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Sterling, Torres, Gab and mendy are not good enough for city...Can't wait for Aguero to recover soon enough and lead the park. Don't really blame pep for fielding a weaker team, the team needs fresh legs..

Another goal from city will seal the victory cos dortmund will need to score 3 more

EbukaHades10:
The rare times that a City thread gets past 4 pages on match day

Cos majority of city match are sure wins..No need for long stories unlike liverpool thread

good4all40:
Huge gamble Pep is a premium fool.

How can you bench De Brune, Mahrez and Diaz

Just for a Champions league match that the win is not even guaranteed. He is utterly stupid.

To make it more laughable, they beat Pep with just 10 men.

The league is nearly guaranteed, so why risk the key players and not like there is any record to be broken...Dortmund game is more important...City need only 4 wins out of the remaining 6 to win the league while man utd need to win all the 8 matches left hoping that city atleast loses 3 of their remaining matches..

So how is pep utterly stupid or you want him to feature tired legs on wed in a crucial match

The players and coach had their eyes on wed match with dortmund..The league is nearly as wrapped up by city which explains why key players were benched..The loss might be a good thing, it will make them refocus ahead of the next match

Africans can over do things sometimes..there is a reason we have age grade football for all round development..There are brilliant talents in chelsea, manu, city, barca etc youth team, but they cant be thrown straight to the first team, the need to be properly developed and mentally ready..Football is a process..11 year old in the first team, what are they thinking...Just one rough tackle and push can end his career

Thank God some are now seeing how biased the english media is..Pep would have been crucified if he was in kloop position and considering liverpool has spent more in the last 2 years in transfer than city.

AmazonTopaz:
You are an illiterate don't go and read and be arguing I said 51 votes will ban Trump from competing for 2024 which is very important you are still there arguing nonsense since you don't know that I was talking on two separate issues
Did I say it will be easy to get 17 but one thing is clear Mcconell is in support of impeachment up to 4 republicans will vote for it only up to 13 remaining and if the GOP want to save themselves they will

You are really the illiterate here, how will you ban him without the conviction..The 67 votes is a condition for the 51votes to take course

ogbu80:
be guided o, he didn't build mancity, they were a team to beat before he came, and most good players he inherited them, players like company, aguero, david silver, sterling, fernadinho, walker, where all there when he came, still he didn't get the team to common
champions league quarter final, at least pellegrini did it, he came to bayern munich, yet no champion's league, he had the best players too at bayern....and I'm.sure he will never lift uefa champions league in england until he moves to psg or any other already made team....don't worry when he moves to psg, you will still come here and tell us how he dominated france, by wining their league

Pep bought 80%of mancity current team. He sold the likes of zabaleta, sagna, kolarov, clichy, hart, mangala, dzeko, navas etc and bought relatively unknown players like sane, gabriel Jesus etc. Pep always leaves a legacy unlike mou. Bayern recent success is as aresult of pep legacy and playing style.

I dont know why ppl hate pep so much, Mourinho that spent nearly a year without a club after man u sacked him..if Pep decide to leave mancity, all the big clubs will agree to sack their current manager just to have him except maybe for liverpool klopp..mancity vs tottenham carabao finals comes up in a months time, ask those who think mou is a better coach to bet against city winning the cup, they will run away..Btw like for like tottenham has a better first eleven of kane, bale, son, lucas moura etc.

Lamasta:
Sane have always wanted to leave for Bayern so as to get more game time and also to play for the german national team so it was beyond guardiola to stop him at that stage....

That aside, sane has a bad attitude, he tends to do things in his own way on the pitch and unless you are messi or ronaldo you are not allowed to do so. Sane was once sub on and taken off again in a recent game for bayern. Bayern has complained about his attitude. Apart from the attitude issues, he is a world class

uunwanaobong3:
Tactically, guardiola is the best coach in the world............... BUT in transfer market, he is one of the worst coach, if not, players like Haaland, ALABA, Ndidi and Messi should be playing for mancity before now

pep doesnt have the only say in transfers, the city transfer team are the best in England, they have a policy of buying young players and at a right fee.They dont panic buy or buy players at inflated prices and also the player must be willing to join, learn and abide by club philosophy

A big win for mancity..

uunwanaobong3:
Honestly, I am beginning to hate guardiola, he is too stubborn..... Wetin aguero and Fernandinho dey do for bench...... Why is he play Ferran Torres as our main striker,..... Why is he always play gundogan and rodri in the holding midfield, when only Fernandinho would do the work better than those two players. .... Why why why

Aguero is not fully fit, he said last week that he still feels some pain, pep can't risk him, knowing his history rather he will gradually be returned to the first eleven. ferna is 35 can't play all the time. gundogan and rodri gives the team much needed stability while in attack and defence

And some people were saying at the beginning of the new season that arteta was the reason behind pep success at man city, since he left city has been on a flat foot..football is ruthless, the same fans that praise you today will cut your head off tomorrow

They thought it's easy retaining the league..

