Stoke v Man City 5:30pm

leonidas83 · 24-03-2012 5:21pm #1

Good match coming up here lads, tbh this could be just as tough a test for Man City as the Chelsea match midweek, will be a real test for City considering how many big sides Stoke have got a result against at the Britannia this season

Professional Griefer · 24-03-2012 5:23pm

Injured you say..

Xavi6 · 24-03-2012 5:26pm

I'm going to boldly predict that it's a mistake to start Balotelli.

That_Guy · 24-03-2012 5:35pm

Atmosphere is quality.

MagicMarker · 24-03-2012 5:38pm

Looks like a nice summer's eve in Stoke.

That_Guy · 24-03-2012 5:42pm

I bloody hate Chris Waddle.

helimachoptor · 24-03-2012 5:42pm

Is this on TV?

Mars Bar · 24-03-2012 5:43pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Is this on TV?

ESPN

That_Guy · 24-03-2012 5:43pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Is this on TV?

ESPN

Mars Bar · 24-03-2012 5:47pm

Shouldn't have delayed the pass so much

Professional Griefer · 24-03-2012 5:48pm

Play the fcukin ball. Jesus christ.

Mars Bar · 24-03-2012 5:49pm

Ocu, ouch, ouch! Nice play by Stoke but a waste of a shot by Walters

recyclebin · 24-03-2012 5:49pm

Should have been a penalty for whelan. looks sore too

That_Guy · 24-03-2012 5:54pm

Who cares about the bloody floodlights?

JohnnyRyan99 · 24-03-2012 5:57pm

That_Guy wrote: »

Who cares about the bloody floodlights?

Joe Hart

Mars Bar · 24-03-2012 5:58pm

Dean Whitehead is so odd looking

LostBoy101 · 24-03-2012 5:58pm

If that wasn't Howard Webb it would of been a straight red or yellow card for that elbow on Silva.

Xavi6 · 24-03-2012 5:59pm

Bjorn Borg now wearing number 21 for City.

Mars Bar · 24-03-2012 6:00pm

That was silly Shawcross.

steelcityblues · 24-03-2012 6:00pm

What does the lettering in the red circle of the City shirts, say?

That_Guy · 24-03-2012 6:00pm

Balotelli. :pac:

EDIT: Should be a card all the same.

KingdomYid · 24-03-2012 6:01pm

Classy Stoke fans, booing a player who has just had a bad bang on the head. The more I see of this club the more I dislike them. Come on City, shut those fans up.

Xavi6 · 24-03-2012 6:03pm

steelcityblues wrote: »

What does the lettering in the red circle of the City shirts, say?

Doing our bit for Sport Relief. Liverpool are doing theirs for Comic Relief :pac:

Mars Bar · 24-03-2012 6:03pm

KingdomYid wrote: »

Classy Stoke fans, booing a player who has just had a bad bang on the head. The more I see of this club the more I dislike them. Come on City, shut those fans up.

I don't get it either. Although I hope it's the Stoke fans singing happy tunes later!

Wasn't really a bad bang though. The sweat makes them cut easily and adds to the whole dramatic effect of the bang.

Mr.Crinklewood · 24-03-2012 6:03pm

steelcityblues wrote: »

What does the lettering in the red circle of the City shirts, say?

Think it is something to do with Sport Relief.

KingdomYid · 24-03-2012 6:05pm

Mars Bar wrote: »

I don't get it either. Although I hope it's the Stoke fans singing happy tunes later!

Wasn't really a bad bang though. The sweat makes them cut easily and adds to the whole dramatic effect of the bang.

Yeah was not a bad bang, but still the lad was hurt and not acting.

Mr.Crinklewood · 24-03-2012 6:11pm

Dzeko should have scored there.

Nasri seems to be getting his form back again.

Just noticed that nobody posted the teams:-
Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson, Jerome, Whelan, Whitehead, Etherington, Walters, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Jones, Pennant, Upson, Delap, Shotton, Palacios.

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Richards, Toure, Clichy, Toure Yaya, Barry, Silva, Balotelli, Nasri, Dzeko. Subs: Pantilimon, Milner, Johnson, Goater, Savic, Tevez, De Jong.
Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

Mr.Crinklewood · 24-03-2012 6:13pm

Could swear that Waddle just said that Sepp Blatter cleared that ball of the line.

steelcityblues · 24-03-2012 6:16pm

Is it just me, or Silva has been mostly useless since the new year?

That_Guy · 24-03-2012 6:17pm

ESPN are obsessed with their meaningless slow motion replays on people's faces.

That_Guy · 24-03-2012 6:19pm

Yawn.

JohnnyRyan99 · 24-03-2012 6:27pm

steelcityblues wrote: »

Is it just me, or Silva has been mostly useless since the new year?

He's not been himself because he never fully recovered from the ankle injury that made him miss the Man United FA Cup game. He's been subbed in a few games since you can tell in a lot of the games that he's just not right. Been as important to our poor results of late as losing Kompany!

JPA · 24-03-2012 6:40pm

In a period of games where City have had a lull in form why don't the likes of Milner and Johnson get a bigger chance? They would definitely bring energy to the team, something they seriously lack.