Burton (First Leg) Post Match Thread

[Didsbury Dave]

That's no excuse really. Can guarantee that if we'd drawn Chelsea or Spurs in the semi the attendance would have been much more.

Of course it fucking would, because they are more attractive opposition.

 

[blue by birth]

I have to say Burton were outclassed but they never gave up trying and didn't resort to trying to kick lumps out of us
Cloughy came across very well on his interview after the game.
Was great to see Gabby back among the goals and nice to see Phil score again.
One positive about the attendance being less than full was I got home a lot quicker...every cloud eh.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

32,456 according to the paper I looked in, not bad at all that in the circumstances ..

It looked closer to 40K to me.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Shocking for a semi tbh

Did you go?

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

The one where he lost the ball every single time in the 12 mins he was on. Impressive yeah.


@Stevieatlasblue likes this post yet likes the one previously where the daft poster says it was shocking. Make your fucking mind up.

It is morning and I'm not a morning person I do like Shirleys post in general. Is there really any need to swear? No not really have a good day blue.

 

[Blue Til Death]

It looked closer to 40K to me.

To be fair it did to me too mate, I thought it was a great turn out regardless..

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Is there really any need to swear?

Always.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Shocking for a semi tbh

Did you go? You criticise the size of the crowd, but earlier you said it looked “shocking on tv”?

 

[cyan]

Such a strange game - glad to be there but sometimes the M6 does make me wonder whether life would be easier staying at home and watching tele. Thankfully I left later than I wanted to , which meant I was behind the blockage and able to switch to the M1 and for once Woodhead was running clear. But M6 closed again going home :-( - need to have a good look at using train from perhaps part of the way.

As to the game - we looked a bit casual and sloppy at the beginning - bit of class from Dave & Kev but that just encouraged Burton to play - but once the second and third went in only a question of how many. As others have said credit to Burton who kept trying to play, didn't resort to kicking and their fans who stuck with them - even one who turned up for last 15 minutes after getting stuck on M6!

 

[shevtheblue]

Clough didn't really do his team any favours in the lead up to this game tbh and neither did his chairman. While i understand there needs to be a level of realism, admitting that he doesn't want to scare his team and that it's damage limitation is the wrong way to approach cup games and he knows it. If Wigan had done the same in the last few times they have beaten us then we would have gone on and won all of those.
That withstanding, i still think we would have scored a lot, we just seem to have lit the torch again.

So here's my question to you all, if you remember last year when we went into the Liverpool home game we actually weren't playing amazing. But after that win we literally turned into another team and we scored a tonne of goals, could that happen again now? IMO it's often forgotten how much confidence that one game gave us.

 

[BlindEyeSeesAll]

To be fair it did to me too mate, I thought it was a great turn out regardless..

Agreed. I expected to be much less tbh.

Was impressed with Burton last night ,yes they were outclassed , but the low amount of fouls last night (does anyone have the stats?) shows they still kept playing football the right way.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Clough didn't really do his team any favours in the lead up to this game tbh and neither did his chairman. While i understand there needs to be a level of realism, admitting that he doesn't want to scare his team and that it's damage limitation is the wrong way to approach cup games and he knows it. If Wigan had done the same in the last few times they have beaten us then we would have gone on and won all of those.
That withstanding, i still think we would have scored a lot, we just seem to have lit the torch again.

So here's my question to you all, if you remember last year when we went into the Liverpool home game we actually weren't playing amazing. But after that win we literally turned into another team and we scored a tonne of goals, could that happen again now? IMO it's often forgotten how much confidence that one game gave us.

That's how it feels to me. Everything is clicking into place at just the right time. I expect us to go on a major run of results now and I also think we will win several trophies.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Agreed. I expected to be much less tbh.

Was impressed with Burton last night ,yes they were outclassed , but the low amount of fouls last night (does anyone have the stats?) shows they still kept playing football the right way.

Agreed, I think they are the first side we have beaten up that have not resorted to kicking the shit out of us, they deserve a lot of credit for that..

 

[sir baconface]

The creative midfield births look frightening now ....

Almost beyond conception.

 

[Roachy]

Agreed, I think they are the first side we have beaten up that have not resorted to kicking the shit out of us, they deserve a lot of credit for that..

Rotherham as well.

 

[shevtheblue]

That's how it feels to me. Everything is clicking into place at just the right time. I expect us to go on a major run of results now and I also think we will win several trophies.

I mean we might be talking absolute bollocks and we could go on and ruin it all in the most City way possible, but it feels like the squad have a hunger that didn't seem to be there earlier. If we get a bit of luck, like we have had in the cups, then we could do really well.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I mean we might be talking absolute bollocks and we could go on and ruin it all in the most City way possible, but it feels like the squad have a hunger that didn't seem to be there earlier. If we get a bit of luck, like we have had in the cups, then we could do really well.

I posted something similar last night: we've stepped up again. We can now slot a number of second choice players into the system without losing anything. When the fixtures get clogged with big games in the spring, that should propel us to trophies. Multiple trophies. We might never have a better chance of a treble or even quadruple, although we will need luck.

 

[sir baconface]

I mean we might be talking absolute bollocks and we could go on and ruin it all in the most City way possible, but it feels like the squad have a hunger that didn't seem to be there earlier. If we get a bit of luck, like we have had in the cups, then we could do really well.

This is Bluemoon, mate. No bollox talked on here ;)

 

[Roachy]

Of course it would. Because many people have to prioritise games due to cost. A game, albeit a Semi Final against Burton, no disrespect to them, it was always likely to be a stroll with the outcome a given. Not so much had it been Spuds/Chelsea, so maybe the Rotherham game would have took a hit had we drawn either of those two?

Ticket prices may have been lower than usual, but travel/petrol and other costs remain the same. Not everyone is lucky and can afford every game, especially so many in a short length of time right after the expense of Christmas. Simple economics, not poor support.

Disagree slightly. Economics to a degree, along with certain others factors. However, a large chunk of people just couldn't be arsed or would rather watch it on tv. That is the one reason no one likes to admit to but that is the case.

 

[The perfect fumble]