***Manchester City vs Atalanta** official match thread

[Mase]

Embarrassing how soft football has gone now. Imagine Keane, Vieira, etc playing today. Red every fuckin week!

Tip a player and they go down now like they took 100 rounds from a machine gun.

I do wonder how long before it becomes a non-contact sport.

[sheblue]

Silly mistake when on a yellow.
He will learn from it.

The first was not a yellow.....not his fault and he has nothing to learn apart form this competition is BENT and always will be BENT.

No it wasn't but on a yellow keep your bib clean. He will feel shit but it will do him more good than harm.

[mr_nool]

Too bad. The remaining CL group games would have been perfect for Foden to build up experience.

It's only one game.

Yeah, was thinking about a straight red.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Stones skinned again and Ed makes a great save.

[city72]

Stay on your feet you thinking tit

[nottsblue]

Otter dives in to get his customary yellow card

[carl_feedthegoat]

Ottomendy......ffs!!

I'm sick of these cunts at the back - I'm writing all their names down in my shit list.

[Mase]

Some soft cunts on here. I pray one of our players leathers someone at least once a match and when they do you cunts cry

[mr_nool]

Ottomendy......ffs!!

I'm sick of these cunts at the back - I'm writing all their names down in my shit list.

So which settled back 4 should we have been playing in your opinion?

[carl_feedthegoat]

Ottomendy......ffs!!

I'm sick of these cunts at the back - I'm writing all their names down in my shit list.

So which settled back 4 should we have been playing in your opinion?

I can only tell you with 100% certainty that Mendy and Stones should be nowhere near the first team.

[zuricity]

Ottomendy......ffs!!

I'm sick of these cunts at the back - I'm writing all their names down in my shit list.

He's a highly paid professional footballer and makes tackles like that week in week out

[johnny crossan]

Ottomendy......ffs!!

I'm sick of these cunts at the back - I'm writing all their names down in my shit list.

So which settled back 4 should we have been playing in your opinion?

Cancelo Stones Otamendi Mendy for Villa with Fern DM, Sterling, De Bruyne and Gundogan go again and the return of both Silvas + Jesus

Aguero, Foden, Mahrez, Walker all out and Rodri injured

team picks itself - - that's 12 actually - who to drop?

[City64]

Atalanta very decent and great to see a team take us on . They are wide open at the back though unusual for an Italian team and fuck me we should have been 3 up before they got a pen . Big issues at the back for us , severe lack of choice and numbers and Walker looks to have gone to shit to add to our defensive woes !

Think we will score 6 though

doesn't help Walker having that useless tosser on the wing. How many players keep telling him to stay wide ?

True , Mahrez had one of his cant be arsed games tonight . Walker rusty as fuck though , game time will do him and Mendy good . We are much better balanced with these two and pace to burn both going forward and back .

Ps CL refs ............. another useless cunt in charge tonight , 80% of CL refs either utterly shite or bent !

[City64]

Ottomendy......ffs!!

I'm sick of these cunts at the back - I'm writing all their names down in my shit list.

So which settled back 4 should we have been playing in your opinion?

Cancelo Stones Otamendi Mendy for Villa with Fern DM, Sterling, De Bruyne and Gundogan go again and the return of both Silvas + Jesus

Aguero, Foden, Mahrez, Walker all out and Rodri injured

team picks itself - - that's 12 actually - who to drop?

Not a chance both Aguero and Jesus start , its one or the other . KDB starts every time when fit best player in the PL by a country mile and he will tear Villa a new one !

[nottsblue]

Got to be pleased with a 5-1 & three wins from three to leave us on the cusp of qualifying.

Plenty of debate about the two ends of the game. The defending at times was diabolical and a better side would have punished us. But we scored five once again at the other end. Sterling was electrifying and him and Aguero seem to be having a friendly battle to be top goalscorer.

Stones looks well off the pace and gave us a glimpse of perhaps why he isn't starting

[Saul Goodman]

Great match. I really wouldve liked to have seen a double hat trick but 5-1 will do.

Only sore spot for me was Mendy. He was horrible and is probably the worst passer we've got. Plus, hes always out of position.

[john@staustell]

This is the sort of hysteria that feeds NewsNow day after day.

Stones must leave they scream.

99% chance Stones and Ota aren't fit

Foden

That is all.

I think you have difficulty with simple concepts Carl. I never said he shouldn't play, I say currently you wouldn't pick him ahead of Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling or Bernardo , well maybe you would?

It's a squad game and he played we'll. Two starts end of last season he sank without trace.

Daft classic youngster sending off of course. Could've cost us on another day but then you think he's the finished article

[bigblue]

Raheem now has 4 hattricks in 2019. Also both Raheem and Sergio have each scored more goals this season than the rags whole team combined

[Mase]

This is the sort of hysteria that feeds NewsNow day after day.

Stones must leave they scream.

99% chance Stones and Ota aren't fit

Foden

That is all.

I think you have difficulty with simple concepts Carl. I never said he shouldn't play, I say currently you wouldn't pick him ahead of Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling or Bernardo , well maybe you would?

It's a squad game and he played we'll. Two starts end of last season he sank without trace.

Daft classic youngster sending off of course. Could've cost us on another day but then you think he's the finished article

The one where he scored the winner against Spurs?

[Duckman]

Best player in the league.

Da!

Que?

Best player in the league.