It hasn't upset me as much as I thought I would

[coolcity]

Fantastic post! Some sensible points.

Still gutted thou and not sure a out a number of things. We need more creative energy in the middle and more energy.

Yes, we can't keep relying on Fernadinho with the pace of the game these days and we do need decent options in that area.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Devestated as it feels like a unique opportunity blown , so many stars have to align to win old big ears that it may never happen again in my lifetime. But the last 10 years have been beyond my wildest dreams so I shouldn’t feel so bad but I do.

 

[coolcity]

We could have easily conceded 4 last night tbh.

But we didn't. We could easily have scored a couple too with a bit better finising and probably the best defensive tackle I've seen all season to deny Foden.

Incidentally you could say the same about the semi final. That's football, we'll play Brentford next season and win or lose, I'll guarantee they have chances.

 

[coolcity]

Devestated as it feels like a unique opportunity blown , so many stars have to align to win old big ears that it may never happen again in my lifetime. But the last 10 years have been beyond my wildest dreams so I shouldn’t feel so bad but I do.

With the squad and organisation we've got behind us I see no reason to believe we won't be there again, and not just once or twice.

 

[eastmanc]

I reckon people would have been saying "He knew Chelsea had the measure of us so why didn't he change it?"

One great tackle to prevent Foden scoring, Mahrez late shot just over, it was fine margins. If either of them had gone in and we'd gone on to win everyone would have been saying "Masterstroke". We could have played the DM and lost by more, but we weren't hammered, we weren't outplayed so I think far too much is being made of this team selection thing.

No it’s not, the team selection was everything last night. Gundo has been one of our main goal threats this season yet he was asked to play in a position that hasn’t played in for two years. It left our back four terribly exposed to the counter, Fern playing there like he did against PSG would have provided better protection. Phil Foden has been brilliant on the left all season and would in a lot of City fans and pundits opinion gave James a lot more to think about the Raz did who I think we all agree has been below par this season. So the one change affected the whole balance of the side. Why change what had been working just fine in the other rounds. I’m not a Pep out City fan but I think that he needs calling out on that team selection last night just like he was questioned after Lyon last season and Spurs the season before that.

 

[lmhblue1]

I am more upset for Sergio than I am about the actual loss. That’s not to say the loss hasn’t hurt me, I was absolutely gutted yesterday and I agree with others that it feels like a missed opportunity. The worst part of it is definitely the way that we played and the manner in which we lost.

However if I look at it logically, I don’t think there’s a guarantee we’d have won even if we played our normal game. History tells us the chances of us winning our first final were low. We got that first final appearance out of the way and made huge strides in our mentality this season. There will be another chance sooner rather than later. Just absolutely gutted for Serge and hope he doesn’t feel like he’s failed.

 

[BlueRockape]

Shirt washed dried ready for going out later.
Let's see what they've got ; )

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

bye

I was leathered last night and probably being a bit of a knob so wanted to pop back in and say sorry.

 

[Marklr]

Gutted.
I'm proud that we're the English Premier League champs and EFL cup winners but, this was the big one. we ALL wanted it so much. It's a personal coping mechanism for some people to become indifferent to it all...but think of how much you would have celebrated if we'd have won.

 

[PrezIke]

Who cares what the rest of the world thinks? I sure as hell don't. I also don't understand why saying we'll be back soon sounds foolish. For me, it would be more foolish to suggest that we won't be. In the last couple of years we've seen ourselves, Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs in thre CL Final and we're easily the best of those on our day so if any of those three can make it to a final I'm danmed sure that the club who have won a long list of trophies on one decade have a very, very good chance of being back there soon. Not foolish at all.

As for United, Fergie came to the end of his tenure and they didn't prepare for it well. I've seen enough in the past 10 years to suggest that we're in a very different place to where they were at that time.

I hear you, but I'd like to ask:

Why do City fans, especially those who grew up in greater Manchester hate United so much and their fans?

I've heard more than a few say the decades of treatment rubs them the wrong way.

Why do City fans get so wound up what Liverpool or United fans say on Twitter or what Barnay Ronay, Tariq Panja, or David Conn write about us?

How is this all not the same thing?

Being a fan is very much about "bragging rights" to protect our need to feel a sense of identity to be "proud of" (arguably) isn't it?

It's just another form of this.

Also, sure we "will be back" and yes United have been run terribly since, and we have a much better run club, but sometimes things change.

Pep, Txiki and Soriano who helped us get here may go before we win.

Winning CL is incredibly hard as is getting there. RM are an aberration. Barca haven't won in a long time.

As a fan in a sport here of a team that was one of the best for many years and fell into disaray and became a joke to almost never return.

You never know what will happen and the way we played and approached the game was infuriating to watch.