Champions League Final | Post-Match Thread

[vmsuhail]

Most teams don't win the CL in their first attempt.

 

[HolisticJim]

calm down. what do you think gundo KDB and bernie are water carriers? agreed i think we need one
more all round midfielder

I'm calm in fairness. I like all three of those players and I'd prolly try Bernie through the middle.

I think KDB is class but we need someone who's quick and nimble feet, can go past a player and be creative going forward.

I think Gundo is good in a few positions but a master of none.

Maybe move on Sterling, put Phil out left, Bernie through the middle and we still need a striker and a DM...

 

[1961_vintage]

I am going to swallow this and say Chelsea deserved it. Two flaws tonight as I saw it, was Pep's arrogant selection and Sterling's performance.

There were many more as bad or even worse. No need to put it all on Raheem's shoulders.

 

[Burtonblue]

Martinez saying 100% red for rudiger challenge. Just saw replay and how on earth did VAR not get involved there. Dirty challenge. .

It put our player out of the game.
He should have gone for that reason alone...if that isn’t endangering another player I don’t know what is!

 

[Keeper!]

He still made a stupid decision, and then he was too proud to correct it. CFC were getting straight onto our defence throughout that 1st half and of course they would. They had 3 quick forwrds whose game is made for that.

Pep played straight into Tuchel's hands. He made another colossal mistake. If he got fired tonight, no one would blame Mansour.

the only positive was going in only 1-0 at half time, yet still Pep did not change it, stubbon bald bastard at times

 

[hilts]

Because they are negative possession against the bigger teams . TT is defensive manager. Counter is his only positive. More guile needed from Pep though . Too honest. But if they dont want to come out and play they are so so conniving and live off mistakes then at least offer a riposte,something that breaks that awful defensive negativity .

Probably best when we know how they play not to tickle their bollocks then. The managers performance in Europe has been wank. Tonight and against Lyon can only be described as ineptitude.

We have been beaten 3 times by the 4th best team in England, once in a champions league final, once on the fa cup semi final, we have been knocked out by Lyon.

Throw in Monaco spurs and Liverpool who were all below us in standard. That is a piss poor record. In Europe he is a poor manager. The only question is how important the champions league is. His stature is being harmed by this shit and our players are suffering from the decisions he makes.

 

[LittleblueLever]

Pep sadly stank the place out tonight with his tactics and team selection. What was he thinking starting a game like this without his best defensive midfielder and Sterling on the wing. Looked to me like they’d never played together before this match. Absolutely gutted that trophy was our for the taking. Think most City fans will agree.

 

[Akiva]

God I hate this small club mentality some supporters still have.

a) Fuck the rags. What do they have to do with anything? Bringing them into the conversation only lowers us
b) We've had billions invested in us. More than any other club
c) We aren't wee little City anymore
d) Chelsea happened to win their first EVER CL final too. Against all the odds

We're a fucking big club now. Let's act like it.

We're still City you absolutely gobshite, unlike you most of us have been watching for decades before the Sheikh.

Our investments don't guarantee shit. We were piss poor under Mancini and Pellegrini following their respective title wins.

And yes, other clubs have had billions pumped in too.

Absolutely it's about winning the league and fucking off the rags. You've lost sight of who we are but most of us, who actually go to games, haven't.

 

[west didsblue]

Can someone who watched it on TV tell me if it was handball?

 

[ID70]

3rd game in a row that we've failed to score against them and barely had a shot on target and therein lies the problem.