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| Author: | Timpblue [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:54 am ] |
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Squidge wrote: Jo is world class.
which world? |
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| Author: | gibbonicus_andronicus [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:06 am ] |
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one where they have never played football before he arrived. kolo seems to think we have a chance Kolo Touré says Roberto Mancini has made Manchester City tough to beat• 'He wants us to work really hard every day' • Touré looking forward to facing countryman Drogba Tweet this (26)Sachin Nakrani The Guardian, Tuesday 21 September 2010 Article history Kolo Touré believes Manchester City's defence is playing better thanks to the work ethic of their manager, Roberto Mancini. Photograph: Paul Currie/Action Images Kolo Touré has praised Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini for instilling a strong defensive discipline within the team. City have conceded only two goals in eight matches in all competitions since the start of the season, with their most recent clean sheet coming in the win at Wigan Athletic on Sunday. "It's going really well," said Touré. "The defenders are doing well but we are also defending well as a team. We don't concede many goals because we are really tight as a unit and work really hard for each other. We hope we can keep going like this." Asked if Mancini's training methods are a key reason for the side's strength at the back, the centre-half said: "For sure. He wants us to work really hard on it every day because when you defend well, it gives you the chance to win games." City, who travel to West Bromwich in the Carling Cup tomorrow, have another chance win in the league on Saturday, when they host the leaders, Chelsea. Touré will come up against his Ivory Cost team-mate Didier Drogba, a prospect the 29-year-old admits will truly test the credentials of their defence. "All he thinks about is scoring goals, but this season he is also passing well and making a lot of assists as well," the City man said. "That makes him a much better player. We're going to have to defend really well as a team to stop him." City currently lie in fourth place, seven points behind Chelsea. Their meeting is seen as the champions' first major hurdle of the season after five wins from five and scoring 21 goals in the process.The hosts go into the match confident of being able to bring Chelsea's perfect run to an end after they beat Carlo Ancelotti's men both home and away during the last campaign. "It's going to be a really exciting game," said Touré. "We need to make sure we take something from it. If we can get one point that would be great but if we can get all three like we did twice last season, that would be fantastic." |
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| Author: | Squidge [ Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:11 pm ] |
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Time will come when Messi signs for us just so he can play with Jo. |
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| Author: | afterburn [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:20 am ] |
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More bad news I'm afraid. http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2162520,00.html |
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| Author: | Timpblue [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:26 am ] |
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tbh i'd take barry at lb over zabs anyway no worries ...........................Hart Boateng/Zabs/Richards Komps Toure Barry ...............Toure De Jong Milner ......................Johnson Silva ........................Tevez |
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| Author: | gibbonicus_andronicus [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:28 am ] |
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barry (or even milner) at left back, viera in midfield along with de jong and milner/barry, and he may actually have to start with johnson and silva supporting tevez. could even use swp at right back if really pressed?! fuck me. we really have to go for them, a proper score more goals than them game, because there is no fucking chance we can shut them out for 90 minutes. not with our seemingly rag tag defence. (duh, forgot about yaya) - yeah timps, that looks about right. |
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| Author: | Shimmer [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:00 pm ] |
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zab for rb and milner for lb. barry- de jong and yaya in the midfield. johnson-silva or swp-tevez |
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| Author: | GermanCityFan [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:12 pm ] |
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afterburn wrote: More bad news I'm afraid.
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2162520,00.html Bring on Ben Mee already! |
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| Author: | LKBlue [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:16 pm ] |
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Draw. Can't see us creating much though. Be a case of give it to AJ and hope he can do something |
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