The English Football Thread

[Milan 17,866]

Adam Johnson - Don't join City

skysports.com

"Now, if I was a young lad, I wouldn't go to City," Johnson told reporters.

"It is excellent when a club like City come for you. Hard to turn down. But you don't actually play for the champions - you're a squad member, which is totally different.

"It's not that you're not good enough, it's just that the likes of Yaya Toure are going to play ahead of you, no matter what you do."

"I think it would only be a matter of time before senior players become unhappy.

"You can probably have too many world-class players at once - everyone wants to play and they're not happy to be squad players.

"You're going to have trouble picking a team, and leaving people in the stands. I was one of them last season.

"He (Mancini) wanted that many players in the squad. He's got to deal with it, hasn't he?"

[Hutcho 8,443]

Just got back from work, and now its a football triple header. Come on Sunderland.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Ouch! What a cynical tackle by Cuellar.

EDIT: And City score from the FK. Well that plain stupid

[Hutcho 8,443]

Damn, 1-0.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Have to say, City are very entertaining to watch this season. Probably because their porous defence which means that games tend to be very attacking for both sides. I wish we would be playing them now because you have to think they'll get their defensive problems sorted out at some point.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Have to say, City are very entertaining to watch this season. Probably because their porous defence which means that games tend to be very attacking for both sides. I wish we would be playing them now because you have to think they'll get their defensive problems sorted out at some point.

Hopefully not, though you are probably right as Mancini has been switching between 3 and 4 at the back and will eventually sort it out. Hopefully their lack of clean sheets can continue and sunderland can score here, though by the looks of things they will probably need to score more than 1 to get anything out of this game, but steven Fletcher has looked dangerous this season.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Steven Fletcher only needs one chance to score, Sunderland are still in this until City score again.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I have a feeling Ballotelli will do something stupid today.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I have a feeling Ballotelli will do something stupid today.

I hope so. There really aren't many more fun players to watch in the world. He's like uranium or something...if contained, he can power the entire team, but if not, well he will explode the entire game. I'd love to see more players like that.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Danny Rose has got to be the most overrated youngster in the country.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Danny Rose has got to be the most overrated youngster in the country.

Nah, that is reserved for stupidly cleverly

[Ankit 3,176]

Kolarov has to be one of the best FK takers in the world. His success rate would be high. He almost always score from FKs.

[Laylabelle 9,396]

Not sure if anyone have come across this but here's what Gerrard said just days ago on haven't being able to win the league title.

http://www.mirror.co...e-could-1358408

Typical pure delusion by someone from Liverpool.

Urgh he's so boring!Just seems to be repeating himself over and over. Said it again on Football focus incase no one understood what he meant the first time

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Danny Rose has got to be the most overrated youngster in the country.

And he saves a goal. It's always like that, isn't it. You say someone's awful and then they make a great play...hmm, gives me an idea. Everyone on Chelsea sucks! They can't score, they can't pass, they can't defend. (Let's hope that works.)

[Hutcho 8,443]

Come on sunderland.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Good save...

[Kieran. 6,317]

That's that.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Oh dear, and i think its all over.