notnowcato

No, the Ref should be the one to apply discipline on the football pitch.

The FA are only making it more difficult for themselves, hardly surprising. Our FA is as incompetent as FIFA is corrupt. Shambles.

Skrtel was made to look very good today, that is probably the most disappointing aspect from the game. Pelle looks spent and I'm not blaming him for that. We were to predictable in and around the box. I wonder if we'll see Long given a start ahead of Pelle?

We need Shane Long back asap. Push him up top with Pelle at the expense of a DM or a FB (going 3 at the back). Injuries are really restricting our options at the moment.

Erm, shirley the timing is more to do with the Adidas deal...

Bargain

Over rated by some, under rated by others. Can't say he ever let us down, we've been good for him too. Good luck Jack.

Koeman's tactics, both from the start and in game, have been a massive improvement on last season.

Thou shall not be a cun.t on a football forum

thatthreadissolastyear

penance?

Replaced by Morgan who rather neatly has a similar strike rate to Cook in recent ODIs. The ECB has reverted to type in 2014, bloody terrible year for those muppets.

Really don't think we need a prediction tool to give an insight into how difficult a top 6 finish is.

I'm of the opinion that if we were chasing the game at the point of the substitution your suggestion would have happened.

Didn't Zlatan turn us down? Could be a case of history repeating itself. What I don't understand is why wouldn't a 15yo want to continue his football education in Rome?

Another disappointing thread title for Bear....

Whatever happened to Charlie Big Potatoes? He went off the boil too.

Yes, useful back up for us.

At fault on Monday for a goal, not at fault today. Grow some manners too.

My heart is still broken by Rickie's departure... I'm just not ready

With a fit Davis or JWP in the side it will almost certainly be 2 from Tadic / Mane / Long. Assuming all are available for selection it will come down to the oppos defence and where we think we could get the best from Tadic and who is in the best form between Long and Mane. That leaves one up top, so far we've been lucky with both Pelle's form and no injury concerns (wood touched). Pelle will incur a suspension soon, more than likely before J-Rod is ready to return and that makes for an interesting selection for Koeman to make. My original point about not having a back up / like for like replacement for Pelle is because I don't think our squad can afford it. It's unfortunate that both possible replacements, granted both at different levels of skill and experience, are injured.

City generally pair 2 upfront when at home, but Aguero leads the line on his own in away matches or big home matches against the likes of Bayern. The reason Pelle hasn't been dropped is a combination of him being in fine form and injuries. It will be really interesting to see where Koeman plays J-Rod when he returns.

Yeah, what we need is a clone of Pelle on the bench, nothing else will do. How the hell City won the title last season with Aguero, Negredo, Dzeko and Jovetic must go down as the biggest stroke of luck ever.

Nailed it.