ujpest doza Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just in from work, haven't seen anything, don't give a fuck about the performance. To get results at Stoke and again here against Everton in the space of a week and continue our unbeaten run is absolutely brilliant. We don't concede many and we score: that is why we're winning games. Steady, you'll end up on the MOTD sofa with that sorta analysis. The facts are that we can score goals for fun and we rarely concede: however you arrive at that situation--total football or counter-attacking blitzes--that is how you win games. People continually saying we're lucky are missing the point: aye, sometimes we get dominated for spells, but we can allow that as we're sorted at both ends where it actually counts. We rode our luck a bit today on the not conceding score mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just in from work, haven't seen anything, don't give a fuck about the performance. To get results at Stoke and again here against Everton in the space of a week and continue our unbeaten run is absolutely brilliant. We don't concede many and we score: that is why we're winning games. Steady, you'll end up on the MOTD sofa with that sorta analysis. The facts are that we can score goals for fun and we rarely concede: however you arrive at that situation--total football or counter-attacking blitzes--that is how you win games. People continually saying we're lucky are missing the point: aye, sometimes we get dominated for spells, but we can allow that as we're sorted at both ends where it actually counts. We rode our luck a bit today on the not conceding score mind. Fair enough. Haven't seen the game today, was talking about our success in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just in from work, haven't seen anything, don't give a f*** about the performance. To get results at Stoke and again here against Everton in the space of a week and continue our unbeaten run is absolutely brilliant. We don't concede many and we score: that is why we're winning games. Steady, you'll end up on the MOTD sofa with that sorta analysis. The facts are that we can score goals for fun and we rarely concede: however you arrive at that situation--total football or counter-attacking blitzes--that is how you win games. People continually saying we're lucky are missing the point: aye, sometimes we get dominated for spells, but we can allow that as we're sorted at both ends where it actually counts. We rode our luck a bit today on the not conceding score mind. We've ridden our luck in a few games but its impossible to go through a season without being ripped. Man City could have been well done tonight by QPR with some better finishing, and ManU conceded 6 not so long ago. And one of those two clubs will probably win the league this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 City with no Cabaye I'm more worried about Tiote being missing, Guthrie has been better in his last 3 games than Cabaye has since he got injured for France. Jesus Christ. Guthrie was worse than Cabaye today, until Cabaye went off he then raised the level of his game. Against Stoke I think they were both equally good, but Cabaye was distributing the ball better. Cabaye is more than twice the player Guthrie is, and if he doesn't play against City we'll have more problems than we already should have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Guthrie played better than Cabaye against Stoke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Love how everybody is looking forward to City and just ignore the Man United game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Love how everybody is looking forward to City and just ignore the Man United game. City is the next match, might be therefore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Guthrie played better than Cabaye against Stoke. Thought so as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Love how everybody is looking forward to City and just ignore the Man United game. City is the next match, might be therefore. Hell, I had them reversed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Guthrie played better than Cabaye against Stoke. Don't really agree. Guthrie had more energy in the 2nd half, but Cabaye ran his socks off in the 1st half and was although, the game passing the midfield by with the ball hoofing to the forwards, trying to get involved. He pressed smartly and even had two or three good balls to our strikers. Ran out of energy in the 2nd half, but considering he's been playing the whole season and 120minutes at Blackburn 4-5 days earlier its not to weird. He's a clever player who works his socks off everytime he's on field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 To come out with 'how on earth our we second?' is a very harsh comment, neither side were at their best and we were missing Tiote and Cabaye for a large chunk of the game, basically the engine room of our team. Got to say we looked pretty tired too, Jonas and Ba both put in sluggish performances. Any some match ratings: Krul 6.5 - Nothing he could do about the goal. Some more aimless long balls towards the end of the game which resulted in our back four coming under pressure. Simpson 6 - Didn't cover himself in glory for the goal but solid overall, also contributed tot he attack with some decent balls in. Taylor 7 - A composed display, looked comfortable in large parts but Saha did give him a bit of bother at times. Colo 7.5 - Commanding, won almost everything in the air and played with his usual level of class. Taylor 6.5 - Looked uncomfortable with people running at him but didn't do an awful lot wrong, got a cracking match winner too. Marveaux 5 - Floated in and out of the game. Linked up well in parts but ultimately contributed little in the final third. Cabaye 5.5 - Worked hard as usual but didn't really impose himself on the game, his passing range was a bit off too. Hope he's back soon mind. Guthrie 7 - Impressive