The key factor was the officials not implementing the offside rule for your first goal.
The key factor was the officials not implementing the offside rule for your first goal.
I don't get some of this. The atmosphere was incredible the other night and the fact that the ground was half empty and quiet against Kilmarnock in 1994 makes fuck all difference to that.
This. As i've said earlier in this thread, why are people surprised or belittling the fact we (like every other team in the world) were really up for a big champions league game? I just dont understand the point being made on here. Very strange.
It was a great occasion all round.
A lot of our fans will moan at anything, musta become a part of them from the old daysThis. As i've said earlier in this thread, why are people surprised or belittling the fact we (like every other team in the world) were really up for a big champions league game? I just dont understand the point being made on here. Very strange.
It was a great occasion all round.
Haha. Think your gripe's more to do with your distaste for Celtic more than anything else, as you've made clearly obvious from your comments. You do realise that if you omitted the word fucking from every sentence you'd have far less typing to do, don't you? ;-)Yeah that's it. Toe the line, don't speak out. Just nod. If something is total shit, just pretend it didn't happen.
No we haven't lloked like conceding 3 fucking goals per game & no we probably fucking won't.
But if we played like we did at Celtic, yes we would, every fucking week.
But unlikely Pep Guardiola would ever allow that to happen.
That doesn't mean our defence wasn't as bad as Leicester's v Utd, last night. Because it fucking was.
Wow you have a lot of spare time on your hands..
We publish attendance figures that include season ticket holders regardless of wether or not they show up, as technically, that number of seats are still sold. It's not some grand conspiracy to make attendance figures look good on the BBC site, because quite frankly no one gives a shit.
We have very, very healthy crowds up here, all things considered.
It inspired our players and arguably was a key factor in us getting the result we did.
Some think abusing anyone Irish or of Irish decent repeatedly, even Given and Dunne is acceptable.
Which is why the "if we play like that against..." comment is unnecessary; doubly so because most teams won't enjoy the kind of luck Celtic did on their goals.
Also, having watched the game a second time, I think our defending was decent for most of the game: as I said earlier in thread, most of their efforts on goal came in the first 15 minutes and after their third, they didn't get near Bravo. Their total number of shots was less than one more than the average number we have been conceding this season.
No one is pretending it was our finest hour or that the team needs to improve but performances will go up and down; let's hope they are up against Spurs or, yeah, surprise, surprise, we will get dicked if we do not play well.
Haha. Think your gripe's more to do with your distaste for Celtic more than anything else, as you've made clearly obvious from your comments. You do realise that if you omitted the word fucking from every sentence you'd have far less typing to do, don't you? ;-)
Lincoln result means nothing. We played very well against Hapoel at home, put them out and they have since went on to beat Inter Milan in the San Siro and drew with a team from the 'mighty' EPL. We done ok for a 'League 1/championship side' wouldnt you say?...
The barca game, well... it's barcelona, they were sensational that night. Un-playable.
Yes on paper you should have won but we played well and it was a great game of football. Our form in europe so far has been decent.. we made it through 3 qualifiers in pre-season to get this far and have only ever lost 3 games out of 23 at home in the Champions league.
Masochist.In spite of the fact I've watched most of their tv games for the past 3 seasons.
Masochist.
dont flatter yourself ... googled in 30 seconds
half full at best for most games is not good
Yes it did, but shouldn't the players do it themselves?
I don't subscribe to the idea that fans should pay 100 quid a ticket for the privilege of putting on a show to encourage millionaires to perform for them.
Celtic did their job, but City didn't do theirs. That's the top & bottom of it for me.
The kind of goals we conceded shouldn't happen to a Premier League team. Had it been from a couple of Griffith's unstoppable free kicks then it's easier to accept, but the manner of us conceding goals is irrespective of tactics or how well Celtic pressed, it's just us being a mess.
It was a great night & a fantastic atmosphere but imo from a City point of view it's a 'great night' we should have ruined by being much better.
Well what a waste of time that was. In a country of 5million, in a 'tin pot league', watching 'shit players' against 'shit teams', 'winning all the time' selling 45k+ season tickets is very very healthy, dont you agree? No point concerning yourself about it. Funny you chose to ignore what my point was. The figures posted include season ticket holders regardless of wether or not they show up, as technically, that number of seats are still sold.
To me (and most other Celtic fans) that attitude is crazy. Dont even know where to begin. If that's your thoughts surely you are better suited watching it at home?
I totally get that mate, Cities expectations (rightfully so) are much higher than our own.
ok so why do over 20,000 season ticket holders habitually not turn up?
Celtic did their job, but City didn't do theirs. That's the top & bottom of it for me.
The kind of goals we conceded shouldn't happen to a Premier League team. Had it been from a couple of Griffith's unstoppable free kicks then it's easier to accept, but the manner of us conceding goals is irrespective of tactics or how well Celtic pressed, it's just us being a mess.
It was a great night & a fantastic atmosphere but imo from a City point of view it's a 'great night' we should have ruined by being much better.