Liverpool FA Cup s/f (N) | Post Match Thread

[Dirty Harry]

An abomination of a first half, players looked clueless, shit scared throughout and lacked belief.
Hopefully, the players get a chance to play these again knowing they’re actually not all that.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Fully expecting Ederson to be doing this on the crossbar come Wednesday now that he’s “well rested”.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Steffen will still be picked in next seasons FA Cup semi final

 

[applecentral]

Stones? He was a liability today.

I think Stones held our shambles of a defence together in the first half. Without him City would have been in even deeper shit!

 

[SCEtoAUX]

Must admit that I am astonished Mahrez wasn't given longer, but my God, when you are on the back foot at 1-0 down and you give the opposition another goal, it is going to be a very, very tough day.

Easy to blame Steffen but he'll be blaming himself enough anyway, and big Ed has not been a million miles from doing that same thing on more than one occasion.

They of course have not yet won the FA Cup this year, and if they are up against Chelsea in the final it will be against a Chelsea side who will have cemented their CL place and will have nothing else to play for.

Anyway, we are City fans and we have many many great days ahead of us.

 

[PaleBlue]

Shocking, lost to the scouse twunts in the first 20 minutes, awful game against shite opponents. Felt from the line up that Pep has bigger fish to fry.

 

[BolinCell]

This season is showing that going into the season without a decent striker was utter madness. Anything we win this season (if anything) will have been won with our hands tied behind our backs.

 

[D'Silva]

Defending the league title is the bottom line. It's in our hands to win or lose. We can't lose it after the hard work of getting the top spot and after the lead we managed to create. Losing a title with the lead we had and especially to those lot is something I would never accept.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

I couldn’t believe we were still favourites with the bookmakers when the teams were announced
Our squad depth is a myth

 

[raybo]

Everything about that match; selection, energy levels, commitment, has to be seen in the context of Wednesday night. It was a bruising exhausting battle and evey player will have been suffering the after effects.The very last thing they would want a few days later is a semi final against Liverpool.

By way of contrast, Liverpool players had a rest and a stroll in the park.

The other thing weighing on the team is priorities. At this stage in the season, pragmatism is required. The FA cup is NOT top priority.

IF City go on to win the league and maybe the champs league it was absolutely the correct approach to this game

Looking forward to Brighton and Real Madrid with a fit, refreshed squad already. And one less distraction

Well we could have at least made some changes Early in the second half. The priority should be to win every game.