It's a cup competition who offen does the premier league winners win the fa cup ?
I cant stand the way the CL winners are classed as the best in Europe. Its bollocks.
People need to see what the CL really is nowadays it's just a European knock out cup. Where teams can qualify by being 25 points behind their country's league champions.
In the 'old' days when it was true champions versus champions, it was the champions cup. It's not now.
We arent allowed to call our stadium the Etihad on CL nights. They have tried to banned us and fine us twice. We need CAS to clear us, we arent liked.
Like some else has said I wasnt looking forward to us a d dippers being in Paris. It would have been trouble and the press/media would be blaming us City fans.
Its shit to lose like that but we have won with Aguerooooooooo, that's football.
Heads up blues lots of noise on Sunday we are City super City from Maine Road
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Never been the same since his injury, I just don’t rate him.I have had a real issue when it comes to Laporte for a long time.
He's a reactionary defender, he rarely anticipates because he knows he doesn't have the pace to get back in if he gets too tight.
In the biggest of games, certainly Europe, he has cost us plenty.
He bottles it in the big moments, at fault for two in the first leg here against Madrid, same against Spurs.
I don't trust him, because when things get tight, he gets tight.
Haha, he's doing alrightJust when I thought we’d hit rock bottom.
In a nutshell.We were the better side over two legs by far.
We should have been safe after the first leg - 4-3 was a great result given they were being battered.
We simply need to take our chances. We need to be able to close up shop and play it cool. And we need more reliable strength in depth in some positions.
But sometimes funny things happen in football.... We benefited in '99 and with the Aguero moment. Sometimes it bites you on the bum.
I thought with a 2-0 lead, 5 mins remaining and subs being made, Ake should have been one of them to shore up the back and helpAgreed, I don't trust Ake, either.
Stones is our best defender on the right and opens up that side of the pitch.
My issue is merely that Laporte should not be starting this season when Stones is available.
Dias had been poor this season, and I put it down to Pep allowing Laporte to maintain the dynamic of starting if fit.
I think a lot can be solved with full backs who can defend.
Agreed Tolm91 other clubs would swap places for our set-up in a heartbeat.
If you want certainty in football, then people need to find another hobby?
It's shocking, but hardly devastating, we lost in a European Cup semi-final away to Real Madrid.
First World problems.
Pep and the Club have worked wonders and a Fourth Premier League title in five seasons would be nothing short of phenomenal.
A lot of people are jumping the shark. We won't get better than Pep, unless we want to try and fluke a Roberto De Matteo for 12 months?
I have sensed with this competition that quite a few people now want to to win it just to shut up our detractors, but those critics will still be there, regardless.
The only thing we as fans need to concern ourselves with, is making sure we are right behind the lads over this next week and drag them over the line.
I'm getting withdrawal symptoms from not seeing the god wills it gif. Hopefully i can survive till Sunday.We blew it!
Gutted.