Goals conceded.

[sheblue]

Haven't seen much of Denayer. Is he good enough?

Not even close to being good enough. This inflated view of our young players is pathetic.

We'll see next season. Ten games as a run and he'll be good enough. I'd put good money on it. Has not looked out of place for Celtic or indeed Belgium the other week. A good pre season with the rest of the first team is all he needs. Scores a few goals as well, which will be a nice bonus

Good. Presumably he will get a few games preseason and take it from there.

[kinkylola]

Apart from the challenge when he picked up his injury, Kompany wasn't shit today. He was very close to his best. But he got injured yet again anyway. Both he & Aguero are hardly ever fit. They are carrying something all the time & both are key players. We can't trust them.

Mangala was shite so it would be good for him to get games. Zaba was shite. Demichelis was so so. Clichy wasn't that bad apart from the mistake for Felaini's offside goal. As fullbacks go, Clichy isn't that bad. There are few real quality ones. He is ok to keep as 2nd choice.

If Zaba comes back knackered next season he has to go. He was a waste of fucking time today & gets away with it because we all like him so much. There are few worse fullbacks in the league currently & he has cost us all season.

Defensively, Jason Denayer would piss on that rb spot now even though he's a cb. I don't know how he would be for energy getting up & down the line, but if he'd been playing, the first goal & possibly the 2nd & 3rd wouldn't have happened. As a defender, he would be miles better.

Mangala was shite? Apart from his fuck up on that goal I thought he did well.

+1

I agree, did not think Mangala was shit ... But as a whole our defensive unit is shit. Mangala isn't going to come into a game where we have basically given up and set the ship right ... He's playing besides 3 veterans who are taking turns Fucking up.

Didn't think he was a revelation, but I saw enough to know he's still got talent and did what he could with that group.

[Ted Hughes]

CARL....you are correct.

As for the critisism of Mangala. Well in my opinion , he did well. He moved to play the rags onside for a goal but .BUT. He was in the left back position , approx. Now, as far as holding the offside line,since the ball is coming from the left.He is the one that should be calling the movement, not zabs , mdm or anyone else .So, what happened ?Demich should know better. Our defense is a shambles, we all know this. Kompany is finished. He was an average midfielder that moved to the back four . He has got away with being in a great attacking team.

We are paying the price for getting rid of Roberto (and the Chairman must now recognise that the Spafia , in this modern world of transparency, nevermind Holism, must accept that they are not good enough) .

That is absolutely not how it works setting up for a set piece from that side. If you think about it, you can imagine, if you are the right back for example, you are looking at the ball being played in, & the position of the attackers, how can you possiibly know where Managala is? He can see you, but you can't see him he is behind you.

You are relying on him to hold the line. If he sees you move, he can. It's kids stuff.

He was also legging it around like a dog chasing a balloon. But I don't agree with Neville that it's because he has no idea how to play the cb position, it's just a bit of nerves and over excitement imo. He didn't do that v Chelsea earlier. He is better than this.

I have decided I don't like Pellegrini's system of playing offsides either on set pieces or deep in general play. I think they should hold the line until the ball is kicked but sprint in immediately. Not try to do a Tony Adams. We don't have the concentration.

[carl_feedthegoat]

CARL....you are correct.

As for the critisism of Mangala. Well in my opinion , he did well. He moved to play the rags onside for a goal but .BUT. He was in the left back position , approx. Now, as far as holding the offside line,since the ball is coming from the left.He is the one that should be calling the movement, not zabs , mdm or anyone else .So, what happened ?Demich should know better. Our defense is a shambles, we all know this. Kompany is finished. He was an average midfielder that moved to the back four . He has got away with being in a great attacking team.

We are paying the price for getting rid of Roberto (and the Chairman must now recognise that the Spafia , in this modern world of transparency, nevermind Holism, must accept that they are not good enough) .

Too many questions and not enough answers mate , obviously behind the scenes they know exactly what to do and we will see it soon enough.

Pellegrini has fucked himself though , 6 losses in 8 games is a justification to be sacked.City fans always go on "yesteryear" and how we won the double (I didn't like Mancini but it was mainly his fuckign team that won it) and how we should give him another year etc....FUCK THAT , he has embarrassed us with this shit ...and I mean this shit that we have witnessed since the turn of the year.

Re Mangala, I just do not see anything in him to justify 40 fuckign million quid..not even 10 million quid imo.

[branny]

The confidence looks shot. Yes we're playing shit but the rub of the green seems to have deserted us big time.

At Barca we miss a pen. At Anfield, hit the post and lose to two goal of the month contenders, same with Boyds strike at Burnley and the pen on Zabba not given. Palace away, post again, great free kick, again Murrays handball not seen. Yesterday, lucky bounce for first, offside third, miss two great opportunities (Navas one on one and Aguero with Silva unmarked inside). Admittedly we were fortunate with Kompany's tackle but it seems there's a lot of shit going against us at the moment. Just gotta ride it and make sure we get top four. Time to show some balls guys.