What a crywank of a thread.
Would City's 2nd XI beat us?
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Maybe we'll find out in the league cup.
So you find some of the threads and posts hysterical, I found this thread to be over the top but I shouldn't mention it because it's a forum? So I can't voice my opinion that these threads are just finding a way to be miserable?
Your post is just contradictory, asking me not to post my opinion.
Would be close, I would not bet against them that's for sure.
If their bench were players from the first team, it could be rough.
In other case Pogba would boss that match with assist in mind.
In other case Pogba would boss that match with assist in mind.
Considering that Guardiola would be managing that second string side, yes they would beat our 1st team.
Yes. Relatively comfortably too.
That's not really a 2nd XI, more like a 3rd XI.
We didn't really have a set starting eleven that season, we had a lot of players rotating, but if you take our CL Final eleven as our first choice, our 2nd XI would be
Kuszczak
Neville Pique Silvestre O'Shea
Fletcher
Anderson Giggs
Park Saha Nani
Which I would argue is stronger than the City 2nd XI listed in the opening post. Our 2007-08 squad was very very strong, with excellent depth.Neville Pique Silvestre O'Shea
Fletcher
Anderson Giggs
Park Saha Nani
I think it would finish 2 wins each with 1 draw.
I doubt rashford and co can light it up for 3 games. They'd get inevitably frustrated and stop playing whenever Otamendi does a nasty tackle and the ref just waves play on.
City would expose our weak midfield as well. However, their defense is terrible.
Exactly what I thought when reading his post.
He's in his feelings.
Everyone can play 'everyone is entitled to their opinion' card
their bench attack shits all over ours. it's not even close. besides Pogba, their backup midfield does too.
Who said they would have a shot? That's optimistic. If that XI you mentioned is their second team they'd win 2/3-0 easily.
You're forgetting the most important thing. They are coached by the best coach in the world who has them playing in a way where everyone knows where to go and where to be at any moment. We'd get wiped off the park
You're forgetting the most important thing. They are coached by the best coach in the world who has them playing in a way where everyone knows where to go and where to be at any moment. We'd get wiped off the park
Jesus, Mahrez, Sane shits our first team?
We’d beat their 2nd team in my opinion.
Liverpool’s 2nd eleven could beat us we are that bad...
They would absolutely batter us 
We beat a pretty strong XI not too long ago, with all the deadwood in our team too .
31 Ederson
3 Danilo
90'
4 Vincent Kompany
90'
18 Fabian Delph
30 Nicolás Otamendi
8 İlkay Gündoğan 76'
21 David Silva 72'
25 Fernandinho
79'
7 Raheem Sterling
63'
19 Leroy Sané
20 Bernardo Silva
1 De Gea
3 Eric Bailly
12 Chris Smalling
18 Ashley Young
25 Antonio Valencia
6 Paul Pogba
81'
14 Jesse Lingard 85'
21 Ander Herrera
37' 90'
31 Nemanja Matić
7 Alexis Sánchez 82'
9 Romelu Lukaku
45'
Feck em'
. 31 Ederson
3 Danilo
4 Vincent Kompany
18 Fabian Delph
30 Nicolás Otamendi
8 İlkay Gündoğan 76'
21 David Silva 72'
25 Fernandinho
7 Raheem Sterling
19 Leroy Sané
20 Bernardo Silva
1 De Gea
3 Eric Bailly
12 Chris Smalling
18 Ashley Young
25 Antonio Valencia
6 Paul Pogba
14 Jesse Lingard 85'
21 Ander Herrera
31 Nemanja Matić
7 Alexis Sánchez 82'
9 Romelu Lukaku
Feck em'
They could give any team in the league a battering, bar Liverpool of course.
Ferran, Txiki and now also Pep, had almost unlimited amounts of money to build the club up from close to nothing, and they have done a fantastic job as well. A fantastic achievement. Don't think we should beat ourselves up with this stick.
Ferran, Txiki and now also Pep, had almost unlimited amounts of money to build the club up from close to nothing, and they have done a fantastic job as well. A fantastic achievement. Don't think we should beat ourselves up with this stick.
Im confident that side would get top 4 but not so sure Utd will, or Us for that matter.
We are losing to the likes of crystal palace. City's 2nd XI would put 3 or 4 past us for sure.
They have spent minimum of £100M at every position on the pitch.
City's first 11 also lost to Palace at Etihad.
It's a better front 3 than Martial, Rashford and James to be fair.
Attitude aside, Sane is top class, Mahrez is a former POTY and Jesus is Brazil's starting #9.
Bottom line that City side would spank us
We usually run their first 11 quite close so doubt it, maybe on paper but game isn't played there
No we don't. They've dominated us for years at OT and Etihad except for when we came back 3-2.
Not really to be honest mate. Even in recent draws and wins for us, we've been played off the park for large periods. Last game between the two sides where we were the better team was probably the 0-0 at OT in 2016 that we really should have won. They've absolutely battered us in every game since Pep arrived, aside from about 20 minutes in the 2-3 when they bottled it.
I would only pick O'Shea > Zinchenko, Pique > Garcia and Giggs > Foden.
Close between Nani and Sane
It's sad how the tables turned. Go from a match like 4-2 playing in a attractive attacking style to parking the bus and defending for our lives by last season. Even in 2016 we were equal and only separated by GD.
Edited the post because I remembered a 0-0 draw the year after that we absolutely battered them in. Pellegrini's last season when they were awful and still finished above us
It is insane that they can actually pay that much money in salaries... Those 22 players that they have are expensive. Also it is amazing that they can keep all those players happy where they are just content with not playing every single game. Simply incredible.
The point is - and I do realise the hypocritical state I'm now entering into - it's completely off topic to make posts that have nothing to do with the thread title and you should post your critiques of the state of the fanbase in an appropriately titled thread. It gets boring watching some of yous just moan about the moaners. Even though I realise that I'm now moaning about the moaning about the moaning. An infinite cycle of moaning. The point is to at least try to stay on topic not just chirp up every time you get triggered by a thread title. This thread isn't even one of the worst ones and is an interesting thought experiment.
Exactly what I thought when reading his post.
He's in his feelings.
Thanks for the analysis Spock. Great contribution, as ever.
Back on topic again, City have an incredibly strong squad and I think even their second string would make top 4.
I didn’t need this. That is one deep bench. Do it with Liverpool’s second XI and we’ll all feel much better.
Glad you enjoyed it Drake.
I'd say if you play them ten times, they'll win at least six of those.
Assuming their CL final starting eleven is their first choice, it'd be
Adrian
Clyne Gomez Lovren Milner
Shaqiri Chamberlain Keita Lallana
Origi Brewster
I'm pretty confident we'd twat them Clyne Gomez Lovren Milner
Shaqiri Chamberlain Keita Lallana
Origi Brewster
What do you mean maybe Mahrez? He’s head and shoulders above anything we got on our right side
Obviously, they'd stroll into the top 4 too. That's a pretty good side.
DdG > Bravo
Shaw < Zinchenko
Maguire > Otamendi
Lindelof > Garcia
AWB > Cancelo
McT < Fernandinho
Lingard < Gundogan
Pogba > Foden
James < Mahrez
Rashford < Sane
Martial < Jesus
6-5 in favor of City, in terms of just players. Their coach also elevates these players to better levels
my two cents
Shaw < Zinchenko
Maguire > Otamendi
Lindelof > Garcia
AWB > Cancelo
McT < Fernandinho
Lingard < Gundogan
Pogba > Foden
James < Mahrez
Rashford < Sane
Martial < Jesus
6-5 in favor of City, in terms of just players. Their coach also elevates these players to better levels
my two cents