Tonights Games

[Barcon]

i suppose you could look at it like that but i honestly thing a draw loss or win for either team would have been fair and no one could really have complained.

but like you say, it really was the only way to play against them, they are a very good team who can destroy you if you play the wrong way like madrid did last year.

i also think we purposely sat back as we knew they were gonna put us under pressure and a loss here would have been suicidal, we learnt our lesson from the 1st game where they basically did the same thing to us in the 2nd half. i honestly think our game plan was to play for a draw and maybe nick a goal if we could, which is exactly what we did.

I don't for the life of me know how you figure that. Fair play for getting the result, but they absolutely hammered you. You looked like Celtic.

this is how i figure that:

we won, and a lot of fans on this forum who i presume are city fans have said fair play we played well got our tactics spot on. so i don't think anyone can really complain.

if we drew, no one would have complained. it probably would have been classed as the fairer result.

if we lost, no one would have complained.

i really don't see how having one clear cut opportunity the whole game equates to hammering us, neither does having less possession then us or less passes then us.

lets not forget, it wasn't long ago that opposition fans used to hammer us (arsenal fans) for claiming we should have won a game because we had the better of the play or more possession or more shots etc etc. like everyone used to tell us, all of that is irrelevant.

if you really want to split hairs, you could maybe say dortmund had slightly better of the play, but saying they hammered us is totally wrong.

also wrong to suggest we looked like celtic, as celtic would not have had the defensive quality to shut dortmund out, without resulting to park the bus tactics. we didn't park the bus, we just defended very well.

Well then maybe I watched a different game mate because I didn't see you get across the half way line too often in the second half. That, in my book, is called parking the bus.

 

[Citysmith]

Found this hilarious, it's from tonight's game when Ramsey scored.

Is this a Beegees convention? Sure that's one of the Gibbs brothers

 

[foetus]

Found this hilarious, it's from tonight's game when Ramsey scored.

Is this a Beegees convention? Sure that's one of the Gibbs brothers

He's dead now. Tragedy.

 

[AntiUnited]

Found this hilarious, it's from tonight's game when Ramsey scored.

that's from CL final against Bayern when Robben scored.

This..

 

[GHoddle]

Found this hilarious, it's from tonight's game when Ramsey scored.

that's from CL final against Bayern when Robben scored.

This..

Pretty sure that's why they're wearing "Wembley" shirts lol.

 

[Ronuja]

I don't for the life of me know how you figure that. Fair play for getting the result, but they absolutely hammered you. You looked like Celtic.

this is how i figure that:

we won, and a lot of fans on this forum who i presume are city fans have said fair play we played well got our tactics spot on. so i don't think anyone can really complain.

if we drew, no one would have complained. it probably would have been classed as the fairer result.

if we lost, no one would have complained.

i really don't see how having one clear cut opportunity the whole game equates to hammering us, neither does having less possession then us or less passes then us.

lets not forget, it wasn't long ago that opposition fans used to hammer us (arsenal fans) for claiming we should have won a game because we had the better of the play or more possession or more shots etc etc. like everyone used to tell us, all of that is irrelevant.

if you really want to split hairs, you could maybe say dortmund had slightly better of the play, but saying they hammered us is totally wrong.

also wrong to suggest we looked like celtic, as celtic would not have had the defensive quality to shut dortmund out, without resulting to park the bus tactics. we didn't park the bus, we just defended very well.

Well then maybe I watched a different game mate because I didn't see you get across the half way line too often in the second half. That, in my book, is called parking the bus.

Maybe you did? Or maybe you're mixing up the halves. I think that's what it is. Truth be told, in the first half we actually barely got into their half at all, and when we managed to it was only fleeting. We had zero attempts on goal at half time, forget on target. Dortmund started the second half much as they did the first, except stronger. We were cut open terribly at one point and Szczesny pulled out a stunning save, keeping out a vicious shot from Błaszczykowski at nearly point blank range. Szczesny was immense, and kept us in the game on several occasions. But things changed after the goal. In fact it was in the second half that all our chances actually came, after Ramsey's goal Giroud had an effort off a corner which was saved off the line, Mertesacker had a header which went just over. Mertesacker, by the way? A fucking ent, he just destroys opposition attacks. For me the most exciting thing about this match was the resolute, powerful defending that didn't falter for a moment after we scored the goal. As soon as we went ahead, we took control.

Yes, things looked dicey for much of the match. We had our luck, with Mkhitaryan throwing away a chance laid on a plate, Rosicky had a poor pass rebound right back to him off the Dortmund player before he played in the ball to Ozil who crossed the ball to Giroud who set up Ramsey. Arteta committed numerous strong tackles after going on a yellow early on. But don't you need a little luck in games like these, at the highest levels? No question we ceded the initiative, but we played with maturity, strength, and confidence, especially after scoring. If you still feel they 'hammered us', I agree that they had the better chances, and far more of them, but the crucial thing is that they didn't take them. We did. We had the better of them in the second half of the match at the Emirates a couple weeks back and looked the more likely to score, when they hit us with a lightning counter completely against the run of play. All I can say is we learned our lessons.

 

[THFC6061]

If Jermain Defoe scores tonight against Sheriff Tiraspol, he will become Tottenham Hotspur's all-time record goalscorer in European matches, beating Martin Chivers' record of 22 goals set in April 1974.

Defoe has already scored 6 times in the UEFA Europa League this season.

 

[blueinsa]

If Jermain Defoe scores tonight against Sheriff Tiraspol, he will become Tottenham Hotspur's all-time record goalscorer in European matches, beating Martin Chivers' record of 22 goals set in April 1974.

Defoe has already scored 6 times in the UEFA Europa League this season.

You are still a dull fucking bore!

Stick to the spuds thread with your shite will you please?

 

[jimharri]

That's cruel on Swansea; two games running, they've lost leads in added time. 4 points gone west.

 

[squirtyflower]

That's cruel on Swansea; two games running, they've lost leads in added time. 4 points gone west.

Seeing as you are the pedant Jim, surely the four points have all gone east?