Manchester City Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2024/25

Hitchens · 14-01-2018 10:57pm

Our keeper very poor for at least 2 goals, otherwise we would at least have drew. (or drawn)

Turtwig · 14-01-2018 11:08pm

Hitchens wrote: »

Our keeper very poor for at least 2 goals, otherwise we would at least have drew. (or drawn)

Him and Fernandinho had real off days. So many stray passes.

Masala · 14-01-2018 11:12pm

Turtwig wrote: »

Him and Fernandinho had real off days. So many stray passes.

This day was coming..... we dodged a few bullets recently and just had to have a bad day at office soon!!!

No big deal.... 4-3 a lot better thqn 4-1

And not let's get greedy at the top!! 12 points clear is till impressive!

gstack166 · 15-01-2018 10:44am

Hearing there is another twist in the Sanchez story. Wish for it to be over one way or the other now.

If they match Uniteds offer, he’s a blue.

Don’t count City out just yet.

krustydoyle · 15-01-2018 10:52am

This craic of giving Sanchez a mad wage annoys me, i wouldn't give it to him if it means potential unrest in the dressing room.. theres a few of the lads due contract upgrades due to performances etc so if bringing Sanchez will undermine all that then id pass on him

Im not sure hes what the team needs but if by some chance he ends up signing with us then ill shout him on of course

0gac3yjefb5sv7 · 15-01-2018 12:02pm

Just another slant on the saga now as the media try to sway it as if he was going to United just for money: https://twitter.com/Doc_Joshi/status/952818223795331072

POKERKING · 15-01-2018 1:57pm

Hitchens wrote: »

Our keeper very poor for at least 2 goals, otherwise we would at least have drew. (or drawn)

Harsh.

The clearance the only one you can blame him on and given the way he plays its going to happen a couple of times a season but saves us far more.

I put no fault at the him for the first goal.

I thought liverpool deserved the win, nothing more nothing less we move on and let them have there moment.

IncognitoMan · 15-01-2018 3:44pm

gstack166 wrote: »

Hearing there is another twist in the Sanchez story. Wish for it to be over one way or the other now.

If they match Uniteds offer, he’s a blue.

Don’t count City out just yet.

I mean wouldn't he stand to make even more money by waiting for the summer and getting that massive signing on fee with city? 30m apparently.

So surely that's city, at the very least, matching Man Utd's offer. Even better as it's money up front.

Hitchens · 15-01-2018 5:40pm

Had to remind a mouthy pool fan today that in the reverse fixture the score was 5 - 0 in City's favour (the big red face on him) :P

Ragnar Lothbrok · 15-01-2018 6:26pm

POKERKING wrote: »

Harsh.

The clearance the only one you can blame him on and given the way he plays its going to happen a couple of times a season but saves us far more.

I put no fault at the him for the first goal.

I thought liverpool deserved the win, nothing more nothing less we move on and let them have there moment.

I think that 9 times out of ten that clearance wouldn't even have been punished. Just unfortunate that it went straight to a man on top form at the moment.

blueser · 15-01-2018 7:50pm

Hitchens wrote: »

Had to remind a mouthy pool fan today that in the reverse fixture the score was 5 - 0 in City's favour (the big red face on him) :P

Yeah, they were back to their usual gobby selves at work today. Hardly a peep out of 'em all season until this last few days. It's like we were their cup final. I suppose it's a (sort of) compliment.

blueser · 17-01-2018 7:14pm

https://twitter.com/Notamendi30/status/953638406877335553

Excellent news, and well deserved. He's been transformed from the "accident waiting to happen" last season. He's learned to stay on his feet now, not to go lunging in.

blueser · 19-01-2018 11:14am

https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/954292399873851392

Excellent news. A vital member of the side. Good to get him and the general tied down this week. A nice little pick me up after the disappointment of Anfield.

suffering golfer · 20-01-2018 4:48am

blueser wrote: »

Excellent news. A vital member of the side. Good to get him and the general tied down this week. A nice little pick me up after the disappointment of Anfield.

Great news, gives us more time to groom a long term replacement such as Fred (as rumoured). Just wish we could get a LB and striker in though...

blueser · 20-01-2018 8:16am

suffering golfer wrote: »

Great news, gives us more time to groom a long term replacement such as Fred (as rumoured). Just wish we could get a LB and striker in though...

