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[Roy Jones Jnr]

The same one that needed a miracle and had to go life and death against a team with nothing to play for on the final day of the season to win the league...

''the great Mancini side''

[El Fenomeno]

''the great Mancini side''

wot

Comfortably greater than any Liverpool side you've seen in your lifetime innit?

[Roy Jones Jnr]

Comfortably greater than any Liverpool side you've seen in your lifetime innit?

Suarez > Man City's whole existence

so nah

[Sparked_26]

You could see the Hart situation coming a mile off when Pep was first announced. Never had anything like the required standard of footballing ability to cope.

It is a bit of an emotional one for a lot of the fans, with him/Nasri/Zaba/Yaya all on the way out, think there's only really Kompany/Silva/Clichy/Kolarov/Aguero left from the great Mancini side. Hart was a fans favourite mainly cos he shouts random **** all the time and dances about.

Think Pep is removing all the big voices from the dressing room though. Kompany will go soon I reckon.

Did that Barca side even have a proper leader once Puyol faded though? Xavi/Iniesta weren't exactly vocal, the team was so cohesive that they didn't really need a single leader in essence.

Coming together pretty nicely so far. I'm not worried. No one has played like a leader for us in a few years anyway.

Probably true about Barca.

Really couldn't stand that team though as everyone in here knows. Maybe that was it. There was that lack of something that bit of spark and passion. Bit metronomic to the point that even their goals started to look the same. Football by numbers with exceedingly good players. It is like Barca had it all sussed there for a while but in a really boring way. When Chelsea got that draw at the Nou Camp with 10 men I think that was important. Chelsea were lucky but Barca were a caricature of themselves. No crosses into the the box. No going down the outside to get crosses in. No long shots. Throw-ins and corners passed backwards. No spotoneity whatsoever. They got what they deserved, imo, because they never wanted to risk the ball.

That said City didn't look like that at Stoke but we'll see because we know that is the Guardiola ideal. We'll see if premiership teams stick or twist: press or drop deep. What I would say is 90% of PL teams have good pace in them.

[The Ox]

Can't believe we shipped Nasri and kept Navas though, madness.

Long time no see? Typical City fan.. nowhere to be seen when times are difficult. Win 3 games on the bounce and out they come again. Joke club, couldn't even sell out their stadium for a Champions League semi-final. Fake club with no fans and no history.

[Sparked_26]

Why do pundits always think Sergio Aguero is 'not that type of character'?

He is a complete ****:





Reminds me of Bergkamp. Another sneaky fuck. Most great strikers are dirty.

[BodiesInFlight]

Why do pundits always think Sergio Aguero is 'not that type of character'?

He is a complete ****:

He's an Argie, it's in their DNA to be a bit of a ****.

I always hate the "he's not that type of player" defence. I even heard an ex prem ref use it the other day on the radio.

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

Long time no see? Typical City fan.. nowhere to be seen when times are difficult. Win 3 games on the bounce and out they come again. Joke club, couldn't even sell out their stadium for a Champions League semi-final. Fake club with no fans and no history.

They sold their soul to the devil that club.

Deep down they are distraught at Hart going, he was a City legend.

Oil money trumps all.

Could you imagine some 2 bob hype job coming in and selling Schmeichel?.

Obviously he was no where near Schmeichel, but he was their Schmeichel.

[Sparked_26]

He's an Argie, it's in their DNA to be a bit of a ****.

I always hate the "he's not that type of player" defence. I even heard an ex prem ref use it the other day on the radio.

It is bizarre. You have to take each incident on its own merits.

Hope Aguero get his ban, tbh. Great player but it is due. Costa basically needs to leave to have a better career imo because 'he IS that sort of player'.

He'd get a 6 game ban for both those incidents.

[F l i c k e r]

Chelsea buy back David Luiz.

I guess I understand it a little bit. Ball playing center back and considering the state of the transfer window, not too pricey either.

He just sucks at defending, full stop.

And we buy some unknown fiorentina left back. I don't know about that one. We know what we get with Luiz but this Alonso guy. May have been better off throwing money at Wenger for Gibbs or buying Ryan Bertrand back.