Swansea (QF) Post Match thread

[Chi-town blues]

I hope Celina enjoys the rest of his evening too.

Fantastic goal

 

[nmc]

Sterling didn’t dive. He didn’t even appeal

BT ignoring the fact that there WAS contact but that doesn’t play to the - nasty cheating City robbed Swansea and its all because there’s no VAR.

 

[M9 Blue]

Likewise on Bet365,great without the idiots at BT. Fearing a "typical City " moment i stuck a fiver on Swansea,imagine my surprise at 2-0 when i was invited to cash out the £70 on offer!.......Banked and City win.Going to be a good night!

Watched it for free on Betfair. No commentary just the crowd noise. Much better than Darke and McPointy

 

[blueballs84]

Are BT still whinging about no VAR :o)

Don't worry, when it awards us a correct decision next year they'll complain it takes too long..

 

[bluedaze]

What a ****.

And no chance v.a.r. would disallow that, except possibly in our case. The bloke caught Sterling after the ball had gone.

And I dont think their player got a touch on the ball, looked like Sterling got the touch.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Mahrez is complete an utter shite, Delph not played for ages so some excuse for him.

Mahrez isn’t shite, but he is not doing nearly enough based on his talent. He needs to take a tumble to himself over the next 6 months to decide if he’s got the balls to play for the best team around or wants to go back to being a big fish in a small pond.

Today has been Delph’s performance level all season, and most importantly it’s like he can’t make rational decisions anymore. Stupid stupid tackles, I’d be surprised if today isn’t the final straw for Pep.

Ballsy comeback from the boys, phenomenal bit of quality from Bernie to get the ball rolling.

P.s. that prick of a right back for Swansea - hope he’s gutted the time wasting wee wank. Squaring up to Zin as well, dick

 

[Chris in London]

Hartson's voice is genuinely breaking.

Anyone else think Hartson was close to tears?

 

[MCFC1993]

Well fuck me with a spoon, that was stressful and entertaining.

Mahrez and Delph are not good enough for this squad. One is slow and ruins our rhythm, the other is a fucking liability.

As for no VAR, haha haha, tough fucking luck, we voted for it. Deal with it.

Deserves a thread of its own that last line.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

The hatred is palpable. Loving it!

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Hartson setting up the agenda against Sterling. What a fuckwit

 

[brummie blue]

Sterling didn’t dive. He didn’t even appeal

whatever the biased Hartson says on BT, the defender puts a hand and pressure on Sterling's shoulder, he then flicks the ball but his leg takes Sterling's left leg, doesn't matter if he played the ball or not, he stopped Sterling chasing the ball.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Every dog has its day . Cliche or not but fuck yes we were due .

 

[OntarioBlue]

I’ve said give Mahrez until next season, but today he was poor,he doesn’t have any hunger/ bollocks to succeed in this team. At the moment he isn’t good enough

I still don’t know why Pep doesnt try him on the left. He is so predictable and thus totally ineffective on the right.

 

[Blue and still suffering]

Couldn't see them scoring one I said in the match day forum - what do I know

That could well have been this season's Southampton at home moment

 

[yeseye]

Looking at their pen I think Delphi nicks the ball. Bad challenge to make tho

Similar to ours, but they’re in uproar on BT!

 

[Trojan1962]

Good job getting Mahrez and Delph off and pushing Bernardo forward and wide.

Still mystifying that Sane comes off first.

Anyway, job done, exciting match, get in.

Think Leroy had a slight knock but I agree Mahrez should of come off he was totally ineffective

 

[blueinsa]

I've never heard commentators bang on about VAR like this all the times we were robbed!

You wouldnt have tonight had Swansea won with equally lucky decisions.

 

[Blue Smarties]

As soon as the Swansea player went past Delph I just knew he would bring him down.

He’s simply too naive when put in those tight situations in defence...we’ve witnessed this far too often even when he was having a good spell for us.

Such a difference in this position when Zinchenko came on both defending & going forward - well done to him for improving beyond my expectations!

Clear as day improvement when Zinchenko came on. I love his desire to play for the club. Hope he plays well enough to secure a career with us for a long time. You need characters like that in any elite squad.

 

[Mayor West]

I hope Celina enjoys the rest of his evening too.

Yeah he did well, and what a goal he scored. Like him as a player.

 

[LB65]

3 goals in last 20 minutes. Keep on winning. Well done City!