Positives from the West Ham game? And who would you start vs City?

[Del]

'What i want to see is none of the fancy crap that we keep doing.

So no baines in midfield, no eto'o and preferably no barry.

go the 4 33 with mcCarthy sitting deep with besic and being engines. Barkley to get forward and roll the ball between lukaku and the wingers. Baines and coleman to bomb forward at every attempt, with more emphasis in the second half when naismith comes on. Lukaku not to wander unless it puts someone through on goal. Just have our striker as a striker and have his job to score and everyone elses job to make sure that happens.

City have their own game and we need to lock them down and play our own. We can beat them, especially at home, just need to go back to hwat made us so good and play with a bit of confidence rather than shying away.

LOOOOLLL

You proper love FM you lad

 

[Toffeelover]

Robles

Coleman Stones Jags Baines

Besic Barkley McCarthy

Osman

Kev Lukaku

Are you advocating that Osman should play in his plaster boot? LOL.

 

[Ashtonian]

LOOOOLLL

You proper love FM you lad

never played it mate.

Watch last season, swap besic for barry and that is how we played

 

[Ashtonian]

Are you advocating that Osman should play in his plaster boot? LOL.

This is not my post quoted?! @GrandOldTeam

 

[zaitken]

Couldn't give a monkeys who we start against City, just as long as Barry is nowhere to be seen.

 

[bobafro]

We will beat City.... and we will win a trophy this season.

 

[AndyC]

As he went no to prove to make the best 3 CM line ever. How would you compare him to Barkley out of interest.

BTW, did not go To Milan but was at the first leg in GP.

Ooh, comparing the great Colin Harvey to the potentially great Ross Barkley is a tough one.
For me, and I'm probably biased because of the Holy Trinity, King Colin was always my favourite, at the same age, Colin was the more accomplished player, but maybe Ross is better offensively than Colin was. For sure Colin Harvey was not as casual with his play and retained possession better than Ross currently does, and his concentration level was wayyyyyy better than that of Ross right now.
The club getting Colin Harvey to mentor Ross now would be a smart move in my opinion, Every player coached by Colin Harvey points to him being a brilliant, brilliant coach.

 

[mrb85]

Robles
Coleman - Jagielka - Stones - Baines
Besic - McCarthy - Barry
Barkley - Mirallas
Lukaku

Maximum protection for the back 4 AND invention and pace further up the field.

 

[blue61]

It's going to be tough beating 12 men. I'd be tempted to have Naismith doing a man marking job on Martin Atkinson, do nothing but get in his earole from minute one, then let our remaining 10 beat their 11. Tactical genius me.

 

[Toffeelover]

McCarthey is out, not fully recovered.

 

[ianefc]

Couldn't give a monkeys who we start against City, just as long as Barry is nowhere to be seen.

Barry will play mate, he was Manchester city's finest player last time we met.

 

[Toffeelover]

Barry will play mate, he was Manchester city's finest player last time we met.

You mean like last season.

 

[ianefc]

You mean like last season.

Don't understand. He didn't play in either game last season.

 

[Toffeelover]

Don't understand. He didn't play in either game last season.

OMG you are going back way before when RM was not in charge. Gee, you must have a hell of a memory to recall how Barry played in a light blue shirt must have been many years ago.

 

[ianefc]

OMG you are going back way before when RM was not in charge. Gee, you must have a hell of a memory to recall how Barry played in a light blue shirt must have been many years ago.

you have totally lost me here mate, I have no Idea what you are on about. I was referring to him making more passes to City player than ours in early December including a stupid backflick played blind, which went on to lead to the penalty