So today we have Carling cup match with the world's richest
club. There is lot of speculation about the teams for both the clubs, and it
would be interesting to see who plays. I think Man City can play 4 different
teams for all four competitions they are in!!! Still Mancini (aka Richie Rich)
is cribbing for 2 games in 3 days!!! He still has player like Kolo Toure, Dzeko,
Johnson, Zabaleta, Savic, and Hargreaves etc who didn’t start in their
draw against Liverpool!!! Hence I don’t think he has any reason to crib. One
player I would definitely miss is Balotelli. I would have liked him to play and
pull some of his world famous antics and get booed by our fans!!!
Boss has said that he too would be giving rest to some key
players. And we all know who he meant!!! So RVP would be missing the match for
sure. Players who will get a chance either in starting lineup or on bench are
Chamakh, Park, Benayoun, Rosicky, Yennaris, Arshavin, Miquel, Squillaci,
Frimpong, Coquelin, Diaby, Alex, Fabianski. I would say that this is not a bad
playing lineup by any means!!! It has experience and youth and desperate
players to prove their point and mettle to Boss and club and fans.
Boss was vocal about how a class player like Benayoun has
not got enough opportunities to play, so he would definitely be playing and adding experience and creativity to our midfield. And vocal was 'The Russian' about how not
playing for so long affected his game against Fulham!!! Now I understand there
is match practice which is required, but didn’t he play against Greece for
Russia two weeks back? Wasn’t he coming on as sub for quite some time? So I would
ask him to stop making excuses and give his all in today's game!!! I think Park
would start from the bench and we would be playing 4-5-1, as Boss usually doesn’t
change his system of play to accommodate a player!!! Park has to get accustomed
to English style of play, but having not played a single minute in EPL till now
is a bit disappointing. Same is the case with Chamakh, who has to prove that he
still got it!!! Coquelin will get a chance to prove that he is better than
Frimpong and Frimpong will get a chance to be #Dench!!!
Now coming to controversies, we all know Nasri might get a
chance to play in today's match and Boss has requested the fans to control
their emotions. Boss has always been respectful towards former players and has
asked fans to do the same. But as we know Clichy, Toure left without much ado,
we saw the antics of Adebayor and we read the comments from Nasri about the
fans and club!!! I can understand him leaving for double the money (As I would
also leave my job if somebody is ready to double my pay!!! :D), but what I don’t
understand is that why you have to bad mouth the club and its fans!!! You were
an unknown quantity, this club and fans made you what you are today, some
respect is always warranted. If you don’t have respect for the people who made
you what you are today, then you are not a man in my eyes!!! And hence I despise
him!!! So I would request everyone to boo him as loud as possible!!!
Hopefully we will come out on tops. Players have to show
that they should get more chances in first team with a good performance. And if
they do that against City, then nothing like it!!! Amen to that.
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