Man City

[Red_Tirak1099]

Go for a City win tonight give 1 half ball at SingPools.....returns 3.15

[machoman]

Originally Posted by Red_Tirak1099

Go for a City win tonight give 1 half ball at SingPools.....returns 3.15

Sorry, bro but I have to disagree.

I have a strong sneaky gut feeling that the Trotters will draw or even, cause an upset victory over the over-performing City team tonight & break their unbeaten home record.

[Cum_Luver]

should be a DRAW as Bolton is beginning to get back their resilence under Megson..

[Red_Tirak1099]

Ole Ole Ole Ole.....Man City perfect home record intact.......fighting spirit come back from behind......me win big money!!! Man City I LOVE YOU!!!

Originally Posted by Red_Tirak1099

Ole Ole Ole Ole.....Man City perfect home record intact.......fighting spirit come back from behind......me win big money!!! Man City I LOVE YOU!!!

Con samster's money and use it as your betting capital?

[Cum_Luver]

a spirited n good comeback win for Man City...
congr on keeping the perfect home's record...well done

[Glen2712]

Sven revels in ideal home exhibitions

The Observer

Manchester City do not attract the same headlines as England, but the original foreigner in charge of the national team is making a bold bid for Premier League attention.


Thanks to late goals from Darius Vassell and the promising Kelvin Etuhu, Sven-Goran Eriksson will now reach Christmas with a perfect home league record. Nine games, nine wins. Beat that, Fabio. No one was predicting such a thing in August, although no one was predicting Bolton would need to be revived by Gary Megson, either.


On this evidence the revival is not fully complete, though for well over 80 minutes Bolton looked anything but a team threatened by relegation. They just could not match City's consistency and determination to keep going, and who would have predicted that? 'I told the players they looked like losers at half time, but we showed very good morale in the second half,' Eriksson said.


Bolton gave as good an account of themselves as City in the opening minutes, only to present an early goal to their opponents with an unforced defensive error. Ricardo Gardner had an opportunity to clear under no particular pressure from Vassell, but misjudged the flight of the ball and let his man in behind him. Vassell might have done better than strike his shot straight at the goalkeeper, although once the ball had rebounded back off Jussi Jaaskelainen at least he had the presence of mind to find Michael Johnson, whose first-time pass left Rolando Bianchi with a simple tap-in. If it was a sloppy goal for Bolton to concede, City's willingness to get forward could not be faulted. Johnson and Bianchi were both up in support before the Wanderers defence could get back to cover.


The visitors threatened mostly from set pieces, as is their wont, although Nicolas Anelka was always dangerous and grazed a post with a shot from a tight angle after 25 minutes. Two minutes after that, Nicky Hunt sent over a deep cross from the right that Kevin Davies not only reached but knocked down for Anelka, not quite accurately enough for an effective shot. Still, City had been warned, and could not say Bolton's equaliser just after the half-hour was undeserved or unexpected. It was actually the result of one of the best bits of interpassing in the first half, with El Hadji Diouf moving the ball out to Davies in space on the right, then continuing his run into the area to sweep a low cross into the net.


With Vassell lapsing back into disappointing mode and Bianchi failing to bother Jaaskelainen again before half time, Bolton saw an opportunity to turn round in front and took it. Gardner made up for his earlier mistake by skipping around Vedran Corluka on the left, doing well to keep the ball in play and when Dietmar Hamann attempted to cut out the cross, the City midfielder succeeded only in teeing it up for Kevin Nolan. The Bolton captain looked up as if amazed at the amount of unprotected goal he could see and lost no time in poking a shot into the generous gap.


City were back on level terms three minutes into the second half following a good run and cross from Etuhu, immediately adding more punch down the right than Vassell or Fernandes Gelson, who he replaced, had managed. Bolton survived the initial danger without fully clearing the ball and when improvisation from Johnson retained possession for City, a retreating Hamann sent in a hopeful shot that Lubomir Michalik inadvertently touched past his own goalkeeper.


Both sides appeared to think that was enough scoring for a cold winter's afternoon and the game was becalmed for 25 minutes until incident returned suddenly with a chance at either end. The quiet though ominously threatening Anelka brought a sharp save from Andreas Isaksson in the City goal after good work by Diouf and Davies, then, within seconds, Vassell held the ball up at the other end long enough for Johnson to stroke a shot against a post.


City's crucial third goal was considerably scruffier than either of those opportunities, though Vassell will not mind in the slightest. He was in the right place at the right time to meet Martin Petrov's cross and though his contact was not the cleanest, a stranded Jaaskelainen was powerless to prevent the ball trickling over the line off an upright.


'We left a massive hole and chucked away a result,' Megson said. 'We can't keep doing that. We only start defending about 10 seconds after we should.'


Bolton were all over the place chasing an equaliser by the time Etuhu added a last-gasp fourth, though, from Javier Garrido's cross, he took his opportunity coolly. 'He did two excellent things and then he scored a goal,' Eriksson said. 'He's not ready yet, but he's got pace and he's a talent.'

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[screamer]

9 home win. 100% home record.

WELL DONE

[Red_Tirak1099]

Man City sitting pretty in 4th spot.......Champions League here we come!

[Red_Terok1099]

Originally Posted by machoman

Sorry, bro but I have to disagree.

I have a strong sneaky gut feeling that the Trotters will draw or even, cause an upset victory over the over-performing City team tonight & break their unbeaten home record.

[CODE]FT Manchester C. 4 - 2 Bolton W.[/CODE]

Eh.... white hair fellow.... eat your words now. Stop your ranting....

[Red_Tirak1099]

Originally Posted by Red_Terok1099

[CODE]FT Manchester C. 4 - 2 Bolton W.[/CODE]

Eh.... white hair fellow.... eat your words now. Stop your ranting....

Relax.....all in the name of fun no need get personal.....you win some you lose some....cheers!

[machoman]

Originally Posted by Red_Terok1099

[CODE]FT Manchester C. 4 - 2 Bolton W.[/CODE]

Eh.... white hair fellow.... eat your words now. Stop your ranting....

Ranting?

Just giving my opinion.

[Red_Tirak1099]

ManCity this Sunday. They have a good record against Aston Villa.....time for them to start winning on the road. Go Go Go!!!

[JWNY]

Man City job is Sven's 'until he retires' - Thaskin

Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra says Sven-Goran Eriksson could have a job for life at Eastlands.

The former England boss has enjoyed a fine return to club management since being appointed by Thaksin in the summer and his work in elevating the club to fourth in the Barclays Premier League has not gone unnoticed.

Thaksin told the Daily Star: 'I think Sven can remain our manager until he retires.

'I didn't expect the team would achieve this kind of level. But I did believe when I arrived that Manchester City could improve a lot.

'And you simply have to hand it to Sven who has done a marvellous job.'

He added: 'He is a very good football strategist and he teaches the players well. His motivational ability is another important part of his game.

'We consider him as a world-class manager. There are not many of them in football but Sven is certainly one of them.'

[Red_Tirak1099]

At club level, Sven Goran Eriksson has managed to win trophies with every club he managed except one (Fiorentina).......let's hope he maintain this proud record......maybe he can even transform Man City into another Lazio!