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hertsblue said:
Means fuck all really ( well apart from Arsenal) but why are we constantly so shit at penalties. Ortega was the worst goalkeeper performance I have ever seen in a shoot out, just stood quietly on his line looking about 2 feet tall with token dives. Why not move, jump up and down, wave your arm, clap your gloves, make the goal look smaller and put off the players.
It was so bad I reckon we would have scored 3 from 5 against him and we can’t even take a good penalty.
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Might have helped, if he didn’t dive 5 minutes before the penalty taker kicked the ball.
 
wolviedinho said:
The pressure Arsenal applied at the end started from Odegard playing a ball inside down the right. We don’t have that anymore. It took Akanji to play that pass in the champions league final. Dropped a bollock by not finding a new playmaker.
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Pretty reactionary stuff. The pressure they applied at the end came from tiredness with most of the team not fully match fit and having played nearly 120 minutes, imo. Their goal came from a poor shot, that was missing, being deflected in. Shit happens.

Can't really get too disappointed by any of that. Saka had Akanji on toast on their right, but he can do that to most, and Ake and Gvardiol will be better on that side.

We started well until Saka gave them some confidence. We were much better than them when de Bruyne, Foden and Palmer came on, then tired. Palmer did what Mahrez used to do.

Penalties went the way they normally do. Don't care. We will win most games in 90 anyway.

Didn't hear "100 million pound man Rice" one time, btw. Thought he looked average.
 
jrb said:
BBC United Football - Mediacity.

Arsenal gave their hopes of beating Manchester City to the Premier League title a psychological boost as they defeated Pep Guardiola's side on penalties to win the Community Shield.
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Haha , an own goal.in the 11th minute of added time to take it to penalties then I look out of my window and see this :-))))
 
Stevieatlasblue said:
Thought our crowd were quite today. Were they tourists?
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Very much so, never seen a City crowd like it, travelling down from Manchester didn't see 1 coach or mini bus. Stopped at Newport Pagnell saw a few supporters. Very sad, ruined the day for me. Been to Wembley about 30 times over my 70+ plus years, think today's my last.
 
Today showed the difference in attitude and mentality between arsenal and Manchester City. City although disappointed to not win the game will take the positives and as usual build up slowley before hitting their peak at the business end of the season. Arsenal will let this go to their heads, start the season well then choke at the business end of the season. Nobody ever remembers the charity shield winners and to celebrate like they did shows they have learned nothing from their massive failure last season.
 
Home now was nice to be back travelling watching the blues... couple of positives thought kev and foden looked sharp when coming on & kovacic looked tidy too.

Negatives: Wembley is a dump & I was sat next to an arsenal fan which made the time from the 101st min to the final penalty an absolute nightmare.

Burnley next come on City
 
bluedave1894 said:
Very much so, never seen a City crowd like it, travelling down from Manchester didn't see 1 coach or mini bus. Stopped at Newport Pagnell saw a few supporters. Very sad, ruined the day for me. Been to Wembley about 30 times over my 70+ plus years, think today's my last.
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Take heart that this was mostly down to the boycott.

Future finals at Wembley will hopefully not be like today.
 
bernard o'silver said:
Haha , an own goal.in the 11th minute of added time to take it to penalties then I look out of my window and see this :-))))
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Sorry pic won't upload ....one of my neighbours had an Arsenal flag out of the window 10 minutes after the match finished , never seen this before or even aware they were Football/Arsenal 'fans'
 
definitely not the city crowd im used to, was originally planning to boycott but changed my mind and thought this would be a good game to test my little lad with and see how he gets on before sticking him in a proper city crowd [emoji28] 20230806_143817.jpg
 
I thought we did ok, but with a few adjustments I’m confident we will continue to be very very strong.

Having Kev and Erl on the pitch together will make a massive difference.
I’d switch Bernardo into the middle for Kovacic while MK gets used to our system and his role and play Alvarez wider.
I’d bring Gvardiol into LCB and drop Kyle for big games when we don’t need with on the right from him.

Ederson
Stones Dias Gvardiol Ake
Rodri Bernardo
Alvarez KDB Grealish
Haaland
 
Irlamblue said:
yes they were. lots of kids,
which is great.
proper club
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Quietest city crowd ever at Wembley.
The fans around us in block 129 made more noise as the fireworks flames went off pre kickoff Than they did all game. 50 plus Arsenal fans scattered around us too. CTID
 
Franny 1234 said:
Quietest city crowd ever at Wembley.
The fans around us in block 129 made more noise as the fireworks flames went off pre kickoff Than they did all game. 50 plus Arsenal fans scattered around us too. CTID
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Well what do you expect when our real fans do a badly thought out boycott of the game.
 
I think moaning about the crowd is a bit pointless. It was like it was for 2 specific reasons. Firstly, the boycott and the resulting ticketing policy was ALWAYS going to have the effect of diluting the usual match day fervour and atmosphere. It is not the end of supporting City as we know it and love.
And secondly, despite what Arsenal seemed to think, the game had nothing emotionally tangible riding on it. I doubt there was a single City fan over the age of 10, either at the ground or at home, who had anything at all invested in winning that ‘trophy’ no.
I was there with my daughters, we got to see some of the greatest players on the planet and Arsenal, a beautiful goal, see us expose the myth that Arsenal are capable of winning the league, and watch the final preparations for a history defining 4 in a row league winning season.
What’s not to like?
 
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