FA Cup Final - Post Game thread

[west didsblue]

Could have been worse.

Could have been last year.

 

[AndyP68]

Absolutely correct - today just wasn't the ending we all hoped for.

Would have almost been better not to have got to the final…

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

To show there’s no hard feelings with my red mates, I’ve set them a quiz on social media. Here’s a flavour of the questions.

1. in 1982 a new tv channel was launched. What was that tv channel called?
2. The Beatles were often called The Fab—-?
3. How many Horsemen of the Apocalypse were there?
4. Complete the name of this classical music works, Vivaldi’s —- Seasons.
5 115 - 111 =

You get the picture.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

I thought Kovacic had a good first half, and was amazed he was taken off. Did more in 45 minutes, than many did in 90 minutes.

Agree with this. Rodders is running on fumes and I’d have taken him off. If I can be arses at some point I’m going to calculate how many games he’s played over the last 3 years

 

[oakiecokie]

Are you okay?

I`m fine but obviously you aint. Sometimes you learn the hard way.

 

[big gaz]

Yep

CTID, not in Manc land any more knew about Sunday piss up and fair does but again on Wed, honest ?

 

[HolisticJim]

To put things into perspective, those lads have achieved something that won't happen again in our lifetime. They had every right to celebrate the whole fucking week. They're immortal.

I don't agree. Just wait a week and then celebrate the end of the season.

Going out on a Wednesday night before a Saturday cup final is just not the right thing to do. In fact, wait three days and get pissed all you want.

 

[come-on-barney]

Didn’t get the Ake substitution at half-time, he was the only defender who didn’t make a mistake. To be fair, we didn’t do enough

It was too late by then, the lineup was the issue.

 

[AndyP68]

Could have been worse.

Could have been last year.

Yup. When it really mattered we did it.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I think Pep made a mistake starting Kovačić instead of Doku, and maybe Stones and Aké at the back.

I know we can’t use ten Bob's tactics as an excuse, but for supposedly one of the biggest clubs in the world to set up as they did today, shows just how far they have fallen.

Terrible, negative tactics that PEG would have been proud of.

However, despite today’s result, it has been a fantastic season. I was asked, after the Luton match, if I thought we would win the League, and I didn’t think we would.

I’m delighted to have been proven wrong.

Agree, I think Pep picked a team that he thought would do enough and made sure players got a turn instead of picking the eleven that would cause the Rags more issues than we did, and Doku was part of that equation..