Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:35 pm  

Special rules apply when it's Stoke.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:43 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Special rules apply when it's Stoke.

Well obviously there are Stoke rules, but I thought they applied both ways? i.e. You can tw*t them and they can tw*t you.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:30 pm  

'we will win title' say Mancini Bullish

'we will win title' say Mancini Bullish

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:00 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Mourinho would have this present City squad about 10 points clear and in the quarters of the Champions League.

This is correct. Mourinho would have the league pretty much wrapped up by now if he was in charge at city. Despite massive spending city are having to crawl hands and knees to a player who went on strike for 3 months to rescue their season. All this in a season where their nearest challengers are £500m in debt and have had to recall a player out of retirement to make the numbers up in midfield. Chances are though that city will be back on top by the time Utd next play (Monday night) so the pressure will be back on us.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:09 pm  

Karlos13 wrote:

This is correct. Mourinho would have the league pretty much wrapped up by now if he was in charge at city. Despite massive spending city are having to crawl hands and knees to a player who went on strike for 3 months to rescue their season. All this in a season where their nearest challengers are £500m in debt and have had to recall a player out of retirement to make the numbers up in midfield. Chances are though that city will be back on top by the time Utd next play (Monday night) so the pressure will be back on us.

What's that I can smell?

Cows?

Sheep?

nah....it's bull5h1t

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:20 pm  

Alex Del Piero rolling back the years against Milan. Would love to see Juve back at the top.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:22 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

What's that I can smell?

Cows?

Sheep?

nah....it's bull5h1t

Lefty, I don't know which part you refer to as bull**** (or whether you think all of it is), but its fair to say from an outsider's perspective, Mancini appears to be doing a great impression of Kevin Keegan, circa 1996....

If you fail this year, it won't be because of the squad you have, yours is significantly better than United's, but it will be because Fergie is a top boss and Mancini isn't.

As a Wire fan, surely you can see alarming similarities between City at present and Wire in those dark days before Simon Moran realised he needed a top coach to get the best out of the great squad he had assembled, with his hard earned cash?

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:57 pm  

Leeds edged out in a 10 goal thriller at Elland Road

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:15 am  

Lionel Messi has become Barcelona's all time top goal scorer, with another hat trick. His 9th this season I think?

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:06 am  

Steve-O wrote:

Lionel Messi has become Barcelona's all time top goal scorer, with another hat trick. His 9th this season I think?

his record is quite ridiculous