Yes I know and I get it, but it is obvious the players we have at the back aren't up to it and most will be moved on at the end of the season so what is the point in continuing? They won't or can't get it and won't be here soon, it seem slightly pointless to me.
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Yes I know and I get it, but it is obvious the players we have at the back aren't up to it and most will be moved on at the end of the season so what is the point in continuing? They won't or can't get it and won't be here soon, it seem slightly pointless to me.
Spineless first half. Thought I was watching Arsenal tbh.
As soon as the first goal went in I knew another one was coming. Giving away possession too easily, horrible pressing. Its like we were waiting for them to score. The players should really be ashamed of themselves, all of them. Horrible defending from Sane on Mendy for the first goal. I know hes not a defender but he has to do better than that. Would of brought Yaya on in the 10th minute, as clearly our whole gameplan went out the window and we looked lost. Mbappe looks a real superstar. Willy with a great save for his first shot. Scores a goal and almost scored another but was an inch offside. He has a wonderful shot. Aguero missed another sitter and a one or two good chances. I was previously against the Mbappe signing but now I think we should buy. It would be like passing on signing on an 18 year old Henry, although he do think he would prefer Real.
I am still in disbelief at our first half performance. Yes, maybe the team selection and tactics can be questioned, but for the players to not show up to one of our most important games of the season is laughable. We were never going to win it this year but to go out at this stage is a step backwards. Woke up in the second half, got back into it, then they score again. I know Vinny may be finished but had he played I am sure this never would have happened. He is a true leader, something we desperately lack.
Lets win the FA cup and get top 4, and we can say its a solid season. Can't wait to see a lot of players leave in the summer.
As soon as the first goal went in I knew another one was coming. Giving away possession too easily, horrible pressing. Its like we were waiting for them to score. The players should really be ashamed of themselves, all of them. Horrible defending from Sane on Mendy for the first goal. I know hes not a defender but he has to do better than that. Would of brought Yaya on in the 10th minute, as clearly our whole gameplan went out the window and we looked lost. Mbappe looks a real superstar. Willy with a great save for his first shot. Scores a goal and almost scored another but was an inch offside. He has a wonderful shot. Aguero missed another sitter and a one or two good chances. I was previously against the Mbappe signing but now I think we should buy. It would be like passing on signing on an 18 year old Henry, although he do think he would prefer Real.
I am still in disbelief at our first half performance. Yes, maybe the team selection and tactics can be questioned, but for the players to not show up to one of our most important games of the season is laughable. We were never going to win it this year but to go out at this stage is a step backwards. Woke up in the second half, got back into it, then they score again. I know Vinny may be finished but had he played I am sure this never would have happened. He is a true leader, something we desperately lack.
Lets win the FA cup and get top 4, and we can say its a solid season. Can't wait to see a lot of players leave in the summer.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Possibly because we scored 6 and could probably have had another 6,had we taken our chances.
While we showed a naivity,as we certainly could have defended better,I genuinely think we were unlucky to go out.
I agree we could have had another six last night, and I posted somewhere in the mad hot heat of post match last night that, apart from Leicester, the remaining teams would have scored from the chances we had, and gone on to win the leg. It's impossible to say whether it was the kamikaze defending or the lacklustre finishing which contributed more to the loss.
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Take a look how many little cretins have come out of the woodwork enjoying us being knocked out across social media, youtube and the like, I suppose we'd be no different if it were the Rags or the Dippers... in a way it's a sign of how much our stature has grown, it's pretty undeniable if they stopped to think about it(can't stop paying attention to us even if they tried).
We were going through on goal difference before the freekick, looked nowhere near as uncomfortable as in the first half either... in fact at 2-1 I was thinking they were looking ragged in open play(coming forward but no cutting edge rushing things) and would eventually leave us space to attack since we were still creating chances. Which is why I was dreading the freekick before it was taken, it was the last thing we needed and gave them a proper chance to throw everything at when they were struggling to make anything of note at that point.
We were going through on goal difference before the freekick, looked nowhere near as uncomfortable as in the first half either... in fact at 2-1 I was thinking they were looking ragged in open play(coming forward but no cutting edge rushing things) and would eventually leave us space to attack since we were still creating chances. Which is why I was dreading the freekick before it was taken, it was the last thing we needed and gave them a proper chance to throw everything at when they were struggling to make anything of note at that point.
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prestonibbo_mcfc
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Yes I know and I get it, but it is obvious the players we have at the back aren't up to it and most will be moved on at the end of the season so what is the point in continuing? They won't or can't get it and won't be here soon, it seem slightly pointless to me.
Aye. It's called living in limbo. We'll just have to suffer and hope it gets better.
I'm sure it will, but nothing is guaranteed.
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I hope I'm not the only who noticed the amount of times Stones was left outnumbered by his teammates last night either, not just Silva and Aguero at least they were anywhere near play(both should have done far better and closing down though, it would have stopped at least one goal IMO)... I've seen quite a few putting him at fault bizarrely what they expected him to do against 3 players passing it around him I don't know.
Which is why I was dreading the freekick before it was taken, it was the last thing we needed and gave them a proper chance to throw everything at when they were struggling to make anything of note at that point.
I turned to my lad as they were lining up that free kick and said they're going to score here... it just had a feeling of inevitability about it
kaz7
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I posted typical city coming up and i had just pressed post and they scored,we had no composure at all,i was shouting forv kev off and yaya on and try and keep the ball and calm it all down,really annoyed by the whole thingI turned to my lad as they were lining up that free kick and said they're going to score here... it just had a feeling of inevitability about it
sir baconface
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This thread is testament to how footballing values have become totally warped by silly money.
Strip out the verbiage and we're saying we need another £200m/£300m to outdo ragged-arsed teams like Monaco (and Leicester City).
And then we say "let's raid the fcukers of their talent". Why? Because we're minted and can't bring on our own youngsters or motivate our own millionaires or organise a defence. Don't blame the boss though. It's not "his" team until he's spent hundreds of millions.
Then finally we win a trophy (hopefully) and pay homage to the bestshopper manager in the world.
This isn't a go specifically at Pep. But it's symptomatic of our club and several others.
Strip out the verbiage and we're saying we need another £200m/£300m to outdo ragged-arsed teams like Monaco (and Leicester City).
And then we say "let's raid the fcukers of their talent". Why? Because we're minted and can't bring on our own youngsters or motivate our own millionaires or organise a defence. Don't blame the boss though. It's not "his" team until he's spent hundreds of millions.
Then finally we win a trophy (hopefully) and pay homage to the best
This isn't a go specifically at Pep. But it's symptomatic of our club and several others.
Sadly that is typical of City and they have yet to shake it off.I turned to my lad as they were lining up that free kick and said they're going to score here... it just had a feeling of inevitability about it
I was with you, we fans are almost immune to it!