Fulham (A) | PL | Post-Match Thread

[BringBackSwales]

As did the Arse goalie on Wednesday - they must have stopped a dozen goals between 'em!

Yes I thought arsenals best player was a very close call between ramsdale and Oliver

 

[Bigga]

I thought we didn't get out of second gear yesterday; almost disinterested.

I think we lacked the direct pressure in de Bruyne, but he needs the rest and we need someone else that can provide that pressure in similar fashion.

 

[Salford in the City]

Had a bit of everything that performance.

At certain points we looked unstoppable, then complete opposite, hanging on to that lead through not clearing our defensive lines.

We must remember that in the last 10-11 days we've played Bayern, an FA Cup semi-final, and top of the table clash with Arsenal, and come out on top in all of them!

Phenomenal achievement!

 

[AlgarveBlu]

To what tune ?

Its this one

 

[stonerblue]

Sky only show selected shots of our fans.

I had supersports and they showed the look of incredulity on the lads faces when it went in. How the fuck fordy equates that to being a 'tourist' is beyond me.

 

[OB1]

We were sat with the Fulham fans but towards the City end. Their support didn't out sing City: they hardly sang. Our lot got a bit quiet when it was getting a bit tense, which is fair enough. For a small contingent, I thought our support was very good.

I'm going to watch the TV coverage of the full match shortly so will see if I got this wrong.

I didn't get it wrong.

 

[OB1]

Just watched Sky coverage of the game and without the tension of only having a one goal lead, you see that City did a fine job of nullifying any threat from the opposition.

The performance wan't at the level of midweek but it was well deserving of the win.

 

[Paul1970]

Where?

Think it was first half . Even though the Fulham player made more of it I’ve seen them given before and we would have wanted it if it was on our side .

 

[stonerblue]

Well they made hard work of that one. Players looked a bit jaded and lacked the usual speed and intensity for large parts of the match. Far too much pissing about from the back line.

 

[johnnytapia]

Don't look back in anger Noel.

Not everyone was pleased to see him....

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Don't look back in anger Noel.

City legend Spike on that photo too!

 

[Coatigan]

The Rodri banner in the style of Madri the beer was excellent, made me chuckle. Well done whoever that was.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I did like Murray's comment when he was pre-matching the Semi with Sheff U and recalled the Semi v Brighton. "We got away with 0-1. Look what they did to Watford!"

FWIW, Both Glen Murray and his Co commentator both said no penalty when Fulham were screaming for a pen

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

Just watched Sky coverage of the game and without the tension of only having a one goal lead, you see that City did a fine job of nullifying any threat from the opposition.

The performance wan't at the level of midweek but it was well deserving of the win.

It was tense for City fans, but after they scored I can't remember Fulham having a shot on goal and I can remember precious few off target either. We weren't the splendid attacking force of some earlier games but it was still a massively competent performance after a very busy week and a half.

 

[ancoats]

It was tense for City fans, but after they scored I can't remember Fulham having a shot on goal and I can remember precious few off target either. We weren't the splendid attacking force of some earlier games but it was still a massively competent performance after a very busy week and a half.

This season the team shape changes so much from game to game, I think Pep worked out a way of keeping the other team's managers thinking with the team sheets, vs arsenal we looked on paper 3.5.1.1 but was more 4.4.2 with Walker and Akanji playing fullbacks and stones and Dias centre, So fulham manager looking at the team sheet thought ok same sort of setup but stones played in midfield and walker and Akanji sort of tucked in,

sometimes it's not easy watching and you feel the result is the bigger picture, So we tighten up at the back and sort of hide the ball or keep it moving forward and back to limit the other team's chance of having the ball, I also notice that when we play like this we can panic at the back at times and silly mistakes happen, Dias and Ederson made life hard and did some crazy stuff but we got away with it,

 

[Norbiton]

We were out sung by Fulham. The ticket allocation couldn’t have been right or too many Blues can’t handle squeaky bum time.

Sitting in the new Riverside stand could hear barely a peep out of the Fulham fans, City fans were loud throughout, tremendous support. Seems like radio as well as TV is adjusting noise levels to suit.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Sitting in the new Riverside stand could hear barely a peep out of the Fulham fans, City fans were loud throughout, tremendous support. Seems like radio as well as TV is adjusting noise levels to suit.

That’s seems the case mate. Not doing our following justice

 

[OB1]

Depends on what you're definition of crap is I suppose.

Some might say you just defined it.

I’m afraid it has become something of a joke to me how often when City put in a below average performance, which will happen in approximately half their games, people come on here and describe it as shite or crap.

City almost never put in a remotely shite performance. Their performance level mostly goes from pretty decent to exceptional.

We were awful at Southampton in the Carbao but that is an exception.

 

[bennyboy]

I’m afraid it has become something of a joke to me how often when City put in a below average performance, which will happen in approximately half their games, people come on here and describe it as shite or crap.

City almost never put in a remotely shite performance. Their performance level mostly goes from pretty decent to exceptional.

We were awful at Southampton in the Carbao but that is an exception.

They do not know what a shite performance is.lol

 

[Stephen230]

I wish the club would come out and once and for all be totally transparent on away allocations. It very obvious that the so called 60% that goes to points holders, 20% to branches etc is bullshit! Maybe someone at City Matters can ask the question and we can have clarity once and for all.

There’s a very good reason why there’s no transparency and it’s the same reason it won’t be changing anytime soon, no matter who asks the question.