Football in Nigeria has already gone to the dogs, especially the junior teams. The only credible institution we could boast of in our country..Gone are the days players are picked based on their Street skills and talent, now quota system, political influence, bribery and corruption have overtaken our beloved sport even at the domestic club level

uunwanaobong3:
ANALYSING THE CURRENT STATE OF MANCITY AND MAN UTD BEFORE TOMORROws DARBY


In tomorrows Darby, as a mancity fans, I am afraid of what man utd will do to city................. man utd may used the annoyance of being knock out in champions league to finish mancity, the current mancity squard lack winning mentality due to the presence of too many weak players................. Believe me between man utd and mancity squard, man utd have the most matured talented and powerful team than mancity............ The only advantage MANCITY have is that their team is a little bit stable and they are coach by guardiola.


MANCITY TEAM Analysis

These are the most reliable players in mancity..... Debruyne, walka, ederson, Rubin Dias, Laporte and Sterling.

But apart from debruyne, I think the second most reliable and trusted player/leader in mancity is Ruben dias..... That guy is a leader at 23 years.

He even possess more leadership qualities than Laporte with little or no errors............. Laporte is good because he can hold his position comfortable, but I see this Ruben dias guy as an upgrade to Laporte because anybody he plays or partner with becomes extremely good....for example, I can't even recognize John stone again, stone is currently playing the best football of his life alongside Ruben dias,.... Likewise carcia and Ake when given an opportunity to partner Ruben dias.
Ruben dias is commanding the entire defence line and he has eliminated all the Aerial threat/dangers from corner crosses which mancity were vulnerable to last season.
I can see this guy winning premier league best in 2 to 3 years time if premier league and hateful 8 will agree.
I can see an unbreakable partnership developing between him and Laporte............... But before that, mancity must replace Mendy with ALABA..... Mancity must also replace Rodri with Ndidi........ Gebriel Jesus must be replaced by Haaland and Mehrez be replace by Messi.
If guardiola could make this four changes, then I can boostfully with confidence and certainty tell you that mancity is ready and ripped enough to carry champions league.


But judging from their last outing against Fulham, I am not yet convince that mancity is good enough to play man utd now.
If mancity could summoned courage to play out a draw against man utd which I am not sure they can, then I will stand up and clap for them.

With all amount of seriousness, mancity is too weak in this particular season to carry any trophy..... I can't see them progressing past quarter final of the champions league. Infact it will be a miracle if the present mancity squard wins premier league..... Every top 6 teams can beat mancity both home and away.
Every team in premier league can easily predict their movement now because they are not attacking as fast and agressive as they were before, infact their movement is very slow, and they are not fast in dispossessing the opposition again.... Infact the entire team is playing dull and lazy football without a purpose except for debruyne.

So as for this season, my expectations is very low for mancity.


Guardiola has been a disaster in terms of players transfer............. This same bruno fernandes that is all and all for man utd was begging to come to mancity because according to fernandes " he admires guardiola style of play and that guardiola will improve him"........ But guess what, guardiola fail to make a bid for fernandes, saying that the position fernandes play is not his priority...... Instead he took 65 million pounds to buy cancelo who has been a complete waste of time and resources.
Can you imagine Bruno fernandes an debruyne in the same midfield? Can you imagine the kind of destruction that would have happened to opposition?
Bruno fernandes is capable of scoring 30 goals in a season from midfield
And debruyne is capable of assisting more than 30 goal in a season.............. But guardiola just find a way to mess things up.



MAN UTD TEAM Analysis

I swear man utd cannot used fernandes.... Last last they go find a way to kill am with negative football

As for ole of man utd, one can accused ole of lacking tactical awareness or not being sound BUT you can not accused ole of making wrong signing.......... Apart from debruyne, Fernandes is the world second best midfielder.....
Ole was even trying to buy Haaland, the best striker in the world apart from Mbappe and lewandoski.
Other notable signings of ole are; van der beek, Henderson, cavani, basaka, and the captain Maguire............. These are world class players.......... Compare to what guardiola is buying; cancelo, Mendy, mehrez, Jesus, Ferran Torres, Ake, rodri, stone zinchenko....... Imagine what guardiola is buying into mancity...... He is the worst coach in terms of transfer.

