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[davek]

The only saving grace for him tonight is, he's not as bad as Demichelis.

I can see Mourinho getting to 60/70 minutes if he has the lead and withdrawing Willian for Mikel.

 

[toffeejack]

city should have bought fernando like, even if it was only for this game.

 

[EFC David]

City are a shambles at the back.

 

[toffeejack]

I can see Mourinho getting to 60/70 minutes if he has the lead and withdrawing Willian for Mikel.

not sure why willian's playing ahead of oscar tbh, the only thing i can think of is willian has a better engine? don't think he works as hard and has half the quality, oscar's been terrific this season.

 

[rascal]

Nice to see that even the very best sides struggle when they lose their two best players.

 

[tsubaki]

As I said - boring football it might be, but tactically it's brilliant.

I would even question whether its boring tbh. The bloke is a genius and the first half tonight is showing exactly why Ferguson wanted Moyes to follow him rather than Mourinho.

 

[bluejock]

I can see Mourinho getting to 60/70 minutes if he has the lead and withdrawing Willian for Mikel.

If Oscar was playing, they'd be 2 or 3 up here. He's really not all that.

 

[DualityNSNO]

I would even question whether its boring tbh. The bloke is a genius and the first half tonight is showing exactly why Ferguson wanted Moyes to follow him rather than Mourinho.

Personally I don't think it is - I enjoy the brilliance of it, but it's way too depending on one or two players performing too well in order to win. If teams can isolate Hazard, which, granted, is very hard, they're gonna be easily beatable.

 

[roydo]

I would even question whether its boring tbh. The bloke is a genius and the first half tonight is showing exactly why Ferguson wanted Moyes to follow him rather than Mourinho.

Eh? What do you mean?

 

[ToffeeDan]

I'm fairly sure Willian will be off, he's missed 2 or 3 decent chances to put a teammate in for a goal - one-on-one with Hart and fluffed them all. Horrible performance - like I said after 10 minutes having a stinker is now "Doing a Willian"

 

[rascal]

Eh? What do you mean?

pssst I think he's being sarcastic

 

[ToffeeDan]

Eh? What do you mean?

To preserve Fergie's record rather than surpass it?

 

[tsubaki]

Personally I don't think it is - I enjoy the brilliance of it, but it's way too depending on one or two players performing too well in order to win. If teams can isolate Hazard, which, granted, is very hard, they're gonna be easily beatable.

I think at that level the players are so similar in terms of quality that it comes down to bits of luck, individual mistakes (such as Demichelis being picked tonight) and the psychological abilities of the manager in terms of inspiring his players and unsettling the opposition, which Mou has always excelled at.

 

[toffeejack]

Saif Rahman: How has Martin Demichelis played for so many big teams? He is the weakest link.

he has a point, you do see it a lot. a player doing **** at a big club and yet another big club decides to come in for him based on who he plays for and it continues.

 

[tsubaki]

To preserve Fergie's record rather than surpass it?

Exactly. Mou at United would win a lot of things, more perhaps - especially in Europe - than Ferguson did.