A win against Blackburn tonight will see us make our way into the top four, hopefully we can do that and then stay there!
We convincingly beat Blackburn in our first game of the season and I don't see why this game should go any different. Blackburn will fight hard but lack what I believe to be any necessary class that they will need to defeat us.
I can't see Blackburn giving us any problems when going forward so for me it is just down to our attackers to stick the ball in the net, saying that I wouldn't take the likes of McCarthy and Roberts for granted because you would have to be stupid to do that but I still can't see how they will bother us if we defend properly.
We must win tonight to keep our momentum going, a place in the top four is ours for the taking if we apply ourselves properly. We have to continue to build on our good form of late and resend the message out to any doubters that we are a force to be reckoned with.
Man City Team News:
Patrick Vieira's debut is in the balance, he has been carrying a knock on his calf and is rated doubtful. There are also still concerns over the fitness of Shaun Wright-Phillips (ankle), Joleon Lescott (knee) and Nedum Onuoha (calf), SWP is said to be nearing fitness but whether he plays remains unknown, Lescott and Onuoha are not expected to feature. Wayne Bridge is close to fitness but expected to need another seven days of training before returning to the squad, Roque Santa Cruz is rated at 50/50 to make tonight's game. Kolo Toure is away at the African Cup of Nations and Adebayor is resting and trying to recover from the terrible incident he encountered this week.
Blackburn Rovers Team News:
Brett Emerton is looking to return to the the starting line up after being out with a groin injury, Vince Grella misses out due to a thigh strain and El-Hadji Diouf also misses out due to suspension.
Possible Man City Line Up: Given, Zabaleta, Richards, Kompany, Garrido, De Jong, Barry, Petrov, Robinho, Bellamy, Tevez.
Possible Blackburn Line Up: Robinson, Chimbonda, Nelsen, Samba, Givet, Emerton, Andrews, N'Zonzi, Pedersen, McCarthy, Roberts.
My Prediction: Man City 3 - 0 Blackburn Rovers.
Worth A Bet: Tevez bags two goals in a 3 - 0 City win.
* For anyone who normally parks in one of the stadium car parks like myself I would suggest maybe leaving a little earlier than normal, this week City said that they were using some of the car parks to store snow so maybe you will have to find alternative parking.
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Tonight will be an interesting test I feel...
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Cheers for the update on the injured players cos city have not been forthcoming of late!
Be interested to see how much bellers plays tonight, with Everton and the Rags games so close together next week. Id say we'd need him more against everton but with utd a few days later... it'll be a tought call with his knees!
anyway, best get ready! c'mon city!!!
Bluepete
Hopefully this shld be a comfortable win but with all this talk of 3/4 nil victories we must be careful we are no overconfident. Even the scoreline is like that tonight, we must not expect an easy 3-0 win vs Everton on Saturday, that could be a tough away game.
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Mike Pete
With soon many injuries, we must underate tonight's opponents, they will be physical but hopefully we'll have too much quality and come through.
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Mike Pete is right, we must not be too assured of a battering tonight, hopefully no surprises.
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