The Manchester City thread

lol, i missed a comma or summat there eh

Nah your god was Rodgers all along lol. Gerrard last line of defence, on the half way line! ...AGAINST CHELSEA FFS!!

Rodgers Tactics :(

You need to curb your jealousy, Colbro. It can drive a man insane

Think 'Tevez' Howson and you'll know what he's talking about, (before the bit about him not coming off the bench in Munich).

I thought Howson might have bumped up this thread to talk about Guardiola

He might end up being a total fcuk up but I'm loving watching the United Forums going into meltdown over this, you'd think it was the end of the world

City were awful tonight, Slick - they achieved the seemingly impossible and got outplayed by Sunderland

If they keep playing like that they won't even finish in the top two.

Aye Seen we were shite but those are the sort of games where you have to grind out points , United used to be the masters of it under Fergie when they wasn't playing so well, it's those nitty games where titles are won and lost.

I don't think City will win the title, we just have too many games to play and the focus seems to be on the CL even though I don't think we'll win that either lol.

Like ODM I think Spurs are in with a great shout of winning the title, they seem solid at the moment both home and away unlike previous yrs, as for Leicester I also think they can do it even if they lose their next two games against City and Arsenal, after those two games they look to have a good run of what look like easy games on paper and unlike City and Arsenal, they have been winning those types of games. Plus they only have one game a week from now on in until the end of the season.

The crunch Is going to come in those last 6 games of the season when everybody wants to beat the team at the top as Liverpool found out a couple of seasons ago, this is where experience comes into play, can't see Chelsea being around the top by then but If City or United are still in the mix by then, then you'd have to fancy one of those two.

At the moment though everything is pointing to Spurs but that could so easily change when the Europa Cup kicks in again, then it's over to Leicester again, with only 14 games left and should they keep injury free, I think they have every chance if they keep their bottle.
I'd like to see them win it, It would be great for Football and dispel a few myths about the Prem.

Slick / ODM

What are your opinions on City's form v the top teams this season?

I too fancy Spurs to go close, I backed them last week at 9.8 with the view that their odds would shorten as long as they beat Norwich and Watford in their next 2 games. They thumped Norwich 3-0 and you'd have to fancy them to turn over Watford who have gone off the boil a little.

They have already shortened in to 7.2 after Arsenal dropped another 2 points on Tues. They score plenty of goals and are in a similar position to Liverpool a couple of seasons ago when I backed them at 16/1 despite everyone saying they couldn't win it (should have won it to be fair).

Would be great to see Leicester win it but they do seem reliant on a handful of players and you'd think teams will suss their style out sooner rather than later.

The EPL this season has been brilliant from a viewing point but absolutely fecking horrific from a betting front.

Teams are dropping points against teams you would never have of imagined.

I would love to see Leicester do it but i don't think they'll hang on. Arsenal should be about 5 points clear but they've done the same thing as they do every year - shit their pants.

I think it'll be close between Spurs and Citeh and the big thing might be how quickly they get knocked out of europe.