Miner cities SUCK!!! You can get a better economy than them if you get the middle, plus you have ghost, small army (they have 3 castle archers instead), so you have the advantage. Why is it so hard to beat them?
If there's going to do that, then they would not have have anything to defend themselves besides walls and castle archers. Just put pressure on them throughout the game. If they're trying to giant mass doing this, then they will be defenseless for the first 5 minutes of the game. Use that to your advantage.