Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

[swinebag22]

Ugly win today, but possibly the first one of the season at home.

Good to see Kelechi get a start but he struggled to make an impact so no real surprise to see him subbed early in the second half.

Bony had a shocker in front of goal, so no team selection headaches once Aguero is fit.

We were discussing Bony and a few of us thought we should bin him and play a false no. 9. It worked really well last season when Pello had his hand forced and went with Milner in that role. Think Sterling could be the one to try it this time.

[TheDazzler]

Ugly win today, but possibly the first one of the season at home.

Good to see Kelechi get a start but he struggled to make an impact so no real surprise to see him subbed early in the second half.

Bony had a shocker in front of goal, so no team selection headaches once Aguero is fit.

We were discussing Bony and a few of us thought we should bin him and play a false no. 9. It worked really well last season when Pello had his hand forced and went with Milner in that role. Think Sterling could be the one to try it this time.

He did miss a few today. And for £28m(?) he's not quite good enough for the money he cost. But he's a pretty decent 2nd option. If he gets a run of games, you'll see the best of him. There is no way Sterling is a better centre forward as him.
Look at Chelseas 2nd choice options. Falcao or Remy? No thanks.
United have a diamond in Martial but won't play him up front. So they have Rooney. Ummmm, yeah. Or Wilson? Nope.
Arsenal have Giroud + Walcott. Or Wellbeck. Question marks over all of them and I'd argue none of them are much better than Bony, if at all.

[hhyftrftdr]

Home from Seville just now. Great city, great game, great win. Not so great that I have a 10 hour shift tomorrow!

Let's get this group topped and show Europe that we're not totally shit in the CL

[flushthemout]

Nice one, Watched City all my life but my dream is to watch them in Europe, Followed England a lot but to difficult now, Had some great times and will defo take my boy abroad to watch our Argentianian Blues!!!

[Archer]

Home from Seville just now. Great city, great game, great win. Not so great that I have a 10 hour shift tomorrow!

Let's get this group topped and show Europe that we're not totally shit in the CL

Nice one - don't think you could have picked a better euro away. Brilliant performance - best so far in Champions League.

[hhyftrftdr]

Nice one, Watched City all my life but my dream is to watch them in Europe, Followed England a lot but to difficult now, Had some great times and will defo take my boy abroad to watch our Argentianian Blues!!!

Make that dream a reality if possible! They are just the best trips away and really leave a lasting impression and memories. Seville was particularly good; 23 degrees during the day, loads of bars and cafes with cheap food and drink, thousands of Blues in good spirits despite what happened on Monday night, and obviously a cracking performance and win from the boys to round things off. It was difficult to keep track of how much beer was consumed as they were being served in either 1/2 or 2/3 glasses....my sore head on Wednesday morning suggested it was quite a few

My Dad is on the verge of retirement, really looking forward to be able to whisk him abroad on one of these away days when he hangs up his suit. A small token of my appreciation for everything he's done for me over the years.

[swinebag22]

Staggering selections from Pello tonight.

Demichelis for Otamendi and Fernandinho on the bench too certainly had us weaker than I was hoping for.

Feel really sorry for Mangala too. Dropped after doing nothing wrong then recalled against a team that are always going to press and give him no time to settle.

In fact, the team did not seem that prepared for the game. It feels like Pello thought it was against a mid table team so we could afford to rest a few and just play to plan A.

Fair play to Liverpool. Think they had that performance coming. Will be interesting to see how they kick on.

[arbboy]

Staggering selections from Pello tonight.

Demichelis for Otamendi and Fernandinho on the bench too certainly had us weaker than I was hoping for.

Feel really sorry for Mangala too. Dropped after doing nothing wrong then recalled against a team that are always going to press and give him no time to settle.

In fact, the team did not seem that prepared for the game. It feels like Pello thought it was against a mid table team so we could afford to rest a few and just play to plan A.

Fair play to Liverpool. Think they had that performance coming. Will be interesting to see how they kick on.

Liverpool are a mid table team.  He prepared correctly.

[hhyftrftdr]

Staggering selections from Pello tonight.

Demichelis for Otamendi and Fernandinho on the bench too certainly had us weaker than I was hoping for.

Feel really sorry for Mangala too. Dropped after doing nothing wrong then recalled against a team that are always going to press and give him no time to settle.

In fact, the team did not seem that prepared for the game. It feels like Pello thought it was against a mid table team so we could afford to rest a few and just play to plan A.

Fair play to Liverpool. Think they had that performance coming. Will be interesting to see how they kick on.

Yeah staggering selection from MP. Could half understand it if we were needing to win in Italy this week, but that's not the case. Very disappointed today. Liverpool were good but we made them look like world beaters. Just not at the races today. Really hope this result/performance doesn't come back to bite us on the arse in a few months....

[hhyftrftdr]

Think the only positive to take from yesterday, if we overlook return of Aguero, is Delph. Thought he looked good when he came on, great energy and intelligent on the ball. Would like to see him get more game time now that, hopefully, his injury problems are behind him.

Not ideal circumstances to be substituted into, having been battered in the first half, so it might be clutching at straws but he impressed me. The rest were shite.

[flushthemout]

Desperately missing Kompany, Otemendi was sadly rested. Obv Pello thinking of the Juve game but with the Premiership looking tight at the top I wonder if he is torn between Premiership and Champions league.

[Archer]

I can't say I understood Pelegrini's set-up for this game. The natives have certainly turned over on Bluemoon and he has been absolutely hammered for it.

Well played Liverpool anyway.

[TightEnd]

Pep Guardiola wants to manage Manchester United ahead of rivals City http://dailym.ai/1IhFzb1 

[hhyftrftdr]

Pep Guardiola wants to manage Manchester United ahead of rivals City http://dailym.ai/1IhFzb1 

''Sources'' and ''The Daily Mail''.......great combo

He's not our manager and we have no divine right to get him in the future. Would I like to see him at City further down the line? Yes. Would I be fussed if he went to Salford instead? Nope.

[TightEnd]

Chinese investors buy 13% of Manchester City at a $3bn valuation.