The Man City Thread [10/11]

[Sevillista]

The Bugle, a podcast by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman, had a great segment on Mario Balotelli and the crazy sh*t he's done.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Ohhhh fantastic! Heard Oliver's appearance on the Men in Blazers podcast a week or two ago and he was good.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

You stay away from Marco Reus!

 

[Arnau]

Nasri (Manchester City): "Our model is Barcelona and the way they press really high. It's the way we want to play." [via telegraph]


Barcelona would never be satisfied with a draw and their coach would never substitute Kun and Silva for Koló and De Jong to defend the score, we would keep pressing and trying to control the game.

 

[Coruja]

Nasri (Manchester City): "Our model is Barcelona and the way they press really high. It's the way we want to play." [via telegraph]


Barcelona would never be satisfied with a draw and their coach would never substitute Kun and Silva for Koló and De Jong to defend the score, we would keep pressing and trying to control the game.

^this

City has the capacity to control the game, why trying to hold the result, its just insane.

 

[Jaboldinho]

To their defense, they were a man down.

 

[Coruja]

Pussys

 

[1966+2006]

Is Nasri underperforming?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

In the sense that he's not actually playing/performing often because of the rotation policy, then yes. Otherwise he's actually been really good at least statistically each time he's played.

 

[1966+2006]

That's what I mean. He's got quite a few assists and been playing well any time that I've seen him play.
I was surprised when I read that Mancini apparently told him to improve, since he's been underperforming.

 

[Pogba4Now]

Thats stupid. I don't know how Mancini will keep the whole team happy in the long run. Why did he buy Nasri in the first place? There was absolutely no point when he had Silva. He should have spent money on defenders.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Rotation and injuries

 

[1966+2006]

TBH, I'd rather have a rather disgruntled Nasri to bring on 20 minutes before the end than Macheda...

 

[Pogba4Now]

Come on, Nasri is TOO GOOD to be on the bench. They don't need Nasri to warm the bench. They have enough cover in Milner, Johnson etc.

 

[1966+2006]

I'd still say he brings something different than the other two.

 

[Pogba4Now]

Yes but you're never gonna keep him happy being on the bench. He will get chances to play but he'll always be a second choice. He won't start the key matches.

To put it simpler, his talent is being wasted on the bench.

 

[1966+2006]

That's probably not really a concern, though

 

[Pogba4Now]

Not now but it will be in the long run.

 

[yoyo913]

I don't see what you're not getting. If you have the money to pay a very good player to be a back-up or sub then you do that to improve your team. I don't see you saying this about the whole Barca bench who has been doing it longer.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Yeah, Cesc and Alexis were bought with world class players already established in the team. Worked out well so far.