Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [28th February - 04 March 2015]

I don't rate Fernando or Fernandinho to be honest. They have bought stragely over the past few seasons. Haven't added any quality. Against most teams Aguero, Toure, Silva or a few other players will do enough to win the game but against a good team playing well they get shown up.
 
One thing that happens because of Silva and happened a couple mins back there, Liverpool player runs into the defender, ball comes loose, it gets cleared to about 20 yards outside their own box and no one is there because Fernandinho was almost in line with the back four, Yaya was 5-10 yards out and Silva/Nasri rarely get back quickly enough. Any other team you'd have a fast winger get back and be ready to go and get those balls then start the counter but with Nasri/Silva you often have those two barely walking back, Silva was over the half way line walking towards his own box and unable to go and win it.

Both lack of pace and lack of workrate in those situations cost City loads of potential counter attacks. If he picked up the ball there he turns and you have the ball in behind for Aguero situation with most of Liverpool players in the City half, instead it becomes another attack. Even when they do counter again it's one player with the wingers who on any other team would burst up to support, here, they just aren't fast enough to support.

EDIT:- When they had Tevez, or even Bellamy, those types of players playing those wide roles they were a much stronger more rounded and more consistent looking team.
 
Huge win. Who would've thought we would get 10 points from our run against Everton, Spurs, Southampton and City a few months ago. Add the 3 points against a revived Palace and we've had an exceptional month.
 
Fantastic result, played bloody great considering we only got back Friday morning at 6am, 2 stunning goals from Hendo and Coutinho. :D

Just want Everton to do us a favour and beat Arsenal, as were level on points with em now :p
 
Fantastic performance all around from us today and thoroughly deserved the win, and tbh 2-1 flattered City. For 18 months I've been critical of Coutinho and Henderson for their lack of end product and in particular not effecting the big games but they both well and truly stepped up today.

Can't argue with Coutinho getting motm but Joe Allen deserves a mention too. He gets a lot of stick from a few of our fans but he was excellent today; playing in an unnatural defensive midfield role he controlled Silva and Nasri as well as anybody has and he kept ticking us over and helping us break on City.

A couple of weeks ago with Southampton away and City at home there was the potential to be out of the top 4 race by today but we're right in the mix now and playing as well as anybody in the league.
 
Can't believe how poor City were, particularly defensively. They had Yaya and Fernandinho screening but still the 2 CBs just kept running out of the line leaving enormous spaces behind them. Odd.
 
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