Well; in theory, we do have 4 LBs at the club (Mendy, Delph, Danilo and Zinchenko). We're just unlucky that the two better ones are both injured at the moment. We do need another striker though.

Trigger · 20-01-2018 1:29pm

blueser wrote: »

Well; in theory, we do have 4 LBs at the club (Mendy, Delph, Danilo and Zinchenko). We're just unlucky that the two better ones are both injured at the moment. We do need another striker though.

Danilo is a RB and Delph and Zinchenko are midfielders though so it’s really not 4 LB..

blueser · 20-01-2018 3:44pm

astradave wrote: »

Danilo is a RB and Delph and Zinchenko are midfielders though so it’s really not 4 LB..

Fair point. But they have both filled in at LB this season (hence my "in theory" comment). Indeed, Zinchenko didn't do badly on the couple of occasions he played there.

tastyt · 20-01-2018 4:33pm

If anyone knows where I can watch this apart from bt please PM me

blueser · 20-01-2018 7:10pm

Kun loves playing against Newcastle. And made yet again by Kev.

the whole year inn · 20-01-2018 8:02pm

Turned into a great game this. Newcastle seem happy to defend the corners and to be fair we have been poor with them.

Hitchens · 20-01-2018 8:30pm

A perfect hat trick, seldom seen ....left foot, right foot and head .......Aguero Abú

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-01-2018 8:34pm

Confidence has drained out of the defence

We will be opened up in the CL if this continues

the whole year inn · 20-01-2018 8:37pm

Aguero with 16 goals and 5 assists in 1511 minutes.
Kane with 20 goals 1 assists in 1861 minutes.
Thats nearly 5 full games behind Kane. Aguero is a beast.

blueser · 20-01-2018 8:41pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Confidence has drained out of the defence

We will be opened up in the CL if this continues

From what I'm reading, the goal was down to Zinchenko being caught flat footed. All things being equal, he won't be in the starting XI in the CL.

Turtwig · 20-01-2018 8:44pm

Yep, the pass took him out way too easily.He'll learn from that.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-01-2018 8:53pm

blueser wrote: »

From what I'm reading, the goal was down to Zinchenko being caught flat footed. All things being equal, he won't be in the starting XI in the CL.

If they don't sort themselves out quickly it will cost us our forwards can only do so much

blueser · 20-01-2018 8:59pm

Turtwig wrote: »

Yep, the pass took him out way too easily.He'll learn from that.

Apparently, he'd done okay up to that as well. But he's young (21), and he probably started to tire mentally and physically. He hasn't played that much for our first team. As you said, he'll learn from that. And we were fortunate that the mistake didn't cost us, unlike last weekend, when we got our arses kicked for every small mistake we made (Otamendi coughing up possession, Stones getting brushed off the ball too easily and Ederson's clearance straight to Salah).

blueser · 20-01-2018 9:07pm

https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/954798192553492480

Like the "hair" comment!

the whole year inn · 20-01-2018 9:51pm

blueser wrote: »

Apparently, he'd done okay up to that as well. But he's young (21), and he probably started to tire mentally and physically. He hasn't played that much for our first team. As you said, he'll learn from that. And we were fortunate that the mistake didn't cost us, unlike last weekend, when we got our arses kicked for every small mistake we made (Otamendi coughing up possession, Stones getting brushed off the ball too easily and Ederson's clearance straight to Salah).

I thought he looked very good barring the mistake. It was a nice goal aswell and as Pep said when your that advanced pushing forward mistakes happen from time to time.
Just seen there that we are one point off the 2015/16 season, we are flying high truly.

Shaungoater · 20-01-2018 10:30pm

the whole year inn wrote:

I thought he looked very good barring the mistake. It was a nice goal aswell and as Pep said when your that advanced pushing forward mistakes happen from time to time. Just seen there that we are one point off the 2015/16 season, we are flying high truly.

I thought he was excellent, very strong and confident. He had pushed up and got caught after we lost the ball, no biggy. Wonderful passer, rate him more than delph

Turtwig · 20-01-2018 11:01pm

Shaungoater wrote: »

I thought he was excellent, very strong and confident. He had pushed up and got caught after we lost the ball, no biggy. Wonderful passer, rate him more than delph

Ditto, considering his age and no. of appearances he's played very well for City so far. As long as he learns from the error. Every full back is going to make mistakes similar to those, his was a little too easy though but it's nothing that cost ye and it is very likely something he will learn from. So win and win.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie · 21-01-2018 9:11am

He's essentially an attacking midfielder with very little first team experience playing at left back. In that context I think he did very well.

blueser · 22-01-2018 7:18pm

https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/955504083284013061

Excellent news.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-01-2018 10:47pm

blueser wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/955504083284013061

Excellent news.

