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Match FA Cup 4th Round - Man City [H] - Friday 26 Jan 20:00
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Our defence was awesome today, they were better than City’s attack
Will you punch up?We didn't lose tonight because of PEH; but still peeps will punch down regardless.......
Very much so, and full credit to them. Very unfortunate that Vic fumbled for City's soft goal. I thought VDV was awesome; an absolute beast of a player.
Agreed. The tactical foul seems to go largely unpunished early-doors, and I thought there was meant to be a crackdown on such behaviour. It seems that referees are unwilling to give yellows for this early on in games, and this weakness is definitely being exploited. As you rightly say, certain teams definitely gain an advantage from getting away with cynical tackles.
Yep and now it’s all about the tactical foul before the ref thinks it’s a tactical foul.
Any foul on purpose with little attempt to play the ball is a tactical foul. The literal definition is a foul committed to gain an advantage. That’s why it’s tactical! Yet there are tactical fouls happening all over the field and it’s never called unless it’s a clear counter attack.
I thought such tackles were an automatic yellow card these days, but until referees grow a pair, this won't be the case, and certain teams will keep on getting away with it more than others.
Just watched the game back having been at the stadium and... it was a bloody good tight tactical hard fought game. There's a narrative that City were clearly the better side but they weren't really. Our final third play was off - largely because Kulu Bents and Porro couldn't hit a forward pass all night but we prevented them from getting chances - all their XG came from 1 terrible minute from a gassed PEH who was otherwise our best midfielder by some distance.
The fuckign football gods are satan because why else give the Oil Slavers a dodgy ricochet after a foul (which Vic had been drawing the refs attention to ALL NIGHT) often given (and has been given) to other teams keepers.
But something has to be done about City's persistent fouling with no cards. It's just beyond joke now.
The fuckign football gods are satan because why else give the Oil Slavers a dodgy ricochet after a foul (which Vic had been drawing the refs attention to ALL NIGHT) often given (and has been given) to other teams keepers.
But something has to be done about City's persistent fouling with no cards. It's just beyond joke now.
We really missed the unique qualities of Bissouma, Sarr, Lo Celso, Sonny and a match-fit Maddison. City can seemingly afford to lose 4, 5, maybe 6 of their best players because they have such a deep squad to pick from. A midfield of Rodri, Kovacic, Foden and Silva will dominate over the elite European clubs and today our lack of depth showed.
Hojbjerg had a good game and put in a shift but it was still apparent he isn't well suited to high tempo, fast paced tactics which Ange and Pep employ. I can't criticise him for this because plenty of other more traditional CMs would struggle (Rice for example).
Our front 3 were also isolated - would've like to see Johnson and Werner mix it up and play in between the channels a bit more instead of hugging the touchline. Although maybe that would've left us exposed elsewhere?
Hopefully proper FFP regulation will level out the chasm between City and the rest of us. Like with the Chavs, I put a massive asterix against the titles, cups they win.
Proud of the effort we put in. A bit of fine tuning over the next 2 - 3 transfer windows and we'll compete consistently at City's level.
Hojbjerg had a good game and put in a shift but it was still apparent he isn't well suited to high tempo, fast paced tactics which Ange and Pep employ. I can't criticise him for this because plenty of other more traditional CMs would struggle (Rice for example).
Our front 3 were also isolated - would've like to see Johnson and Werner mix it up and play in between the channels a bit more instead of hugging the touchline. Although maybe that would've left us exposed elsewhere?
Hopefully proper FFP regulation will level out the chasm between City and the rest of us. Like with the Chavs, I put a massive asterix against the titles, cups they win.
Proud of the effort we put in. A bit of fine tuning over the next 2 - 3 transfer windows and we'll compete consistently at City's level.
That's how it felt watching the midfield sequences for large parts of the game. Also quite a few 'ifs, buts and maybes'. For example, if City weren't covertly pumped full of oil revenue, they'd be Coventry City.
Now I'm just....
Is there a better team outside of Europe?
Not simping for anyone. Just hate Woolwich more as surely every Spurs supporter should
I don’t really watch Man City. They win titles and trophies and I think who cares. I don’t hate them, I just really don’t care. If a game is on and they are playing, even if it’s a final, I just do something else because it’s just so fucking boring.
It's pretty much how they have been coached to play. Small fouls, break up the play, delay the free kick, get back into shape. Same ar Barca.
Problem is, if ref's punish the small fouls, it ends up punishing genuine attempts for the ball and the game becomes a non contact sport.
Richi saw quite a lot of the ball and worked very hard. But what did he do with the ball? Sometimes if the chances are not being put on a plate for you then you have to create something yourself which he didn’t do. The best attacking players should be able to do this. So i don’t think he is above criticism tonight as you suggest. Has improved his performances for us but not really at the level required in the long run
I don’t think that’s the case when we saw so little of the ball against the best side in the world. R9 at peak wouldn’t pick the ball up deep and be able to attack five or six players and create a chance
You a make a general point, he is an effective hard working striker but not a creative one but neither style would have created chances last night