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Match FA Cup 4th Round - Man City [H] - Friday 26 Jan 20:00
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Fuck Man City., could not even fill away end at Wigan a few years ago
I am so going y try o celebrate when these cunts finally get justice served
I am so going y try o celebrate when these cunts finally get justice served
No point wasting your time, it's never going to happen.
definitely gonna open a expensive wiskey bottle when the time comes
but not as expensive as when we win the league
I think that's harsh mate. The players worked hard.
Lack of effort wasn't why we lost.
No but that has no bearing to what johnson did before hand
Can't grumble at the result. The better team won. Tierney's a cunt.
Same issues though. We desperately need to upgrade our attacking players. We also need to defend better as a team - City allowed us one shot in 90 minutes, we allowed them 18.
Bentancur, Kulusevski pretty anonymous, Johnson sub anonymous. Touched the ball 22 times. Made 14 passes. Werner not much better, but he did make several good runs that were wasted by Kulusevski dawdling on the ball, or others not seeing them.
Same issues though. We desperately need to upgrade our attacking players. We also need to defend better as a team - City allowed us one shot in 90 minutes, we allowed them 18.
Bentancur, Kulusevski pretty anonymous, Johnson sub anonymous. Touched the ball 22 times. Made 14 passes. Werner not much better, but he did make several good runs that were wasted by Kulusevski dawdling on the ball, or others not seeing them.
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He was part of us defending well especially in the first half he did well defending from the front. He is unfairly criticised about his off the ball work.. yet got clattered again today.
We played well in spells, but City were the better side.
Still, that goal was a fucking disgrace.
Still, that goal was a fucking disgrace.
Well I did say it was just my opinion. I'm glad to hear you thought PEH did well and will reconsider my take on his performance.
Ultimately.
We lost 1-0 to the best team in the world with arguably the best manager leading them.
We didn’t cope early on with their press. We sat back tried to pass it out but weren’t able to do so because of their press. Any balls we were able to get forwards were received by players who, guess what… were also getting pressed. Bentancur had probably his worst game in a Spurs shirt (everyone has off days, no big deal) and we missed someone like Bissouma who would have given us more physicality on the ball. Kulusevski wasn’t good enough in that playmaker role, holding onto the ball too long instead of putting balls through to Werner and Johnson, which we desperately needed. Maddison came on and didn’t do much but considering he’s fresh from a long time out and playing against City, alongside players who weren’t performing either, it’s not surprising.
We lost the game because City stopped us from building up from the back and we lacked the quality on the night to create opportunities. It’s not a big deal. We move on.
We lost 1-0 to the best team in the world with arguably the best manager leading them.
We didn’t cope early on with their press. We sat back tried to pass it out but weren’t able to do so because of their press. Any balls we were able to get forwards were received by players who, guess what… were also getting pressed. Bentancur had probably his worst game in a Spurs shirt (everyone has off days, no big deal) and we missed someone like Bissouma who would have given us more physicality on the ball. Kulusevski wasn’t good enough in that playmaker role, holding onto the ball too long instead of putting balls through to Werner and Johnson, which we desperately needed. Maddison came on and didn’t do much but considering he’s fresh from a long time out and playing against City, alongside players who weren’t performing either, it’s not surprising.
We lost the game because City stopped us from building up from the back and we lacked the quality on the night to create opportunities. It’s not a big deal. We move on.
The City press today was insane. I give credit to them for that. They gave us almost no space or time on the ball. It was impressive. Very difficult to beat such talented players working their very hardest. We did alright but have to play better if we want to win games like that.
How on earth can you believe that? We did give 100% - they were just better than us. Why - because the cheating cunts are financially doped. Money has EVERYTHING to do with tonight's result.
He was doing it throughout the game.
I think our midfield was just a bit to late to everything today, probably because of the amount of running they had to do, if they had been a bit sharper I think we would have unlocked our forwards. Which didn't happen.
City are so good at drilling passes through the lines that it literally turns our midfielders around to face our goal and make us run.
Frustratingly we were in a position to literally play Werner through on goal 4-5 times and never pulled the trigger on the pass. They were mostly easy balls as well with so much space in behind.
I’m not going to complain much about the goal being allowed because I’m a supporter of refs actually abiding by the “clear and obvious” standard and I didn’t think that was clear and obvious enough to call back.
But I will say that if Romero had been Dias and Udogie tapped it in down on the other side, I’d bet on it being ruled out.
But I will say that if Romero had been Dias and Udogie tapped it in down on the other side, I’d bet on it being ruled out.
The first half an hour was frantic, and full credit to our lads for keeping them out for so long. Such a shame we couldn't have stretched them a bit more, by releasing the ball to the wings when goods runs into space were being made. As much as it galls me to say, City's passing and movement were breath-taking, and I wondered if they were actually playing at full throttle.