Match Reaction vs Leicester (home).

[selassie]

I'm surprised we are seen as favourites because I think we have been unconvincing for a while, every game just seems to be a slog right now.

I think it's only because we have won something over the past few years and are always up there when compared to Leicester or Spurs.

City have been awful for a while now but I'm not completely writing them off yet, they are more than capable of putting in a late dash, they actually played quite well in parts yesterday and dominated the latter part of the game until the Spuds scored the winner.

I agree though we've been wobbling for a while and have not won in a convincing manner for quite a while now.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

I suppose with a lot of players returning or about to return from injury we may be a bit physically fresher than the others who have played with smaller squads and at a higher intensity throughout the season. That may be another reason why the bookies/papers have us as favourites as well.

But yeah I agree, we haven't been convincing for a while now. Hate to say it, but as things stand, Spurs are favourites for this.

[Letters]

Spurs do look strong, and they did play us more or less off the pitch at the Emirates

I wish people would stop saying that. It really is bullshit.
I believe we had more possession than them and as many chances on target.
There were times when Spurs were bossing it and at 0-1 we were hanging on a bit (Cech ) but there were times we bossed it as well and at the end it was Spurs hanging on and us looking more likely to win. It was a good game between 2 good teams which ebbed and flowed, both teams had periods of dominance.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Letters we were dreadful in that game and deserved to lose, we created fuck all in the way of meaningful chances until the second half and the only reason we didn't get bummed was because Spurs bottled it when it came to finishing off the much better chances they carved out.
Yes in the last ten minutes we looked like the side in the ascendancy but it would have been a travesty had we nicked it.
You ask any football neutral to compare us and Spurs and say which has been the better side this season, in terms of performance they would say Spurs.
They look hard to beat, they look like they will bully you off the ball and pressure you with high pressing, we look dangerous with pace but we don't look incisive or strong.
On current respective form Spurs would maim us, and we really need to hope for a reversal of fortune when we go to play them.

[Power n Glory]

Regardless, I think we need to take them serious this season. Looking at the table filled me with dread just a second ago. We have to win this title just to be sure they don't. It's unthinkable but a chilling thought either way. We have a chance to put them in their place when we meet.

[Kano]

I think it's only because we have won something over the past few years and are always up there when compared to Leicester or Spurs.

City have been awful for a while now but I'm not completely writing them off yet, they are more than capable of putting in a late dash, they actually played quite well in parts yesterday and dominated the latter part of the game until the Spuds scored the winner.

I agree though we've been wobbling for a while and have not won in a convincing manner for quite a while now.

City have been awful all season. Toure is a lazy piece of shit, Silva has been off his game all season and it all comes down to Aguero now. Losing De Bruyne was massive for them because they have to rely on Toure turning up for the last 15 minutes of games instead. Kompany coming back will help their defence a bit but as we saw yesterday, his presence isn't the cure-all it has been touted as.

Spurs and Leicester have been the most consistent teams all season. One look at their games lost column shows us that. Europa and FA commitments could hurt Spurs and Leicester have yesterday to overcome. We can also fuck it up because in recent years league wise, that's just what we do. If we get to the end of March still in contention, then it's really on.

The fixtures at this time of the season take on a whole new dimension when you look at traditional gimmes against teams near the foot of the table. Teams scraping for survival often produce shock results. Whereas some in midtable begin to switch off thinking the job is done, thinking of their holidays.

Add in our returning players, particularly Cazorla in the next 2/3 weeks and it makes the run-in impossible to call. I would say with confidence that City are out of it now. They looked imperious for 3 games this season at the start and since then have woefully underperformed.

The cherry on the cake would be seeing City drop out of the top four, leaving Guardiola with no CL football next season.

[Kano]

Apparently Wenger has made the joint fewest league subs in the top four but those players have scored the most goals.

[Ollie the Optimist]

I think MOTD showed us last night every thing that is wrong with English football.

They praised Vardy for diving as its gamesmanship and thats a good thing, then ten seconds later had a go at ramsey for reacting to a leg breaking tackle.

The fact they then defended the tackle by saying he isn't that sort of player just showed how much MOTD has sunk to new depths of crapness.

[Letters]

Letters we were dreadful in that game and deserved to lose

No, we didn't. The Spurs fans I spoke to at the time agreed a point each was about right.
The reason we didn't lose is because of Cech, he kept us in it at 1-0. And that isn't luck, that's what a world class 'keeper does for you.
We had periods of dominance in that game and towards the end in the spell when we equalised and till the end it was all us and Spurs were hanging on.

You ask any football neutral to compare us and Spurs and say which has been the better side this season, in terms of performance they would say Spurs.

Made up 'facts'
We've got the same points as them. Early season we were looking like the more consistent side (Spurs were hard to beat but were drawing too many) right now I'd agree Spurs are in better form but they've got the tougher run-in I reckon.

But I agree with PnG, they definitely need to be taken seriously.

[Power n Glory]

I think MOTD showed us last night every thing that is wrong with English football.

They praised Vardy for diving as its gamesmanship and thats a good thing, then ten seconds later had a go at ramsey for reacting to a leg breaking tackle.

The fact they then defended the tackle by saying he isn't that sort of player just showed how much MOTD has sunk to new depths of crapness.

Waste of time listening to that lot. A complete waste of time.