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[SuttonColdfieldBlue]

that dick of commentator kept banging on about it slipping through our fingers just what slipped through our fingers we were top for what a week amazing

Yes and no.

Doesn’t matter whether we are top for a week or not - we still had it within our grasp to take it to the final day and let it go. In that, he’s right.

But at the same time there have been too many bang average performances and daft points dropped, so yes it’s pushing it to say we let it slip tonight. It’s other games we should have won where we did that.

Generally I much prefer Rob Hawthorne to commentate than Drury or Matterface. Ever since the 1999 play-off final and 2000 Blackburn away I’ve always thought of him as our “lucky commentator” and he’s usually good - just commentates on the game without all the poetry and histrionics you get from Drury. Too many mentions of Arsenal mid-game tonight though (although his co-commentator may have had something to do with that.)

 

[The Mighty Marmoush]

Your user name gives me the idea you are a Marmoush fanboy..he's fucking awful..Foden put in more effort than your poster boy did..in fact if I hadn't seen him come on I wouldn't have known he was on.
Phil will still be here when Marmoush has been sold.

It was a pkay on words from a tv show mate, so not really a fan boy,.phil will still be here as.he has a shiney new 5 year contract, but please expand on what phil did when he came on, apart from get muscled off the ball, an air shot and a few crap misplaced passes, oh and his corners are woeful

 

[Edghill OG]

Honestly if we won tonight I believe Arsenal would have bottled the last day! We had to ge them over the line Because they were incapable of it off there own back!

I think there was a strong possibility of this too. I'm in a group chat with about a dozen other blues and I messaged them earlier on today that IF we win later I am quite confident/hopeful about the last day. Despite being serial winners with plenty of experience of getting over the line we've almost let it slip ourselves on a few occassions. With their scar tissue of the last few seasons and how they've stumbled upteen times already this year there was no way that game was a forgone conclusion like some were suggesting with what was at stake.

I fully expected them (despite only stumbling past Newcastle and West Ham) to bury Burnley at home. With them only scoring the one it effectively took goal difference out of play with ours being superior. If we had beaten Bournemouth and scored an early goal against Villa I could well and truly see them shit the bed knowing they had to take all three points in that last game. Palace fans would have been bouncing and it'd have truly tested Arsenal's character which I still have big question marks over. Pity we didn't give ourselves the opportunity for them to do that.

 

[VOOMER]

How did we attract such spoilt f*ckers to our club , we used to take the piss out of the Rags for the plastic glory hunter lightweight fans , now we have cunts moaning about a shit season because we only won two cups , our fan base is becoming toxic. Luckily match going fans are totally different , we do have a moan from time to time but we appreciate where our club has come from , up the Blues.

Sniff, sniff. Sniff

 

[shemnel]

Well done Bournemouth, who put in a fantastic performance.

I thought we were quite poor, got really flustered by the press and the occasion, perhaps.

It was always a long shot, well done City for lifting two cups and it's going to be a really interesting journey next season.

 

[VOOMER]

Yes and no.

Doesn’t matter whether we are top for a week or not - we still had it within our grasp to take it to the final day and let it go. In that, he’s right.

But at the same time there have been too many bang average performances and daft points dropped, so yes it’s pushing it to say we let it slip tonight. It’s other games we should have won where we did that.

Generally I much prefer Rob Hawthorne to commentate than Drury or Matterface. Ever since the 1999 play-off final and 2000 Blackburn away I’ve always thought of him as our “lucky commentator” and he’s usually good - just commentates on the game without all the poetry and histrionics you get from Drury. Too many mentions of Arsenal mid-game tonight though (although his co-commentator may have had something to do with that.)

Exactly, we should have already won the league before the cup final.

 

[Eaststander1]

Exactly, we lost our second and third games, those eventually cost us the league.

You can lose your first game and still win the league , there's plenty of time and games left to turn things around ...... but you can't think like that after the new year, because the games left to put things right have more than halved !

Arsenal have handed us two or three opportunities to turn the screw on them, and past city teams would have taken at least one of those chances .... but this city team doesn't have their quality, or the same will to win.

 

[CΛL]

We have by are standards made a pigs ear of it.
6 transfer windows where we haven't replaced Kyle, KDB, Gundo, or FFS.
Marmoush,Reijnders, Gonzalez, RAN are no where near good enough, thats the best part of £220 million

Can’t disagree but we’ve gone in a positive direction with Vianna on the whole I think - Donnaruma, Cherki, Khus for £100m or thereabouts.

Trafford was a good buy even if we intended to sign him as first choice, hasn’t put a foot wrong as a deputy.

Gonzales and Marmoush were Txiki signings by all accounts. Reinjders is a flop, I think RAN is going to improve and I think he’s already an ample rotation option for O’Reilly. Can’t have world class back ups in every position.

Semenyo and Guehi pivotal.

We’ll put it right this summer imo. Anderson, right back to help Nunes, another midfielder or two and swap Marmoush out for Kroupi or another forward flexible enough to play on the wing and we’re there.

 

[cleavers]

I thought we played OK for most of the first half, they scored a decent goal, where our defending wasn't great.

Should have equalised right away in the second half, didn't, and the fight seemed to drain out of us. The subs made us worse for me, and we could have ended 4-0 down at one point. Rallied a bit too late, and at least we equalised.

I suspect the last 24 hours have drained everybody, not a great surpise that.

I'm not sure how Sunday will go, I hope we go out on a high, celebrate Bernardo and John's time with us), and I don't think Monday will feel much like a celebration now (Pep rather than no domestic treble), I think it will be quite flat, a shame for the Women and U18's teams in particular, because 2 trophies for the men in a real transistion season is quite amazing.

