Slovan Bratislava (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Yes, that's a fair point. But can anyone be satisfied with that kind of fare?
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Nope. My heart is usually racing before kick-off. Tonight it wasn't & I never cheered once. I just wanted the three points & for it to be over without any injuries or bookings.

I suppose with the total of three minutes added time across both halves, the time-keeper & referee felt the same. Bratislava learned nothing & gained nothing from this match, & neither did City.

To be honest, I don't blame any of our lads for not really busting a gut & doing just enough to secure the points. Just imagine if Haaland, Gvardiol, Akanji or Phil had got injured in this pointless bollocks?
 
cleavers said:
I said much the same to my lad, described it as "chaos" at half time.
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That’s what it was - chaos.

I think, was it Swindon or Cheltenham away in the FA Cup a few years ago?, it was a very similar performance from both City and the opposition. Can’t quite remember which game it was but the opposition were so poor it made the game frustratingly chaotic.
 
SamBlue said:
I had Ars on one laptop and our game on the other one. I really focused on Rico whom I find fascinating to watch where and how he plays, otherwise it was like watching a night shift at Amazon distribution center.
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How could you focus on Rico if you was also watching the Arse game ? Oh, and why the hell would you want to be watching the arse game when God's team are playing ? Come on Sam, get your priorities right pal.
 
gman07 said:
25 games now without a loss in CL... tied record i think

thats because our draw with real madrid is counted because we lost on penalty shoot out
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We’d laugh at rags or dippers claiming this as a record. We lost
 
deano ou812 said:
They’ve made it worse ..
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It was tough watching the Bratislava players so dejected, knowing we were toying with them in second gear. Games like this aren't good for football, irrespective of the money generated.

It was a total mis-match & the opposition knew it, but slogged their way through it all the same. Bratislava are way below the level of Copenhagen & Shaktar et al. I honestly don't see the point of putting them up against the likes of City, Bayern, Real etc. Tonight was like playing lower non-league opposition in the early rounds of the Carabao Cup.
 
Bit frustrating

But .. rotated players, no injuries and hardly any effort required.. so good night overall

I honestly think a league two or national league team would have given us a better game
 
Won 4-0, should have been 7-0 but for the width of the woodwork. Bit messy and rushed in places but think that was down to the lads trying one-touch stuff against a team who had no shape whatsoever. Happy for McAtee, Gundogan, and Phil - three players who needed goals and got them tonight.
 
I had to work so I couldn't watch live but it was good to see Weiss still at it. I remember his goal against he Gooners in the League Cup, I thought he was gonna be a player.
 
hertsblue said:
Think we have equalled his Rags team for games being unbeaten in the CL. Pretty sure i heard this simewhere
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We did, but Ferdinand wasn’t having it as he said we lost to Real last year. Laura Woods put him right that it was a draw. Joleon said nowt
 
Pingu the Penguin said:
Bit of an over reaction there mate. Our corners have been gash for 18 months now and given we get so many they could be a decent weapon. That opinion ok?
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Over reaction on my behalf are you fucking kidding ,in fact are you even a blue ffs ? we won with a second team away in Europe with players coming back ,No your opinion is utter shite go and support the shite team down the road fucking corners ffs look at the big picture look at where we are ffs over entitled fuckwits everywhere .
 
Fuck me.

Tell you what, however pointless we think it is, it wasn't to their fans, they fucking loved having City in their town. They were all over Grealish at the end. Kids in awe of seeing Haaland, Pep and the boys. Smiling throughout, waving us off when the buses left the ground.

22,500 sell out, all as passionate as fuck, without being all pseudo hardmen types.

We're the main men in Europe nowadays, so give them their day in the spotlight.

Jesus Christ.
 
The Future’s Blue! said:
Some right fucking miserable cunts on here, fuck knows what they were like in the match thread.

A huge win away from home without some of our key players, how expectations of this team have been raised when Blues complain so early in the season, even though we know how Pep works?

Not checked but are we anywhere near 13th?
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Mate, I watch football to be entertained & tonight was as far away from that as I could've ever imagined.

Bratislava probably set out to score a goal, & keep our goal tally below double figures. In that respect, they will have achieved their objective.

This match wasn't a good advert for competitive football. It's supposed to be the Premier European football competition, but this game was anything but.

We did what we had to do & got the job done comfortably without injuries or bookings, but if this is the way forward for the CL, it'll soon be in deep, deep dudu.

It would be better if it was 16 top teams playing home & away, with the top 8 going through to a knockout phase. The problem is there isn't enough room to accommodate all the European legacy clubs who want a piece of the pie, so bollocks like tonight was dreamt up to try & keep everyone happy & involved.

It's the controlling European elite who fail to qualify through their league positions, who're stopping the CL from being something worthy of the name. City can only play the hand we're dealt, but we might as well have played the Dockers Arms pub in England, & helped global warming by not having to fly anywhere.

Tonight was not entertaining, & it's not City's or Bratislava's fault, it's UEFA & the old G14. Fuck knows where European football goes from here, but from what I've seen so far, the spectre of the Super League is very much present.
 
Dodge said:
Fuck me.

Tell you what, however pointless we think it is, it wasn't to their fans, they fucking loved having City in their town. They were all over Grealish at the end. Kids in awe of seeing Haaland, Pep and the boys. Smiling throughout, waving us off when the buses left the ground.

22,500 sell out, all as passionate as fuck, without being all pseudo hardmen types.

We're the main men in Europe nowadays, so give them their day in the spotlight.

Jesus Christ.
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Interesting observations mate. On telly it was interesting to see them all smiling and enjoying it around the bench later on. When Weiss was subbed he was really emotional and tearful for some reason which backs up your words about their pride and passion.
 
I haven't watched it yet as I am in China visiting my son. When he wakes, we will watch it together. I am pleased we won, and pleased at the scoreline, and then I come here and read some of the negativity and think how undeserving some are to be City fans. Nothing to do with the perfectly valid comments on the format of the tournament, but in the spitting criticism of certain players and misery because it wasn't seven or eight. Perhaps it's because I've been watching since the early seventies and appreciate every win, or perhaps it's just that I'm not an entitled goon.
 
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