Can't see the City defense coping with our attack, just hope Wimmer can step up and perform as well as he did last season

We beat them 2-0 at WHL and our recent scoring in the PL has been impressive whereas their's in the PL hasn't been that good. I can only see a Spurs win.

We have got a great recent record against City home and away.
Their defence is awful and The Way we are playing at the moment with so much power and pace we will be too strong for them.

I'd be happy with a draw away to City but with the way we are playing we should have a really good chance.

All it takes from City is to improve their finishing to be honest and that could just turn on at any moment.

They had chances to score and came very close. Everton took theirs superbly and small margins win you games at the top level.

Boss, I would be very disappointed with a point up there to be honest.

It could almost kill any chance of the title, at a time they are very vulnerable and we are also in amazing form.

A similar stage last season Leicester went up there, smashed them and laid down a marker. We should be looking to do the same

I don't think Guardiola is overated.

I used to be frustrated when Man City money came but have been happy since they started wasting it on worse players then they already have. Stones one of the worst defenders and worst players at playing it from the back I have seen goes to Man City was hilarious. Now its not Stones is fault some club paid so much for him when he really is a £5m player currently. I think Guardiola must be thinking how bad is this Stones. The club that sold him keep a clean sheet and we concede 4

The main reason why I don't think he is overated is because of the 2011 CL final I have never seen us getting battered so easily as that and thats after we battered the CL semi-finalist but we were made to look like Schalke 04

I'd be disappointed with a draw away at City. Chelsea have Hull at home next week so would inevitably go another 2 points clear, and if we want to go the distance we kind of have to beat City. Plus we are simply better than them at this moment and beating them would mean our longest winning PL streak.

I'd be happy with a draw v City tbh

Yes we are good enough to beat them but an away point isn't to be sniffed at

Is Pep Guardiola the most overrated manager in the league? Let's be honest my nan could of won the league with that unbelievable Barcelona team. He has managed 2 ready made clubs in Barcelona and Bayern where they are set up to basically guarantee success no matter who the manager is. He's now come to the prem trying to implement his style and he is failing spectacularly. I don't actually think City have beaten a top side this season???

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Well this is what I had an issue is, you are completely discrediting Pep. I don't know your Nan, but I highly doubt she could have done the job which Pep did at Barca which was actually phenomenal. He created arguably the best team in footballing history, they were miles off being ready made.

With regards to Bayern, he may have in this case inherited a phenomenal team but what he did was capitalise on their dominance. Which is easier said than done, Ancelotti and Emery are struggling to do such easy tasks at their respective clubs.
Anyone who thinks his time at Bayern was a failure are wrong, as I said he broke records for games won in a row and point totals, won the league each season he managed them, got them to a CL semi-final each season and won their cup competition twice. If any fans had an issue with them is because they are fickle and spoilt.

Now with regards to City I would agree he hasn't done a great job so far, the Bravo decisions is appalling as he is actually a terrible keeper. Stones is poor as well but I would argue there was a lot of external factors meaning that he had to sign him (HG quota, media pressure etc). Nobody has given Pep any time though, we all knew it would take a transfer window or two for him to make a mark, and if he was our own manager we would be crying out to give him more time, yet everything is so short term in football these days.

Problem is Edin some fans are too knee jerk.

If players or managers don't have a massive impact straight away they suddenly become rubbish

Nothing like giving them time anyway more

Which is a shame from us Hengy, cos we are literally reaping the rewards from a manage who has actually been given time in Poch.

I heard a stat today that Bravo has let in more than half of the last 23 shots on target.

There you go Spurs, get a dozen shots on target and we'll win 6-0 diva

smiley fail

Bravo is so bad ain't he

I don't see how it is knee jerk when Guardiola has made some horrendous mistakes in his short stint so far. Getting rid of Hart and getting in Bravo as his replacement is a total clusterf** of a decision. Not to mention the stubborn nature of the guy in his philosophy which has resulted in City leaking in goals left, right and centre. I'm not saying Guardiola is a bad manager but there is certainly justified means as to question him

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I don't see how it is knee jerk when Guardiola has made some horrendous mistakes in his short stint so far. Getting rid of Hart and getting in Bravo as his replacement is a total clusterf** of a decision. Not to mention the stubborn nature of the guy in his philosophy which has resulted in City leaking in goals left, right and centre. I'm not saying Guardiola is a bad manager but there is certainly justified means as to question him
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You say that but if they beat us they go what a point behind us?

Yes there's some questions about him but that doesn't change he's a quality manager

I don't think anyone called you knee jerk for saying he has had horrendous mistakes, because I think we can all see he has. Getting rid of Hart maybe wasn't the mistake, but getting Bravo in certainly was as he is useless.

Maybe his side will leak goals but when the philosophy kicks in I am sure that will change, much like it did as Poch with us.

I think you just hugely discredit Pep and everything he has done and a lot of things you have said in your article are wrong or ridiculous:

The bit about Barcelona is so wrong.

He isn't failing spectacularly, and if you actually think he is I dread to think what it will look like when he succeeds.

City have beaten Arsenal.

And no they aren't awful at the moment, they had a very bad result, but prior to that there form had been pretty good.

He is already conceding the title Edin and we are only in Jan. ( his own words not mine ) and you are telling me he is not failing ???? Sorry but With the amount he has spent and the squad he has inherited with genuine world class players like Silva, Aguero etc he should have them in a much better position.

Oh and yes I think the Barcelona job is one of the easiest jobs in world football when you have players like Messi in attack. I read his autobiography from graham hunter so I'm well aware of the things he did at Barcelona and well aware of the influence he had but that still doesn't change the fact that anyone can pretty much go to Barcelona and succeed if coming with the right attitude. It's just a fact mate.

Firstly I think that he said it to get the press off his back and give his players a public kick up the rse. They went on a big run earlier in the season, there is nothing to suggest they can't again.

Secondly, I don't believe their team is all that. He inherited a very poor defence, and likes of Silva etc is getting on. Bear in mind this side was carried by the old Yaya a couple of seasons ago and his lack of form got Pellegrini the sack.

Barca certainly wasn't the easiest job in the world back then. He took a team who hadn't won the league in a while (came third the season before). Completely reinvented the team and won the treble.

It isn't just a fact about coming in with the right attitude, it is a tough job and a lot of managers haven't succeeded. Tito (external reasons), Martino, Antic, Ferrer, LVG, Rijkaard even had a mixed time there.

He had a tough job to do, and with it created one of the best football teams of all time. Barcelona absolutely dominated teams in a way we hadn't seen for decades. It was brutal.