I have no problem with any team parking the bus against us, if I was the opposition manager I'd do the same. I object to the fact that:
A. We get called boring because of how the opposition play.
B. Why refs don't react to time wasting until 85+ mins. When it starts from the first minute.
I missed this article at the time of publishing but the guy was just saying what most people think about Liverpool fans. Trouble follows them almost everywhere they go and has done for decades, however, it is never their fault and it almost never gets the press attention it deserves. With phrases like 'loyal', 'passionate' and 'enthusiastic' used rather than 'violent', 'aggressive' and 'extre
Teams have a right to set up how they want, but while I have no issues with teams further down the league parking the bus, Chelsea's set-up baffled me. Sure, they could've still nicked a goal and a win but given they were starting the game 10 points behind us and they needed a win to stay in the title race, to see them play so defensively and their goalkeeper time-wasting in the first half had me wondering what the hell they were up to.
Tuchel's plan was to keep it tight for 60/65 mins and then try to win the game with fast counter attacks hence why he brought on Werner and Hudson odoi in the 65th min. So only wanted to go head to head with City for 30 minsTeams have a right to set up how they want, but while I have no issues with teams further down the league parking the bus, Chelsea's set-up baffled me. Sure, they could've still nicked a goal and a win but given they were starting the game 10 points behind us and they needed a win to stay in the title race, to see them play so defensively and their goalkeeper time-wasting in the first half had me wondering what the hell they were up to.
Exactly.
We OWN this game now. And they know it and it’s killing them. It wasnt supposed to be like this. We were supposed to buy a bunch of mercenaries, managed by a fool, and then noisily disappear back into nothingness after a few years howling at the moon. In short, we were supposed to be a direct message to other non sky-4 clubs to never get ideas above their station, to know their place as fodder to the history boys.
Instead our owner turned out to be a humble genius who appointed a bona fide Godfather as chairman, ably assisted by Ferran and Txiki, who between them eventually lured the best manager of the last 50 years to these shores to manage us. And in said manager‘s own words he “destroyed the game in England”.
I bloody adore this club. We are blessed by God.
All is well my friend.Hope all is well.
Too many people just do not want to give City due credit. It might take a generation to change that but if we continue to be run as well as we have been, the tide will change.
You are absolutely right about skill levels and the ability to receive the ball under pressure. What they don't seem to realise is that this is no accident but the fruit of hours and hours of practice under skilful coaches. We make so many look amateur by comparison. When we don't quite click, this professionalism carries us through.Have they dropped the 'no one cares about what City do' shite that looked like being popular a couple of weeks ago because even they realise how stupid it is?
If people cannot see and enjoy the beauty of the beautiful game as played by City, they really need to find another team to support or more likely, a new programme to watch.
When you see Eddie calmy taking a goal kick, passing to any defender, any one of them who has an attacker rushing to close him down the crowd would shout a warning in old football. But in New Total Football the defender easily takes that ball into his control, sometimes passes to a team-mate or easily turns his man and passes in on to a similarly unruffled colleague. Now these cameos of football skill are not done by our skilful midfielders, they are done by hairy-arsed defenders and a fearsome looking tattooed goalie This football magic does not happen on odd occasions, it happens many times almost every time in a match.
So anybody who finds that sort of skill level boring wants to go and support very low level non league clubs with their big boots into Row k or up to the Big Man.
If he was crucified, I doubt he would get any work at all.I’d love to see him crucified for his action and never work on TV again.
The press say that it's only us who find the games interesting. I call bullshit. Other supporters will watcch with great interest as I do on MOTD for instance. The WHU - Leeds game in point. I wouldn't watch a Burnley game of course. But Leicester, WHU, Leeds, Arse, Southampton, Brighton, even Palace now - god, even Norwich are interesting to watch in a perverse way. These teams aren't playing like they have given up! These scibblers have outed themselves as american owner fan boys and if that attitude translates onto the players of those teams, like it did with Chelsea on Saturday, then they are done for.