s1ty m wrote:daveh1962 wrote:s1ty m wrote:I thought he has OK in the first and fairly shite in the second. We can't judge him on one game, but I cannot see how anyone believes he was a better. Option than NDJ today. The defence was fucking awful and looked so exposed as well as far too deep. Nige provides excellent cover and this was missing. We got out of jail by sheer force of City (we have that these days!) but it was close. That said, talk of battering them, etc was always going to be daft talk. These newly promoted sides are a pain in the first few games, all bouncy and full of confidence.
All said, we created enough to have swamped them.
Do you not see a contradiction there. Battering them was daft talk but if we had taken our chances we would have swamped them............ not such daft talk then. All that was missing today was a bit of sharpness in front of goal which is not surprising considering it was the first game of the season and our leading score from last year was not on the pitch.
If Silva had scored his 2 clear opportunities, Clichy his and Dzeko before they had scored then it would have been a battering but we didnt but lets not get in a flap
Rodwell played cautiously which is understandable and so he just played 5/10 yard passes but he has only met these players and he will need to grow.
As for NDJ he doesnt want to sign the contract on the table De Rossi looks like an option so I think he will be gone
No, I don't think I'm contradicting myself. I always think that playing the newly weds on opening day is a lottery. Much better to play them in December, say, when they've had a few leatherings, etc. As it turned out, City could have had a hatful and really should have. Expecting it though, that's a different matter. We're starting the great big engine up, probably at 70%. They played significantly beyond their limts, I reckon. I expected a win like everone else but I thought it might be dicey. What I really loved was that sudden going through the gears and just simply taking the game away from them. All the top sides to do it.
As for NDJ, I hope you're wrong and he stays. Sadly, for me, he appears to be going. Shame.
Completely with you on all this. I also loved the spell just before half time where we absolutely roasted them for ten minutes. Some frighteningly good football. In particular the stuff down the right from Tevez that ended up with Silva wasting a very easy chance.
Not concerned in the slightest. In fact, i'm encouraged. The mentality is still clearly there, and we've had a nice early wake up call meaning we'll be fully focused in the next game.
