Our recent losses to Stoke, Newcastle United & CSKA to some are inexplicable.

We were feared for our attacking prowess & scoring abilities especially when our wingbacks joined in the attacking fray. But now teams have sussed up to our strengths & have found our gaps & our vulnerabilities.

Likewise Our fearsome striker Aguero will be 'shackled' because our opponents viz Gary Neville, ex MU defender, have commented (Pre-Derby)

" To show the Left Leg"

to defend against Aguero from scoring.

This will work most of the time. But it took Clichy (sublime pass from Yaya) with his low cross & MU defenders to allow Aguero to show his left leg to score. MU players, especially its defenders were coached too well.


Against CSKA we have a breakdown in our defense. Contrary to most it was Zabaletta, usually our most reliable defender, who was responsible for the 2nd goal by Doumbia. Zaba, ball watching at the centre of the box, did not guard his right flank or mark Doumbia (Russia PL player of the Year). We had 5 City players defending against 5 CSKA players before Doumbia received his pass to slipstream past Zaba to score on Hart who was poor in coming out & covering his angle.

We were poor in defending the set piece to allow Doumbia to head in the 1st goal. Dimichelis should have guard Doumbria (CSKA most prolific goalscorer). City was underprepared for this Match. CSKA 'sold the dummy' with Doumbria celebrating his goal by sucking on a baby soother a mummy's arti-titi or 'dummy'.

Above are Food for thought

The behaviour of some MUST posters here are infantile (bising bising) at times. They need to be patient.
Thjey remind me of my kids/grandkids with their incessant crying & wailing (bising bising) to be to be fed instantly because they are hungry.



Now end of this brief lecture.

This post has been edited by CityBluePrint: Nov 9 2014, 12:45 AM

"Sergio Aguero scores goals where he cuts inside and scores with his right foot. I think: why did the defender not show him his left foot?"

Which 'brilliant" football pundit quote the above on the eve of the recent Manchester Derby?.

Clue - Feed the Goat.

Just like the Derby's Goal, Aguero scored, a brace, today with his left.

Aguero could have added more goals to his tally if the Referees were not to deny the Penalties (Derby, CAKA etc) which was clear to everyone!

Why is it our rivals get the Lucky Breaks?

I can understand why Brendan Rodgers is @ the CLEAR penalty denied in LFC loss. Chelsea LUCKY break in getting an extra 2 points over City today.

What're you talking about? Chelsea completely outclassed Liverpool, played them off the park. It's a fair result in the end, nobody's complaining. Shouldn't you look at your own results first?
Speaking of luck, QPR were unlucky to just end up with 1 point. City has been out of it without Silva and Kompany, Austin tore them apart on more than one occasion. In the end it's Agüero 2-2 QPR. A sign of class, that.

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hope sheikh mansour can get us marco reus, really need him

This post has been edited by ps3 fanboy: Nov 10 2014, 11:14 AM

Since when Reus is a defender? You're not Arsenal, you don't buy one more attacking midfielder when you need a defender.

city already bought 2 new defender , sagna & manggala..we need a good supplier to aguero and can score goals himself

yaya,silva and nasri a bit out of touch lately

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This is what one of our top City fan Noel Gallagher says about an ex-England player cum football pundit who asked Noel to autographed/signed one of his guitars.

Our ex-City Player Super Mario is recalled to Italy Squad. My best wishes to him, i.e to kick start his season by scoring goals for Italy & hopefully that will augurs well for scoring more for club, given that every other non Balotelli fan (especially ex MU players cum Football pundits) are bashing him.

The very thought of Super Mario City Performances especially @ OT warm the cockles of my heart especially now especially when winter is coming. Brrrr...

City player lacks motivation thats all...they just wina league last season....its hard to motivate ur player when they are still in honeymoon mode...unless SAF able to motivate teams to win back to back EPL title...

Likewise City outclassed QPR. Austin (King Curi Ayam) had 2 goals disallowed correctly by linesman under Rule 11 (offside by a mile) & Rule 16 (Hart to retake goal kick). City had 60% possession, 24 shots with 7 on target whereas QPR had 17 shots with 4 on target.
BTW its was BR who complained about Cahill's goaltending. Chelsea was lucky to escape from having to pay the penalty. No?

Whereas Aguero handball was not that clear. Yes?

You want to talk about FAIR. Is it fair for some club to spend 150m while restricting/capping other teams from spending? Especially when the club should pay down its DEBT instead of paying obscene wages (on crocked players like Falcoa & RVP to name a few) & breaking transfer fees for the like of an unproven (not fit enough for LVG) rookie?

