Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

[hhyftrftdr]

who do you want?

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On a selfish level I've been to Munich, Sevilla and Porto away before, so Basel looks good to me and could be a decent away day (never been to Switzerland either).

Put us down for Real Madrid though. Get that microwave out UEFA.

[TightEnd]

How do you beat Manchester City?

1 Shoot on sight
2 Look after the ball
3 Track the runners
4 Nullify De Bruyne
5 Hit them on the break

The full 'How to beat Manchester City' dossier here 👉 http://skysports.tv/PIRQFm

[hhyftrftdr]

This is a really interesting article and highlights just how closely City flirted with disaster in 2007/08 before we were pumped with oil money. A lot can change in a decade....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5157581/The-incredible-story-Manchester-City-2007.html

[flushthemout]

Bayern or Juventus, prefer Bayern though just for a different country, we play the first leg away but my lad will have the click button whatever for the flights.
To beat city... Play the ball straight down the middle of the park when Stones and Ottemendi are absent. Captain Kompany has lost his pace and Mangala although very Physical and a man mountain, I'm not sure he has the brains to be a center back.
No footy this weekend, so desperate to take my lad to a derby game but not sure if the Swamp is the right place for his first derby.
Doing Swansea, day of his birthday but staying over, City sold out their allocation. Doing Newcastle on the 27th which leaves me two more premiership stadiums to visit, then good old New Year's Eve trip to the palace. My fav away ground. Ctid

[hhyftrftdr]

Class today and far the better team.

Fully deserved 3 points and the gulf in class is there for all to see.

One team wanted to win, the other had no interest in winning.

[teddybloat]

Silver is different class, quietly brilliant and must be the most consistently quality player in the league. KDB wasn't at it, but still was ahead of nearly everyone.

and a masterclass from pep.

Even pirlo in goal had a de gea moment

Bossssssss

[Archer]

Aside from not converting the dominance into a conventional great City goal, it doesn't get better than that from a City perspective.

Yep, Silva was utter class today. Barney captures  it perfectly "he was also the best player on the pitch, so unhurried, so aware of the shifting planes and currents around him that at times he resembled a colts coach mixing in with the under-12s in training, able to peer above the heads, direct the play, call the next pass two steps ahead".  https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/dec/10/david-silva-manchester-city-united

Then the Mourhinho meltdown. The man just keeps on giving...

[TightEnd]

you run well

get one of real and PSG out too

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[TightEnd]

9/2 into 3/1

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[Archer]

you run well

get one of real and PSG out too

Can't complain about that  PSG v Real is a bonus.

Potentially English clubs could dominate the quarters.

[Matt50]

Bayern or Juventus, prefer Bayern though just for a different country, we play the first leg away but my lad will have the click button whatever for the flights.
To beat city... Play the ball straight down the middle of the park when Stones and Ottemendi are absent. Captain Kompany has lost his pace and Mangala although very Physical and a man mountain, I'm not sure he has the brains to be a center back.
No footy this weekend, so desperate to take my lad to a derby game but not sure if the Swamp is the right place for his first derby.
Doing Swansea, day of his birthday but staying over, City sold out their allocation. Doing Newcastle on the 27th which leaves me two more premiership stadiums to visit, then good old New Year's Eve trip to the palace. My fav away ground. Ctid

Not heard many people say that before!!!

[hhyftrftdr]

you run well

get one of real and PSG out too

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Bah, got the draw I wanted but on Friday I got a new job with a start date in January and don't wanna rock the boat with requests for time off to galivante round Europe

Was initally surprised to see us down as favourites but I guess when you factor in our league form and the ease of how we qualified from a potentially tricky group it kinda makes sense. Couple of big hitters definitely exiting at the next stage which also helps our cause.

[hhyftrftdr]

Some hilarious vids and gifs kicking about from milkgate yesterday

[flushthemout]

Basel booked, fly Sunday morning East Mids to Dublin, night in Dublin, Dublin to Basel arrive Monday 1.30 pm. Stay over after the match and land back in East Mids 8.40pm Wednesday night. Guess the fayre?

[flushthemout]

Bayern or Juventus, prefer Bayern though just for a different country, we play the first leg away but my lad will have the click button whatever for the flights.
To beat city... Play the ball straight down the middle of the park when Stones and Ottemendi are absent. Captain Kompany has lost his pace and Mangala although very Physical and a man mountain, I'm not sure he has the brains to be a center back.
No footy this weekend, so desperate to take my lad to a derby game but not sure if the Swamp is the right place for his first derby.
Doing Swansea, day of his birthday but staying over, City sold out their allocation. Doing Newcastle on the 27th which leaves me two more premiership stadiums to visit, then good old New Year's Eve trip to the palace. My fav away ground. Ctid

Not heard many people say that before!!!

Just for your fans and the away Concourse mate.