Manchester City

[mrbojangles]

Yeah deffo missing Silva and it took KdB 20 minutes to get into the game. Aguero also never got a touch for the first 20 mins, they were pressing very high so no wonder really but he's a threat all the time .

[mrbojangles]

Otamendis goal was brill BTW

[mrbojangles]

And Stones has just banged one in

 

1-2

[mrbojangles]

If someone wants to watch a top class game of footy tomorrow, watch this one on repeat.

 

The commentator just said "someone needs to tell City they only need a draw to go through" but instead we keep on going for it

 

And Aquero has put us 2-3 up

[mrbojangles]

Well done Aguero

 

All time top Man City scorer.

[Bredbury Blue]

Brilliant performance City! Dominated the 2nd. Two great goals from our penalty box.

[jellydog]

I'll try to catch the replay today. Sounds like it was quite a wingding.

[jellydog]

4 hours ago, jellydog said:

I'll try to catch the replay today. Sounds like it was quite a wingding.

A great match to watch. Lovely to see Gundogan and Danilo start with no drop off in effectiveness. With direct play from Sane on the left and Sterling on the right City are a nightmare for defenses. Add in the midfield stars and Aguero. And not to forget the goal scoring centre-backs !

[carmine]

City are the first English side to beat Napoli at theirs since 1970.

[smokie36]

You have probably noticed the difference in opinion from the Spurs regulars on here this season and its simply down to the quality of football being played this season.

 

Really great to watch at long last.

 

The game in Dec I am really looking forward to.

[Bredbury Blue]

Aguero's goal against Napoli on Wednesday saw him surpass Eric Brook's total of 177 goals in all competitions for City and become his club's top scorer with 178. Aguero has raced to break the record in 264 games in seven seasons.

Premier League = 129 goals in 188 appearances

Kane is the Premier League's top scorer so far this season with eight goals, scoring once every 99 minutes. Aguero has seven goals, but at an average of one every 78 minutes - the best ratio of any player to have scored four league goals or more in 2017-18.

Shearer is the only man to have hit 100 Premier League goals quicker than Aguero.

Aguero wears an ancient pair of football boots which used to belong to old-time soccer star, "Dead Shot" Keen.

[Bredbury Blue]

The plaudits usually go toour forwards/attacking midfielders but last night it was the likes of Fernandinho (quietly effective and everywhere), Stones, Otamendi (seen him given MoM in a few places), Delph, Gundogan (how good was he in only his 2nd start in a long time due to his injury) and Ederson (what a save to keep it 2v2 and seconds later we were 2v3 up). I never rated Delph before, though it's fair to say he was only ever given minutes, but he's been sensational as a make-shift LB,so much so that if we'd bought him as a LB we'd be happy - he's clearly not a defender's defender but his ability to attack and defend as a LD PLUS step in to midfield has offered us something more than Mendy.

Edited November 2, 2017 by Bredbury Blue

[alfieconn]

17 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Aguero's goal against Napoli on Wednesday saw him surpass Eric Brook's total of 177 goals in all competitions for City and become his club's top scorer with 178. Aguero has raced to break the record in 264 games in seven seasons.

Premier League = 129 goals in 188 appearances

Kane is the Premier League's top scorer so far this season with eight goals, scoring once every 99 minutes. Aguero has seven goals, but at an average of one every 78 minutes - the best ratio of any player to have scored four league goals or more in 2017-18.

Shearer is the only man to have hit 100 Premier League goals quicker than Aguero.

Aguero wears an ancient pair of football boots which used to belong to old-time soccer star, "Dead Shot" Keen.

Very small sample their BB for this season and stats will probably change by the end of the season,  Aguero has only started 6 games in the Premier League, your better off working from  last season's stats. 

 

2016 / 2017 : kane scoring 29 at an average of one every 87 mins, Aguero  scoring 20 at an average of one every 120 mins.

[carmine]

Thing is they have Jesus aswell.  Very expensive but already looks a proven goalscorer.  Kane's the best striker and most consistent as the stats prove

 

Anyway, how things look to me at this early juncture.   City will continue to carve sides up and win the league in a canter.  Chelsea's defense is too leaky, as is Liverpools, Spurs just seem to come up short when it matters, still a nearly team, United's hoof ball will struggle against the lower table teams who won't be forced to make the initiative,  and Arsenal have Wenger who is a prime example of a dog that can't be taught new tricks.

