jimharri said:
Vienna_70 said:
I forgot to mention this yesterday evening when I came on here, but about two minutes before the first goal, I thought to myself, "Surely all this pressure has to tell eventually".
And so it came to pass.
And in some ways, it was a shame that we switched off after the fourth; I would have loved to see us put six or seven past them, and I'm sure we would have if we'd continued to play with the intensity we had in the first hour.
Still, four will do to be going on with. It's the first time I've seen us put that many past them live.
I missed both the 5-1 in 1989 and the first Eastlands derby and we can't afford away matches.
A brilliant display by the Boys in Blue and one that will live long in the memory.
The sole disappointing aspect of the day for me. Yes, I understand that the vast majority of teams will coast home to the final whistle in similar circumstances (players taking it easy with forthcoming games in mind, avoiding risks of injuries, yellow/red cards etc etc). But I feel it was an opportunity missed yesterday to really hammer home a message and lay down a marker. 4 up after 50 minutes against a demoralized and, frankly, piss poor vermin side. The chance to better the 6-1 was definitely on. And I'd imagine Joe and the defence are pissed off at losing the clean sheet late on as well.
And yes; my middle names are ''Victor'' and ''Meldrew''!
We battered the rags playing stylish, dominant football and I'm still stuck to the ceiling....BUT.....this was a genuine source of frustration that lends a lie to the modern day players claiming they know how much derby games mean to the fans.
They were in the ropes and another 6 was there for the taking (and if yesterday felt ace imagine how awesome that would have felt!) but ultimately professionalism won out and the lads coasted home without risk of injury.
Fair enough and seems very churlish to complain really but it has to be said that if a couple of British - ideally local - lads had been playing they would have continued to go for the throat knowing a once-in-a-lifetime result was possible.
Not being a Little Johnny Brit here - or for that matter suggesting Richards or Milner should have been given the nod - but it does warrant saying I think. If Micah had started for example can you imagine how much he'd have revelled in being 4-0 up against United!