Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

[Tal]

Danny Mills says Man City players distracted by Pep Guardiola announcement and have taken their eye off prize

 http://dailym.ai/1TuGMjo

You can take anything Danny Mills says about City with a bag of salt. He hates us, which is surprising bearing in mind he was gifted a 5 year, £30k a week contract despite being shite.

Mills must be in the top 5 worst pundits going and there is some strong competition.

Man City covered more ground against Spurs than any other game this season hardly an indication the players have jacked it in

I'd not seen that running stat for City against Spurs. I like it.  Only saw the stat that Spurs ran a million miles more than City.

On Mills, he really is bad and just about the most anti-City pundit out there.

Spurs are trained twice a day to run a lot and press a lot if you dont at least try and match it you really are in trouble

Agreed. I would be very surprised if most teams didn't run a lot by their standards when they play against spurs.

[hhyftrftdr]

Danny Mills says Man City players distracted by Pep Guardiola announcement and have taken their eye off prize

 http://dailym.ai/1TuGMjo

You can take anything Danny Mills says about City with a bag of salt. He hates us, which is surprising bearing in mind he was gifted a 5 year, £30k a week contract despite being shite.

Mills must be in the top 5 worst pundits going and there is some strong competition.

Man City covered more ground against Spurs than any other game this season hardly an indication the players have jacked it in

No no you're wrong, City fans are just a little bit naïve

To be expected today, literally men against boys. But I think the kids can hold their heads high, if anything it was the more senior players who were at fault for the various goals. Can't blame Pellers at all for fielding that XI, his hands were tied due to injuries and upcoming games that are more important.

I think most City fans had written off the FA Cup, our season really starts from here on it. A good result in Kiev followed by a cup final win would be very nice indeed....

[TightEnd]

come on now

barcelona play yesterday, arsenal on tuesday. first choice team yesterday

man c play today, kiev wed, sitting on your bench are hart, clichy, fernandinho, sterling and kompany

even allowing for the injuries thats an affront to the competition and if i were a travelling fan there today i'd have been really pissed off


chelsea had newcastle saturday, paris tuesday, city sunday and put a full team out all three times. it can be done

[hhyftrftdr]

come on now

barcelona play yesterday, arsenal on tuesday. first choice team yesterday

man c play today, kiev wed, sitting on your bench are hart, clichy, fernandinho, sterling and kompany

even allowing for the injuries thats an affront to the competition and if i were a travelling fan there today i'd have been really pissed off


chelsea had newcastle saturday, paris tuesday, city sunday and put a full team out all three times. it can be done

Do Barcelona play a cup final next Sunday?

[TightEnd]

come on now

barcelona play yesterday, arsenal on tuesday. first choice team yesterday

man c play today, kiev wed, sitting on your bench are hart, clichy, fernandinho, sterling and kompany

even allowing for the injuries thats an affront to the competition and if i were a travelling fan there today i'd have been really pissed off


chelsea had newcastle saturday, paris tuesday, city sunday and put a full team out all three times. it can be done

Do Barcelona play a cup final next Sunday?

no, but to "throw" an fa cup last sixteen via team selection (and yes the youngesters performed better than the senior pros. kolarov and de michelis in particular mailed in in, again) is extremely disrespectful from a very arrogant club

[hhyftrftdr]

come on now

barcelona play yesterday, arsenal on tuesday. first choice team yesterday

man c play today, kiev wed, sitting on your bench are hart, clichy, fernandinho, sterling and kompany

even allowing for the injuries thats an affront to the competition and if i were a travelling fan there today i'd have been really pissed off


chelsea had newcastle saturday, paris tuesday, city sunday and put a full team out all three times. it can be done

Do Barcelona play a cup final next Sunday?

no, but to "throw" an fa cup last sixteen via team selection (and yes the youngesters performed better than the senior pros. kolarov and de michelis in particular mailed in in, again) is extremely disrespectful from a very arrogant club

It didn't take too much to extract your disdain for City!

I'll put this to you. We play Chelsea in the FA Cup, Kiev away in the CL, Liverpool in a cup final and then Liverpool again in the league, all in the space of 11 days. We have numerous players out injured plus a few who have just returned from injury. Which game do you rest a few players for?

To suggest we ''threw'' the FA Cup tie is ridiculous.

[TightEnd]

it was tantamount to it, in my opinion

[hhyftrftdr]

it was tantamount to it, in my opinion

If we'd (somehow) not collapsed in the 2nd half and snook a replay or, heaven forbid, won it, would you still think we ''threw'' an FA Cup game? Results orientated thinking by the sounds of it.

I put the question to you that you don't seem eager to answer. Which game of the 4 do you take the opportunity to rest some players?

[TightEnd]

it was tantamount to it, in my opinion

If we'd (somehow) not collapsed in the 2nd half and snook a replay or, heaven forbid, won it, would you still think we ''threw'' an FA Cup game? Results orientated thinking by the sounds of it.

