League Cup Final Post - Match Thread

[Henkeman]

I'm the opposite, was surprised the other day to see he'd never won the FA Cup. Hopefully we can put that right before he leaves/retires.

That'd be nice! :-)

 

[Armaan]

Isn’t the Lino supposed to keep his flag down in these situations and let VAR look t it. Very tight call that one.

Yeah that’s what they’re supposed to do, but I think the lino was just going off natural instinct having raising that flag his whole career. There’s still a chance hazard could have missed so even if it was onside (which it wasn’t) the lino only stopped a probable goal, not a guaranteed one.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Jorginho's comedy routine was only matched by Kepa's 'Top of the bill' finale.
Kepa was hoist by his own petard. Publicly saying he was giving his team some breathing space - like it's perfectly normal......
We in the crowd knew he was faking it - his manager didn't.

What a piece of shit of a goalie and very thick to come out and admit time wasting. Fucking embarrassing!

 

[JGL07]

I agree. It's always been a 'fans final' with larger ticket allocation & sensible pricing. Hence the atmosphere inside Wembley beats the FAC Final hands down IMHO. I've been been to every LC Final that City have played in and each one has been a great day out. Even Wolves in 1974, despite the result. Those clubs who can't be arsed about the competition don't know what they are missing.

Agreed. I have been to all seven League Cup Finals that City have appeared in. The ones I enjoyed the most were West Brom in 1970 and Sunderland in 2014. Both times City came from behind to win.

Over the same time period I have only been to one FA Cup Final (1968 v Leicester). I couldn't get near a ticket for the Spurs or Wigan finals. Back in 1968, most of the tickets went to local FA officials rather than fans of the finalists and the atmosphere suffered.

 

[allblackcitizen]

Saw that. Piss take! Did they have a tip jar as well?

I don't mind paying the £6 or so a pint but it was the £8.xx I paid for a bottle of Tsing Tao at lunch that really pissed me off - it's just Carlsberg with a different label stuck on it.

It was a compulsory charge as well. If you had a bag, you had to check it in and had to pay £10. No choice. Was allowed to take it in last year. Obviously they've hit another way to fleece the match going public.

 

[The Black Shed]

Off is off, closer than Sergio's by a few mm, but still off.

 

[allblackcitizen]

Overall a draw after 120 mins football was about right. Still a bit concerned about the form of KDB and Silva. The cynical fouls on aguero, sane and Silva were really poor I thought and moss could have given at least one red.

Performance wise sterling never stopped trying, same for Bernardo, but zinchenko and Otamendi had excellent matches.

Rudiger should have gone for 2 yellows. In fact he should have had 2 yellows within about 5 seconds of each other.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Off is off, closer than Sergio's by a few mm, but still off.

Are we looking at the position of foot or any parts of the body ?

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Depends if you're Spurs or City

 

[The Black Shed]

Are we looking at the position of foot or any parts of the body ?

well I'm old school, so going by the feet, but the rule now is it's any part of the body that can legally be used to score with. So if you're roadrunner, then you'll be miles off before your feet come into the equation!