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Few quotes from Bluemoon forum, some interesting thoughts.
"The message has been sent, second gear and we brushed them aside with ease in the second half".
"Liverpool will be top 4 but we brushed them aside without even taking our slippers off".
"Put the deluded c**ts back in their place. We didn't even play that well and still destroyed them. And if Aguero stays fit all season we will [oops] the league".
"Sluggish for 25 minutes or so in the first half, excellent otherwise. Could - and should - have been 4, 5 or 6".
This one made me laugh though.
"3-1 against liverpool is good, just imagine what we,re gonna do to the lower sides like leicester, qpr,
united etc".
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I actually didn't think we played badly, but City look like a machine right now. Not much in the way of weakpoints. Coutinho and Glenson had poor games, but other than that, I don't think anyone was bad. Allen's final ball needed a bit more and Moreno looks like he needs some time to adjust. He had moments of real quality. Hopefully he'll be ok with that ankle.
Cons: our defensive shape (which began excellently) fell apart. Johnson was shocking. Phil was anonymous again. We lacked any real clinical edge
Pros: Our pressing remained intense, and we maintained a fierce effort, despite the result. Lambert broke his duck, and Markovic and Can looked good.
Lessons learned: we play better with a diamond. Johnson is finished. Lambert is a good impact sub. He's changed the game every time we've brought him on. Balotelli can't get into the team soon enough. Zabaleta O.G wasn't it?
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Under 23 Player
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Few quotes from Bluemoon forum, some interesting thoughts.
"The message has been sent, second gear and we brushed them aside with ease in the second half".
"Liverpool will be top 4 but we brushed them aside without even taking our slippers off".
"Put the deluded c**ts back in their place. We didn't even play that well and still destroyed them. And if Aguero stays fit all season we will [oops] the league".
"Sluggish for 25 minutes or so in the first half, excellent otherwise. Could - and should - have been 4, 5 or 6".
This one made me laugh though.
"3-1 against liverpool is good, just imagine what we,re gonna do to the lower sides like leicester, qpr,
united etc". Those cvnts are getting more arrogant by the day one has to keep reminding them of their club's statistics.
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I don't think our midfield looked that bad. To me, we just lacked Suarez! Had he been on the pitch, the dynamic would have been quite different. Had we scored when we were on top (say twice!) the whole game would have changed course. That might have happened with an outstanding strike partnership like we had last year.
However, I think we have a chance of re-establishing some kind of threat (to other teams) if Mario and Sturridge look the business against Spurs. The problem here, is that under the new manager, the players that Spurs bought last year are now showing their pedigree and it'll be a much tougher test in all ways in the next game.
Last night we looked well short of what we were like last year where we really were able to apply pressure to every team.
The positive for me was Marko who looked really good - Moreno also looked good. If Mario can be motivated to deliver we may still recover to mount a challenge but it will require both Chelsea and Man City to fall into a malaise that looks unlikely.
He would of been banned so cant really say that 
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Banned or not, we lacked him and it made a huge difference to our approach - and that of City's. They could saunter out of the blocks, soak up some early pressure than hit us later. They might have been 2 down by the half hour if Suarez had been there. They would have been more nervous
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Banned or not, we lacked him and it made a huge difference to our approach - and that of City's. They could saunter out of the blocks, soak up some early pressure than hit us later. They might have been 2 down by the half hour if Suarez had been there. They would have been more nervous Really? He didnt make much different in the same fixture last season.
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Obviously, I'm exaggerating to make a point, a little, BUT had we had Suarez, I'm sure we would have posed more of a threat, occupied them more defensively, and given ourselves a better chance of not being overrun later.
City were better all over the pitch, to be fair - they do have better players - with more experience, but we beat them last year, through sheer will and determination AND the quality of one player in particular.
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Not the sort of early fixture you want when you have so many necessary changes to make and are wary to do anything but drip feed them in.
City are seasoned champions with a settled side and 3 WC forwards to be introduced on a whim. How was this result anything but glaringly obvious.
We are still a work in progress regardless of some of the euphoric nonsense spouted here. All we can do is take it on the chin and improve.
Last edited by Top4; 26/08/14 02:29 PM.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Banned or not, we lacked him and it made a huge difference to our approach - and that of City's. They could saunter out of the blocks, soak up some early pressure than hit us later. They might have been 2 down by the half hour if Suarez had been there. They would have been more nervous Really? He didnt make much different in the same fixture last season. That's a very good point. He didn't do much at all in that game. In fact, Sturridge has been historically more effective against them. Yes, we miss Suarez, but even had we kept him, we'd have had to learn to deal without him for a while with his ban. Danny does better with a partner (as the Lambert sub demonstrated) and hopefully Mario will make a difference next time.
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Liverpool Legend
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Obviously, I'm exaggerating to make a point, a little, BUT had we had Suarez, I'm sure we would have posed more of a threat, occupied them more defensively, and given ourselves a better chance of not being overrun later.
City were better all over the pitch, to be fair - they do have better players - with more experience, but we beat them last year, through sheer will and determination AND the quality of one player in particular. Though Suarez would have improved us or any other team for that matter, we did not beat them away last season. Even with Suarez I think we would have lost though our chances for a miracle would have been higher.
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