Premier League week 1 Discussion - 13/14/15th August 2011

Fuck..that was an awesome effort from Silva.

300 million and being out possessed at home by a newly promoted side.

Man City

shazlx wrote:Its so refreshing to see a smaller PL team plying progressive possession football with intent. Even if its ineffective in the final 1/3.

My new favorite team in the PL.

Every team playing City this season will be my new favourite in the PL.

Such a wealth of attacking talent now and they still persist in playing it safe at home - Toure AND Barry, really?? Dzeko over Aguero?

No Johnson, Aguero

Fuck off Mancini

Johnson is on.

And it's Barry, Toure AND De Jong.

Another good effort from Silva...good move in general.

Nathan Dyer looks like Sanka Coffie.

christmasborocooper wrote:Johnson is on.

And it's Barry, Toure AND De Jong.

My mistake.

3 defensive minded midfielders at home to newly promoted side.

That Man City squad should be playing the best, most entertaining football in the league given the personnel by Christmas. Somehow I don't see it happening

Dzeko's playing pretty well to be fair..finishing has been great but he's making chances at least.

Sure, he hasn't been terrible, but he doesn't have the mobility of Tevez or Aguero, it all seems very lumbered and slow when Silva or Johnson out wide aren't on the ball. Barry, Toure, De Jong, Dzeko - I've seen milk floats move faster than that quadrant of players

300 gazillion and still the only chances City can create are thru Yaya just powering down the middle, or the odd bit of flair from Silva.

Meanwhile,Swansea are passing it around nicely

fcb wrote:300 gazillion and still the only chances City can create are thru Yaya just powering down the middle, or the odd bit of flair from Silva.

Meanwhile,Swansea are passing it around nicely

Without penetration.

Vorm is MOTM so far.

Oh yeah, Silva is amazing. Johnson, Yaya, & Dzeko have done well. Creating chances for each other & took some shots at goal.

Fade out wrote:

fcb wrote:300 gazillion and still the only chances City can create are thru Yaya just powering down the middle, or the odd bit of flair from Silva.

Meanwhile,Swansea are passing it around nicely

Without penetration.

Not overly suprising when City are playing with 7 defenders.

They won't concede many, but City fans apart - who won't care much for their style of play as long as they win silverware - can't begrudge other fans expecting to see more flair and entertainment from the team in blue.

Yaya just smashes his way through everything. Such a great player.

Bernd, City are creating a lot of chances. Lot more from individual plays (Yaya's), but Silva-Johnson-Dzeko have combined well at times. Yeah, looking forward to see more combination plays.

How is Vorm doing? Bit of an odd transfer to go to Swansea for such small money, last week. Considering he is the reserve keeper of Holland.

Fey wrote:How is Vorm doing? Bit of an odd transfer to go to Swansea for such small money, last week. Considering he is the reserve keeper of Holland.

Vorm, is on form

Rosicky wrote:

Fey wrote:How is Vorm doing? Bit of an odd transfer to go to Swansea for such small money, last week. Considering he is the reserve keeper of Holland.

Vorm, is on form

Jinx........

Dzeko scores. Silva made it all happen..Johnson "set up" the goal.

KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN

Probs for Johnson.

MANCINI HAS GONE FOR IT. 1 DM OFF!

Ball bounces straight into Dzeko's path - don't think he knew too much about it.

Silva playing a central role behind the 2 other forwards is what really made it work just then. That's where he should play, taking out Barry

Fuck..here we go. Wayne "Better than Lennon" Routledge is coming on.

Shite free kick from Sinclair there.

Agueroooooooooooooo

Another good goal.

haha..fucking hell..looks alright doesnt he, Aguero.

Aguero is the fucking don.

Watch him do that to United, Chelsea & Liverpool. Decent debut

Anyway glad for Premier league.

People having a go at City getting dominated posession wise should shut the fuck up - that will happen everywhere Swansea go, they are a far better footballing side than Blackpool were last season and prob only 2nd to an on form Arsenal for passing.

City have better players than Utd but United the better team but that's what continuity does - City still need some time, it doesn't happen overnight.

No one buys success overnight in a competitive league no matter what you spend so Mancini shouldn't be expected to be any different.

It took SAF 7 years of outspending all his rivals to land a title.