My lord we seemed to hve discovered the rt of both football and scoring goals
Till the goal I was fearful it would be like last season of all possession nd no penetration
Its only one game but it was an impressive team display and finally top of the league 😉
[b]BOOM![/b]
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The only thing to say for sure after this first weekend, is it means nothing in the long run.
you've just been listening to mourinhos interview then? 😆Jamie - Member
The only thing to say for sure after this first weekend, is it means nothing in the long run.
you've just been listening to mourinhos interview then?
Lucky guess 8)
In other news. JonJo isn't the brightest spark is he? If you're going to stamp on someones ankle, maybe make sure the ref isn't looking right at you.
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It means nothing in the long run
It means Liverpools defence look as much comedy value as last season 😀
woohoo, bring on the champions league, here we go! 
Wondered how long you'd be! 😆
still shitting it from the away goal at 4-0! 5 seals it! 😆
So I now want liverpool* out the CL, we go into pot 3 if they do, unlikely I know! 😆
*Or olympiakos
Jonny Evans to City is the weirdest thing ever
Jonny Evans to City is the weirdest thing ever
Was gonna post the same, bizarre*
*though is symptomatic of the dearth of decent British defenders, CH in particular.
It's not just British defenders either - look at the money City spunked on Mangala and Liverpool on Lovren!
Jonny Evans to City is the weirdest thing ever
I was wondering if we'd jumped forward to April 1st when I heard that this morning
Evans is decent. Has improved a great deal
He's a good player, but I don't get how he fits in with the way Pep plays. Seems an odd match
He is consistent, if unremarkable, and can pass out from the back, you have to remember he would be effectively the 4th choice centre back. If he can be had for under 20 million, it makes more sense than 35 million for another unremarkable fourth choice centre back which seems to be the going rate in this transfer window.
Apparently he also still lives in Manchester, and is tired of travelling to the midlands, so it could be a deal that suits everyone, if probably rather inconsequential.
No nonsense reliable central defender
GRanted he is not the name you associate with a top top club but he is a decent steady performer who can be relied on to do the simple things....so an improvement for Cities current lot 😉
What MSP said
these 4-0 drubbings are becoming so predictable
Lets hope we dont do a City - look the best but fade- but the signs so far are very good
Got to be challenging this year surely
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I stuck a few quid on another 4 - 0 at 14/1 too 😀
Another great performance, and another clean sheet. I couldn't believe Chelski sold us Matic! They must be regretting that one now. Crazy!
You won your first three games last year.....early days! City won first 6 or 7 and were crowned champs in September by many.
just said the same to my kids FWIW
Still we look good and we have not looked this good for a few seasons so piss off and leave us alone 😈
I'm not predicting anything, certainly not the title.
I'm just enjoying watching some decent, entertaining attacking football, with a team looking to go forward, rather than the sideways/sideways/backwards stuff we've been enduring for the last few seasons
We looked good defencively last season, but nowhere near sharp enough going forward. I'm enjoying Tony Marshall's solskjaer-esque super-sub role in particular 🙂
Football is a bunch of ar*e at the moment! Arnautovic needs to be docked 2 weeks wages for being such a knob. Silver lining at least Hernandez has shown he knows where the goal is again.
Football is a bunch of ar*e at the moment! Arnautovic needs to be docked 2 weeks wages for being such a knob. Silver lining at least Hernandez has shown he knows where the goal is again.
You should be up there at the end though Binners/Junkyard. I said at the time when Jose signed up - he delivers titles. Nightmare scenario for me and the ABU's is that he's matured a bit and won't have a third season meltdown 😆
Well that's 60% of our projected points total for the season achieved 😉
Still second in the table too 😀
Great win for the 'club in crisis' versus the self-appointed best team in the league
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C'mon the Chels
[b]ROOOOOOONEY!!!!![/b]
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Silly from Walker, both harsh decisions, but having got the first yellow stepping across like that even with minimal contact invited the referee to make a decision.
I don't think 3 5 2 is city's best formation, when Mendy is fit I would prefer them to go 4 5 1.
It was harsh, but that look over the shoulder was the invitation for him to make a meal of it. When you're already on a (deserved) yellow, thats just stupid
City don't look look that convincing going forward though. And that was with eleven men. Everton are defending well
Edit: they're looking better now they're down to ten men
In the spirit of early season sweeping generalisations have City signed another dud keeper?
Good second half, been some exciting football in the first 2 weeks, hope it continues.
CL draw 5pm today!
Pot 1:
Real Madrid (ESP, holders),
Bayern München (GER),
Juventus (ITA)
Benfica (POR),
Chelsea (ENG),
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR),
Monaco (FRA),
Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Pot 2:
Barcelona (ESP),
Atlético Madrid (ESP),
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA),
Borussia Dortmund (GER),
Sevilla (ESP),
Manchester City (ENG),
Porto (POR),
Manchester United (ENG)
Pot 3:
Napoli (ITA),
Tottenham Hotspur
(ENG),
Basel (SUI),
Olympiacos (GRE),
Anderlecht (BEL),
Liverpool (ENG),
Roma (ITA),
Be?ikta? (TUR)
Pot 4: Celtic (SCO),
CSKA Moskva (RUS),
Sporting CP (POR),
APOEL (CYP),
Feyenoord (NED),
Maribor (SVN),
Qaraba? (AZE),
RB Leipzig (GER)
[b]EEK![/b]
Some interesting possibilities there. You'd be a brave man to call a winner out of that lot!
I'll take Real Madrid, Dortmund & Liverpool! I like a challenge! 😆
Bayern, psg, Anderlecht! Bring it! 😆
Benfica, Basel and CSKA Moscow. Some bullets dodged there 😀
ours should be alright, I'm realistic enough to know it's just a 3rd place battle between us and anderlecht, doable.
We'll do one of the other 2 at celtic park, just for giggles! 😆
utd draw looks decent, should get through that no great worries.
Phew, not bad for Liverpool that.
Is it your year? 😉
Let's hope it not 2011. Man U never progressed that year with nearly the same group
GROUP A
Benfica (POR)
Man. United (ENG)
Basel (SUI)
CSKA Moskva (RUS)
GROUP B
Bayern (GER)
Paris (FRA)
Anderlecht (BEL)
Celtic (SCO)
GROUP C
Chelsea (ENG)
Atlético (ESP)
Roma (ITA)
Qaraba? (AZE)
GROUP D
Juventus (ITA)
Barcelona (ESP)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Sporting CP (POR)
GROUP E
Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Sevilla (ESP)
Liverpool (ENG)
Maribor (SVN)
GROUP F
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Man. City (ENG)
Napoli (ITA)
Feyenoord (NED)
GROUP G
Monaco (FRA)
Porto (POR)
Be?ikta? (TUR)
Leipzig (GER)
GROUP H
Real Madrid (ESP)
Dortmund (GER)
Tottenham (ENG)
APOEL (CYP)
