***Norwich vs City Official Match Thread***

[Lee_R]

They looked exhausted for me. Yaya and pony boy didnt look at all interested either. Terrible time to play like that. Honestly think we can say bye bye to the league with Chelsea doing what theyre doing. Mourinho is going to be a cunt every week too.

[sheblue]

Wasn't good was it and we are not choosing a good time to go off the boil. Plenty for MP to think about to halt the dip in form and with Sunderland to come and park the bus it won't be as easy as some might think.

We had masses of the ball but like two things.One was about decent crosses.So many chances to get a good cross in but hardly one good one out of maybe 20 Plus.Then when you look for a striker to make something happen they basically did sod all.

To say we were lucky to get a draw is a bit crazy but I guess that comes from them finally getting into our penalty area near the end and going very close.

One to forget.

At the end there they had great chance to nick it, that made it lucky to end up with the point. 2 shots on target, says it all.

[zabbadabbado]

The positives are we didn't lose this game, that's about it.

15 shots on goal and just 2 off them on target is utter dog shit. We look like our confidence is completely shot, sloppy passing no urgency, typified with the slow, slow back passing. Thought Pellegrini substitutes killed us, taking off Jovetic on 60 + minutes and then Negredo late on whilst needing to win was fucking mind boggling.

I have no confidence going in to the Cup game with Chelsea and also think our season is on a precipice unless we get players back from injury.

Cant believe that performance on the back of Chelsea.

How the fuck Norwich didn't score in the last few minutes is a miracle

[Ted Hughes]

We are in trouble here.

The players are struggling mentally & physically & we really need to get those injured ones back.

This is an example of why teams don't win the treble, or the quadruple; fatigue, mental & physical plus injuries.

It was evident in the attacking play for most of the game, but in those last few minutes suddenly the fullbacks on both sides just stopped playing & we nearly lost.

We could really do with getting Micah fit as well, Zabba needs a rest.

Big game on Wed; we can't afford to get 4 points behind Chelsea as it could easily then become six or seven, & that would mean the title has probably gone imo.

[Dub City]

we had 13 corners and i think 11 of them were shit. Why we have to have the out-swinger on every one of them when it clearly aint working is puzzling. Too many players not performing, in fact I cant think of one who would say played well today. Big chance missed to get back ahead of Arsenal and letting Chelsea get ahead even with 13 games to go is a worry.

[Ted Hughes]

we had 13 corners and i think 11 of them were shit. Why we have to have the out-swinger on every one of them when it clearly aint working is puzzling. Too many players not performing, in fact I cant think of one who would say played well today. Big chance missed to get back ahead of Arsenal and letting Chelsea get ahead even with 13 games to go is a worry.

We should have scored two goals from corners; that is enough.

[london blue 2]

Every post is spot on, some real baffling tactics and performers today.

[halnone]

awful game but it could have been worse at the end.


Bring on the next game.

[Tesl]

Makes you wonder how different things would be if we had signed the two from Porto on the last day of the window. Probably wouldn't have lost to Chelsea and that may have prevented them from being so flat today.

Anyway, that doesn't matter. Just fingers crossed we turn things around quickly before this blip becomes a catastrophe.

Oh and if Yaya does get suspended (I'd actually already killed my stream by then, so didn't see the incident) then that will really put us in the shit. We desperately need him, especially when Fernandinho isn't available for selection.

Worrying. Really worrying.

[blues2win]

Reality check. We're only two points behind Chelsea. Any team in the country would really miss Aguero Nasri and Fernandinho. They're massive players for us. We may have Nasri back for Barca but Aguero and Fernandinho won't be back for at least a week after that. We may have to sacrifice the FA Cup to have any sort of a chance against Barca. I just don't think looking at the players today that they can manage matches against Sunderland Chelsea and Barca so quickly one after the other. Without a decent teammate for Kompany and a decent defensive midfielder to complement Fernandinho we're not quite the big horse we thought. We still need some milk in the close season. You can see why we wanted Fernando. What the game cried out for was for someone to come on and release Yaya upfield. Mangala would have been huge too. Those two missed signings could be extremely costly.

[blues2win]

Sorry 3 points I can't count!

[blues2win]

It is 2 points. Gosh I'm so gutted it feels like a loss.

[South Stand Balti]

Did nt we score a perfectly good goal in the first half from Jovetic which was ruled out for off side?

[zabbadabbado]

Fucking funny man is our Pellegrini.

Wednesday we were all screaming for him to be a bit more pragmatic because of our injury problems, lets not lose the game we thought, we were 3 points ahead off Chelsea. So he goes 4-4-2 changes fuck all and we get over run in midfield and we lose the game.

Today we are up against relegation material, he takes off Jovetic on 60+ minutes,and takes off Negredo in a game we need to win ?,

Seriously wtf ?

[Breks]

It is 2 points. Gosh I'm so gutted it feels like a loss.

I feel exactly the same.

[Breks]

Did nt we score a perfectly good goal in the first half from Jovetic which was ruled out for off side?

Shit happens the point is we're 3rd.

[Ted Hughes]

Fucking funny man is our Pellegrini.

Wednesday we were all screaming for him to be a bit more pragmatic because of our injury problems, lets not lose the game we thought, we were 3 points ahead off Chelsea. So he goes 4-4-2 changes fuck all and we get over run in midfield and we lose the game.

Today we are up against relegation material, he takes off Jovetic on 60+ minutes,and takes off Negredo in a game we need to win ?,

Seriously wtf ?

Can you guess though ? Go on, have a go & see if you can figure it out.

[blues2win]

I don't know whether he felt Jovetic wasn't fit for more than 60 minutes. Negredo had played poorly in fairness although he was clearly pissed being substituted. The players just look a little off the pace after all the games. We did dominate the match and could easily have won and Norwich defended for their lives as you'd expect. I just think it was one of those matches. We weren't as dreadful as some are suggesting IMO.

[South Stand Balti]

Shit happens the point is we're 3rd.

So it was on side? We get no luck. Would be typical for Yaya to get a three game ban now whilst that thug at Newcastle did nt get any ban after putting Nasri out for two months.

[hartfordsheartbeat]

As long as that fucker with the pony tail keeps playing we'll keep fucking up. He slows us down all the time . Add in his shite defending and he really is the complete package. Pellegrini is morphing into mancini now with his shit substitutions and tactics. No one to drive us on and perhaps that was the biggest indictment of all.