Okay, now I have slept, here are my thoughts about yesterday's game.
First off, no top team has beated Birmingham at St Andrews - as Rafa would say "FACT"
Having said that, we looked tired - not surprising after last week's 10 men game against a very dirty Benfica and terrible referee.
However, I can't believe all the abuse Rafa is getting about substituting Torres.
Torres was not playing well - nothing was really being created.
When Ngog came on we created about 5-6 good chances - the fact that everyone is slating Ngog for missing about 3 sitters proves that chances were being created.
Watching the match on the net, I was tutting, sighing and holding my head in my hands after Torres went off - but not because he went off, but because we had so many chances to win the game comprehensively - we were by far the better team towards the end.
Don't get me wrong, I love Torres, and would always chose him over Ngog - but he didn't look at his best - and I believe Rafa made the right move - unfortunately it didn't quite pay off.
I suppose one upside, is that everyone is forgetting to slate Lucas!!
Anyway, I still believe 4th is a possibility, albeit now a very slight one.
It's Man City's place to lose.
Enough of my waffling, hope you agree or at least this adds positively to the latest arguements
Bev
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Have you not noticed the correlation between lucas playing, and our defensive negative football? Aquilani is miles better, but crocked all the time.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with the torres substitution, he was kicked about on thursday and needs a bit of a rest. He didn't look sharp at all. But Ngog has proven he cannot hit a barn door from 2 feet. We need to try either Kuyt or Pacheco up front instead to replace Nando when he's on the bench.
Don't get me started on Lucas - he was an attacking midfielder, and when allowed he gets us free kicks/penalties - remember???
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, we got Insua thinking he's a striker, and same goes for Carra - at least Lucas recognises someone has to defend!!
Unfortunately Ngog is still young & should have scored at least 1 of his chances - like Babel too - can't believe he hit the side netting
We just haven't got the depth in our squad, but I absolutely refuse to lay all the blame on Lucas & all the negative comments especially on Twitter really p**s me off
So c'mon everyone, get behind ALL of the team - they're all we've got until them damn yanks get their chequebooks out!