Match Thread | Man City vs Sheff Utd FA Cup @ 4.45pm (22/04/23)

[Inter Me Nan]

Lee Dixons a right miserable ****.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

If we get to the final we can’t play this team for me

Eh? Of course we wouldn’t play this team.

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

To paraphrase a favourite film of mine (Tropic Thunder):

They've gone full idiot

Yup, never go full idiot, but they have gone full on in cohort.

 

[paulchapo]

Already looking forward to playing them next season…..

Yes it will be fucking dreadful.

 

[BossHog]

No they're not. They've been fair.

Really?

 

[dhruvblue]

One more goal and let Haaland rest. Ideally he shouldn't be playing this game ahead of That Arsenal game

 

[FantasyIreland]

Far from comfortable,we look predictably uncohesive and disjointed,but the changes were necessary and so far the result suggests a good call.

Gomez has impressed in fairness.

 

[Blu1]

Be happy if the tempo stays the same to be honest & win. We need a rest & this is walking pace

 

[malg]

Held their fucking own???

They’ve done fuck all since that great chance in the first minute.

It’s fucking dreadful listening to this.

Fuck me. They're a Championship team who are playing against a team who are lauded as one of the best in Europe and are going for a third PL in a row. If what they've done in the first half isn't classed as holding their own then we've crossed the Rubicon.

 

[blueinsa]

The pen was a let off for us in that half, Sheffield United deserved to go at half time level.

Did they fuck deserve it.

Anti football shite.

 

[Decepticon]

Notice how when we might get a penalty, they micro-analyse whether there’s a feather of a touch on the ball, then they go back as many phases of play as they like to look for an offside, then they go back to the Quarter Final to look for a foul, then and only then do they settle on it being a penalty.

Amazing isn't

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

That was an obvious penalty.

Quite worrying how the pundits can setup totally different narratives.

 

[Alexia_Ko]

The tempo by some of our players has been poor. Players are walking with the ball as if we are 4-0 up with 5 mins left to go. I get we have big games on the horizon but 1 game at a time. It looks like complacency.

 

[bert38]

I mean, he only kicked two of Bernie’s legs.

 

[Haaland94]

Good match for Gomez so far, making himself available all the time, good pausa, passing, decent defending, happy for him. Keep it up, lad!

 

[super_city_si]

Why the in depth analysis about whether he touches the ball?… That isn’t the criteria for what is considered a foul?

He’s behind the man, he’s clearly clattered him. If he gets a touch it’s by coming round the back of him. It’s an obvious foul literally anywhere else on the pitch. Absurd that anybody is even suggesting it’s contentious. If you need a fucking microscope to tell if he’s touched the ball then it’s a foul.

Dont let the actual rules get in the way of some good pundit indignation.

 

[Irishblue93]

Our usual fluid passing game is absent today. We look like we're in game management mode already and would be quite happy if the game finished as it currently stands.

Always the same when we make 5/6 changes

 

[Don Karleone]

No they're not. They've been fair.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Not our finest 45 mins but Sheff U parking the bus isn’t helping. Akanji and Laporte solid. Good save from Ortega. Couple need to up their game a bit.

 

[lee one pen]

Flat back 11 and barely any possession is now apparently the way to play and they have held their own and will be disappointed apparently.

Fucking dinosaur tactics and commentary

I agree mate. just have go and try and make a game of it. 10 men behind the ball almost never works