Goddamit. Anything Palarse can do, we can do this season. We will not be outdone by Palarse. Palarse beat them 2-3 at The Etihad with 25% possession and 3 shots on goal. Watford to win at City then take it in turns to kick the crap out of that Zaha fella the following week. We go again.
Chelsea went for it and got destroyed! We are really bad at playing teams who attack with pace, with lightening fast players. Spurs (son), palace (zaha), bournemouth, Liverpool. That's why we will lose this whether we play defensively or go for it. We'll concede 3+ and probably give away a million fouls and a pen. I know we beat spurs once and palace twice so not sure where my argument goes from here?!!! 2-1 Watford I guess.
Play for a draw. GD matters. Play 6-4-0 or 5-4-1 and sit back all game. Defend from around 30 yards out. If we are going to lose, let’s at least lose by only 1 or 2, not 4,5 or 6.
I hope our travelling fans have the Man City song sheets. It’s important that we are conversant with the songs and support them for the full 90 just so that the Scousers don’t win the league....... Tough game for city 4-0
Aside from the GK, I'd play every defender we have and top off with defensive midfielders. Then in the first minute go in super hard on one of their best players, leg breaking hard, take someone out of the game hard, into next century hard, Vinny Jones hard. That will stop the fairies thinking they can showboat. Scare them shitless. Take the red. Park the bus. Lose 3-0. They will be apologetic after every goal and probably stop after 3. We move on.
At VR quite possible but I just don’t think you can frustrate City by playing like that at their place. I personally hope Gracia and the team have been watching the game they lost against Palace and follow that blueprint. Get into them, don’t allow them to find their rhythm - play an extra CM if needs be. But if we play our normal formation and either go all out attack or park the bus, we will lose heavily IMO. We have to mix it up and be unpredictable.
Foster Janmaat Britos Cathcart Holebas Mariappa Prodl Kabasele Masina Navarro Femenia Really go for it.
You are not Relegation Certs or Going Down in disguise? Stop trying to steal their thunder. Unlike the Toffees no self-respecting Citee fans on a Watford Forum this week!
As long as everyone does their jobs the win should be a formality. I don't rate this City side at all, one of the weakest they've had in recent years. Prediction Man City 0-3 Watford Deeney (12, 82), Capoue 43 Routine.
Restricting their win to a couple of goals will help come the end of the season, but there's always a chance of pulling a rabbit out of your Mivvi.
Slight variation to take advantage of our lightening quick best finisher to give us a goal threat; Foster Gomes Janmaat Prodl Britos Kabasele Cathcart Holebas Mariappa Masina . . . . Gray
Reckon we should play 0-5-3 formation & give it a go. Then with the 2 outfield player positions, simply get Prodl & Cathcart standing on the goal line either side of Foster all game.
Every single player is fit and available. It's March. We're 8th. FA Cup Quarters. That's outstanding work.
I would get everyone behind the ball, and go for a 2-0 loss. QSF set the template for how we should play these type of games.
From Last Man Standing Thread: ITK platypusReservist Do I post Week 2 in here? Man City Hmmmm One helluva confused/hedging bets platypus
Slight glimmer of hope in the fact that City only despatched West Ham & Bournemouth 1-0 in two recent games? Perhaps they've been misfiring a bit recently like Liverpool? Ok scrap that!
Haagen Dazs 'Cookies and Cream' has been the alpha and omega for me since I was introduced to it as a child. There's also an ice cream shop in between Seven Dials, Covent Garden, and Shaftesbury Avenue called 'Udderlicious' that is hard to beat for the same flavour. Gelato Mio used to do a very nice Biscotto flavoured option, but I think they might have closed down now; the one I used to go to occasionally certainly did. Some of those newer salted caramel Haagen Dazs flavours are pretty amazing as well, aren't they.
Lawro: I am not sure Watford will go for a shut-out in the same way and, even if they do, I don't think they are good enough defensively to pull it off. They were wide open down the flanks when they went to Anfield recentlyand, even if they don't play exactly the same way this time, if they leave any space, then Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane will punish them. Lawro's prediction: 3-0 Tom's prediction: Watford are doing so well and having an amazing season but I cannot see anything but a City win - they are steamrollering their way to the title. The Beast's (Ade Akinfenwa) prediction: No, no, no... NO! I can't believe it! Liverpool are going to do it, so I am going to throw this in there - Watford and my guy Troy Deeney are going to throw a spanner in City's works and win. I refuse to have it any other way. 1-2 Tom's prediction: As a team talk, Watford just need to hear that. OK, I've changed my mind - this is definitely going to be a Watford win. 1-2
I've always wondered about Akinfenwa and 'Tom' must be The Fool,out on the heath with Lear! Where did I put those painkillers?
