FA Cup Final - Post Game thread

Keeper! said:
It's always been that way just we all fell for the hype.

Back in the day the FA Cup winners got more praise and publicity than the champions of the old first division, WTF.

The whole world does NOT stop to watch the final, that is a myth.

Wembley old and new is a shot hole, it's not the "home" of football.
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It's not even the best stadium in North London
 
Blue Maverick said:
yes I know my wife and this person works at City, that person was fuming after the match and said they’d been on it most of the week, as that person works there during the week I think they’d know a bit more why would they lie? They have nothing to gain from it. That person will be at the staff do tomorrow as well by the way.
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I would think this week was the last opportunity for the team to celebrate since many of our lot will be off next week to join with international squads…..likewise little 2 day breaks away.

Not sure how many rags will join up with international teams next week but they likely training as usual where as we didn’t….

Probably as simple as that
 
Pubteam Lomas said:
I though the 'big celebrations' were a mistake last Sunday. I've been saying it at work all week.

I know the argument is the players need to celebrate, but mentally you lose that 1or2% that's needed. It's like 'job done, season over'. We did it after Chelsea last season and drew with Brighton and lost at Brentford (with a much changed team I know).

On yesterday's game I agree with the comments on the CBs.
Why play Stones and Ake? Stones has hardly kicked a ball since the semi and Ake limped off at Fulham; playing the last 20 mins against West Ham.
Arrogance? Or has Stones' agent been claiming he's unhappy.
Seriously we needed Akanji's pace and we needed Dias' organisational skills.

We've not had a Pep brainfart for a while (or we've won if he has!) but he got this massively wrong.

And before anyone replies; I'm not entitled (I'm a season ticket holder of over 40 years) but losing yesterday has hurt. You lose games and that happens, but you give yourself the best opportunity to win them.

Yesterday we didn't.
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Yep. The rags cancelled their official club end of season party, we seem to have been on the piss and took 3 days off. The optics of that didnt look good before the game, and especially now!!
 
Another belting Wembley day out up until 3pm [emoji1787]

Uxbridge CC for a few beers beforehand [emoji482]

Luxury brand new coach getting us there [emoji590]

Sun shining [emoji3508]

What could possibly go wrong ? [emoji2357]

Typical City is still alive & kicking [emoji2957]

Four in a row [emoji471][emoji471][emoji471][emoji471]
 
There's been an awful lot of arrogance on here of fans who think we'd already beaten the Rags before the game even kicked off. It wouldn't be surprising if that feeling hd permeated its was into the team and management. Hopefully, this will be a wake up call and we'll put our best team out for every game next season.
 
Not seen it said on here yet but
....the Charity Shield v United in August will at least give us a chance to start the season with a derby win and a chance yo put some of yesterday's disappointment right. (Even if it is a glorified friendly)
 
For all this talk about us not being up for it yesterday I think Ten Hag should be credited in setting up his team properly. He prepared for this game after they got hammered by Palace knowing it was their best chance to get into the Europa League by rotating his meagre squad and resting key players. They are not pretty to watch but they get results they shouldn’t.
 
Been a sense of arrogance and complacency all week . It was a foregone conclusion according to the press and plenty of City fans . Then the bizarre team selection only added to the mix .
 
At £225 for my ticket *had to wait for points to drop so all of us could sit together) the middle tier unlike the lower tier we usually go in had a fantastic view, a lovely welcoming concourse, clean toilets, no queues for food or drink. Very refined and welcoming.

Sadly what it didnt have was a majority of City fans like the lower tier. Sit down, dont stand up, wear your half n half with pride, don't do the poznan, sit in silence, don't swear or show any passion to your team or dislike to the opposition and leave early.

We all actually had a great time after the game, celebrated with hundreds of Blues in boxpark like we'd won the damn thing. It helped get over it but at £225 a ticket and no doubt increasing next year you can sling it. I'm finally at tipping point and on the verge of maybe calling it a day for Wembley. Now its off for breakfast and the drive back, Londons a shithole I wanna go home.
 
Even with a poor first half, CH's who shouldn't have started, poor reffing, VAR that obviously didn't actually look at anything, gifting them a goal, I could go on .....in 19/20 games we'd have still at least got to ET.

It is what it is, fuming coming out of the ground but, we've got to suck it up.

I'm still down south until Monday, if you can get to the parade and show them the love they deserve.
 
RiversideBlue said:
Not seen it said on here yet but
....the Charity Shield v United in August will at least give us a chance to start the season with a derby win and a chance yo put some of yesterday's disappointment right. (Even if it is a glorified friendly)
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Hopefully we lose as we always win the league when we do!
 
Fordyboy46 said:
Pep's fault entirely for fucking up with our back line, nothing to do with lasting effects of alcohol
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It can be both. Said at the time I didn't agree with the Stones selection. Completely bizarre when he hasn't really featured recently and sticks him in for a cup final. Has a habit of strange selections, wasn't a patch on the Porto game though in that regard.

I run pretty much every day and know how much alcohol fucks up performance. After a decent drink my resting heart rate will go from low to mid 40s to almost double that the next day. They're far from negligible numbers. You don't really get any sleep even though you think you have. Next to no REM, deep sleep etc. Takes ages to get it out of your system entirely and if they did continue until midweek as has been suggested on here it's not a probability it effected performance it's a certainty. Ironically I described the way they played after the game like they were hungover in that first half- nervous and riddled with anxiety. Sounds like it could actually have been the case and we've effectively gifted those cunts a trophy.

Beyond mad. Bet we weren't on the piss in between trophies last year.
 
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I see next years final is beofre the end of the season, that would be an interesting game if we are in both and still needed to win on the final day!
 
Blue2112 said:
At £225 for my ticket *had to wait for points to drop so all of us could sit together) the middle tier unlike the lower tier we usually go in had a fantastic view, a lovely welcoming concourse, clean toilets, no queues for food or drink. Very refined and welcoming.

Sadly what it didnt have was a majority of City fans like the lower tier. Sit down, dont stand up, wear your half n half with pride, don't do the poznan, sit in silence, don't swear or show any passion to your team or dislike to the opposition and leave early.

We all actually had a great time after the game, celebrated with hundreds of Blues in boxpark like we'd won the damn thing. It helped get over it but at £225 a ticket and no doubt increasing next year you can sling it. I'm finally at tipping point and on the verge of maybe calling it a day for Wembley. Now its off for breakfast and the drive back, Londons a shithole I wanna go home.
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This may sound bad and entitled but I won't go to Wembley and I live in Kent. I won't pay those prices to go to a place that is a dump.
Us working class fans are being pushed out.
I went to the villa carabo final hated it, didn't enjoy the train or trying to get across London. I was a fish out of water.
I could get the thought out of my head of how much my ticket was, that spoiled my day, than the price of stuff in London.

It's hard to put into words buy I really hate Wembley and London.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
Yes that’s why we lost. Our ultra professional manager and players spent all week in Spoons.


Ffs. United were better. We didn’t turn up.
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We lost a game of football. We had an individual error mix up that gifted them a goal, and a moment when players failed to ger back on the break.

Had one of Walker's shots gone in, or Haaland's off the bar effort, or even one of the penalties been given, whole other game.

People treating it like we were shit or didn't try the full 90 ffs. Did plenty to pull it back, didn't come off. Gutted, but I am 100% behind these guys and the manager and they have still given us an incredible season.
 
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