man city v NEWCASTLE UNITED, etihad sat 20th Jan 2018 KO5.30pm Live on BT

[beatty 24]

Gayle is so out of form.  Proper blunt. 

[Dr Gloom 21809]

Not his strength, heading, is it 

[OTF 7245]

Gayle's a horrible header of the ball.

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Fucking hell they kept it under 5, some achievement. Time to celebrate.

 

 

 

 

 

[ewerk 30238]

19 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

We've probably spent less than 15% of Man Citys squad so that's about right, not embarrassing.

19% actually.

[beatty 24]

Respectable loss.  We were in the game until the 83rd minute and had a chance to equalise.  Can't ask for more than that.

 

Now sign some players, replace Joselu, Manquillo and co.

[Kid Dynamite 6986]

I honestly don’t get why Manquillo starts ahead of Yedlin some games? He’s almost always responsible for us conceding a goal a game 

[Dr Gloom 21809]

Not the worst performance or result, didn’t take a big dent to our GD. Boys worked their bollocks off. Chances at the end despite the massive gulf in class.

cue Noelle moaning about rafa’s Selection and trooper shitting himself about Rafa leaving.

on the bright side, none of the teams around us picked up results other than stoke.

[adios 717]

Just now, Kid Dynamite said:

I honestly don’t get why Manquillo starts ahead of Yedlin some games? He’s almost always responsible for us conceding a goal a game 

I was also wondering what the fuck that was about.  Played one of theirs onside at least two or three times in dangerous positions.

[rogerbarton 24]

I suppose it could have been worse. Clearly our points will come from the bottom half sides. Would like to say Murphy had a great game though, he's improved immeasurably since November time.

[wykikitoon 19878]

Considering we were expecting a dry bumming we didnt do too bad.

Not a pen for me, but when you do that its to be expected.

Verypoo shouldnt play again.

[adios 717]

I thought it went exactly as expected.

 

Keep it tight, have something to cheer about with 20 minutes to go, get done by the ref, lose comfortably.

 

Good day's work.

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

I thought it was a pen, though it's exactly the kind that we never get given. Unbelievable that we haven't had one yet, or an opposition red card 

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

7 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

I honestly don’t get why Manquillo starts ahead of Yedlin some games? He’s almost always responsible for us conceding a goal a game 

 

I agree, especially with the pace in their team. Yedlin's by far the better option.

[adios 717]

And the broadcasters/pundits can get to fuck saying shite like Newcastle made a negligible attempt to win the game.

 

It was fucking 33/1 for a win before the game.  That's not down to Rafa or Newcastle, that's down to a fucked league that is partially their fucking fault.

 

The gulf between best and (not even) worst in the league should not be that big, regardless of any other factors.

 

 

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

Just now, Anorthernsoul said:

 

I agree, especially with the pace in their team. Yedlin's by far the better option.

 

I think he likes Yedlin because when we're stretched he's rapid and often gets us out of trouble. His thinking today might have been that we're playing so deep that he didn't need to utilise that?

[trooper 940]

Well done lads it went pretty much as expected well done young Murphy cracking goal there's no disgrace in this deafeat 

[Kid Dynamite 6986]

The worry is we have a tough game just about every other week now. We don’t want heads dropping if we get tonked off Arsenal and Liverpool the week before winnable games

[adios 717]

I don't think heads will drop after that display and I also think there are tough fixtures and then there's Man City away.

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

7 minutes ago, TheGingerQuiff said:

 

I think he likes Yedlin because when we're stretched he's rapid and often gets us out of trouble. His thinking today might have been that we're playing so deep that he didn't need to utilise that?

 

 

 

But we needed his pace for their runs into the channels, they try the same thing every attack. I'd say more than half their goals this season will be from the same strategy, runners into the channel then just pass it into the net. Manquillo got caught 4 times at least today. I just can't see what Rafa was thinking.

 

 

 

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Just now, adios said:

I don't think heads will drop after that display and I also think there are tough fixtures and then there's Man City away.

 

Chelsea away next week.

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Two top players in this league that love to play against us, Aguero and Hazard.

[adios 717]

We'll do them.

[Kid Dynamite 6986]

Rafa explicitly says that Ashley has promised him cash for players in the next 10 days

[Kid Dynamite 6986]

The 3 lads in the studio talking sense about NUFC. Practically unheard of!