IT’S BACK ON! Manchester City v West Ham Utd (19th February) - Match Thread

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  • PengemanPengeman
    Oh well, the next game is against Liverpool! I am sure Moyes would use the intervening time to increase fitness of players as most seem to have no legs after 60 minutes, and also develop tactical awareness. Live in hope.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Meanwhile, I'm in the weird position of hoping for the Blunts to win, and I'm sure I'm not alone. :wahoo: :biggrin:
  • Colchester_IronColchester_Iron
    Second best result this season (after Chelsea).
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Maybe will give time for Moyes to work out his best XI

    He likes a back 5, does Rice play in the middle or at the back given Souceks arrival and the poor form of our CBs?

    Does he drop Noble, or Snodgrass who is one of our few in form players

    Does Bowen automatically start in place of Haller

    Where does Anderson fit in

    Fab
    Frederick's Diop Ogbonna Rice Cresswell
    Snodgrass Noble Soucek
    Bowen Antonio
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    edited February 2020
    imagine Antonio shooting in this weather, would probably see his shot sail over the Etihad and up into the upper atmosphere.
  • alderzalderz
    Yeoldhammer said:

    imagine Antonio shooting in this weather, would probably see his shot sail over the Etihad and up into the upper atmosphere.

    It’d be like one of those plastic balls we all had as kids in the 90s
  • alderzalderz
    I wonder what this means for our winter break? We haven’t announced our plans yet, so I’m guessing the players will have part of the coming week off, then maybe warm weather training before the Liverpool game
  • HamstewHamstew
    Howe is better than Moyes
  • HamstewHamstew
    edited February 2020


    :doh:
  • MarkNobleLocalHeroMarkNobleLocalHero
    Watching the Sheffield match, how is the weather in Manchester so much worse? Soft northern jessies (the manc ones).
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Other side of the Pennines. Can get v different weather
  • HamstewHamstew
    Blunts score :wahoo:
  • stevesteve
    How low have we become to cheer a blunts goal :nonono:
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    The weather in Manchester is bright sunshine, with a touch of wind.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Although this morning was heavy rain and very windy.
  • stevesteve
    blunts score ,blunts score :whistle:
  • MarkNobleLocalHeroMarkNobleLocalHero
    edited February 2020
    Whoever made the decision to cancel the match made it much too early by the looks.
    We should get the three points as a forfeit
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    Pretty sure if it had gone ahead an Ogbonna clearance would have met a massive gust of wing that swung it back into an own goal.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    MarkNobleLocalHero said:

    Whoever made the decision to cancel the match made it much too early by the looks.
    We should get the three points as a forfeit

    No. They made it far too late. Majority of Hammers on their way at 11am, except for Preston who was still in bed :lol:
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Hahaha. When Herbie rung I was indeed in bed but when I looked out of the window, the trees were bent at a 45 degree angle and it was bucketing it down.
  • imagelostimagelost
    Good stiff upper lip training
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    I did end up playing and my team ended up losing 9-1 because someone turned up 25 minutes late and then when he turned up was so bad it was somehow worse than playing with a man down. So hopefully I've absorbed all the goals Man City will score and we'll get a point from this game.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    OutcastLondoner said:

    I did end up playing and my team ended up losing 9-1 because someone turned up 25 minutes late and then when he turned up was so bad it was somehow worse than playing with a man down. So hopefully I've absorbed all the goals Man City will score and we'll get a point from this game.

    Can't confirm whether that person was Carlos Sanchez.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Yeah, but was Roberto in goal? :whistle:
  • Colchester_IronColchester_Iron
    OutcastLondoner said:

    OutcastLondoner said:

    I did end up playing and my team ended up losing 9-1 because someone turned up 25 minutes late and then when he turned up was so bad it was somehow worse than playing with a man down. So hopefully I've absorbed all the goals Man City will score and we'll get a point from this game.

    Can't confirm whether that person was Carlos Sanchez.
    25 minutes late does match his M.O.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    edited February 2020
    https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-west-ham-postponed-premier-league-storm-ciara-a4358231.html

    Clubs apparently say no to playing this week
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Quite right too. Winter break, init.
  • alderzalderz
    :ok:

    If the purpose of a break is to allow the players time off then they should definitely leave it. Yeah they’ve not played, but I would rather they had a few days away from training to maybe get some time with family and friends to get into a good headspace
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    3 weeks shove last game. Feels like our torture and must have being out on hold.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Sorry what? 😉
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