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The man is down 2-1 with 7 minutes to go. I smell another late comeback, but at least they didn't win 1 nil yet again.
Wow on Hull...just wow.
Hart likely gonna start...but he is not long for this squad. Dude cannot go to his left...and he is like a baby giraffe with the ball at his feet.
4-1 result! Tons of work to do yet, but they have shown something this season they didn't all last season...the ability to stick in and finish off bad teams.
Hull!
Twatford can't hold on v Chelski.
Nice win for Spurs!
Good to get off the schnide. Still haven't watched a match this year.
Pep trades for former Barca #1 GK Claudio Bravo...which signals the end for Joe Hart.
It sickens me, almost to the point the Bert ballwashers sickened me. There is this unholy love for him since he's England's #1...but the guy is NOT GOOD. He as routinely turned the ball over which have resulted in goals...he's somewhere around 50% on turning the ball over...that is not good. AND he can't go to his left for $hit!!!
This change cannot come soon enough!
Pep doesn't care whether you are English or Greek. Got to play ball.
You don't need Pep Guardiola to score six goals.
It will be interesting to see how this team does over the next 3...West Ham was our nemesis last year...then we go play at ManUre, and then play BMG at home in the CL opener. 1-2 is highly, highly possible.
LOOK MA! TOP OF THE TABLE! 
Seriously though...that match vs West Ham should have been far less in doubt. So many blown chances...
Next game will be most interesting...especially if Aguero gets a 3 match ban for the elbow he threw...though not called on the field, the FA is known to go all Roger Goodell and lay the hammer down after the fact.
Joe Hart off to Torino! The Hart ballwashers will give Bert's crew a run for their money. You would think this guy invented goal keeping the way some of these saps are sobbing and all pissy.
The dude gave up four...FOUR goals last season strictly off of bad passes. He is slow, can't go to his left, and quite frankly, I'm ecstatic he's gone.
Congrats on your top of stable status and on getting Hart out of town. The power of Pep.
We'll see how long we remain TotT...with Aguero suspended for the Derby, not sure we have enough offensive juice to win. Ihenacho is going to need to step up big.
Congrats Foo. Nice to see United getting slapped around a bit. Do that a few more times and the Special One will become the Petulant One.
Amazing that the old guy scored again. Ibra is a freak.
The funny thing is...pre-match all the media in England were talking about how quickly Mou had turned them around, how they had all these clean sheets and were corn-holing the opposition...how they were big, and physical and would do their damage on set pieces.
They made a big deal how City had not had a clean sheet yet.
And then reality set in...of course the pro ManUre media likes to focus on the "blown" call where Claudio Bravo slid in to Wooney clearing the ball out of the box. And they said nothing about Otamendi getting absolutely leg whipped in the box on the other end with no call.
Consider...Claudio Bravo had about as bad a game as you can have...I wondered about if he'd even get the start because he had not been practicing with the first unit, and had been flying back and forth to Spain to get his family moved. So he has an awful day, one of which Douchebrahimovic makes him pay for...and KDB sends two pearl shots off the woodwork...this match could have easily been 4-1 or 4-0. Also consider, our best MF, Gundogan, has yet to play, and they RW Leroy Sane just got match fit, and started to change the dynamic of the the game once he went in. Oh yeah, and Aguero didn't play either.
And then ManUre fans try to claim they never wanted Guardiola, which is absolute bull$hit. He was always coming to Manchester, but it was to work with his friend Txiki Bergeristain.
Long season to go...knock wood, we've been lucky with injuries. When it gets cold, wet and dreary we will see how things go. Hell, we started off really well under MP, and then it all went to hell come October last year.
Nice to see Spurs quietly plowing forward. I really expect them to push hard this season while Arse will do what they always do under Wenger.
October 2nd we head up to Spurs...looking forward to that one. Will be glad if we can manage a draw. Things have been pretty good injury wise so far, but we've got a string of UCL and Champions Cup matches...so now instead of a game every 6 days it's a game every 3 days. But I will say this...regardless of results, this team is one hell of a lot more fun to watch than anything MP every brought. This squad passes well, they don't often get careless and they are playing with a passion I came to admire in greatly in Borussia Dortmund under Klopp. I was quite disappointed when he went to Liverpool because I had been hoping he'd replace MP...this was long before I even though Pep was a reality.
