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Internationals June (Euro Qualifiers + Nations League Finals)
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In hindsight, it was a bizzare move, but Bony was class at Swansea.
Beautiful goal by Insigne! 1-1
He was good at Swansea, but really didn't fit in whatsoever with the way City were planning on playing, especially since the Guardiola move had been in the works for a while.
Bale looks like an extra from The Last Samurai.
Why the feck are Internationals still happening?
Our first pre season game is literally little over 4 weeks away
Our first pre season game is literally little over 4 weeks away
Lovely cross by Dzeko there, looked like it was cleared off the line
Dzeko lacks the killer mentality of the top top forwards. Would have been genuinely one of the top 3 or 4 best strikers in the world otherwise
Agreed. Pellegrini bought him and played him up top with a strike partner. Didn't suit him at all! At Swansea, from what I can remember, he was like a false 9, with the wingers running in behind.
Yeah, we just don't get it. If we play at this pace we lose. They're faster and have Dzeko. We need to play this game on our terms, slow it down and keep the fecking ball
Lukaku has been channeling his inner Lukaku these last five minutes
Dzeko is taking the absolute piss out of our defenders 
Their u21 squad for thr coming Euros looks very strong. Kean looks a massive talent. Lot of hype around Tonali.
Lukaku again.
Lukaku is a poacher - a box player. Give him service in the box and he will score goals.
I rate Kean highly, haven't seen enough of Tonali but have heard some buzz.
Would like a strong Italy side to be back, international tournaments don't feel the same without them. Used to have an Italy jersey when I was a kid and they were always my 2nd national side growing up, so it's weird to watch the current bunch of imposters!
Yeah it's actually ridiculous how is he toying with them. Even me as his biggest fan thought he was slowly getting done at highest level, but he is tearing them apart today. We are also playing really well, which is something I didn't expect with lack of talent in our team.Dzeko is taking the absolute piss out of our defenders
Bale had to score there.
Had a bad season this season also had a poor one in his first season at Roma but every other season he's been prolific his entire career. Tier 2 is about right I'd say, he's not up there with the Agueros, Suarez, Kanes etc.. but he's better than he gets credit for. A lot of my view is probably based on the fact City fans used to tear him to shreds, calling him out for things which weren't true like a poor first touch etc...
Awful. It better have bobbled.
(Nope. Shit. That's his loan deal with us down the drain....)
It helps having De Bruyne and Hazard on the wings with Meunier and Thorgan overlapping in stead of let’s say Martial, Young and Lingard...
Bale is real chop!
Random thoughts.
Is Gareth Bale’s hair a genius post-modern homage to the Samurai, or inspired by an extra in Mad Max film?
After seeing Iceland’s first goal was scored by Ragnar Sigurdsson, I wondered, is there any name one can bestow upon a male child that would all but guarantee their impregnability and masculinity than Ragnar? For example, has there ever been any situation where somebody’s drunk mate in the pub said, “Hold my pint, I’m going over to fecking sort out Ragnar right fecking now.” and it ended well? Thought not. Ragnar, what a name.
Is Gareth Bale’s hair a genius post-modern homage to the Samurai, or inspired by an extra in Mad Max film?
After seeing Iceland’s first goal was scored by Ragnar Sigurdsson, I wondered, is there any name one can bestow upon a male child that would all but guarantee their impregnability and masculinity than Ragnar? For example, has there ever been any situation where somebody’s drunk mate in the pub said, “Hold my pint, I’m going over to fecking sort out Ragnar right fecking now.” and it ended well? Thought not. Ragnar, what a name.
Italy is OK though.
I don't see any big difference between Italy and England, aside fron Jadon Sancho and Harry Kane.
I don't see any big difference between Italy and England, aside fron Jadon Sancho and Harry Kane.
Yeah, he's generally been a pretty reliable source of goals. I think he's one where his build and size gets him stereotyped by fans as 'big man who lacks technique' and it can be tough to get past those labels.
And yeah, at his best a tier 2 striker and a great player to have as a backup. Surely he has cult status at City due to the goal which got you back in the game at QPR?
Did anyone see the Turkey/France game the other day? Was it a case of Turkey playing really well or France just being legitimately awful?
Seems the latter with how Turkey are playing tonight.
Seems the latter with how Turkey are playing tonight.
He gets crucified, I think now maybe they look back on him a bit more fondly but when he was at the club he got savaged. It's one of the reasons I stopped using mancityfans.net or whatever it was called.
Odd. I've always been very impressed by his first touch, he always seems to have time when he controls the ball, especially for a big man.
Moving to City was a wrong move, especially when you had Aguero, if he moved for example to United, or Chelsea, he would be rated even higher. Even though, his City career turned out quite fine too. But Mancini couldn't wait to play fecking Balotelli ahead of him, and Aguero is Aguero, there isn't single striker in the world who could compete with Aguero at City, and Dzeko actually did fine, even benched him at times from what I can remember.
Yup, I could never wrap my head around that, for a big man, he's got a fantastic touch. He's no Berbatov in terms of tekkers but he's very good. Expecting him to have the touch of players surrounding him like Kun, David Silva, Nasri, Tevez etc.. was crazy
The manliest name ever is Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster
Bit silly. I definitely don't recall him being a failure at City at all, certainly not a roaring success but a decent backup striker who had his good and bad moments, which is what you can pretty much expect from a substitute striker.
This Wales-Hungary game is like watching league 1
Anglo Saxons.
I am a Fernando Santos critic but since he left Greece they completely lost any sort of competitiveness. Losing with Armenia now.
It does, but he didnt have that quality at Everton. Its just the way you set up, in order to get the best out of him, and Mourinho didnt really do that, which is a shame given how much we paid for him.
Turkey does pretty bad playing against decent teams away, that's why they don't make into WC since 2002.
Im not surprised at all by their performance against Iceland today.
The megaphone in the Wales game is really annoying.