NFL Preseason Starts Off With a Boom/Aguero brace steals City hearts in Debut

NFL Preseason Starts Off With a Boom.

The NFL preseason started with various great games this past weekend. I was extremely disappointed with the play of the NY Giants and in particular starting quarterback Eli Manning. Even though the G men have acquired a new center in David Bass, the team just looked like a disoriented group. If I was a Giants fan, I would be concern about Eli Manning because I feel as a quarterback he has always been heavily overrated. The Carolina Panthers looks surprising good and polished on the offensive side of the ball. The acquisition of Greg Olsen from The Bears will surely help out the first pick in this year’s NFL draft Cam Newton. Cam Newton outshined quarterback Jimmy Clausen, and I think Mr. Newton will be the week 1 starter for the boys out of Charlotte.
I was very impressed with the play of Jake Locker and Ryan Mallet during their preseason debuts. Everyone knows that Ryan Mallet will never start in front of Tom Brady, but Ryan Mallet may transform into the next version on Matt Cassel. Jake Locker put on a great show for The Titans fans last week, and I believe he will be the best quarterback from this draft. The reigning AFC champs The Pittsburg Steelers looked like a division 2 football team against The Washington Redskins. Ike Taylor broke his thumb on Friday, and he will miss a large portion of the preseason. The most impressive player to me from last week had to be rookie receiver Julio Jones. Julio Jones played and looked like a five to seven year veteran. The Atlanta Falcons are going to be very dangerous on the offensive side of the ball with weapons such as Roddy White, Michael Turner, Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, and future first ballot hall of famer Tony Gonzalez.
My Miami Dolphins looked mediocre on both sides of the ball. I don’t understand why we didn’t make the trade for Kyle Orton because we need his stability at quarterback. I don’t want to have to sit through a season where we will be out of the playoff race by week 8. We don’t have enough weapons on the offensive side to blend with a very talented defense. For years we have tried to rely on our defense far too much because we lack play makers on the offensive side of football. Brandon Marshall was a great addition, but you have to have a quarterback to feed him the ball ten to fifteen times a game. I will always love The Miami Dolphins, but I just get sick of seeing football in January without them in the equation for The Lombardi Trophy.



Aguero brace steals City hearts in Debut
Sergio Kun Aguero is the name that has been buzzing all around Manchester for the last few weeks after he made the big switch to City from Atletico Madrid. It took a while for him to finally play his first competitive game, but today was his time to shine. However, he did begin on the bench.
Manchester City hosted newcomers Swansea in a match where they were expected to dominate. However Swansea apparently didn’t get the memo as they dominated possession through the opening minutes. They passed the ball well, but couldn’t get chances on goal.
Manchester City had three golden chances to take the lead in the first half as David Silva and Gareth Barry both struck the crossbar then Edin Dzeko failed to convert from close range. Swansea keeper made a heroic save with his leg for the Dzeko attempt.
The second half came around and right before Aguero entered the match, Edin Dzeko finally scored to give City the lead after Johnson’s shot was deflected towards him by Swansea keeper Vorm. After this opening goal, Sergio “king” Aguero entered the game.
Just minutes after coming on, Kun Aguero saw his shot blocked away by Vorm but then minutes later he got his first ever City goal. Micah Richards sent a teasing ball across the face of goal which was then easily tapped in by Aguero. 2-0 to City.
Just three minutes later, Aguero brilliantly lobbed the ball over the keeper and acrobatically kicked the ball towards the top of the 6 yard box from the end line to Silva who easily kicked home. 3-0 City.
He scored a goal and grabbed an even prettier assist thus far just minutes into his first match for City.
At the 90th minute, Aguero received the ball from his teammate roughly 27 yards away from goal and he unleashed a beauty past the helpless Vorm into the back of the net to make it 4-0. He scored 2 goals and grabbed an assist in roughly 25 second half minutes. It was truly a dream debut.
Coach Mancini didn’t think he was fit enough to start and play for a full 90 minutes so he allowed him to play for most of the second half. Aguero did his job by demanding his coach’s attention and the support of the City fans with his brilliant performance. Once he is fully match fit, he will be a scare to any opponents in the Premier League and Europe.
The match was full of chances in the first but really grabbed my interest after Aguero entered the field. He added a spark that only Carlos Tevez was able to do so prior to this day. Fans were worried that if Tevez were to leave, they would have no other guaranteed goal scorer. Those worries may certainly be brushed under the rug as Sergio “Kun” Aguero has now entered the fray.
Manchester City will play Champions League soccer this season and adding Aguero was the best option they had. He played Champions League soccer before for Atletico Madrid and won the Europa League with them in 2010. He wanted to play for a club with ambition and who could compete with the best of the best. He certainly made a wide decision by Choosing City.
Last season, City finished in third level on points with Arsenal and nine points adrift of Manchester United. Last week they lost the FA Community Shield in a game where Aguero didn’t even play for a minute. This season, Aguero could be the missing link his club needs. He looked great in his first game. Let’s see how he does in the coming weeks in the Premier League and in the UEFA Champions League.
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