The Prophet

Didn't think his croassing was THAT bad today. Granted it could have been better.

Thought Williamson had his worst game for us today. Looked lost today, absolutely shocking from set pieces too.

We absolutely have to beat Wigan, they're dog shit.

Fail to beat Wigan and I'll start to worry.

That's a good point actually. Their midfield is gonna murder us. They bullied Chelsea in midfield, really dreading our midfield battle with them.

Like I say. I'd drop Nolan, see previous posts but today I felt he contributed a great deal more than Barton did over the ninety minutes.

The next Zico.

Got a green thumb has he?

2-0. City to grind out a barely deserved win.

On a side note our inability to defend set pieces is a worry. Knowing Stoke's main threat we should have been well drilled. Horrible bastards.

Some of his subs are absolutely baffling. Taking your most combative midfielder off when your under the cosh? Christ.

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He can defend, but he can't pass. Simple as that really.

When either winger breaks fast, Nolan just can't catch up to get into the box. He certianly provided more of a presence than Carroll did late on.

We all know he can, but he constantly misplaced it or got caugh in possession. While Nolan didn't set the world alight he got involved and contibuted to a lot of our attacks.

The big issue in attack was the lack of support in the box. Ben Arfa in the first half and Routledge in the second but the ball into some decent areas but there was no fucker there. Not sure where Carroll disappeared to in the second half.

Thought he was the least of our problems today. That's coming from a critic. How Barton has avoided stick for that disgrace of a second half performance I'll never know.

Nope. Barton was fucking awful second half. Nolan got stuck in and contributed to a lot of our attacking moves. That's coming form a critic of his too.

Krul - Thought he had a few kicking issues but overall he wasn't bad. Came out and caught most stuff under pressure. 6 Perch - Defensively he's solid. He made a couple of decent challanges and interceptions he also gets forward. However his distribution is nothing short of woeful. Cool finish under pressure. 5 Williamson - Thought this was his worst game in a black and white shirt. Looked lost when people were running at him. Although he was alright in the air he was poor from set pieces. Let his man go a couple of times. 4 Colo - The lad is absolute class. A different player to the the one on his debut season. 7 Enrique - Again absolute class, great in defence and a threat going forward. 7 Routledge - Probably our bigges threat in the final third. Had the beating of the full back and put a couple of decent balls into the box. 6 Tiote - Very combative, we've been crying out for a player like him for years. Comfortable on the ball and spread play well. 7 Barton - Alright first half, woeful second. Was comfortably the worst player on the park towards the end of the game. 4 Ben Arfa - If we continue to play this lad it simply has to be in the middle. While he is clearly a class act he drifts inside and we become unbalanced. 6 Nolan - Didn't think he was that bad. Battled hard and provided some neat touches. Should of buried that chance late on though. 6 Carroll - Battled and held up play really well at times. Thought he was excellent first half but went missing in the second. Tended to drift around instead of staying up front where we needed him. 5 Jonas - Had the beating of the full back, a couple of wayward passes but thought he was dangerous overall. 6 Shola - Looked sharp when he came on. Put a couple of decent balls in and was a handful form set pieces. 6 Hughton - Correct starting line up, absolutely cluesless subs when we were under the cosh which contributed to a poor second half performance. 5 The Crowd - Level Seven was fantastic throughout. The rest of the ground was fairly quiet. What irked me was as soon as things weren't going our way people started maoning and whinging over nothing even though we were still leading, fucking pathetic. Boos at full time. 4

What massively overrated and constantly on his arse?

Should of heard the SKY commentators when Gerrard equalised: 'COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH THE MAN'.

Nah, the Champions League is small time. Look at who've won it recently: Inter, Barca, Man United, Milan. They're all wank.

Three penalties in the mix too.

Depends if we play our own game or worry about theirs too much.