How's your mood after the RM game?

ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN said:
A lot of us older fans who have experienced the shit end of a scruffy dog seem to bounce back quicker

My lads are still gutted and I mean proper gutted, yet me looking forward to Wembley and hopefully another domestic double.
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It hurts in the moment but as you say you're soon over it. For anybody supporting us since 2011 it will be a bit of a shock.
For me it was a surprise as I thought we'd beat them. We'd done the hard part in Madrid and I considered them weaker than last season. They dug in,rode their luck and got the result. As that Spanish journalist said nine times out of ten we win that tie
 
supercity88 said:
I wouldn't have said our performance on Wednesday was easy to defend against. We had 33 shots. Not many clear cut chances but that was more because of Real working so hard to ensure they tracked every run. The one thing we could have done better is that underlapping run into space, but Real sat a lot deeper to avoid it. They're managed by Ancelotti who will have studied what went wrong last time and identified they needed a deeper set position to prevent the space. We didn't make the most of our possession, but it's clearly the best way to play.

If we'd been more open and expansive we'd probably be criticising it because they'd have carved out a lot more opportunities on the counter.

The more possession and control we have the more likely we are to win the game. We lost on penalties, it happens.

The main issue was that we didn't have options to make the most of how dominant we'd been. We had worn them completely down with the constant possession, but we also looked knackered and no one came on who could make the most of the weary legs and extra space.
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Bobb, last 15 minutes.
 
I am feeling very proud of our team who gave 100% and ran themselves into the ground. I am feeling a sense of pride in myself that I support a team like ours.

Not on a high obviously but not feeling down. Feeling ready for the continued fight for the double. :-)

I support MANCHESTER CITY THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD. :-)
 
John Wayne said:
I was desperate for one CL, but the unpredictable nature of cup football can be like last night. For all of their dominance domestically, United only won two in Ferguson's time and they were nine years apart. Then you look at 2016-18 when Real won three-in-a-row; nobody thinks of that team as being an all-time great side. It's just the way it goes sometimes. The great Arsenal and Huddersfield sides of the 1920s and 30s only won one FA Cup each when that cup was the be-all.

I truly believe that it was vital to win the CL once at least and we got the job done in what turned out to be the best season ever performed by an English team. But the true metric of greatness is winning a league title when you're slugging it out week to week. If we get that fourth title in a row then our status as the greatest ever English team is secured.
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That is the problem with (or the beauty of) cup competitions, the best team does not always win. Leagues are a better gauge but, even then, I am in the camp that believes the best team does not always win the league but they do very often do so. City’s league record since Pep record in the league is fantastic, particularly since he sorted things out in the first season.

I firmly believe that City remain the best team in Europe and, therefore domestically, but I can’t guarantee we will win the league this season. The players have to dig really deep now to bring home some domestic silverware.
 
OB1 said:
That is the problem with (or the beauty of) cup competitions, the best team does not always win. Leagues are a better gauge but, even then, I am in the camp that believes the best team does not always win the league but they do very often do so. City’s league record since Pep record in the league is fantastic, particularly since he sorted things out in the first season.

I firmly believe that City remain the best team in Europe and, therefore domestically, but I can’t guarantee we will win the league this season. The players have to dig really deep now to bring home some domestic silverware.
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Only my opinion but i believe the best (for that season) always wins their league
 
Like everyone else, I'm sure, I've had a few nightmares about Bernardo's penalty since Wednesday night. Unbelievably bad it was. But then I think what a phenomenal performer he has been for us in the Pep era and all is good again. I recall, in particular, that fantastic performance against Liverpool a few seasons ago, which we won 2-1 and Bernardo must have run a marathon that night, he was all over the pitch, challenging, winning possession etc. Maybe he has not quite reached "statue" levels, but when he is gone, we should remember him for the brilliant player that he is, rather than that dreadful penalty.
 
Put this in perspective it’s a cup game, we are far the best team in the world at the moment, two of the four semi finalists are nowhere near winning their respective leagues. The other two are in considerably weaker leagues as well. I’ve never bought into if you win the CL you are best in Europe that’s like saying winning the fa cup you’re the best in England, just look at the many upsets over the years, Wigan anyone! We battered Madrid and everyone knows it even though they won’t say it, penalties to win oh how the mighty Madrid have fallen, this bollocks of them been mentality monsters is shit, the first 5 wins were an invitation only tournament, there next was some years later in 66 it then took them 22 years to win another, in the 2010s it was the Ronaldo show. So if you take away their first 6 they are only slightly ahead of Liverpool.
Stop buying into it and see it fir what it is, a cash cow and a fixed one at that, our own domestic league is the only one that matters, unfortunately the players and clubs have bought into this been crowned champions of Europe. If Dortmund win (I hope they do) does anybody on here think they are in anyway the best in Europe?
The true measure would be a league (yes I know super league) and I’d guarantee Madrid would fall away if played anywhere near that intensity every week, I wouldn’t even watch with the bad referees and constant theatrics.
So heads up for tomorrow again we could batter Chelsea and lose on penalties but it’s just a cup game and there’s always next year. If we win the league then we deserve it, it’s too close to call but I will be back in August all over again.
 
I feel OK as long as I don’t think about the loss or obsess about WTF happened between steamrolling teams like Real Madrid and Arsenal at home last season and looking like a team trying to shoot billiards with a wet noodle this season against the same clubs.
 
Not bothered about tomorrow. No way can we top last year and know if we get to the final bent officials will do their best to hand it to the rags again, this year they may succeed. Would rest key players tomorrow and go all out for four in a row.
 
I'd wager I'm feeling considerably worse than you lot as I have to put up with their arrogant entitled fans on a daily basis, crowing about how they're going to win the 15th. If we'd lost to Bayern or Barça I wouldn't be that bothered, but the white shite do my head in.
 
I'm not a big fan of the chumps league tbh.
It's a misnomer of a competition as a lot of teams involved aren't even champions in their own league, (spuds are a classic example).
However, it would have been nice to have defended our title at Etihad south before the new format comes in.
One good thing to come out of it though, even if the rags scrape 5th they will definitely not now get a C/L spot.
Happy days!
 
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