FA Cup Final - Post Game thread

[OB1]

As soon as I saw them all steaming Sunday/Monday I knew it was curtains for us. A long old season and that sense of job done after West Ham made the players complacent.

I don’t think a night out to celebrate 4-in-a-row made the difference but I do think the Herculean effort to win the league took a lot out of them.

 

[Longballutd]

What a shit show that was today. Defence was pathetic

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Enjoy, don't over do it!

Its the same bottle i promised myself after the Champs league final , so going to mellow out and wallow in self pity for a few hours .Life's a woman , one season a treble and now just a league title ;)

 

[Axel Freed]

We might’ve been a bit below par but the rags were truly pitiful with their pathetic non league tactics and their terrified time wasting right from the off

And that has to be the most disgustingly spineless refereeing performance I think I’ve ever seen. If I wasn’t a respectable member of society I’d set his fucking house on fire

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I said the same if rags had gone toe to toe than fine but rags played like a Championship side. The rags disagree lol

The rags play is hardly refined in footballing terms but unfortunately can be effective, unfortunately. Today their plan worked well aided by a horrible mix up which should not have happened, and lazy defending.

Poor team selection by Pep initially imo and strange time to play Stones who has been out for some time.

 

[mick10]

I'm getting pissed off with Haaland throwing himself to the ground looking for free kicks when someone puts an arm round. With his size he shouldnt be bullied and be able to force his strength on them. Fantastic goal scorer but needs to cut that element out of his game

Totally agree. Seems to have crept in as he certainly wasn’t like that to begin with. Getting silly tbh.

 

[big gaz]

Rodri’s record is gone

Not one of his best games either, Kova miles better in that first half .

 

[hgblue]

So, Foden has an absolute blinder against West Ham in his preferred central position. What does Pep do? Moves him out wide where he barely gets a kick and drops our most threatening wide player to accommodate Kovacic.
Seems to me Pep felt bad about dropping him for the West Ham game and this was a sympathy selection. If it was tactical it certainly didn’t work.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

As soon as I saw them all steaming Sunday/Monday I knew it was curtains for us. A long old season and that sense of job done after West Ham made the players complacent.

Difficult balancing act for pep…let them loose to chill or stay 100% focussed for this….we live and learn and even geniuses fuck up

 

[Jesus2020]

They met us after the war. An army who already won the fight. Battle fatigued. They will claim the victory but history will not remember them as greats.