Manchester City v Villa pre-match thread

[usav]

6-1 defeat

That's the spirit.

[dave.woodhall]

6-1 defeat

That's the spirit.

As long as the seats are filled and everyone sings. That's what matters.

[Lastfootstamper]

"Tomorrow's game gives us the opportunity to register three Premier League wins in a row for the first time since April 2010. 👊"

What a bloody grim statistic!

[DrGonzo]

Dean Smith's cunning anti-Sterling plan:

"He’s an extraordinary player. I think he’s proving that with club and country at the moment. We’re looking at trying to tie his laces together."

[LeeB]

Dean Smith's cunning anti-Sterling plan:

"He’s an extraordinary player. I think he’s proving that with club and country at the moment. We’re looking at trying to tie his laces together."

Ha!

[Villa Lew]

This will be our first match against the mighty Pep, can we make it a winning one, doubtful, but not impossible. Going 3-1 City, our scorer, Pep's favourite player, Douglas.

[Bren'd]

If Mings has a good game he will be on his way to Liverpool in Jan, definitely. If McGinn has a good game he'll be on his way to Man U in Jan, definitely and a certainty. If Grealish has a good game he'll be off to Spurs in Jan, definitely.  If Luis has a good game he'll be back at Man City in Jan, definitely. If they all have good games we'll win.  Let's hope that's the case.

[Ads]

Flood warnings predicted for the Cotton Village today and tomorrow, must be a chance the game could get called off

Supposed to be playing 11 aside tonight and it's been called off. T'is pissing it down up here, has been all day, will be all night and all morning.

[Vill I An]

Zinchenko and Rodri are definitely out injured and could see some rotation in other positions.
Mendy isn't exactly up to speed and at left back can be exposed if he is to play

[wittonwarrior]

fuck em - 3-1 Villa.  Give them Mancs a football lesson and then gloat for the rest of the day in the Printers back in Stockport.

[Diablo]

Who gives a fuck which over paid vaginas these wankers pick, we're going to absolutely fucking funeral them any way.

I don't care if they have Francis Lee playing in the middle and Sterling buzzing around alongside the ghost of Dennis Tueart, we're going to murder them.

Talking about the ghost of Dennis Tueart had me having to check if he was alive or not?! I only found out last week in conversation that Robert Palmer had died and he passed in 2003. I thought I'd missed another. To celebrate I'm going to watch that over head kick and that Robert Palmer video.

[Ads]

Look what we have here on a Man City forum;

I am going to the game with my MCFC supporting missus & I hope you absolutely smash these fookers.
With any luck, after you had given them a thorough Rogering, it will ruin them for the rest of the season & begin a slide back to the championship for the twats.
Suffice to say, seeing the seals getting hammered will be my cup final, birthday & christmas all in one.
#SOTV

An Albion fan. The last line sums the bitter twats up.

[cdbullyweefan]

Franchise FC is usually a term reserved for MK Dons, in what way are Man City a franchise?

They're owned by City Football Group as part of a wider franchise including New York City, Melbourne City, Girona and others. Assuming that's what the OP was alluding to

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We are owned by the same ownership group as Milwaukee Bucks. Are we a franchise? I get that some aren't keen on them (though they wouldn't be in the top twenty of clubs I dislike), but there's no way they're a "Franchise Club".

I'm not saying we are. That's just what I took the original poster to mean.

Yeah, sorry. You are probably right. I wasn't arguing with you just disagreeing with the OP.

[Diablo]

Look what we have here on a Man City forum;

I am going to the game with my MCFC supporting missus & I hope you absolutely smash these fookers.
With any luck, after you had given them a thorough Rogering, it will ruin them for the rest of the season & begin a slide back to the championship for the twats.
Suffice to say, seeing the seals getting hammered will be my cup final, birthday & christmas all in one.
#SOTV

An Albion fan. The last line sums the bitter twats up.

Seals?

[Stu]

Look what we have here on a Man City forum;

I am going to the game with my MCFC supporting missus & I hope you absolutely smash these fookers.
With any luck, after you had given them a thorough Rogering, it will ruin them for the rest of the season & begin a slide back to the championship for the twats.
Suffice to say, seeing the seals getting hammered will be my cup final, birthday & christmas all in one.
#SOTV

An Albion fan. The last line sums the bitter twats up.

Seals?

It's their nickname for us. Apparently because Villa fans clap like seals with arms straight, not bent at the elbows. Or something. I told the stripey that told me this that if they have to explain the joke it isn't funny, but he wasn't having it. It's the worst disparaging nickname for a rival ever, the explanation is really convoluted and doesn't make any sense.

The fucking stripey idiots.