Dave Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Think they'll score twice in the first ten minutes to basically take the game away from us and coast home from there, scoring a couple more on the break second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just reading a Man City forum and they seem to be paying us a hell of a lot of respect and think this is a potential banana skin for them. They just can't go on forever winning games and sometimes it can be complacency that ends up being to blame. It's likely that they'll beat us but their fans must be aware that a defeat, or more probably a draw, is just around the corner. A draw for us would be a massively positive result given the circumstances. We've got to give it a go and try to get something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just reading a Man City forum and they seem to be paying us a hell of a lot of respect and think this is a potential banana skin for them. Sane has been poor for a while and De Bruyne could do with a rest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Expecting nowt less than a brutal, old-school hiding. 4 or 5 nil. Love to be proved wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just reading a Man City forum and they seem to be paying us a hell of a lot of respect and think this is a potential banana skin for them. Sane has been poor for a while and De Bruyne could do with a rest I wish we had City's problems with Sane playing so awful :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I think Sane had a bit of a dip in form but he was outstanding in that Spurs game, he had Trippier on toast. Probably to do with him having a bit more space mind, as Sterling has been the difference maker against teams that sit deep against them. Guardiola seems to want him closer to the goal whereas Sane at times seems to get paint on his boots as he hugs the line like an old school winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Sterling & D Silva are the ones I worry about most tbh. There's also a chance both of them will sit the game out, according to the City forums. This would increase our chances of a win by 0.003%. We're gonna' do it boys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 The law of averages owe us for that Tiote goal. Tomorrow we cash in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Sterling & D Silva are the ones I worry about most tbh. There's also a chance both of them will sit the game out, according to the City forums. This would increase our chances of a win by 0.003%. We're gonna' do it boys. A few seasons ago we played them at home in the league cup and were drawing 0-0 and they brought David Silva on and he completely changed the game. Even though he was only on the pitch for a short period of time it was one of the best individual opposition performances I can remember at SJP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Not expecting much from this. Hopefully Man City rests some players and we play at the top of our game and give it to 'em. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Sterling & D Silva are the ones I worry about most tbh. There's also a chance both of them will sit the game out, according to the City forums. This would increase our chances of a win by 0.003%. We're gonna' do it boys. A few seasons ago we played them at home in the league cup and were drawing 0-0 and they brought David Silva on and he completely changed the game. Even though he was only on the pitch for a short period of time it was one of the best individual opposition performances I can remember at SJP Yes, when I watch him play I often get the inclination that there's not a better player in this league than David Silva. He's somehow got even better with age. A joy to watch in the truest sense of the phrase. He's largely on a wavelength of his own; he dictates and pulls the strings over what is a superb group of players. Says it all really. The way he can find seemingly acres of space on the pitch is/will be a big problem for a team like ours. We deal in very fine margins, and he deals damage in large doses. We will need luck on our side if he plays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Eventually someone is going to get a good result against them, it's inevitable. Don't see why it can't be us, not because we're better than them because we're clearly light years behind them but most teams are. Great teams like this City one drop points to poorer teams like us, they can't win forever. Let's just have a go and roll the dice, see what happens. I expect a good hiding so anything other than that is a bonus. No pressure, no expectations so just get at them and see how it goes. Nowt to lose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Sterling & D Silva are the ones I worry about most tbh. There's also a chance both of them will sit the game out, according to the City forums. This would increase our chances of a win by 0.003%. We're gonna' do it boys. A few seasons ago we played them at home in the league cup and were drawing 0-0 and they brought David Silva on and he completely changed the game. Even though he was only on the pitch for a short period of time it was one of the best individual opposition performances I can remember at SJP it's an idea for when we have a long break, FA cup 4th round weekend maybe, create a team consisting of the best individual performaces for and against. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Sterling & D Silva are the ones I worry about most tbh. There's also a chance both of them will sit the game out, according to the City forums. This would increase our chances of a win by 0.003%. We're gonna' do it boys. A few seasons ago we played them at home in the league cup and were drawing 0-0 and they brought David Silva on and he completely changed the game. Even though he was only on the pitch for a short period of time it was one of the best individual opposition performances I can remember at SJP it's an idea for when we have a long break, FA cup 4th round weekend maybe, create a team consisting of the best individual performaces for and against. Yaya Toure's at St James' the season they finished top and we finished 5th was exceptional. No player in the world could have stopped him from doing whatever the f- he wanted to do that day. We played class as well as I remember, they were gliding to the title by that point though, too confident for us. ...but aye, will make for a good discussion at a later day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Day Gadgie Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Agree with everyone praising Silva, the guy is an absolute wizard and one of the best i've seen. He reminds me of Messi but with less turn of pace and shooting ability. That's not meant to make him sound average but it does somehow If he doesn't play it'll be a big boost for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseman Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Can't see us getting anything out of it except maybe a few extra fantasy premier league points unfortunately Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 No injury and I don't care about the scoreline Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 A few prediction line ups have KDB not starting and Yaya Toure in. I suppose thats a slight helping hand in us not getting completely destroyed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 As has been said the main issue is no more injuries/suspensions from this one leading to the more important two fixtures which follow.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
snabelkabel Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 The law of averages owe us for that Tiote goal. Tomorrow we cash in. We also have the Aguero offside goal in the relegation season and Ben Arfa leg break. Hate playing these Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 And the Beye sending-off. Both that and the Aguero goal cost us two points each season which would have kept us up both occasions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 A few prediction line ups have KDB not starting and Yaya Toure in. I suppose thats a slight helping hand in us not getting completely destroyed. I don’t think Yaya has ever had a bad game against us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 TBH it really doesn't matter who they field. Even their subs cost more individually than most of our team put together. Nonetheless, they're only human. We need to make it a horrible atmosphere for them to play in and have a real siege mentality. Get behind the lads and boo the fuck out of these. If we get anything today it's a massive bonus and with results yesterday it could make a massive difference to our season, especially with the morale boost it will provide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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