Positives To Take From Today

[Chi-town blues]

Dippers can’t beat city in final .

 

[the blue panther]

United aren't winning it - or even appearing in it - anytime soon.

 

[Bandofblues]

Positives

I was born a blue and still am a blue

Ahh, so you're going back to supporting Chelsea then?

;-)

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

Or Irish

I sit next to a couple of irish guys at the Etihad and they are excellent lifelong blues.
They haven‘t just jumped on so I didn’t mention irish scousers.

 

[Harvster]

There's plenty of positives, or at least reasons not to be negative.

There's the obvious one, which is that some of us won't have to spend over £1000 on going to the shithole that is Paris, and risk watching us lose to Liverpool. Plus our players now have to only focus on the league title, which we're just 4 wins maximum from retaining. That will be 4 PL titles in 5 seasons, which is the best united ever did.

And at the end of the day it's just a football game; 22 men kicking a ball around. Last night was disappointing but City (or any team) winning the CL doesn't cure disease, stop war or eliminate poverty.

I don't usually share much personal stuff on here but from a personal perspective, my daughter gave birth to a gorgeous little girl on Saturday and it was very touch-and-go for both mother and baby. The umbilical cord got trapped during the delivery, which led to a sudden loss of oxygen to the baby, meaning an emergency section had to be done within minutes.

Fortunately they saved the baby but in the process my daughter suffered a massive haemorrhage, losing 1.9 litres of blood. That's known as a Class 3 Haemorrhage, and is nearly 40% of your total blood. Fortunately they managed to stop it in time and she survived, but needed a couple of transfusions soon afterwards. The loss of just another pint would probably have been fatal, leaving two little girls without their mum and me without my daughter. Both are back home and seem fine now fortunately. So last night wasn't important for me in the overall scheme of things.

And between September 2017 and summer 2019, I suffered a series of issues that left me unable to work and, as I was freelance, earning no money. I was over £25k in debt at one point but started to get it under control and reduce it about 18 months ago. This morning I paid the last penny of that off and I can't tell you how good that feels.

So remember that, however disappointing last night was, there's worse things that happen in life and City winning or losing doesn't change those, or the blessings you may have.

Have a great day Blues.

Brilliant post, very best wishes

 

[halfcenturyup]

Looking for a positive? They did a QPR on us almost 10 years to the day after the 2012 win. Karma, I suppose. Would you swap the PL high of 2012 for a 2022 SF win? Not me. We will win this stupid competition one day then we won't even remember this.

 

[Rhapsody in Blue]

First, thanks for a brilliant post @Prestwich_Blue - really cheered me up.

Now when the dust has somehow settled, I think it is clear that we are good enough, but not as good as we have been. There is a huge possibility to improve this team, and the squad is not as good as we might have thought it is. Sterling, Jesus, Mahrez, Gundogan, Fernandinho have all seen their best days, and I think we know it and that we will be focussing on making the squad stronger.

 

[Bill the Blue]

There's still a good chance we'll win the PL and whatever the media spout, there's still a chance that the dippers will be polishing the League Cup come the end of the season..

If this somehow comes to pass, all in all it won't be too bad..!

 

[chaddblue]

If I was a LiVARpool fan... I would be thinking there is now less chance City will throw the league away

 

[Dobsy]

One focus - 4 game season and play best side in all 4 games.

This is true. I worried about the league thinking that a CL final might come and they'd play within themselves.

Now we can just focus and vent the frustration in these league games.