FA Cup Final - Post Game thread

Edghill OG said:
Agree with this. Didn't have the same feel as last year and the atmosphere was nowhere near the same. Gundogs early goal no doubt helped though. Tried to get it going around me, but very few were joining in. Preferred last year's FA Cup final to Istanbul in terms of atmosphere to be honest. Think most of us were half-dead by kick off over there though.
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Agree with this; last year's atmosphere was electric - non stop singing for 95 mins with Scum fans quiet as a mouse
 
Tolmie scores said:
That's why i couldn't believe the confidence of some blues - the over confidence would have riled 'yanited'- and that helped them come with more determination then we would have wanted. NEVER be over confident blues - seeps between players, club, supporters, management...never ends well. You want determined hungry and focused. Then you can go on the p^ss. Ten Haag's team talk was done, over celebrating fans thinking we'd smash 'em. It's a cup final..and derby as well. Way too complacent it seemed by us from top m'ngt to fans
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Firstly local bragging rights aside it was not the most important game of the season. We may have been complacent but I suggest we were mentally and physically drained from the effort of beating not only Arsenal but the dippers to the title. The rags themselves wouldn't have considered the FA Cup much of an achievement if it was Chelsea they beat on Saturday. We won 4 in a row and that is what will hurt them in the weeks ahead when the adrenaline rush of their win at the weekend fades away.
 
Father Paul said:
Firstly local bragging rights aside it was not the most important game of the season. We may have been complacent but I suggest we were mentally and physically drained from the effort of beating not only Arsenal but the dippers to the title. The rags themselves wouldn't have considered the FA Cup much of an achievement if it was Chelsea they beat on Saturday. We won 4 in a row and that is what will hurt them in the weeks ahead when the adrenaline rush of their win at the weekend fades away.
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One consolation from the weekend is that we saved our first defeat in normal time in 2024 for the cup final rather than the weeks before in the title race where it would have been fatal in retaining the league. Beating United in an Fa cup final wouldn’t have taken away that disappointment of losing the league if it happened and hopefully our lot sit and smart over Saturday’s shit show and come back extra motivated for the new season.

Can’t have any complaints from this team over the season to do what they have done retaining the league when it looked like it had gone in December, won the world club championship and have expensively assembled teams like Madrid and the rags playing Sam Allardyce football against them.
 
I'm really not bothered about it, but, it was a big missed opportunity to do something unique - a double-double, but I felt that the writing was on the wall when we didn't get that early penalty when the dwarf just barged into Earl's back. Thinking back to the penalty they got last season, I was sickened to hear Shearer say something like "...Nah; not enough in it for me..."
When we didn't get that and then we gave away the comedy goal, I was suddenly transported back into 'Typical City!' land.
We should have won, but, it could have been worse - finished the season as runners-up twice!
We won the big one; that'll do me.
 
lasereyes said:
Agree with this; last year's atmosphere was electric - non stop singing for 95 mins with Scum fans quiet as a mouse
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Agreed, but last year we were ahead after a few seconds and carried on creating chances before and after their joke penalty.
This year we created one clear-cut chance in the first half and we created it for them!!
The reaction to their goal was to create bugger all. Lots of possession, lots of nice play getting the ball wide, but nothing in their penalty area. - And then we fell apart again; un-marked winger, un-marked **** in the middle who scuffed his shot to a second un-marked **** who scored.
We were better in the second half but their latest clown goalie only had one decent save to make. Obviously it would have been different had Erling not hit the bar and Alvarez not fluffed a decent chance, but overall we were crap which hardly led to a decent atmosphere among City fans.
Forget the four in a row. This is a post-match thread not a post-season thread.
 
This loss has affected me more than i thought, I suppose it hurts because of who we lost too. I wrote a poem about it hoping it might make me feel better.

Another game, a sorry loss, the scoreboard tells no lies,
The final whistle blows, and something within me sighs.
The hopes we had, the cheers that rose, now quiet in the stands,
A season's work, a dream's demise, slipping through our hands.

We wore our colours, proud and loud, our spirits soared so high,
But now the silence feels so loud, beneath the open sky.
The plays we missed, the shots not taken, haunt the field tonight,
And in this moment, feeling shaken, victory's out of sight.

Yet in this feeling, fed up and worn, a spark of strength remains,
For every fan who's felt forlorn knows joy is worth the pains.
We'll rise again, with dawn's first light, our passion still ablaze,
For every loss that stings tonight, brighter are better days.
 
East Level 2 said:
Agreed, but last year we were ahead after a few seconds and carried on creating chances before and after their joke penalty.
This year we created one clear-cut chance in the first half and we created it for them!!
The reaction to their goal was to create bugger all. Lots of possession, lots of nice play getting the ball wide, but nothing in their penalty area. - And then we fell apart again; un-marked winger, un-marked **** in the middle who scuffed his shot to a second un-marked **** who scored.
We were better in the second half but their latest clown goalie only had one decent save to make. Obviously it would have been different had Erling not hit the bar and Alvarez not fluffed a decent chance, but overall we were crap which hardly led to a decent atmosphere among City fans.
Forget the four in a row. This is a post-match thread not a post-season thread.
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Weren’t aggressive dealing with their long punts which resulted in the second. Gvardiol wanted to stand up the umpalumpa which gave him the time to get his head up and pick out Fernandez. He should have been out towards him and showing him outside, the tracking of their runners into the box was shocking as well with Stones and Walker not alert to where the dangers were coming from.
 