Now that's a signature you can get excited about

blueser · 22-01-2018 11:25pm

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Now that's a signature you can get excited about

Damn right.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie · 23-01-2018 12:54am

He seems really committed to the club and particularly the style of football. Looking forward to seeing him for many years to come.

blueser · 23-01-2018 7:52pm

Pep going strong tonight....

https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/955874016061001728

Correct decision for me. We can rotate against Cardiff on sunday. And, if we can get a couple of goals ahead by sometime around the hour mark, some of the big hitters can be subbed off.

blueser · 23-01-2018 9:30pm

Nice one Leroy.

blueser · 23-01-2018 9:54pm

Another assist for Kev. And clinically dispatched by Kun.

blueser · 23-01-2018 10:40pm

Never in doubt.

:eek:

the whole year inn · 23-01-2018 10:57pm

blueser wrote: »

Never in doubt.

:eek:

What was the game like,looks like Bristol had a good go at it.

blueser · 23-01-2018 11:17pm

the whole year inn wrote: »

What was the game like,looks like Bristol had a good go at it.

We controlled the game really. I'd say that Bristol actually played better at our place than they did tonight. We bossed possession and bossed the corner kick count. Lots of promising positions, but the final ball was missing tonight. As for the goals we conceded, they were schoolboy defending. Stones is a shadow of the player he was before his injury. But we got the job done. On to Wembley for our third LC final in five years (Sunderland in '14 and Liverpool in' 16).

Turtwig · 23-01-2018 11:23pm

Zinchenko and stones better not be in this form and in your defence for the UCL if your heart is going to last. Sure makes entertaining moments for us neutrals though

Dr.Winston O'Boogie · 24-01-2018 8:36am

Slightly worrying how many goals are been conceded now. In the league I'd always be confident of outscoring teams but could really be our downfall in europe. Stones is working off a mistake a game at this point, shame because I was really enjoying how solid he looked prior to the injury.

In other (slightly related) news looks like Laporte deal is done for 57 million GBP.

blueser · 24-01-2018 8:46am

Turtwig wrote: »

Zinchenko and stones better not be in this form and in your defence for the UCL if your heart is going to last. Sure makes entertaining moments for us neutrals though

Re. Zinchenko, I wouldn't be overly concerned. I would hope that by the time the games against Basel come around, Delph might be available again. Plus, we have Danilo as an option at LB. Stones is a concern though. He was outstanding up until his injury, but he's been very ropey since he returned a few games back.

suffering golfer · 27-01-2018 12:14pm

So look like we have agreed a deal for Laporte... admittedly I don't know much about him, but at least he is young and highly rated.

While it might be a great deal and turn out well, i do feel frustrated that we dont look like getting a striker. Would have liked us to try get Aubameyang, I know he has some issues but clearly very talented and think Pep would be able to handle him.

the whole year inn · 27-01-2018 2:14pm

suffering golfer wrote: »

So look like we have agreed a deal for Laporte... admittedly I don't know much about him, but at least he is young and highly rated.

While it might be a great deal and turn out well, i do feel frustrated that we dont look like getting a striker. Would have liked us to try get Aubameyang, I know he has some issues but clearly very talented and think Pep would be able to handle him.

The thing is we allready have 2 world class strikers and trying to keep them both happy is hard enough.If you put in Aubameyang thats 3 strikers that don't want to be on the bench.
I'd say we will have a quite summer transfer but we will get a striker.We won't be spending crazy money either.

blueser · 27-01-2018 11:30pm

An interesting little stat....

https://twitter.com/Ratings_Mike/status/957374954621886466

the whole year inn · 28-01-2018 4:26pm

#MCFC XI to play #CCFC: Bravo, Walker, Danilo, Kompany (C), Otamendi, Fernandinho, Bernardo, Gündogan, De Bruyne, Sané, Sterling.

Aguero on the bench. Kompany plays, let's hope he's back to his best.

SEPT 23 1989 · 28-01-2018 5:00pm

I worry about Kompany

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