Matt Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 (edited) Hopefully Riyad turns up this week, then we can name him as a sub for this game and not use him. A kind of 'this what it could be like - get comfy in the seats - test them out' to him. While he gazes over to an empty seat in the Man City dug out with a tear in his eye, where they can only name 6 subs. Edited 4 February 2018 by Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMike Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 The six-subs thing really does show what a pr*ck Guardiola is. Is it sarcasm to show how they REALLY, REALLY needed that extra signing? Surely he must realise that everyone knows he has a massive squad to choose from (or do his subs need to have cost at least £30,000,000 to qualify to sit on the bench?). Even if he was short on numbers, he has about 44 players on loan at other clubs with recall clauses. I'm hoping the arrogant di!do puts out a starting team with only 10 players to further make his point (whatever it is). ......mind you, they'd still thrash us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza M Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 I honestly believe attack is the best form of defence against this lot. If we sit in, we will be cannon fodder and they will overun and out pass us to death. If we have a go, press high and get physical, they won't be so comfortable. I think it's the best way for us and this squad to play anyway. Would trial 3 at the back and get the runners on the pitch. Kasper Simpson Dragovic Maguire Albrighton Chilwell Silva Ndidi Diabate Vardy Okazaki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post volpeazzurro Posted 4 February 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 4 February 2018 Haha, on a lighter note, hoping that it's not already been posted on here, if so please forgive me. I've just seen this in an article which I've cut and pasted for you. It's an extract from a Leicester City fan who has written a letter to Manchester City for a ticket for the forthcoming game, there's a bit of truth in there I think? "I'm a Leicester fan wanting to buy a ticket for the match at the Etihad stadium this month. "I think your stadium is world class and I think I would very much enjoy the game and the whole experience. "The thing is I'm only willing to pay £10 for my ticket not the £30 you are offering. "I know you think it's worth much more but I think it's only worth £10. "Or I would offer you £8 and a mars bar that you probably don't want or need. "Please get back to me in the next hour as I have to work to a deadline. "Thanks, "Simon." 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue ROI Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 (edited) https://www.balls.ie/football/pep-guardiola-six-subs-382572 Pep Guardiola Sets New Benchmark For Petty Premier League Nonsense If money in football can't buy you happiness, it won't eliminate the petty moaning of Premier League managers either. Pep Guardiola is in such an irascible mood today, as his Man City team travel to play Burnley in the Premier League. Leroy Sane, David Silva, John Stones, Fabian Delph, Gabriel Jesus and Benjamin Mendy are all absent through injury, but in spite of his enormous squad and even larger academy system, Guardiola has elected to name just six substitutes for the match. Teams are allowed to name seven. Guardiola did explain his decision to name just six subs, and not call up any of his academy players to pad out the bench: We don’t have any more players, that is thee reason why. We have one goalkeeper and five players. ‘We could take one from second team but they played a game yesterday. This doesn't fully stand up, however. 19-year-old forward Lukas Nmecha has been training with first team, and didn't play in that second team game last night (a defeat to Swansea's under-23s). Yet Guardiola decided not to name him in the squad for the trip to Burnley, preferring to have some empty space. This makes no sense from a football point of view, so it can probably be taken as Guardiola making a point to his bosses at City at his dissatisfaction at the failure to sign Riyad Mahrez on transfer deadline day. For Guardiola, the manager with more resources available to him than any other football manager on the planet to be engaging in this type of nonsense and politicking is exceptionally petty. Edited 4 February 2018 by Blue ROI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 Hopefully we won't have the case of the 'The Empire Strikes Back' cos they're want their revenge on us for not letting them have Mahrez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwichfox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 Sends a message to his academy players...."you may as well look for other work because it's unlikely you'll ever play for us in the Premiership". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 1 hour ago, Gazza M said: I honestly believe attack is the best form of defence against this lot. If we sit in, we will be cannon fodder and they will overun and out pass us to death. If we have a go, press high and get physical, they won't be so comfortable. I think it's the best way for us and this squad to play anyway. Would trial 3 at the back and get the runners on the pitch. Kasper Simpson Dragovic Maguire Albrighton Chilwell Silva Ndidi Diabate Vardy Okazaki Touché, id squeeze Iheanacho in though, did well yesterday and he’s going to be proving a point if he can to Pep. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RODNEY FERNIO Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 If say De Bruyne or Aguero get injured in this game could get even more vitriolic between the two clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman of the Bored Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 Somebody please slap Sterling, the whiny little pillock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 2 minutes ago, Chairman of the Bored said: Somebody please slap Sterling, the whiny little pillock. He slapped himself yesterday ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 Jamie to be fouled for a penalty and score, Adrien Silva to be the best silva (and playmaker on the pitch), Maguire to waltz up the pitch nutmeg Otamendi and score our second, Diabaté to score the winner. Kasper Amartey Dragovic Maguire Fuchs Ndidi Iborra Silva Diabaté Iheanacho Vardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 (edited) Oh bring back Big Was and break de bruynes leg, Pep messes with our season, we finish his? Fair is fair ?? Edited 4 February 2018 by SheppyFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, FIF said: Jamie to be fouled for a penalty and score, Adrien Silva to be the best silva (and playmaker on the pitch), Maguire to waltz up the pitch nutmeg Otamendi and score our second, Diabaté to score the winner. Kasper Amartey Dragovic Maguire Fuchs Ndidi Iborra Silva Diabaté Iheanacho Vardy Love it, for a moment I thought Isn’t that 12? Looks good! Edited 4 February 2018 by SheppyFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 Just now, SheppyFox said: Isn’t that 12? No. It probably seems it because they'll play like 12 but it's 