Manchester City News 24/7Writer: Tudor 
Date:Thursday November 6 2008
Time: 9:22AM
UK time is: 19:22:38
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Sparky Urges City To Get Stuck Into FC Twente
Google language translator
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has urged his players to get stuck into Thursday nights UEFA Cup opposition, FC Twente.
Following on from a less than impressive Premier League start, Welshman Hughes is determined to counterbalance the abundance of flair within his team into a side that can also compete with the more physical teams.
Hughes told the media...
'You have to understand the type of players we've got. We've got attack-minded players and technically-gifted players. Irrespective of attitude, if teams are more physical, it's difficult to stamp your mark on the game. What you have to do is get the ball down and not get sucked into the game the opposition want to play.'
'You could say we're more suited to European football, it's a different test. FC Twente play a slow game and what we have to do is play at a Premiership tempo, the one they are accustomed to now on a week-to-week basis.'
'You have to be strong. you have to have the ability to withstand challenges, you have to break off tackles and exploit situations where defenders over-commit and that's a skill in itself where you draw fouls, you draw tackles and exploit the spaces that creates.'
'Sometimes you will have that but it's the Premier League and certain games won't be technical, they will be a battle and we have to be ready for that.'
And what about the Brazilians?
'I think they know now,' added Sparky. 'The more games the Brazilians play, the more they understand it. We're a young side in years and in experience. Even Robinho, who has great experience, is not experienced in the Premier League. It's different to any other league in the world but we'll get there.'
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
I hope they all listened to what MH said......and put it all into practice on the pitch... !!!
lincolnblue
oh yeah based on the last two games, we need to take it up a notch and go out on the offensive.
ArabianKnight
Why the hell he hasn't been dishing out similar rallying cry's all season, I'll never know.
Johnny Baguette
This is a full admisssion by Hughes that the Man City squad consists of many technically great players -- but is lightweight in terms of the physical requirements of the Premiership. That's why we are losing so many Premiership games. Our poor Prem form is definitely not down to the manager... Perish the thought. This also explains why our two best players this season, SWP and Stevie Ireland do so well, because with builds like pipe-cleaners and respectively 5' 5" and 5' 8" tall -- they are best equipped to take the knocks and dish them out . That's probably why we'll buy "Tich" Diarra too.
Sindbad
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
VIDEO: Man City Confirm MLS Franchise Expansion (Wednesday May 22 2013)
Blast Off For New York City FC (Tuesday May 21 2013)
The Ped Report City 2-3 Norwich City (Monday May 20 2013)
Stats: Manchester City v Norwich City (Sunday May 19 2013)
The Citizens versus The Canaries (Saturday May 18 2013)
Balotelli: I'm Glad I Left England (Saturday May 18 2013)
VIDEO: Confusion Clouds Pellegrini Future (Thursday May 16 2013)
The Ped Report Reading 0-2 City (Tuesday May 14 2013)
Stats: Reading v Manchester City (Tuesday May 14 2013)
And On That Bombshell (Tuesday May 14 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Buzz Lightyear | 495 |
| 2. | Bluedub | 416 |
| 3. | Johnny Baguette | 409 |
| 4. | fifthcolumnblue | 323 |
| 5. | Colin Is The King | 213 |
| 6. | Skoorb | 205 |
| 7. | Spooks | 172 |
| 8. | citizhun | 170 |
| 9. | PhillyBlueMoon | 159 |
| 10. | kennyclementstache | 158 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Man City | 2 | - | 3 | Norwich |
| Reading | 0 | - | 2 | Man City |
| Man City | 1 | - | 0 | WBA |
| Swansea | 0 | - | 0 | Man City |
| Man City | 2 | - | 1 | West Ham |
| Spurs | 3 | - | 1 | Man City |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 1. Man Utd | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | +43 | 89 |
| 2. Man City | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | +32 | 78 |
| 3. Chelsea | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | +36 | 75 |
| 4. Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | +35 | 73 |
| 5. Spurs | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | +20 | 72 |
| 6. Everton | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | +15 | 63 |
| 7. Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | +28 | 61 |
Breaking League News
| Coates thanks friend Pulis
» Stoke : 22/05/2013 18:30:00
|
| Petrov Delighted With Assistant Coach Role
» Aston Villa : 22/05/2013 16:52:00
|
| Boateng Signs Two Year Deal
» Fulham : 22/05/2013 16:50:00
|
| Sullivan Warns Of Complacency!
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:49:00
|
| Lukaku Desire
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:48:00
|
| Carroll Withdrawal
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:47:00
|
| Carroll Fee Agreed
» West Ham : 22/05/2013 16:46:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
4 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.