display, knows how to create a yard of space for himself and used the ball well. He's proving decent back up for Tiote. Jonas 5.5 - Looked absolutely knackered and never really got into the game. Did track back to good effect at times mind, one brilliant sliding tackle in the second half springs to mind. Ba 5 - Another who looked absolutely knackered. Dropped deep to help the midfield but was sloppy in possession and ineffective in the final third. Best 5.5 - Battled hard but to little effect, needs to learn how to play the offside trap. Gosling 6 - Nothing flashy about him but he put himself about and made some decent challanges. He dropped a bit too deep late on. Ameobi 6.5 - I like him, he's direct, commits defenders and runs his socks off. By no means the finished article but there might be a decent player in him. Ben Arfa 6 - Didn't really have time to impose himself on the game but he helped ease the pressure by creating some space and keeping the ball late on. Pardew 7 - Can't really fault the starting line up, his changes weren't bad too. The sluggish display was most likely down to the monumental shift the lads but in on Monday night more than anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Actually Ba was not sluggish. He was freakin' everywhere, I remember him clearing freekicks and corners in our box. Probably not as sharp in front of goal as we'd have liked, but it's not like we were creating a shitload of chances. Had a decent game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 City with no Cabaye Cabaye won't get a kick against that midfield. Let's take the field with 10 fucking men, then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The state of James McFadden when he came on :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 City with no Cabaye I'm more worried about Tiote being missing, Guthrie has been better in his last 3 games than Cabaye has since he got injured for France. Jesus Christ. Guthrie was worse than Cabaye today, until Cabaye went off he then raised the level of his game. Against Stoke I think they were both equally good, but Cabaye was distributing the ball better. Cabaye is more than twice the player Guthrie is, and if he doesn't play against City we'll have more problems than we already should have. Guthrie was one of our best players today, in fact for me he was the best player on the pitch. He was also better than Cabaye against Stoke and Blackburn according to the people who watched the cup game, in fact I think Cabaye has been below par since he got injured against France so I'm not sure what the problem is with me saying that Tiote will be a bigger miss? Or are you one of these posters with the "If Guthrie starts we will lose" attitudes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 City with no Cabaye I'm more worried about Tiote being missing, Guthrie has been better in his last 3 games than Cabaye has since he got injured for France. Jesus Christ. Guthrie was worse than Cabaye today, until Cabaye went off he then raised the level of his game. Against Stoke I think they were both equally good, but Cabaye was distributing the ball better. Cabaye is more than twice the player Guthrie is, and if he doesn't play against City we'll have more problems than we already should have. Guthrie was one of our best players today, in fact for me he was the best player on the pitch. He was also better than Cabaye against Stoke and Blackburn according to the people who watched the cup game, in fact I think Cabaye has been below par since he got injured against France so I'm not sure what the problem is with me saying that Tiote will be a bigger miss? Or are you one of these posters with the "If Guthrie starts we will lose" attitudes? Most definitely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 someone with a decent record make a thread for city.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Any news on the injuries? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umer Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 City with no Cabaye I'm more worried about Tiote being missing, Guthrie has been better in his last 3 games than Cabaye has since he got injured for France. Jesus Christ. Guthrie was worse than Cabaye today, until Cabaye went off he then raised the level of his game. Against Stoke I think they were both equally good, but Cabaye was distributing the ball better. Cabaye is more than twice the player Guthrie is, and if he doesn't play against City we'll have more problems than we already should have. Guthrie was one of our best players today, in fact for me he was the best player on the pitch. He was also better than Cabaye against Stoke and Blackburn according to the people who watched the cup game, in fact I think Cabaye has been below par since he got injured against France so I'm not sure what the problem is with me saying that Tiote will be a bigger miss? Or are you one of these posters with the "If Guthrie starts we will lose" attitudes? Most definitely This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Had a couple of frogs sitting behind me today, safe to say they were not best amused when Sammy came on ahead of Ben Arfa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Is there a table anywhere of players being caught offside the most? Best must be at the top Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 caughtoffside.com? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TherealnorthernTOON Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 anyone know where I can find post match inverviews if there was any? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 anyone know where I can find post match inverviews if there was any? BBC/Sky Sports website should suffice. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15606983.stm http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,23396_7293477,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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