[Archived] Preview of Man City 1st Oct

[JWUpper]

Was going to come over from Leeds for the match...but after the abject performance vs Newcastle I think this will be the 1st match for a long time as a ST holder that I won't be going to. Having just graduated from uni and still being without a job (and without my Dad and his mate, who can't be there for work reasons) I think the £10 train fare plus food expenses is going to be better off in my bank, rather than at Ewood this once.

Still hope we pull off a miracle and upset the odds though!

[BRFC1995]

70% city possession

Salgado sent off

Blackburn no efforts on goal

Hoillett tapped up

Robbo man of match despite picking ball out of net numerous times

Hanley to start and subsequently be mentally ruined after a cricket score

Kean to state that we deserved better but the fans will be happy with his new brand of football

Rovers rock bottom of league

Kean to state his job is not even talked about with his indian friends

Rovers 0 = City 3 ( if they decide to rest aguero and silva and dzeko) or 6 (if they all play)

They stuck 5 past spuds and never let spuds kick the ball at white hart lane........i was being conservative at 6 as it is an away game for them but we are miles away from spuds and they got raped.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

We will win 6-0 and Kean will be offered a 10 year contract...Free bucket of Chicken for all home fans.

As you can tell, I'm starting not to give a flying one anymore.

[bubblerrovers]

Couldn't care less about this game, SK and Venkys have sapped my love and passion for Football, not just rovers away. Until Mr Kean is gone i will be avoiding all Rovers games as it just upsets me and I get to angry

[Grez]

Well I can't go - still in hospital! At least the morphine stops me getting angry anymore.

If silva plays - 4 goal minimum.

They won't sack Kean either as he need to go and do a presser in Pune.

[colin]

Rovers playing Man City with Kean in charge is like going into a gunfight armed with a small pair of nail clippers.

Nail clippers can be very dangerous in the wrong pair of hands....ooooh, Right.... Sorry.

"Well I can't go - still in hospital! At least the morphine stops me getting angry anymore."

Any chance of getting another 20,000 doses and handing them out just before KO. The rest of us may need it.

[Darwen Rover]

The best result here is that we get hammered!!!

And before all you do good people 'we would never want rovers to lose how could you you anti christ' think about this analogy..

Would you not have a major heart op when needed due to short term pain.. Of course you would that's what we need..

We have lost our heart and soul... The team is leaderless and is an unorganised mess...

We replaced a seasoned premier league 'expert' with a clueless no body...

7-0 city hopefully... Keane fired and replaced...

[roverandout]

i will be happy with a hammering if it means we get rid of the clown, we will be beaten anyway and a 1-0, 2-0 defeat would just give kean, venkys and all their followers an excuse to say that rovers put up a good fight, as in last season's fixture against city at ewood.

[Hi Mack]

I am in the group that never wants to see us get beat....but if we scrape a draw/win it just prolongs the inevitable, Kean is by all accounts a good coach, He is a proven terrible horrible manager who just about f*cks up everything he does!

KEAN OUT!!!

[USABlue]

It's on telly here but I don't know if I can stand to watch.

[jim mk2]

Incompetent manager notwithstanding it would be typical of Rovers to go and win this match against all the odds. Rovers 2-1.

[RovertheHill]

Friend of mine is a Wigan fan and says that City attack with pace down the flanks and through the middle - just the kind of team we are set up to defend against. Oh, wait...

I fear the worst in this one, City's £100M+ strike force will not squander chances so we could get a hammering here.

[brian_gallagher85]

The best we can hope for is that we actually score, (Fulham did get two), and we keep it to single figures.

I can see a 7-1 on the horizon...

[Clitherover]

It's on telly here but I don't know if I can stand to watch.

I know the feeling, but if we did win it you'd be gutted you didn't watch it.

Having said that we'll get stuffed so I'd say not watching it is a pretty safe bet.

[snatchymcsnatch]

Can anyone tell me the ticket prices for this Saturday - the website is less than useless - deciding whether to bother going to this or not.

[cn174]

Can anyone tell me the ticket prices for this Saturday - the website is less than useless - deciding whether to bother going to this or not.

Its a cat a game, bbe is 35, riverside is 28. If you go into latest information on the tickets tab you will find more.

[den]

To be fair to Kean, he's not making injuries an excuse for the game.

"Rovers’ disappointing 3-1 reverse at Newcastle United was made all the worse by injuries to key players but Kean insists, even if they don’t make Saturday’s visit of Manchester City, his squad now has the power to make light of their absence."

Not sure that I agree with his viewpoint though. Scott Dann, Michel Salgado, Gael Givet, Martin Olsson, Ryan Nelsen all likely to be missing.

LT

[dazmaz]

2-7 hoilett, yak, aguero x3 dzeko x2 silva, barry. Kean to be turning up for training next week with full backing of owners

[Tom]

The best we can hope for is that we actually score, (Fulham did get two), and we keep it to single figures.

I can see a 7-1 on the horizon...

No chance we are going to win 7-1 mate

[K-Hod]

3-0 defeat, hopefully City get bored....

[rebelmswar]

To be fair to Kean, he's not making injuries an excuse for the game.

"Rovers’ disappointing 3-1 reverse at Newcastle United was made all the worse by injuries to key players but Kean insists, even if they don’t make Saturday’s visit of Manchester City, his squad now has the power to make light of their absence."

Not sure that I agree with his viewpoint though.

LT

If there are any crystal clear examples of the mans utter gibbering delusions, the above is it.

Expecting to come out of this with our trashed and completely raped defense with anything short of a sadistic spanking is like expecting a snake to climb a well oiled, bark free tree.

I see his comments as the death rattle of a lunatic.

[joey_big_nose]

Christ - the injuries make it look even more terryfying. What sort of side can we put out?

---------------Robinson

Lowe--Samba---Hanley---Pedersen

Dunn---Nzonzi---Grella---Vukcevic

-----------------Hoilett

-------------------Yak

We'll get absolutely eaten alive!

[grizfoot]

I'd consider playing five at the back for this game. But I don't even think we have five fit defenders and that wouldn't be deemed attacking enough anyway I suppose. Only optimism I can gleam is that Man City are playing away in Munich today, hopefully they are tired out a little and need to rest a few players for our game.

[Guest Rovers4Good]

We'll get beat by at least 2 clear goals and if Givet and Salgado play it may be even more.

I'd consider playing five at the back for this game. But I don't even think we have five fit defenders and that wouldn't be deemed attacking enough anyway I suppose. Only optimism I can gleam is that Man City are playing away in Munich today, hopefully they are tired out a little and need to rest a few players for our game.

Playing 11 at the back still won't stop us conceding a goal

[den]

Christ - the injuries make it look even more terryfying. What sort of side can we put out?

---------------Robinson

Lowe--Samba---Hanley---Pedersen

Dunn---Nzonzi---Grella---Vukcevic

-----------------Hoilett

-------------------Yak

We'll get absolutely eaten alive!

You're forgetting Ribiero and Myles Anderson JBN. - AKA Denis Irwin and Chris Smalling.