FA Cup Final - Post Game thread

The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
All well and good but, if Erling shoots 2 ft lower and Alvarez scores, as he usually does, we win the game and Pep is a genius. Football is nothing without a bit of jeopardy and, today, we came off second best.
Would I rather be in their position compared to ours? Not in a million fucking years….
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Yes I completely agree with all that, not sure who is arguing it, but if Erling had shot 2ft lower the decision to play 2 centre halves, with little recent game time, in a cup final would still be incorrect based on the defensive display in the first half.

Anyway the main thrust of my point is we don't want to get to a point where we cannot discuss a managers decision/tactics regardless of how successful he is. After watching the match the next greatest pleasure is discussing the game in its minutest detail.
 
hammocity said:
Ffs, are you so entitled to think we win every game? Give it a rest, I've been to loads of away games with no expectation of winning and still had great days, it's the losing that makes the winning feel even better, 4 IN A ROW, let that sink in.
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Calm down. It was a rubbish day. No hiding it. I know about the bad times, I've been going since the mid 60s
 
Spuds away I was extremely nervous and up for it, Wham at home slightly nervous and kind of up for it, today relaxed and expectantly confident, 1st place teams don't lose mid-table low blockers, maybe the players felt the same
 
Did the players go on the piss last season after winning the league ?

I don’t think they did until after FA cup.

Not that I fully blame this as for me todays loss was down to pep sadly
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
The support Doku got in the early part of the second half was atrocious. He had no one to pass to so often and was on his own. It was so unlike us.
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It really was ridiculous & it felt like Doku had to do it all himself since there were no overlapping or channel runs. Had to give it to Jeremy he really was the only one who seemed a threat.

The rest all seemed like they were still on the piss from Monday morning’s drinking. Difficult to turn it on & off at this professional elite level.

The only silver lining is this FA Cup win for Ten Haag may convince the Trafford lot to hold onto him.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Win or lose, it doesn't make the journey home from Wembley any quicker or slower.

Today pretty well summed up our season in many ways. Pedestrian build up, no movement, even being brainless at times. It was like watching a Subbuteo game. One player moving with the ball while the rest stopped still. Where is the incisive movement, the runs into the half channels? When Doku was on the balk, another player came over to double up with his marker. That left a gap in what used to be called the inside left channel for a City player to go into but no one moved for him and he had to do it all himself. Where was the movement and passing that led to Sané scoring that incredible goal at Arsenal? Where's the dynamism gone? I struggle to see how we won the title sometimes.

KDB has been a shadow of the player he was. Bernardo has been very pedestrian moat of the season Foden has carried us but had a very poor game today. And unless we were trying to help Poundland Pep keep his job, why start a very rusty Ake & Stones in a final? Haaland's technique, or lack of it, pisses me off, as well as his propensity to stroll around and exhibit no urgency to close down. You do wonder if too many players have become too complacent. Pep needs to look everyone in the eye this summer and decide if they've got the fight in them.
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Our fan base needs to get a reality check as well… some of the moaning, bickering and a couple of fisty cuffs when it wasn’t going our way -
We’ve been out right spoilt this past 8 seasons this level of success is not sustainable
 
nellyonthewing said:
This squad need’s a major overhaul . Pep drained the last drops from it to win the league and today we watched the husk of that side lose to a mid table rival.
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I don’t think it’s a major over haul - unfortunately Bernado, walker and KDB are on the decline - they are still capable of having moments of genius but this season has been generally tough for all three
 
Bottom line is we take it on the chin move on and fuckin dominate for another 10 years .....hopefully looking forward to Pep signing an extension to his contract and the stadium being expanded to bring even more income , what's not to like blues ffs .....those rag fuckers are way behind !!
 
Bluefen said:
Our fan base needs to get a reality check as well… some of the moaning, bickering and a couple of fisty cuffs when it wasn’t going our way -
We’ve been out right spoilt this past 8 seasons this level of success is not sustainable
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It's who it's against, had we lost to Chelsea in the semi I would have taken it much better
 
eyalluvitt said:
It's who it's against, had we lost to Chelsea in the semi I would have taken it much better
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It stings a little more that it’s against them - glad it wasn’t the dippers and Klopp-fest but at the end of the day United suckered us with exactly the same tactics that Madrid did (Allerdyce/Bolton would be proud of both of them)- we didn’t deserve to win that game so fair play to them

They are still shit and years behind us
 
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Yes I’m disappointed. Most of all because we gifted it to the scum. But some of the comments clearly shows loss of realism or short memories. Fck me the number of dramaqueens. Come on.

This is a squad that won the treble last year, and won the Super Cup, World Cup and a 4th consecutive PL title. FOUR!
Btw this was the 1st straight defeat since …?

Another great season to look back on.
 
Bluefen said:
It stings a little more that it’s against them - glad it wasn’t the dippers and Klopp-fest but at the end of the day United suckered us with exactly the same tactics that Madrid did - we didn’t deserve to win that game so fair play to them

They are still shit and years behind us
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Ole did us regularly at the Etihad playing like that, Dutchie just re-hashed
 
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