Bleedin‘ ‘ell and that’s swearing.I just don’t see us winning this game.
Pep has an appalling record against the so called top six clubs in semi finals with defeats to Arsenal in 2017 and 2020, Chelsea in 2021 and Dips in 2022.
Podge has a decent record against Pep in knock out competitions.
We have struggled against Chelsea this season and Podge has set them up to disrupt our control.
Our players will be exhausted after Wednesday so I expect a B team with the game against Brighton the priority.
Also, I expect Palmer and Sterling will have a point to prove.
I hope I’m wrong but I’m really struggling for optimism for this one.
Love it:)Fear not. We'll Win.
Not this side of Hell :-)Rag.
It was real alright, still feeling angry and sad25 games unbeaten still, I'm not counting Wednesday night losing on pens, not a real defeat. Come on City!
40yrs ago bloody hell.Tomorrow is the fortieth anniversary of the famous Oldham “ladders” away game, my first away game if you don’t count Wembley.
To be fair to Bernardo, he has 11 this season across all comps ... but take your point.The ridiculously short turn around after the Champions League make this incredibly difficult. We should still be able to put together a formidable side but we need to deal with Chelsea better than the previous two meetings. We allowed them to counter too easily. It would be great to finally get a win against them this season.
We really need a few more players to contribute goals, the likes of Doku, Grealish, Bernardo, Bobb even Nunes need to start scoring. We’re relying on Foden, Haaland, Alvarez and Rodri too much.
I said the exact same weeks ago....No reason we couldn’t have played Sunday, outside of wanting to fuck us up.
Well not "everyone knew" cos I didn't. Why would anyone not be 100% honest with Pep.We all know that and I for one get what you meant. I was at the game shouting, singing and giving everything I had the same as the players. They couldn't have given anymore. A bit of bad luck and two shit penalties saw us out. It happens.
The same poster jumped on me, he tends to get a tad over emotional at any perceived criticism or negativity.
I mentioned a frank discussion when they meet up. Absolutely there will be. There are tired bodies and minds out there at the moment. He needs 100% honesty as to who feels they can go out at Wembley and do it all again. We've seen Peps intense chats to the team. That's all I meant, but I guess if you look for negativity in posts you'll find it.