English League Football ** spoilers ** [24th - 28th September 2010]

[el_dazza]

I won £28 for betting that Stoke would beat Newcastle 2-1. Only bet £1.

Nice

Just been back from the hospital, been having heart problems since around 3.50 this afternoon..

What's that lad Heskey's first name? Some youngster we've nurtured?

 

[Adrianr]

What's that lad Heskey's first name? Some youngster we've nurtured?

Lionel.

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Ahaha.

You are again demonstrating you have no idea what you are talking about.

Yeh i do actually, i havent seen one game for years when Rio has made me go wow thats a good performance, he was once a top top defender but over the past years hes lost imo..he constantly makes mistakes and luckily Vidic has been there and so not many of his mistakes result in goals etc...please direct me to a game where he has put in a performance like for example Kompany did yesterday

 

[matt0r]

you'll get a kicking when you come to the Brit for the 2nd game

Win, lose or, draw this statement is very true.

 

[Robbo]

Yeh i do actually, i havent seen one game for years when Rio has made me go wow thats a good performance, he was once a top top defender but over the past years hes lost imo..he constantly makes mistakes and luckily Vidic has been there and so not many of his mistakes result in goals etc...please direct me to a game where he has put in a performance like for example Kompany did yesterday

No, you dont, and I have no desire to educate you about it either.

 

[NiCkNaMe]

I think your negative play in the first half stopped up from getting a bigger goal advantage. We could easily have been two or three up if you hadn't pulled 10 men behind the ball for the first 45 minutes. We did have 70% possession afterall.

We thought we'd done enough on half time when we got the goal and stepped back when we should have pressed on and finished it off.

As it happens, it was a stupid move by Enrique that gave away the free kick which led to the equaliser an it was sloppy defending which led to the winner.

You didn't win the game today, we lost it.

I disagree. We played negative but that wasn't to our advantage - that gave you your 70% possession. If we'd have started from the off with the team that we had from 60 minutes plus it would have been a different game - we wouldn't have had 10 men behind the ball - consequently you wouldn't have had 70% possession.

Pulis is very reluctant to change his game plan that has served him so well - and fair do's. However we have strength in our squad now and we should be setting out to beat teams of Newcastle's ilk from the off, not in the second half.

Tuncay not even in the squad annoys me However he is not bigger than the team and I heard a rumour he left the stadium when the squad was announced.. that's not the right way to do it!

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Yeh ok then, so there isnt a game where Rio has put in a MOTM performance?

 

[syke]

In fairness, it's probably a bad sign if your defender (let alone centre back) gets MOTM

 

[Robbo]

In fairness, it's probably a bad sign if your defender (let alone centre back) gets MOTM

Its positive for Man City though, they're all about defending.

 

[Biz.Kid09]

I didnt mean get MOTM i meant a top class performance and yeh it is positive actually because we keep clean sheets and score goals so i dont see the problem? i would rather a clean sheet and 1 goal than say 2-2?

 

[Tom84]

Yeh i do actually, i havent seen one game for years when Rio has made me go wow thats a good performance

To be honest I doubt you'd ever heard of football let alone watch it before City came into money

As for MOTM performances considering last season was pretty much a write off for Rio I'd say the last one that I can remember was v Inter Milan in the San Siro in the 08/09 season but like I said you wouldn't of been around then

 

[Tom84]

i would rather a clean sheet and 1 goal than say 2-2?

Wait so you mean you'd prefer to win a game rather than draw it

 

[Biz.Kid09]

To be honest I doubt you'd ever heard of football let alone watch it before City came into money

As for MOTM performances considering last season was pretty much a write off for Rio I'd say the last one that I can remember was v Inter Milan in the San Siro in the 08/09 season but like I said you wouldn't of been around then

Yeh ok, tbh i dont remember you playing Inter but i will try and find the game and watch it and if Rio did put in a top performance like he was once capable/regularly did then great but since then has there been any other games? or do you have to go back 3 years?

 

[Robbo]

Yeh ok, tbh i dont remember you playing Inter but i will try and find the game and watch it and if Rio did put in a top performance like he was once capable/regularly did then great but since then has there been any other games? or do you have to go back 3 years?

You know he has had a lot of injury problems in recent times, right?

Oh no wait, of course you dont.

 

[nicktay2605]

Yeh ok, tbh i dont remember you playing Inter but i will try and find the game and watch it and if Rio did put in a top performance like he was once capable/regularly did then great but since then has there been any other games? or do you have to go back 3 years?

You don't get to two consecutive Champions League finals with a central defender who isn't putting in world class performances. He didn't put in those sort of performances last season because he didn't have much chance, he has been plagued with injury for much of the last year and a half.

 

[Biz.Kid09]

You know he has had a lot of injury problems in recent times, right?

Oh no wait, of course you dont.

I never said he didnt but i dont think hes been injured for nearly 3 years and he has made appearances since he wasnt like Hargreaves, no your right i dont know because i dont follow utd like people on here follow City and comment on every little detail.

You don't get to two consecutive Champions League finals with a central defender who isn't putting in world class performances. He didn't put in those sort of performances last season because he didn't have much chance, he has been plagued with injury for much of the last year and a half.

Vidic was the one doing that imo.
At the end of the day i dont think hes any good and hasnt been for nearly 3 years however before that he was one of the worlds best CB's easily but since injuries he has lost it but utd fans cant accept that?

 

[Bucket]

Ah because when we went on a 14 game run where we didn't conceed a goal Rio wasn't very good.

Note: That's the last time he had a run in the side without being crippled.

 

[nicktay2605]

Vidic was the one doing that imo.

You honestly think a team can be successful at any level by relying on one central defender to put in the performances? Seriously?

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Ah because when we went on a 14 game run where we didn't conceed a goal Rio wasn't very good.

Note: That's the last time he had a run in the side without being crippled.

I didnt know that nor when it was.

You honestly think a team can be successful at any level by relying on one central defender to put in the performances? Seriously?

Well utd have for quite a while, liverpool have to a certain degree with Carragher and we used to with Dunne when Distin left and Richards was still young and making mistakes (which he doesnt seem to have changed) without Vidic you would be terrible at the back imo.

 

[Robbo]

I never said he didnt but i dont think hes been injured for nearly 3 years and he has made appearances since he wasnt like Hargreaves, no your right i dont know because i dont follow utd like people on here follow City and comment on every little detail.

This is the thing though, people dont follow City and comment on every little detail, you just take everything as a massive insult and start banging on about mundane things for pages and pages and manage to annoy everyone on the forum in the process.

YOUR TEAM HAS WON NOTHING (YET), GET DOWN FROM YOUR HIGH HORSE AND SOD OFF.