich, etc. , then OK, if we're 4 goals clear with half an hour to go, - OK take it easy.

Goals can be hard to get against Stoke , or Everton, etc., but when we come up against our "bunny" teams, we need to DRILL them for every goal we can get - remember these things can be decided on goal difference , and if in the last 3 weeks on the season we're neck/neck with Spurs or Chelsea , goal diff is what could count.

No more easing off when we go to the Swamp

I don't think we did go easy tbh.
We were brilliant first 50 but rags were also crap.
They started to play better tbh and started having more of the ball but it's only natural in a game against a big side that they will have a period of dominance.
Also we played at such a high intensity for the first hour or so and it's difficult to maintain that for 90 minutes.

That's why we made sure we were 4-0 up and had the game well and truly won before they got a foothold.

[City64]

3 points and a heck of a party in the concorse at half time where we were ;-)

[Beefymcfc]

Just wondering if Judy had a chance to relive the Derby game ;-)

Go on pal, start at page 1.

[Herb]

We should NOT have gone easy on them for the last half hour.
If we've got more big games approaching , and want to cotton wool certain players and take a breather , then against Fulham, or Norwich, etc. , then OK, if we're 4 goals clear with half an hour to go, - OK take it easy.

Goals can be hard to get against Stoke , or Everton, etc., but when we come up against our "bunny" teams, we need to DRILL them for every goal we can get - remember these things can be decided on goal difference , and if in the last 3 weeks on the season we're neck/neck with Spurs or Chelsea , goal diff is what could count.

No more easing off when we go to the Swamp

I don't think we did go easy tbh.
We were brilliant first 50 but rags were also crap.
They started to play better tbh and started having more of the ball but it's only natural in a game against a big side that they will have a period of dominance.
Also we played at such a high intensity for the first hour or so and it's difficult to maintain that for 90 minutes.

That's why we made sure we were 4-0 up and had the game well and truly won before they got a foothold.

We didn't take it easy, we were playing right through the pussies and had no respect whatsoever for them so lost discipline and thereby took our foot off their throat. MP said after the game that we started to play box to box whereas keeping our possession football going would have brought a better return.
He was right but it didn't really matter because we'd spent the best part of an hour gang-banging them rotten in a game scheduled especially for international TV and ergo in front of a very amused world audience - their 'fans' were leaving in droves (bad traffic to contend with at Birmingham - so fair enough), and there was little else to prove at that point as we all joined in with the joyous singing of 'there's only one david moyes' in tribute to his fine tactical strategy.

[Moonchesteri]

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

Cheers lad I always enjoy watching these.