Match Thread | Man City vs Liverpool FA Cup (16/04/22)

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From the first minute it was obvious, both on the pitch on the terraces there was only one side who wanted to win this. I always tell myself I need to listen to Pep, because he always tell us when the stinker is coming, and this has been the mother of all stinkers. Since Wednesday night and 'we are in a big trouble' this shit was coming. I am fuming I didn't go because of my stupid foot, because I think it would be easier watching it at Wembley than watching Murphy levitating pitchside.
There is nothing to say about our game, because there was no game, if this lot put their under 18 on, we would be losing this. The most tragic thing they created almost no chances and they are three nil up. It was not even a meltdown, it has looked like 11 mannequins in City shirts were carted out onto the pitch. Just take it on the chin and try somehow to win a trophy at the end of the season. I am beyond shocked to be bothered anymore and it will be a relaxed watch the second half.
 
Eoiyflem said:
Are you for real?
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Steffan is to blame mostly of course, but CBs and FBs do contribute to the reasons a keeper can be at higher risk for a mistake.

We've seen it before in other situations where mistakes at the back happen and it appears the keeper is to blame entirely but closer inspection shows that to be not so clear.

Steffan is not Ederson.
 
bigdavecox90 said:
It’s a bunch of ‘professional’ players. We can’t use Liverpool’s easy run of fixtures for that utter dross.

Give your head a wobble.
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yes you fucking can! they literally RESTED their entire team! did you rest your entire fucking team 3 days ago? jesus christ
 
Chippy_boy said:
Honestly disappointing though this is, it's far from a disaster. I am sure many of us actually expected it.

A right good thrashing, perversely, could give the players the kick up the arse needed to ensure we win our last 7 games. And to make sure we don't fuck up our remaining CL games. If we were to throw anything, the FA cup is the thing to throw.

And it will not hurt our summer spending budget either
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I’d love you to be right and hope you are.
But yet again in a big game we fuck up.
Does anybody actually feel confident that if we were to get to the CL final pep wouldn’t make some other kind of clever, genius-like change to a normal line up
 
Burtonblue said:
7 is just too many changes, especially against a team that makes only 1
We look fucked even with the changes
Very worrying
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Against these you either go for it or you don’t. We are not that much better than them that we can afford to make a handful of changes and think we can still compete with their best XI. Either we go full strength and give them a game, or just sack it off completely, play the kids, accept defeat before KO and rest our best players.

For whatever reason Pep went with a no-man’s land side where, you run some players into the ground who could do with the rest, whilst having no chance to compete with them.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Honestly disappointing though this is, it's far from a disaster. I am sure many of us actually expected it.

A right good thrashing, perversely, could give the players the kick up the arse needed to ensure we win our last 7 games. And to make sure we don't fuck up our remaining CL games. If we were to throw anything, the FA cup is the thing to throw.

And it will not hurt our summer spending budget either
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Not if this form continues into the Brighton game. Honestly how many posters actually thought we would win the treble without a forward? Most teams have 2/3 we have none. The team is overachieving imo. We have lost a lot of legends over the last few years and to still be competing at the highest level is a great achievement. The first team needs investment.
 
Front four of Jesus, Foden, Grealish and Sterling offering nothing today. Not pressing and can't pass. Feel sorry for Fern, Bernie and the defence. Need to push from the front
 
B\connellblue said:
I want him to actually give a fuck. How the fuck can your goalie be tired. Zinchenko nice lad but nowhere near our level.
Grealish needs to take a long hard look at himself. Has contributed zero to our season. Jesus never was or never will be good enough for us.
Might as well have tried a couple of youngsters especially delap. How could he possibly do any worse.
An absolute Rudderless ship today. If he doesn't make a couple of changes at halftime I give up.
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it's nothing to do with resting Ederson. It's about playing your cup keeper in the cup games. If you don't, you basically have no chance of getting a decent keeper as back up.

When they get the chance, they have to deliver. Obviously he's had a shocker and that's probably it for his City career.
 
Just get whoever is fit enough of our big-hitters on and try and make this look less emberrassing. Hate losing to these lot but I can take it today, but a 5-6-nil should be avoided at all cost
 
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