thebrokendoll 7085 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 foolishly stepping up to the plate here for what is likely to be a losing match thread starter for whoever sets the ball rolling! it's hard to be anything other than delighted with 4 points and 4th in table after our 2 games but despite this yesterday's almost total lack of any meaningful supply to wilson is a concern. can see an apprehensive atmosphere next weekend which could quickly go flat if man city start handing out their usual mauling. desperately hoping we make a breakthrough in the transfer window in the next few days, otherwise I think I'd be happy for us just to keep the scoreline to under 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6287 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Yeah I can't see anything other than a comfortable win for Man City from this one. We need to be mindful of the journey we're on, under Bruce I'm pretty certain we'd have convincingly lost yesterday. We've established ourselves with a solid stubborn defence and are hard to break down. In 2022 we've conceded 20 league goals but 10 of those came of the hidings at Spurs and Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38559 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 City being the gorilla… 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16497 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 0-0 Frustrating the fuckers. Apparently Haaland had 9 touches yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9163 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Wait! Gorilla? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 9941 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 24 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: City being Richard Keys FYP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19736 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Is there a case for three at the back for this one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Is there a case for three at the back for this one? I think there will be a lot more than 3 at the back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14527 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Is there a case for three at the back for this one? Fairly sure we started with 3 at the back yesterday but it was ditched quite quickly as Maxi wasn’t in the mood to track back . Bournemouth did it yesterday ie they played 5 defenders… 4 nil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3652 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Rafa was the first one to play 451 or 541 against city and got roasted by the twats at sky. Nearly everyone does it now 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco 727 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 6 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Is there a case for three at the back for this one? Never been a fan of three at the back....home game / big crowd / great atmosphere / players should be right up for it...........as the old song goes......"Get into them and fuck them up" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Take the game to them don't sit back & let them come at you. Yeah we'll probably get beat but at least have a go at them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26175 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Do that and we won’t get beaten, we’ll get arse raped, murdered and our corpse burnt in a ditch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I'd rather do that than sit back & get beaten, arse raped & corpse burnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 @ewerk its not going to be a 0-0 game so we might as well give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30241 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Kinky 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6129 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 4 hours ago, trooper said: I'd rather do that than sit back & get beaten, arse raped & corpse burnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBlue 540 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 21 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: City being the gorilla… Ah, now i see the attraction of Newcastle lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBlue 540 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Thought i'd come see how you guys are seeing the Newcastle United v Manchester City match (written in full cos none of us like the abbreviations). I've been on our bluemoon pre match thread and i'd see this post pretty much sums up the feeling "Not going to be a walk in the park but with our extra quality should be enough for the 3 points.". Thats a quote from our forum. My feelings is similar, Eddie is astute so can he come up with a game plan? We're a new beast this year and we don't yet know how it will handle adversity so i reckon you guys should give it a go, but in spells. 90 mins of end to end would play into our hands i think as we've learnt to counter quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16497 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 It's a bit weird now reading stuff like that from oppositions, especially a team like CIty. It just shows you how far we have come in such a short time under Eddie. Our problem will be, if we get a chance we have to take it. But at the moment we aren't ruthless enough. I would be very happy with a draw again But think it will be 2-0 to you boys. We have to snuffle KDB. Bloke is a magician. Problem is, you have a lot of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26606 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 42 minutes ago, LondonBlue said: Thought i'd come see how you guys are seeing the Newcastle United v Manchester City match (written in full cos none of us like the abbreviations). I've been on our bluemoon pre match thread and i'd see this post pretty much sums up the feeling "Not going to be a walk in the park but with our extra quality should be enough for the 3 points.". Thats a quote from our forum. My feelings is similar, Eddie is astute so can he come up with a game plan? We're a new beast this year and we don't yet know how it will handle adversity so i reckon you guys should give it a go, but in spells. 90 mins of end to end would play into our hands i think as we've learnt to counter quickly. We were second best at Brighton but hung in there despite having an off day. I'd go 0-2 like Wykiki or worse and I'm relatively relaxed about this season. Obviously we're not the only ones who struggle against your side but I do feel like you're the team we've struggled against the most even when you've not been the best side in the league, although I'd add were getting better, have better players and a manager light years ahead of his predecessor. Still won't be enough on Sunday I'd guess? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8949 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 54 minutes ago, LondonBlue said: Thought i'd come see how you guys are seeing the Newcastle United v Manchester City match (written in full cos none of us like the abbreviations). I've been on our bluemoon pre match thread and i'd see this post pretty much sums up the feeling "Not going to be a walk in the park but with our extra quality should be enough for the 3 points.". Thats a quote from our forum. My feelings is similar, Eddie is astute so can he come up with a game plan? We're a new beast this year and we don't yet know how it will handle adversity so i reckon you guys should give it a go, but in spells. 90 mins of end to end would play into our hands i think as we've learnt to counter quickly. Manchester City is a game to get through, rather than enjoy. If I was Eddie I'd already have one eye on the Cup and Wolves games to follow. If we were going into it off the back of two wins, 2 clean sheets and a shiny new attacker looking to build on a couple of cameos I might be more optimistic. As it stands, keep everything tight, try not to get anyone sent off but spoil the game as a spectacle. Reduce the game to 5 minutes at the start and end of the halves. Look to hit you on the counter with ASM having one of his games. There's no way I'd try and match you man for man, press hard, press often, then counter or drop back into position. Pope will be the busier of the two 'keepers, Wilson the quieter of the two strikers. 0-2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 7085 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, LondonBlue said: Thought i'd come see how you guys are seeing the Newcastle United v Manchester City match (written in full cos none of us like the abbreviations). I've been on our bluemoon pre match thread and i'd see this post pretty much sums up the feeling "Not going to be a walk in the park but with our extra quality should be enough for the 3 points.". Thats a quote from our forum. My feelings is similar, Eddie is astute so can he come up with a game plan? We're a new beast this year and we don't yet know how it will handle adversity so i reckon you guys should give it a go, but in spells. 90 mins of end to end would play into our hands i think as we've learnt to counter quickly. if we were to keep you to nil I'd be absolutely fucking delighted. can't see it mind but you never know., I still doubt it'd be enough for a win though as we struggled to break down forest and weren't even at the races against brighton. the quality of the opposition is on an upward trend at the moment and I'd be gobsmacked if we score on sunday! even if we were to sign some much needed offensive players in the next couple of days howe wouldn't play them. you and blue moon have fuck all to worry about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBlue 540 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, wykikitoon said: It's a bit weird now reading stuff like that from oppositions, especially a team like CIty. It just shows you how far we have come in such a short time under Eddie. Our problem will be, if we get a chance we have to take it. But at the moment we aren't ruthless enough. I would be very happy with a draw again But think it will be 2-0 to you boys. We have to snuffle KDB. Bloke is a magician. Problem is, you have a lot of them you'll get used to it. tbh it takes a while to stop noticing the 40 point barrier. i'll probably lose interest eventually but for now i'm still curious about the takeover. i think uefa pulled up a FFP drawbridge and we just scrambled over before it shut. And uefa have been on us ever since. i'm still dreaming of breaking the 100 point barrier again but as invincibles all the while scoring more than a 100 goals and conceding none. impossible. i would take any sort of a win but would like to see haaland score. i guess i ought to make a prediction. i'll go 3-1 city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6287 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 On the assumption that we don't bring in an additional player this week I'm going for 3-0 to Man City. Haaland x2 & De Bruyne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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