Liverpool are playing amazing ball. Klopp is a great coach. Spurs were lucky to draw against them.
LFC boots Chelsea...Kloppo has that engine firing on all cylinders. The concern me more than any other team in the PL right now.
City dominant at home, ManUre loses 3 games in 1 week, to a team they have not lost to in over 30 years.
If I am dreaming, please never let me wake up.
PackFoo posted:LFC boots Chelsea...Kloppo has that engine firing on all cylinders. The concern me more than any other team in the PL right now.
Other than City, they look like the best team in the league.
Yaya Toure's agent douchin' it up in the media...God I love Pep's reaction!
WTF! EFL 4th round draw...City has to play ManURE at Old Twatford...Spurs have to face Liverpool, Chelsea has to play West Ham...who lotte $hit teams gonna be in the group of 8.
This is art. Ridiculously eye pleasing by Man City. pic.twitter.com/aYnsAZHyM4
— Kárim Balushi (@KarimB92) September 23, 2016
PackFoo posted:This is art. Ridiculously eye pleasing by Man City. pic.twitter.com/aYnsAZHyM4
— Kárim Balushi (@KarimB92) September 23, 2016
WOW!
DeBruyne out for at least 4 weeks with hamstring...FFS...on the heels of just getting Aguero back from 3 game ban, two more games on Nolito ban...depth is being tested...esp in MF...Gundogan had a rough outing vs. Swansea...still needs time to get fit.
Celtic should be a win in CL...Nolito and Aguero can play, so we should be good...but we will be without KDB and Nolito at Spurs...I am thinking that's a likely loss. Would be pleased with a draw.
Hoping KDB is fit for our trip to Barca...but honestly, I think even with KDB there's a good chance we lose that one...so as long as we can score an away goal, I'll be happy with the result (unless it's like a 4-1 shellacking).
The way City have been playing, I'm favoring them against everyone except Barca.
City gonna get run out of the stadium...fukking Kolarov...that guy has been a disaster the last 3 games.
KDB and Nolito were great deodorant the first 10 games, and masked $hit defense. Both out today, very poor offense, and it showed. City play their best ball when it's relentless attack and shots on goal...sort of "our best defense is a great offense."
No clue what Pep was thinking starting Kolarov and Zaba as FB...if you are going to start him at LB, you need Sagna at RB...if you are starting him at CB you need Sagna and Clichy. Zaba+Kolarov was just too much old and slow...Stones played hard but he's one guy.
David Silva does what he always does vs pressure...he folds. It's less noticeable when KDB is in there.
He also decided to start Fernando over Gundogan which was a problem.
Just one game but many questions to be answered...thankfully they have two weeks to figure it out.
Gundogan came in and really asserted his authority. In fairness to Pep's decision to pick the old guys at FB, Lamela isn't outrunning anyone on the wings.
Pep has no choice on Clichy...he was gassed from a pretty tough run of games...which meant he had 2 choices...Kolarov or Stones at LB...and having poor depth at CB, that probably wasn't a good option putting Stones there.
The only REAL question I had about the defensive lineup was not starting Sagna over Zaba...Zaba is old, and he was gassed from that track meet at Celtic. My only other question was why the fukk start Navas...who hasn't scored a goal in over 2 years, over Iheanacho who has been scoring a goal every 90 minutes? Navas is useless.
We were behind the 8-ball with KDB and Nolito out...and as I said, a while back, and Pep agrees...Pochetino is a great, great manager. Took City to the shed. They were the better squad start to finish, and truth be told, I am OK with losing like that. What I can't abide is losing to a lesser team...something Pelleweenie's squads excelled at. Hell, Celtic was the better team than us last week...I was damn pleased to get the draw.
Managers are cautious with young players for good reason. A bad patch of games can ruin their confidence and a brilliant bunch of games can lead to overconfidence. Nacho will play a lot very soon.
Too cautious with Sane also...he's young but started in the Bundesliga...just as fast as Navas with better ball skills. Pep blew it, but live and learn.
Yeah saw BB to Swansea...'Merican owners...not sure if it's the right move for them...they are not very talented...if they really wanted to shake things up they'd have snapped up Sam Allardyce.