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This post has been edited by ps3 fanboy: Nov 11 2014, 03:36 PM

You can bring out all the statistics you want, but if you've bothered to watch the match you would realized that your "outclassed" is quite a stretch of a claim. QPR put City under the cosh for periods of time, it could have easily been 3 points for them if not for Agüero. City's defence looked uncertain without Kompany, and the midfield sorely missed Silva. And that is a fact. To take credit away from QPR and claim that your side was better just by quoting statistics? That's quite unbecoming of the Champions of England don't you think?
If you want to talk about statistics, how about this? Austin had 4 shots on goal, 1 goal and 1 which led to an own goal. Agüero had 8 shots, 2 of which led to goals. Does that make Austin the better striker? Statistics in football is an afterthought for analysis, what happened on the pitch is what counts.

Leading on from that, 22 full-blooded men governed by an official on the pitch and a few others on the sidelines. Mistakes are bound to happen, but these things even out. Why talk about penalties that might or might not have been given? You might as well throw in shots that might or might not have gone in. Why stop at that, let's talk about the what ifs had Messi signed or whatever.

Not going to go on about FFP, I have no idea why you brought that out. There are more than 4 teams in the league, you know?

lol arguing with cityblueprint is just like wasting your time.....

OK time to reflect on the City's matches recently during this international break & now my golfing is done for the season.
Why has City been underperforming?

Opponents are sussed to our strengths especially our 2 top WC players (Aguero & Yaya)?
Our Wingbacks overlapping runs to join the attack leaving gaps behind?

Take the case of Aguero who tho restricted from using his right foot by opponents (ala GN coaching)
who allowed him to show his left foot. Aguero scored 3 goals with that. The last one against a poor QPR defense, Aguero turned 4 defenders inside
out.

Prior to Aguero's first goal, Yaya had a good curling shot, just missing the goalie's right top corner,which struck Chloe a 5 yo kid. What was her dad doing, not protecting or shielding her daughter next to him?

http://www.espnfc.com/blog/the-toe-poke/65...res-errant-shot.


To answer the question
Why has City been underperforming? When opponents like QPR played with more intensity & vigor & out performed City especially at QPR's Loftus RD. ground

This post has been edited by CityBluePrint: Nov 16 2014, 02:52 AM

Why has City been underperforming? When opponents like QPR played with more intensity & vigor & 'out-performed' City especially at QPR's Loftus RD. Stadium.
To answer the question let's check the RELEVANT stats

City had 3 matches (against MU, CSKA & QPR) during this 7 day period Nov 2-Nov 8 while QPR had One (1) i.e. against City to focus on during this period at Home. Does it stand to reason why City looks "FLAT' coming out in the first 10 mins against an opponent well rested, with no CL matches to play?

Yes QPR out-hustled, out energised & outplayed City who was FLAT for the first 10 mins especially trying to beat our offside. We were LUCKY that the Officials made the correct calls especially about Austin 2 disallowed goals & his frequent OFFSIDES.

During the match my mates were excited about QPR's chances & winning. They had proline bets on the outcome
However if we remain calm (yes I am talking to City's rivals here) & not still be intoxicated by the exuberance of the Match commentators. Cogitate objectively & come to realization that City still had the CLASS to adapt to win. Especially Yaya' pin point pass to Aguero 2nd goal ala Mangala pass for Aguero's first to bypass QPR hardworking midfielders.

After Aguero's second goal to equalize an own goal by Demichelis my mates were nervous for the last 10 mins as City staged a comeback trying to win.

No City did not outperformed QPR (understandably so if you are cognizant of the 3 City's matches vs QPR's single match to contend with) but the CLASS was there. You can't deny that (CLASS is permanent form is temporary) can you?

This post has been edited by CityBluePrint: Nov 16 2014, 02:53 AM

As I suggested before Liverpool was unlucky not to salvage a point against Chelsea.
It was a clear penalty or 'professional goaltending' by Cahill i.e. IF YOU KNOW FOOTBALL & played competitively just like professional fouls.

Watched this link, EXTD+ Tab @ about 9:32 mark
http://hoofoot.com/?match=Liverpool_FC_1_-...lsea_2014_11_08


Yes Liverpool with the same amount of rest was OUTCLASSED by Chelsea.
First 10 mins or so after Liverpool's first goal all of us thought LFC gonna win. To suggest they were played 'off the park' by Chelsea is a bit far fetched considering that Liverpool has 12 shots/4 on target compared to Chelsea 15/4.


Want to know what 'PLAYED OF THE PARK' means?

Not the Derby 6-1 trashing of MU @ OT but the 1-0 win @ Etihad subsequently @ end of April 2012.

MU had almost 0 shot/ 0 on target with a 'slow team FIELDED by a scared Fergie. Now that's OUTCLASSED & played off the park!


Make sure the Football Rhetoric fit the Facts!

The Bottom line is Chelsea got a LUCKY BREAK with an extra 2 points over City. That's not hard to dispute is it

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