When it comes to buying players, I rate klopp, ole and lampard higher than guardiola.

Honestly, I am so concerned about mancity in tomorrows game .......... It will be great achievement if we get any good results from that game including a draw

You don't know football, Some of your analysis here are off..Cancelo has been one of city best player this season as well as Rodri.. What do you mean by guardiola is not good in signing players, tell me any player pep signed that didn't reach his potential

Some Nigerians easily regard everything as racism, football is not an entertainment industry, it's a game all about sportsmanship. That immature display could have led to fight among the opposing team. Even celebrating so widely attract a yellow because it can incite fans and player's likewise. Fifa always advocate for respect.

If it was pep that lost disgracefully like this, everyone will be screaming fraudiola and start comparing man city 1billion dollar squad with Aston villa 1k dollar squad..such is life

[quote author=EbukaHades10 post=94611911][/quote]Yes!
Don't moan for too long, it will pass

EbukaHades10:
U go just dey open mouth waaaaaaa dey call team overrated.


Wetin do ur club? Only Aguero and u lots were/are in shambles.

You should hide your face...how can the defending champion be losing with such margin, utter disgrace..

FA should relegate Liverpool to the championship after this match

Only mane out and they are crumbling already, what will happen if they lose 3 key players for a long while.. Overated team!

khanivorous:
I'm a man City fan since arrival of robinho in 2010.

I sincerely wish city lose this match in a hopeless manner so they can get a good striker

Well, pep should start looking for a new job before December cos leads will swarm on them

You are not a man city fan..don't be ashamed of your club

mansakhalifa:
So, Man City really has fans in Nigeria

Hilarious.

So, when did this begin?

Or is it just the proverbial case of instant success acquiring many new friends in a flash?

NL Man City "fans", hit me up. How did the love story begin?

You better wake up from your dream, I know a lot of Tottenham, Everton strong supporters in Nigeria.. keep supporting a dying man utd.

I don't know why some people are filled with great hatred for pep, some are even mentioning arteta over him, he spent close to 400mill on defenders and so..remember he came to city when 80% of their players were over age, he sold all city aging defense like Clichy, sagna, zab, kolarov, mangala, Fernando, etc except kompany and you expect him not to buy defenders or should he play aguero in defense, funny enough the highest pep has spent on a single player despite the inflated market is 64mill..Some clubs bought keeper for 80mill...let's stop this unnecessary hate on pep..he has achieved a lot for city, winning over 8major trophies for city in only 4 seasons, breaking the 100pts record and winning the quadruple in a season...

Nice one...We continue were we stopped

EbukaHades10:
Shey Unwannaobong? U no fit see am here na. He, Lamasta, Liposure, Cityfirstborn. Na only TheGoodJoe show face

in any knockout event, there is no big team, all teams have equal chances..little mistakes count
city were obviously the better side, as usual luck was not on their side

openmine:
Where is cityfirstborn?
Mancity bottlers united
perennial quarter-finalists

Such is football, best team sometimes undeservedly lose, its a one leg event any small mistake count, Lyon second goal shouldn't have stood, laporte was tripped..All the same no excuse, we move on

Mtola8:
You only read to reply!!
Barcelona needs to offload one of there top players(coutinho/dembele) in other to buy another top player, Chelsea haven't being on signing spree in a long time cause they need to sell before or after buying. They are only able to sign big this time cause of the hazard sale, morata and other fringe players. Also cause of the transfer ban.

I know all about FFP, teams like Roma has being affected badly. Seeing the penalty for breaching the rule is a fine, most clubs will breach it and happily get fined.

Arsenal were also unable to renew the contract of Ramsey cause of wage bill

Always stick to what you know, Cas said man city didn't breach any Ffp, they were only fined because they didn't cooperate with Uefa during the investigation, of which if I am in man city position I won't cooperate cos uefa didn't give them a fair hearing and were basing their allegation on a mere leaked mail which is inadmissible in court...FFP is a hoax and a plan by the traditional elite team to stop the growth of emerging clubs...if I buy a club there is no way I will not invest provided I follow the right channel for it.

Tough match, but city will come out victorious
second trophy for city awaiting, next will be Ucl

Liverpool should watch and learn

openmine:

Very funny!
Klopp said he wasn't going for the records,so why should the fans complain?
What is important is the EPL trophy...the rest are records that can be attained in another season or are you implying that after this season,there will be no EPL?
By the way,Shey i told you we can't discus about soccer until your 'specialists in UCL quarterfinals exit' Mancity have claimed the UCL trophy?

Lol, typical Liverpool fans always shifting the goal post, records that can be attained in another season? lol, you should be happy you won the league with much luck by your side