I do not want to tempt fate here. But I cannot see the match at the Etihad being the decider on current form. City was well off the pace at Stoke. Ok Stoke is tough at home but City hardly created anything. They were really lacklustre and they even brought Tevez with only 15 mins to go. What was that about? Was it Fergie's mind games working yet again? I cannot see on current form how City will get anything from the gunners. They will be very lucky to get a point. The crunch match may not be that crucial but I think the title is now United's to lose.
Like I said in the other thread, Tevez came on later this week than he did last. He came on pretty much as soon as they went behind to Chelsea, but Mancini waited another ten minutes this time around. Maybe SAF got to Mancini and he was worried about being seen to turn to Tevez every time City were in trouble? If so, that could be a crucial factor in the title race, and another bit of genius from the old master
Somebody should put a bit a gaffa tape round slurgie's gob, I think you lot hang of his every word and assume it's some sort of master class in mind games every time he speaks, when usually it's just a load of old bitter being spewed by the old git.
Yet it always works And your lot were hanging on much more than we were, just desperately believing it showed SAF was cracking up Oh look, here comes Platt out of the woodwork, denying the mind games have any effect on City's current shocking form. If they have no effect Dave, why'd you feel the need to discuss them? Perhaps to try and hide from your team's ineptitude and desperate reliance on Tevez?
The only teams that have showed any form of consistency of late is United, Arsenal and Sunderland. City, Spurs, Liverpool and City have all been going through a bad patch. Don't think you can acredit this to Fergie's mind games, good management, yes. There is no denying he is a great manager, one of the greatest of all time? But I do think people look to much into the other stuff.
Praps. Although interesting to see that right after SAF's comments Mancini refused to shake Pulis' hand, or give an interview for the first time since he came to City. City's poor away form has been largely their own making, but then I doubt Mancini will be happy that he now has the media reporting SAF's comments and Platt's attempted comeback - distractions like that will definitely not help City when trying to get their away form back on track. Tho' interesting to note it was Mancini and Vieira who started the mind games a while back, maybe in an attempt to destabilise Utd. They were top of the table before that, so guess it's more down to them than SAF
Barry (and Mancini) said in the papers today that if City won all their remaining matches they are champions. Not quite. It could still go to goal difference if united won all their matches except the one against City. Time to score goals lads !