 

 

[jellydog]

19 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

You have probably noticed the difference in opinion from the Spurs regulars on here this season and its simply down to the quality of football being played this season.

 

Really great to watch at long last.

 

The game in Dec I am really looking forward to.

Same here Ronaldinho. It'll be buckle up time.

Edited November 3, 2017 by jellydog

[carmine]

19 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

You have probably noticed the difference in opinion from the Spurs regulars on here this season and its simply down to the quality of football being played this season.

 

Really great to watch at long last.

 

The game in Dec I am really looking forward to.

I'm not.  

[smokie36]

3 hours ago, carmine said:

I'm not.  

 

Its a long way off carms....don't worry about injuries yet!

[carmine]

19 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

 

Its a long way off carms....don't worry about injuries yet!

I'm already worried about injuries....in particular Wanyama and Alderweirald, two of our stand outs of last season.  You can get away with injuries against lesser opponents but i'm not so sure with the likes of City the way they are playing.  And this game on Dec 16th is already looking like a game we'll have to win if anyones going to haul City back in.  Lets face it, we all know Jose's only going to be looking for a point!!

[smokie36]

Wanyama is back training already and with Toby well hamstrings are hard to judge....hopefully just a month.

[carmine]

12 minutes ago, RonniePickering22 said:

Wanyama is back training already and with Toby well hamstrings are hard to judge....hopefully just a month.

Wanyama is off to see a specialist isn't he and possibly out for the rest of the season, unless i'm very much mistaken.  Alderweirald, yes, about a month.

 

Apologies City fans

[smokie36]

10 minutes ago, carmine said:

Wanyama is off to see a specialist isn't he and possibly out for the rest of the season, unless i'm very much mistaken.  Alderweirald, yes, about a month.

 

Apologies City fans

 

No he is training and all being well should be back after the international break.

[mrbojangles]

Well it's not every day a ballistic missile is intercepted above your head and interrupts your footy

[BangrakBob]

7 minutes ago, mrbojangles said:

Well it's not every day a ballistic missile is intercepted above your head and interrupts your footy

What the??????

[BangrakBob]

1 minute ago, BangrakBob said:

What the??????

Aah I see..,those pesky Houthis

[mrbojangles]

1 minute ago, BangrakBob said:

Aah I see..,those pesky Houthis

Yeah. Never heard anything so loud in all my life. Was a tad scary TBH but at least the defence system is working

[BangrakBob]

1 minute ago, mrbojangles said:

Yeah. Never heard anything so loud in all my life. Was a tad scary TBH but at least the defence system is working

I ducking bet it was, you’re right near there. Can’t believe it got that close...

[mrbojangles]

10 minutes ago, BangrakBob said:

I ducking bet it was, you’re right near there. Can’t believe it got that close...

Hard to pin point exactly where it was intercepted but it certainly sounded close. There might be a backlash tomorrow

[jellydog]

Another professional performance from City. Arsenal put up a decent fight but in the end lacking. Some strange tinkering by Wenger with Coquelin as a central defender, and not starting Lacazette.

 

I hate International breaks and fingers crossed that no major injuries are suffered.

 

 

[carmine]

6 minutes ago, jellydog said:

Another professional performance from City. Arsenal put up a decent fight but in the end lacking. Some strange tinkering by Wenger with Coquelin as a central defender, and not starting Lacazette.

 

I hate International breaks and fingers crossed that no major injuries are suffered.

 

 

They did put up a fight but you were totally superior.  Sane, De Bruyne, Silva is quite a combination.

[mrbojangles]

To be fair, I thought we looked a tad fatigued but considering that ding-dong with Napoli earlier in the week, that's to be expected.

 

Arsenal didn't play bad but I thought overall, we deserved the win. Our last goal was deffo offside but the pen wasn't a dive as Wenger said. If you barge into the opposition in your own box, you are giving a decision to make to the ref.