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Fox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 It's written in the stars - Riyad to come off the bench on 80 mins and score a last-minute worldie for a 1-0 win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 5 minutes ago, Silva Fox said: It's written in the stars - Riyad to come off the bench on 80 mins and score a last-minute worldie for a 1-0 win! He wouldn't lower himself to sit on the bench unless you mean he's sitting in the 7th sub spot for the mancs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamark Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 I'm just seeing this lovely vision of Mahrez coming out as a sub for LCFC and Puel showing him to a seat on the Man City bench,classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 I’ve changed my thoughts on this match, full bore attack, no respect for them and we’re capable of winning it. Who knows, maybe little old Leicester can save the premier league from dominance at Peps hand. We could be the start of the slope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopfkino Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 Hope we 'butcher' them in every conceivable sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox in the sox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 12 hours ago, sylofox said: This has fast become a must win. Eh? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeGuy Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 (edited) I'd so much love we beat them on their turf. Double bollocking in less than tow weeks. That would be massive. Edited 4 February 2018 by ZeGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyN11 Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 12 hours ago, the fox said: It's a rainy night at Manchester and the Man City oil machine is facing the gallant Foxes! The furious foxes put a great battle and traded blow for blow with that goliath of a team but a John Moss's questionable decision led to the foxes trailing by 1. "OH MY GOD!" screams a leicester fan. a horror tackle on vardy but somehow john moss sent vardy off! "what's happening" screamed Peter Drury. "the ref is having a shocker here, peter. what an absolute disaster" jim beglin followed with a disgusted tone. "keep an eye on the FA,. it promises to be pyrotechnical down there, jim" said mr Drury while trying his best to not scream "that's a robbery". vardy collapsed because of that injury, the team doctors ran as fast as the wet pitch could allow. "hang in there, jamie " said phil, one of the new staff members. there was a loud scream in the stands "it's my time, IT'S MY TIME! I WILL FINALLY SHINE" said lee chappy before he got walloped by one of the fans near him. vardy stretched and hallucinating, no one could fully understand him but some lad in the stands who knows "muttering" managed to catch this "chat shi........ge......banned" moss adds only 2 minutes of extra time even though vardy was down for at least 3. the fans geering and calling for moss's head! with only 1 sub left, puel looks at the bench, he sees gray, james and 3 bags of walkers crisps. hesitant he calls gray, "lookh hergh, keed. it's yourgh time". gray smirks like he actaully thinks he could do something. but a skeleton amorges from the shadows of the tunnel. WAIT! that's not a skeleton, it's actually.......it's actually..... -a WWE type entrance- its RIYAD MAHREZZZZZ!! seeing that he is their only chance to comeback from a 1-0 deficit, the leicester fans started cheering "ohhhh, riyad mahrez....ohhhhh riyad mahrez" mahrez steps on the pitch, and with a swift tackle ndidi gets the ball, moss looking at his watch begging for the 2 minutes to end. riyad twists and turns, nutmegs the first player, the second.....now it's 3 nutmegs! the leicester fans were in too much shock to even fathome what's happening but for some reason the man city fans are still cheering. after the 3 nutmegs the other players were too shocked to even try and stop him. mahrez gets the keeper 1v1 and looks him dead in the eye and says "c'est la vie" riyad buried it. and the staduim fell to dead silence. riyad points a fake gun using his hand at the VIP stand and says with a mean grin on his face while shooting an imaginary bullet ..."bang!" he took off his shirt and walked away with one arm above his head making a fist rocky style, but what could he mean by that gun jester? was he pointing at sheikh mansour? no, it wasn't that, not even close. he was pointing at the other owner in the stands. the leicester owner! moss blows his whistel! fulltime: manchester city 2-0 leicester city Can't help thinking that if we had 'Billy the Fish' in goal it would have been 0-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyN11 Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 4 hours ago, FIF said: Jamie to be fouled for a penalty and score, Adrien Silva to be the best silva (and playmaker on the pitch), Maguire to waltz up the pitch nutmeg Otamendi and score our second, Diabaté to score the winner. Kasper Amartey Dragovic Maguire Fuchs Ndidi Iborra Silva Diabaté Iheanacho Vardy Like this team, in fact will be disappointed if it's not our starting 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Cockney Fox Posted 4 February 2018 Share Posted 4 February 2018 6 hours ago, Blue ROI said: https://www.balls.ie/football/pep-guardiola-six-subs-382572 Pep Guardiola Sets New Benchmark For Petty Premier League Nonsense If money in football can't buy you happiness, it won't eliminate the petty moaning of Premier League managers either. Pep Guardiola is in such an irascible mood today, as his Man City team travel to play Burnley in the Premier League. Leroy Sane, David Silva, John Stones, Fabian Delph, Gabriel Jesus and Benjamin Mendy are all absent through injury, but in spite of his enormous squad and even larger academy system, Guardiola has elected to name just six substitutes for the match. Teams are allowed to name seven. Guardiola did explain his decision to name just six subs, and not call up any of his academy players to pad out the bench: We don’t have any more players, that is thee reason why. We have one goalkeeper and five players. ‘We could take one from second team but they played a game yesterday. This doesn't fully stand up, however. 19-year-old forward Lukas Nmecha has been training with first team, and didn't play in that second team game last night (a defeat to Swansea's under-23s). Yet Guardiola decided not to name him in the squad for the trip to Burnley, preferring to have some empty space. This makes no sense from a football point of view, so it can probably be taken as Guardiola making a point to his bosses at City at his dissatisfaction at the failure to sign Riyad Mahrez on transfer deadline day. For Guardiola, the manager with more resources available to him than any other football manager on the planet to be engaging in this type of nonsense and politicking is exceptionally petty. Yes what a twat. Surely the test of a real good manager is how you fair with depleted or no resources. Ala Dyche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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