Manchester City 22/24

[twistedAM]

The defending champions.
Two new centre forwards in Haaland and Alvarez.
Sad to see Jesus go though.
Not sure what will happen but previous years have shown that players like Mahrez, Rodri and Grealish have taken a lot of time to bed in.
Some team could get a jump start and we'll be playing catch up all season.

 

[The39thStep]

Alvarez has a lot of potential , just hope he gets the game time .

 

[Flavour]

selling both zinchenko and jesus to a direct rival, and sterling to another, could come back to bite us on the arse

 

[twistedAM]

So, Haaland looked really good but the other two up front (Foden, Grealish) need to do better. Thankfully Gundogan and De Bruyne provided some decent service.
Must admit I never saw Haaland play much previously and thought we might just be a sharp-eyed hulk but the lad tracks back well which is an essential for Guardiola.

 

[JimW]

As was pointed out on our forum, City seemed to be playing in FGR kit from three or four seasons back. Nice to see our green message extending to recycling our old kit at the highest level.

 

[HerneHillBilly]

On a couple of occasions Foden, moving right to left near the edge of the box, didn't pass that central through ball to Haaland that KdB later did. It looks to be a killer move as defenders can't muscle him so easily off the ball & are fearful of bringing him down.
Seems I'm alone in finding that kit a shocker, nearly as bad as the bright rhubarb & custard one.

 

[The39thStep]

 

[twistedAM]

On a couple of occasions Foden, moving right to left near the edge of the box, didn't pass that central through ball to Haaland that KdB later did. It looks to be a killer move as defenders can't muscle him so easily off the ball & are fearful of bringing him down.
Seems I'm alone in finding that kit a shocker, nearly as bad as the bright rhubarb & custard one.

It's just way bland whereas the rhubarb and custard was a really crap version of Barca's (crap) tequila sunrise.
I quite like the red and black second kit with the diagonal stripes.

 

[stavros]

I'm not watching it, but appears that Newcastle are winning the Gulf War, with half an hour to go.

 

[tommers]

The Amnesty International Derby.

 

[twistedAM]

The Amnesty International Derby.

Both countries liked the military hardware that Britain sold then so much they thought they'd buy it's football teams too.

 

[RD2003]

 

[Numbers]

Absolute machine.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Maybe they won't be able to fit him into their style...oh.

 

[twistedAM]

Maybe they won't be able to fit him into their style...oh.

He's doing okay

Erling Haaland: Man City striker is moving the boundaries around what is possible in the Premier League

Erling Haaland scored his third hat-trick of the season as Man City beat Man Utd 6-3 at the Etihad Stadium; Norwegian striker has scored 14 goals in eight Premier League games since his £51m arrival from Borussia Dortmund

www.skysports.com

 

[tommers]

Yeah, but can he do it on a rainy night in Stoke?

 

[RD2003]

Pep's philosophy is totally unsuited to the Premier League.

 

[The39thStep]

Does anyone remember the big pre-season question 'who will score the most between Darwin and Harland?'

 

[RD2003]

The trouble with Haaland is he doesn't have enough touches.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62364823

 

[Lord Camomile]

Does anyone remember the big pre-season question 'who will score the most between Darwin and Harland?'

Season's barely a quarter of the way through

 

[twistedAM]

Yeah, but can he do it on a rainy night in Stoke?

Thankfully they're in the league below but we'll see how we do on a rainy night in Thornton Heath. Usually a tough away game.

 

[stavros]

He's basically Kevin Phillips for the modern age.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Commentator said it seconds before I typed it: the lad is absolutely ridiculous.

Fucking hell...

 

[Lord Camomile]

Pep Guardiola, enemy of football, has taken Haaland off at half time, denying him the chance of a 4th consecutive hat-trick at home

 

[twistedAM]

Just one goal on Saturday. He's going downhill fast.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Just one goal on Saturday. He's going downhill fast.

68 minutes, goal drought. The lad is different class entirely - height of Crouch, jump of Ronaldo, pace of (pre-injury) Owen, goalscoring sense of Shearer and Lineker combined, build and physicality (and haircut) of Ibrahimovic.

It must be great to be a City fan. Well over a decade ago they first had a diminutive left footed magician called Silva pulling the strings in midfield; David may have moved on, but after a few years serving as his apprentice from out wide Bernardo is basically a seamless continuation. KDB, Foden and Haaland may get more headlines but I reckon Silva is up there with them, wonderful player to watch.

 

[stavros]

Just one goal on Saturday. He's going downhill fast.

The batteries on his anal beads are running low.

 

[Lord Camomile]

KDB, fuck me. Just absolutely fuck me.




(One where I simply can't work out how to put this in text without it being massively open to wilful misinterpretation )

 

[RD2003]

 

[twistedAM]

Just after the Community Shield game, Liverpool fans and the media were speculating that Nunez was going to be a better buy than our new forward.
Seems Julian Alvarez is proving them wrong.