I'm optimistic on the future, but I feel we all need a break now.

This WC is going to be the least interested in my life, I really have little interest in it promoting trump at football matches, which is what he'll try and make it.

 

[blue by birth]

It was a pkay on words from a tv show mate, so not really a fan boy,.phil will still be here as.he has a shiney new 5 year contract, but please expand on what phil did when he came on, apart from get muscled off the ball, an air shot and a few crap misplaced passes, oh and his corners are woeful

You just seem to have a downer on Phil.. I believe in Phil.. He will be back next season fully fit and fully focused..
You don't win as many trophies as he has without being a top class player..
So he wasn't great tonight wow.. Who really was though.. Night

 

[the blue panther]

Fuck City! I'm supporting Bournemouth next season - they're great!

 

[dadnlad]

Yes and no.

Doesn’t matter whether we are top for a week or not - we still had it within our grasp to take it to the final day and let it go. In that, he’s right.

But at the same time there have been too many bang average performances and daft points dropped, so yes it’s pushing it to say we let it slip tonight. It’s other games we should have won where we did that.

Generally I much prefer Rob Hawthorne to commentate than Drury or Matterface. Ever since the 1999 play-off final and 2000 Blackburn away I’ve always thought of him as our “lucky commentator” and he’s usually good - just commentates on the game without all the poetry and histrionics you get from Drury. Too many mentions of Arsenal mid-game tonight though (although his co-commentator may have had something to do with that.)

you didnt set high bar ;)
and yes agenda narrative knowing itll be clipped down for sound bites
i dont normally mind him but couldnt think of his name

 

[Eaststander1]

I think there was a strong possibility of this too. I'm in a group chat with about a dozen other blues and I messaged them earlier on today that IF we win later I am quite confident/hopeful about the last day. Despite being serial winners with plenty of experience of getting over the line we've almost let it slip ourselves on a few occassions. With their scar tissue of the last few seasons and how they've stumbled upteen times already this year there was no way that game was a forgone conclusion like some were suggesting with what was at stake.

I fully expected them (despite only stumbling past Newcastle and West Ham) to bury Burnley at home. With them only scoring the one it effectively took goal difference out of play with ours being superior. If we had beaten Bournemouth and scored an early goal against Villa I could well and truly see them shit the bed knowing they had to take all three points in that last game. Palace fans would have been bouncing and it'd have truly tested Arsenal's character which I still have big question marks over. Pity we didn't give ourselves the opportunity for them to do that.

Yep, they could have faced a stiff task at Palace, who would have loved to spoil Arsenals day, but we've made things easy for Arsenal now .... they can go there, take things easy and lose, and it won't make a blind bit of difference.

 

[Zenmanc]

we didnt so effert in 90 minutes whats another minute going to do
any team that showed effort against us this season got a result if only for twenty minutes

I mean we equalized in stoppage time

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

A microcosm of the whole PL campaign with City too slow and lethargic in midfield and vulnerable behind both flanks.
However we always look capable of a goal so were never quite of it.

We seemed flat-footed and Wembley had obviously taken its toll but equally Bournemouth are a good side and had already beaten Arsenal

The damage was done earlier in the season.and.will continue if we don't address the obvious concerns.

We need energy and aggression especially when the opposition have the ball.
However as transitional seasons go it's been one of the best

 

[Eaststander1]

Fuck City! I'm supporting Bournemouth next season - they're great!

You won't see a title win !

 

[ysmsa]

Dynasty my arse. One rule change and arsenal won't be challenging again without a change of playing style.

It's been a poor season. I don't just mean because we didn't win the league, two cups is not to be sniffed at, but in terms of enjoyment and quality, it's been a shite league this season. And unfortunately arsenal didn't need to be legendary or even approaching it, to get to the head of the queue.

We mused earlier on over whether the quality of the premier league was getting better with teams getting closer to each other, or worse because there were no clear top teams chasing records. For me, it's the latter quite clearly. Our football has been worse, but watching team after team wrestle at corners, the inconsistencies on officiating at an all time high, it's not been very appealing stuff to watch, has it? The product has been damaged by this season, maybe that'll finally make the premier league sit up and take notice. Arsenal win it, but at what cost?

I think there will be a huge review of VAR considering the backlash of the last few weeks.

3 huge decisions in a month all looked at and fucking cleared in their favour.

Gabriel, Havertz, and half their fucking team ruining a West Ham goal.

 

[The Mighty Marmoush]

You just seem to have a downer on Phil.. I believe in Phil.. He will be back next season fully fit and fully focused..
You don't win as many trophies as he has without being a top class player..
So he wasn't great tonight wow.. Who really was though.. Night

Well apparently we believe in Pep? And if so there is a reason why Phil is on the bench all the time? Nico player of the season for me, turned up most of the time in the big moments

 

[dadnlad]

Fuck City! I'm supporting Bournemouth next season - they're great!

well it is a fairy tale since that yank poured loads of money in sorry showed ambition

 

[ysmsa]

A microcosm of the whole PL campaign with City too slow and lethargic in midfield and vulnerable behind both flanks.
However we always look capable of a goal so were never quite of it.

We seemed flat-footed and Wembley had obviously taken its toll but equally Bournemouth are a good side and had already beaten Arsenal

The damage was done earlier in the season.and.will continue if we don't address the obvious concerns.

We need energy and aggression especially when the opposition have the ball.
However as transitional seasons go it's been one of the best

If we had a bit more belief earlier on.

A lot of those half arsed draws didn't appear to be significant at the time as they were so far ahead.

We could have romped this poor league if we kicked in a month earlier.

Feels like a genuine missed opportunity.