Bournemouth (A) - FA Cup | Post Match Thread

[cleavers]

food for thought for Pep with regards O’Reilly - can he not start him on Saturday after that today?

We've a game midweek first ;-)

 

[Fordyboy46]

Foden at Arsenal

Yep

 

[Gingers Dad]

Yet we did it for the final 45 52 minutes basically.

Not really. Bournemouth didn't come out for the 2nd half but we had break up a lot of attacks on the edge of our own box.

 

[cleavers]

Not really. Bournemouth didn't come out for the 2nd half

Perhaps that was because of we played ?

 

[Asa's left peg]

It was Me. He took off last month's player of the month because he was on a yellow. O Reilly shouldn't have to come on , he has impressed every time he's had a chance this season. Pep got the starting 11 wrong for the umpteenth time this season. And while it wasn't the worst first half this season , it was far to pedestrian with a host of passengers. To his credit he got a much better response second half when we played more direct and used O'Reillys pace out wide. Phil need to be dropped, he offers nothing this season and a central pair of gundog and kovacic is asking for trouble. Thought Kev was on it and pressed brilliantly.While my choice of words may not have been appropriate (I have a soft spot for khusanov) I still feel Peps stubburness is hindering us. Think Gvardiols future is midfield.

Josko was the only one who completed properly in the air all game. Was superb second half, I thought. I've not seen anyone give that winger a tougher time all season, than Nico. He proved he has the physicality for midfielder imho.

 

[Blue Calx]

Grealish and Nico on the left look the bollocks

 

[Ric]

they got away with the pushes in the back whereas when we did it , it was a foul

Yeah, that was really fucking annoying. Completely inconsistent refereeing.

 

[Blue Mist]

Shit and I bet they put the semi final as a 5.30 kick off so I won't be going.
Wouldn't be going anyway, shouldn't be at Wembley.
The trains will be £150 if they even run and as for the car parks for coaches, don't get me started.
The Green Man's shit as well.
I bet we dont sell out either, sick of fans just wanting tickets for the final.
Mind you the tickets that are left after supporters clubs have grabbed the best just go to tourists.

The above is just in case I don't have time to post in the next few weeks. I think I've covered everything

 

[Gingers Dad]

Perhaps that was because of we played ?

Possibly. You can only play as well as the opposition let's you but they didn't seem to have the positivity in the 2nd half.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

We've a game midweek first ;-)

That’s what I meant, doh!!!

It was a double win - Nico was a revelation and Josko was rock solid in the middle.

Sometimes you get a bit of luck stumbling on a tweak that works - hopefully we see it agin on Sa…erm, Wednesday ;-)

 

[mancboy]

Yeah, that was really fucking annoying. Completely inconsistent refereeing.

Theres a reason hes known as twatwell

 

[Blue Calx]

Shit and I bet they put the semi final as a 5.30 kick off so I won't be going.
Wouldn't be going anyway, shouldn't be at Wembley.
The trains will be £150 if they even run and as for the car parks for coaches, don't get me started.
The Green Man's shit as well.
I bet we dont sell out either, sick of fans just wanting tickets for the final.
Mind you the tickets that are left after supporters clubs have grabbed the best just go to tourists.

The above is just in case I don't have time to post in the next few weeks. I think I've covered everything

Villa park would be ideal a la Paul Power

 

[brazilians hurt]

The Bournemouth players seemed like a load of snidey cunts for the most part.
Lots of pushes in the back and little digs. Of course the ref didn't see any of that on account he was a blind bastard.

Didn’t think they were dirty bastards until today but it was clear they had been sent out to try and intimidate City’s players. They’re average players at best working hard in a good defensive press & then hoofing it long

 

[kinggoat64]

After watching city for fifty years and the success we've had recently
Congratulations today boys you tried and maybe not a great season we've had
But we could end up with a fa cup and champions league place
Others teams would call that a brilliant season
Give pep a chance too rebuilt a aging side and we Will be back again ctid

 

[Gingers Dad]

Yeah, that was really fucking annoying. Completely inconsistent refereeing.

Booking on Khusanov was really harsh. Semenyo was far more cynical on a couple of occasions but didn't get booked

 

[Roy Munson]

how did we win that

By being much the better side?

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

The Bournemouth players seemed like a load of snidey cunts for the most part.
Lots of pushes in the back and little digs. Of course the ref didn't see any of that on account he was a blind bastard.

Played like a one off cup game and they were different to normal. Not knocking them for that, get amongst and all that. We obviously had our arses royally kicked at half time and were totally different second half. Thought we schooled them after the break. Subs were excellent

 

[mancboy]

Booking on Khusanov was really harsh. Semenyo was far more cynical on a couple of occasions but didn't get booked

Twatwell was just making it up as he went along, there was one incident when there was a clear pull bk on one of our players, he went to blow and then played advantage and then failed to go bk and book the player, its just flagrantly ignoring the rules

 

[Utter bobbins]

Ederson poor for their goal, when he's about 60 and having a kick about in his garden with his grandson he'll have exactly the same shot stopping ability as he does right now...and that's not a compliment

Yawn

 

[Barcon]

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Ffs mate. I just spent 2 minutes trying to rub that full stop off my screen.
Thought my laptop was damaged.