QF 1st Leg Post Match Thread

[Mancityus]

We don’t need to score four to advance, two will be fine, we need to score 4 to be comfortable, or is that what you meant?

Against Liv last year in CL it was 5-2 cumulative when we went aggressive to score. If we go up 2-0 we will be a last second goal by them to be eliminated so expect Pep to continue pushing for third and giving them opportunities to score.

 

[marco]

cant wait for Wed to come along,,it will be buzzing,,be nice to have back to back wins after Wed,that should pump us all up..a lot of downhearted folk on here at the moment but hey we are fav to go through so lets get the place rocking on Wed

 

[marco]

Against Liv last year in CL it was 5-2 cumulative when we went aggressive to score. If we go up 2-0 we will be a last second goal by them to be eliminated so expect Pep to continue pushing for third and giving them opportunities to score.

if we can get the early goal and level the tie in the first 20 minutes then i'm quite sure spurs will collapse, Kane will be missing so i assume their game plan will be to shut the shop and smash and grab if they can which is all we ever deal with at home

 

[mosssideblue]

whats all this crap about reviewing Fernandinho on Kane? Chance of a ban?

He elbowed him in the back of the head when they were both on the floor following a tackle

 

[burning blue soul]

Disappointed with last night's result, but not deterred. Confident we will win the tie. It's only half time and we are kicking downhill, with wind behind, in the 2nd half.
Make it a cauldron atmosphere on Wednesday and these cockney's will crumble. I predict a 3-0 result.

 

[super_city_si]

He elbowed him in the back of the head when they were both on the floor following a tackle

Yes, i saw it, didnt look good, but is there a chance of a ban? Wouldn't VAR have caught this and as it didn't is it review-able? Typical for us to get done whilst Salad get away with his.

 

[mosssideblue]

Did he fuck express fear. If he truly feared Spurs, he would have started every premium starter he had.

The fact he didn't, gives a real insight into his reasoning.

He hedged his bets, knowing we are more than capable of getting the right outcome after two games, with a home tie to favour.

If anything, his team selection actually showed a degree of well-placed trust for what we can produce and what Spurs can't, even in a lower gear.

It's an absolute fucking disgrace that you and others don't wish to give our manager the benefit of doubt.

What part of last season or this season have people not seen from the best manager in the world?

He's earned it and plenty should know better after all this time.

Some just dont see it, sadly

 

[mosssideblue]

Yes, i saw it, didnt look good, but is there a chance of a ban? Wouldn't VAR have caught this and as it didn't is it review-able? Typical for us to get done whilst Salad get away with his.

Dont get me going on VAR - what a joke it was last night.

Not a pen for me but VAR intervened and made the ref look at it, so why didn't it intervene again when it was taken for clear encroachment and the offending player being first to the ball after it came of Lloris - as I say, its a joke

 

[super_city_si]

Dont get me going on VAR - what a joke it was last night.

Not a pen for me but VAR intervened and made the ref look at it, so why didn't it intervene again when it was taken for clear encroachment and the offending player being first to the ball after it came of Lloris - as I say, its a joke

I agree. Its implementation is sporadic at best when its meant to be consistent. its a joke. Might be better to just leave to offside decisions on goals.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Only his arm but that doesn't count.

Shoulder does though and he was about two inches offside. VAR should have picked this up. If they can spend three minutes making a subjective call about a penalty for Schalke then they can get a factual decision correct. He was by the letter of the law offside but the line they used was thicker than usual and somewhat blury. I would also like to see the frame where the ball appeared to have crossed the line before he brought it back in. It looked like they weren't using the right one but hey ho

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

nice try Tolm. the manager fucked up. everyone, inc himself , know it. many , myself included, feared the worse as soon as the team sheet went up. truth is we were worse than I thought we would be.

Me too. I thought we were poor. Should have taken the game to Spurs. We are miles better than them and they are on a crap run. Big opportunity lost last night.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I recall Ferdy, possibly Laporte and can’t remember the third.
Someone mentioned it earlier.
Bit of a let down as they’ve been good at coming over recently.

Disappointing considering the vast majority of those 3000 fans had also been at Wembley 3 days earlier.

 

[squirtyflower]

Disappointing considering the vast majority of those 3000 fans had also been at Wembley 3 days earlier.

It was to be honest.
We ummed and ahhhed about whether to go at the whistle to get back quicker but the Mrs wanted to see them come over as we were near the front.
Wanted our time and could have got in an extra pint instead.

 

[Javi Garcia's Hairstylist]

You think a quote that starts "Pep has cost us in the UCL once again, he’s just so naive it’s unbelievable", at half time in the tie, doesn't deserve ridicule?

Not to mention that same poster slating Pep for not using a fucking iPad on the bench(!?!?!) FFS.

 

[onceabluealways]

Because the goal IS his fault. Son had no room to maneouvre on the goal line. He should've been straight out to him and ushered him to the touch line.
Any decent full back would close that down straight away.

Son turned an was looking to come inside, gun Dagon was stood 8 feet away and made no attempt to close the space down, the goal was unfortunate, Aguero penalty was shocking and the away goal changes everything, if we go out I’d be looking at the penalty miss and team selection before delph

 

[cookster]

Did he fuck express fear. If he truly feared Spurs, he would have started every premium starter he had.

The fact he didn't, gives a real insight into his reasoning.

He hedged his bets, knowing we are more than capable of getting the right outcome after two games, with a home tie to favour.

If anything, his team selection actually showed a degree of well-placed trust for what we can produce and what Spurs can't, even in a lower gear.

It's an absolute fucking disgrace that you and others don't wish to give our manager the benefit of doubt.

What part of last season or this season have people not seen from the best manager in the world?

He's earned it and plenty should know better after all this time.

Well said @Marvin and many others are stinking the place out.
Needy people should join Sadcafe or RAWK where there would be welcomed.

 

[robbieh]

To be fair to the critics, considering he's managed Barca, Bayern and us, 6 away wins from 26 in knock out phase is startlingly poor.

 

[cookster]

Bet klopp plays his best front 3 every game til end of season though. At best now we may have 2 more games than Liverpool - FA CUP and Champs league finals. They’re defo getting to semi after last night. Time to just go for it I reckon.

You do know the CL and FA cup finals are after the last PL game? So the extra games are irrelevant.

 

[super_city_si]

To be fair to the critics, considering he's managed Barca, Bayern and us, 6 away wins from 26 in knock out phase is startlingly poor.

I was surprised when I saw that. He changes his whole philosophy for some reason and I cant fathom why as its returns are poor.

 

[BLUEinTheUSA]

Did he fuck express fear. If he truly feared Spurs, he would have started every premium starter he had.

The fact he didn't, gives a real insight into his reasoning.

He hedged his bets, knowing we are more than capable of getting the right outcome after two games, with a home tie to favour.

If anything, his team selection actually showed a degree of well-placed trust for what we can produce and what Spurs can't, even in a lower gear.

It's an absolute fucking disgrace that you and others don't wish to give our manager the benefit of doubt.

What part of last season or this season have people not seen from the best manager in the world?

He's earned it and plenty should know better after all this time.

Thanks, Tolm. #endthreadnow