I put the question to you that you don't seem eager to answer. Which game of the 4 do you take the opportunity to rest some players?

well i would think the capital one cup final, the least prestigious of the four competitions you are competing in.

its not an issue solely directed at man c of course many sides are showing disdain for the competition

i understand the congestion, the injuries and the priorities but today went too far, imo

[TheDazzler]

come on now

barcelona play yesterday, arsenal on tuesday. first choice team yesterday

man c play today, kiev wed, sitting on your bench are hart, clichy, fernandinho, sterling and kompany

even allowing for the injuries thats an affront to the competition and if i were a travelling fan there today i'd have been really pissed off


chelsea had newcastle saturday, paris tuesday, city sunday and put a full team out all three times. it can be done

Do Barcelona play a cup final next Sunday?

no, but to "throw" an fa cup last sixteen via team selection (and yes the youngesters performed better than the senior pros. kolarov and de michelis in particular mailed in in, again) is extremely disrespectful from a very arrogant club

The FA moved the game from a Saturday to a Sunday to accommodate TV. That's the first problem. If they had allowed to be played on Saturday, maybe City would have fielded a full side.
Secondly City have to play a Cup final next weekend. That means they aren't playing a league game next weekend. That means they have to fit in another league game somewhere in an already congested fixture list.
Let's say City get the Champions League Final. That's 7 more games. Let's say they had drawn today with a full strength side and won the replay and went to the FA Cup final after beating Everton after another replay. That's another 5 games.
Add the League Cup final, the remaining 12 league games and they'd have 25 games remaining this season. In what, 12 weeks?
I'm sure City would love to do the quadruple but it's just not possible. You have to prioritise and the League + Champions League and even the League Cup final, come way ahead of the FA Cup.
Didn't Leicester put out reserve sides against Spurs?
Didn't Bournemouth put out a weakened side against Everton?
Yes and both sides were right to do so. The league (winning for Leicester and surviving for Bournemouth) is a far, far bigger deal than a potential FA Cup run.
For these pundits to sit there and pontificate about how it's a disgrace the lineups teams are putting out is a joke.

[TheDazzler]

it was tantamount to it, in my opinion

If we'd (somehow) not collapsed in the 2nd half and snook a replay or, heaven forbid, won it, would you still think we ''threw'' an FA Cup game? Results orientated thinking by the sounds of it.

I put the question to you that you don't seem eager to answer. Which game of the 4 do you take the opportunity to rest some players?

well i would think the capital one cup final, the least prestigious of the four competitions you are competing in.

its not an issue solely directed at man c of course many sides are showing disdain for the competition

i understand the congestion, the injuries and the priorities but today went too far, imo

The League Cup is the least prestigious but the games were played early season. They are now in the final. A final is much more important than a potential quarter final spot in the FA Cup.

[hhyftrftdr]

it was tantamount to it, in my opinion

If we'd (somehow) not collapsed in the 2nd half and snook a replay or, heaven forbid, won it, would you still think we ''threw'' an FA Cup game? Results orientated thinking by the sounds of it.

I put the question to you that you don't seem eager to answer. Which game of the 4 do you take the opportunity to rest some players?

well i would think the capital one cup final, the least prestigious of the four competitions you are competing in.

its not an issue solely directed at man c of course many sides are showing disdain for the competition

i understand the congestion, the injuries and the priorities but today went too far, imo

No words.

Off out, enjoy your evening all

[rfgqqabc]

it was tantamount to it, in my opinion

If we'd (somehow) not collapsed in the 2nd half and snook a replay or, heaven forbid, won it, would you still think we ''threw'' an FA Cup game? Results orientated thinking by the sounds of it.

I put the question to you that you don't seem eager to answer. Which game of the 4 do you take the opportunity to rest some players?

well i would think the capital one cup final, the least prestigious of the four competitions you are competing in.

its not an issue solely directed at man c of course many sides are showing disdain for the competition

i understand the congestion, the injuries and the priorities but today went too far, imo

Do you really think FA Cup Quarter final >>> Capital One Cup Final?

I think the press would explode if he rested players in the final and rightly so by the way. Its a shame the FA Cup has been devalued but I think we just have to accept it. Did teams play as many games a season in the olden days?

[TightEnd]

players would regularly play three games a week all season, at all levels

unheard of these days. recovery times. and for the major clubs a real surfeit of muscle injuries even though squad rotation is much more prevalent

cant do anything about a cruciate or a broken leg but utd have 10 out, city 6, arsenal injury prone, liverpool had 8 out only a fortnight ago

i repeat, city had hart, clichy, kompany, fernandinho and sterling on the bench today.

play three of them for an hour.....who knows, might have nicked something

[hhyftrftdr]

players would regularly play three games a week all season, at all levels

unheard of these days. recovery times. and for the major clubs a real surfeit of muscle injuries even though squad rotation is much more prevalent

cant do anything about a cruciate or a broken leg but utd have 10 out, city 6, arsenal injury prone, liverpool had 8 out only a fortnight ago

i repeat, city had hart, clichy, kompany, fernandinho and sterling on the bench today.

play three of them for an hour.....who knows, might have nicked something

Hart has been on the bench for every cup game this season, Kompany has just returned from a very lengthy lay off, Fernandinho has probably played more minutes than any other City player so far this season and absolutely deserves a rest, Sterling maybe could've played but didn't.

Incred that a football fan would value a 5th round FA cup tie over a league cup final.

Deffo going out now, will pick up replies in the early hours