Manchester City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Tom_Mc9?]

On TalkSport yesterday, Collymore said that Sunderland have a 'far better' squad than us. Do they? How has it come to this?

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Sunderland's squad looks a poor one to me, so on a level with our own, but without a world class player in it.

[Richard E]

On TalkSport yesterday, Collymore said that Sunderland have a 'far better' squad than us. Do they? How has it come to this?

Hyperbole from him based on them having had some decent results lately. He would not have said that 4 weeks ago.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

If our realistic aspiration is to be a consistent Top 8 side, the only players we have that are definitely good enough are Guzan, Vlaar, Delph and Benteke.

Everyone else is either too inconsistent, too inexperienced, or too crap. 

[rob_bridge]

If our realistic aspiration is to be a consistent Top 8 side, the only players we have that are definitely good enough are Guzan, Vlaar, Delph and Benteke.

Everyone else is either too inconsistent, too inexperienced, or too crap.

Yep we need 6 first teamers then the inconsistent / inexperienced (Westwood / Lowton / Bacuna / Weiman) can become squad players and the crap one (at least 6) can be binned/sold.

[JUAN PABLO]

Anyone else see the girl out of coronation street in the away end tonight
Supports villa apparently,  errrr obviously why she was in with us

Which actress out of Coronation Street? I ask, as that only thing approaching a positive I can take from that tonight.  We looked and played like a lower league side there for a cup tie. 

it was Krissi Bohn the girl who plays Jenna (Lloyds daughter)

always thought she was a poor actress

she deserves an oscar now

[JUAN PABLO]

The one reason why we should have played Hutton last night , he probably would have put Toure in Row z before he scored that goal


great goal but knife through water

[JUAN PABLO]

Sunderland's squad looks a poor one to me, so on a level with our own, but without a world class player in it.

that got a draw against $$ity  and should have won

[JUAN PABLO]

On TalkSport yesterday, Collymore said that Sunderland have a 'far better' squad than us. Do they? How has it come to this?

Hyperbole from him based on them having had some decent results lately. He would not have said that 4 weeks ago.

fantastic results . Dont think the team is better , their midfield at the moment looks good  even thou they are championship players . its poyet thats got them playing well . He deserves the credit.

[supertom]

Sunderlands squad has more players in it that have been in and around the Prem for a while. They've got O Shea and Brown as cb's which makes them marginally stronger in that department than us, as we've only really got Vlaar who you could comfortably call a Prem standard CB (too early to judge on Okore, though I fancy he'll be quality). Our old boy Carlos hasn't been great there but I'd take him over Baker.

Looking at their midfield, Johnson would walk into our side. Gardner and Larsson would probably offer more than KEA, and possibly even Westwood. Cattermole is shite but I suppose when you want a bit of blood and thunder he can offer that. We don't have that sort of player and we've lacked it at times this season in the middle. Ki's quite good.

To be honest if you were making a match day 18 out of the two respective squads, on paper it'd have more Sunderland players in it. I would add that it would have very few Di Canio signings there, which tells you a lot about the state Poyet inherited too. In terms of genuine standout players, we of course have Guzan and Benteke. Delph is better than anything they have in midfield too.

However 3-4 good players gets you no where. We need more and we need them quickly.

It doesn't surprise me that Sunderland will probably finish ahead of us though. Poyet has got players performing there again and he's also done remarkable job of cleaning up after Di Canio. For me it's a toss up between him and Pulis for manager of the year, because both clubs should have been dead and buried by Xmas.

[PeterWithesShin]

It doesn't surprise me that Sunderland will probably finish ahead of us though. Poyet has got players performing there again and he's also done remarkable job of cleaning up after Di Canio. For me it's a toss up between him and Pulis for manager of the year, because both clubs should have been dead and buried by Xmas.

Holloway? Do you mean Pulis?

[papa lazarou]

Gardner and Larsson would probably offer more than KEA, and possibly even Westwood.

IMO KEA is not even championship material. Runs around a lot and achieves little. How PL picks him to start so often is beyond me.

[JUAN PABLO]

hes not done alot in two years to be fair

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Sunderland's squad looks a poor one to me, so on a level with our own, but without a world class player in it.

that got a draw against $$ity  and should have won

And got beat at home by us. Sunderland are shit.

[Surrey Villain]

Gardner and Larsson would probably offer more than KEA, and possibly even Westwood.

IMO KEA is not even championship material. Runs around a lot and achieves little. How PL picks him to start so often is beyond me.

I don't think he even runs around a lot! But he is a Lambert favourite like Bacuna so has to play.