I was at the game and haven't watched any highlights back for obvious reasons, but I've just seen the Mainoo WWF wrestling grab and takedown of Haaland. I'd like the officials and var to explain how that wasn't a penalty. How???? No attempt to win the ball he just pulled him down. Utterly ludicrous decision.
 
paulchapo said:
I was at the game and haven't watched any highlights back for obvious reasons, but I've just seen the Mainoo WWF wrestling grab and takedown of Haaland. I'd like the officials and var to explain how that wasn't a penalty. How???? No attempt to win the ball he just pulled him down. Utterly ludicrous decision.
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When I saw the first possible penalty I thought they’d dismiss it as a “coming together” even though it was a foul from behind from the midget. The Mainoo one was just an unbelievable decision - at that point I knew we were getting nothing here. Although we were very poor first half we were unlucky to lose.
 
Rory Bluelow said:
When I saw the first possible penalty I thought they’d dismiss it as a “coming together” even though it was a foul from behind from the midget. The Mainoo one was just an unbelievable decision - at that point I knew we were getting nothing here. Although we were very poor first half we were unlucky to lose.
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When you consider they gave the Holland one at the swamp for a slight tug on an arm but not that one it defies belief.
 
At some point last week I thought glad we are not in champions league final get a rest concentrate on fa cup, I now think if we were in champions league final we would of won Saturday.
 
its a Barm said:
At some point last week I thought glad we are not in champions league final get a rest concentrate on fa cup, I now think if we were in champions league final we would of won Saturday.
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I'll never be glad we haven't got to a Champions League Final. Think they'd definitely have been more focussed for the FA Cup and less complacency would have set in if they'd got there. No piss up either.
 
its a Barm said:
At some point last week I thought glad we are not in champions league final get a rest concentrate on fa cup, I now think if we were in champions league final we would of won Saturday.
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Something went wrong in that week leading up to the cup final. Not sure if the post PL celebrations were a factor or the team selection but we weren't right, disappointing.
 
Roachy said:
Something went wrong in that week leading up to the cup final. Not sure if the post PL celebrations were a factor or the team selection but we weren't right, disappointing.
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Both. Here you are a study that shows recovery is down 7 percent FIVE days after consuming alcohol. That's including participants that have barely touched it. Those that went heavy it's safe to assume that is higher. 7 percent isn't a negligible number in itself. We're talking about players being at peak performance here, not supporters that go 6 days in between a drinking session. A 7 percent difference in a race can literally be the difference between winning it and coming last comfortably. I'd rather go off a study than trust our right back whose not got the best track record for honesty.


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Edghill OG said:
Both. Here you are a study that shows recovery is down 7 percent FIVE days after consuming alcohol. That's including participants that have barely touched it. Those that went heavy it's safe to assume that is higher. 7 percent isn't a negligible number in itself. We're talking about players being at peak performance here, not supporters that go 6 days in between a drinking session. A 7 percent difference in a race can literally be the difference between winning it and coming last comfortably. I'd rather go off a study than trust our right back whose not got the best track record for honesty.


The Four-Day Hangover

WHOOP research shows that the effects of alcohol can last in your system for up to 4 days, effectively causing a four-day hangover.
www.whoop.com www.whoop.com
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Interesting but was that study done on very fit athletes?
 
Edghill OG said:
Both. Here you are a study that shows recovery is down 7 percent FIVE days after consuming alcohol. That's including participants that have barely touched it. Those that went heavy it's safe to assume that is higher. 7 percent isn't a negligible number in itself. We're talking about players being at peak performance here, not supporters that go 6 days in between a drinking session. A 7 percent difference in a race can literally be the difference between winning it and coming last comfortably. I'd rather go off a study than trust our right back whose not got the best track record for honesty.


The Four-Day Hangover

WHOOP research shows that the effects of alcohol can last in your system for up to 4 days, effectively causing a four-day hangover.
www.whoop.com www.whoop.com
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I'm sure someone on here will come along and try to debunk that, but it's worthy content. Maybe a small PL celebration, coupled with full week of Fa Cup focus and then a mega booze up if we'd won would've been preferable in hindsight. Did we underestimate the red vermin and think we would win pretty much regardless? I wouldn't like to think so and we've rightly been slagging them off all season, then we turn up like that.
 
Roachy said:
I'm sure someone on here will come along and try to debunk that, but it's worthy content. Maybe a small PL celebration, coupled with full week of Fa Cup focus and then a mega booze up if we'd won would've been preferable in hindsight. Did we underestimate the red vermin and think we would win pretty much regardless? I wouldn't like to think so and we've rightly been slagging them off all season, then we turn up like that.
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Of course they will. As to some questioning anything City related is treachery. It was a terrible call. Nothing to gain from it and if it only had a 1 percent impact on performance it shouldn't have taken place. People fuck up all the time and make mistakes. Unfortunately in this instance 30k fans spent a fortune and travelled the length of the country to witness it.
 
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