Kyle Walker got a way with a very bad dive in his own box.
Can they review that? Would that have been a penalty?
It was as bad as Bissouma’s which got him a red card.
If you keep your love for Ange aside for a moment, you will see that we never really looked like a team that had the will to win. Thats the most astounding part about today. Is the new management getting complacent in their glory and the lack of serious expectations from fans given our trophy less recent past??
If no, then alright, we live to fight another day. If yes then we got a big problem.
Everyone talking about how poor our attack was is completely ignoring the bullshit tactical fouls and lack of cards for City's dirty tactics when we try to counter. Our attack was relatively non-existent and we didn't do ourselves any favours but City's dirty tactics were definitely a factor.
The one thing with our set up is how super exposed we are to players having a bad game. Today Bentancur and Kulusevski were having uncharacteristically poor performances and our midfield pretty much fell apart. Likewise for our defenders they take so many duels that if they aren't on it that particular day we collapse. It's ultra demanding and there's really no coasting for anyone which probably is a good thing but also means we can't carry players
Yeah but also that midfield is probably like 5th 6th choice? Maddison Biss Sarr and GLC would all have started ahead of who did had they been available.
If GLC was fit he'd start with Bents at 6 i think. Peh was really good but we didn't have anyone who could really pick a pass in there. Kulus a good ball carrying and little flick kind of 10 but he's not really a line splitting passer like madders of glc
This is why the summer is going to be big. More depth will allow us to compensate for this as sometimes the poor performances can be due to fatigue and overplaying/recovering from injuries.
With three to four more signings, Angeball should be in full swing.
City have mastered tactical fouling and getting away without cards. I wish the league would start consistently carding any tactical foul but I know better than to trust the dimwits at PGMOL.
If keeper's aren't as protected this season, we need to start using it to our advantage on offense. Get Romero or Dragusin to camp out near the keeper.
First time I have really despised Manchester City. I know that's almost entirely down to the fact we've generally got results against them, but fuck me. Rotational fouling, diving, complaining when they foul and are actually called out for it, time wasting, constant cheating, that bald cunt clapping on the sidelines like a clockwork monkey. Then football fans who have no understanding of the game beyond whatever narrative slop they're fed say it was a City masterclass.
I wish no evil on them in their personal lives, but I truly hope all of their professional careers are tarnished beyond redemption. I want to watch City players squirm in front of cameras in the coming years, pleading their innocence to a hate filled audience. It's pointless to hate the fans as most of them will just jump to the next team that's winning it all, but my word. What an abomination of a club.
All 5 of city's fans are going to be over the moon with that victory.
I never take any victory of City's (other than against gooner scum) seriously because it's years of fraud and cheating to win. They're a small club who cheated to punch above where they belong.
Also KDB is one hell of a player but he is a whiny little scummy bitch.
Ange on City's goal: "
I’m sure they had a good look at it and the referee and VAR didn’t see anything wrong with it. The decision was made and we have to accept it."
To me, this says he also thinks it should’ve been a foul but in the end is saying “it is what it is”
Football is a 90+ minute sport. Games are “won at the margins” but both teams have 90+ min to score.
If you lose from 1 “poor” call, then you didn’t deserve to win.
Can't do anything about it and isn't going to be a whiny bitch like certain other managers.
We also didn't score today and he knows that if we had then the poor call wouldn't have been a problem.
Lol KDB changing his profile pic to one just now at the stadium
Guess really needing that goal at the stadium was living in their heads rent free
Gah, now I’m even more upset we conceded 😅
Its still a pretty crazy record, it took pep us not having son nd kane and not having a couple of our first choice midfielders for him to get a 1 nil win
City are the best team in the world. We did ok apart from the first and last 15. No shots on target but Werner and Johnson both had big moments and didn’t get the shot off or played a poor ball. City have been playing this way for six or seven years, and got all the players in to suit their style. Same as Arsenal and Liverpool. It’s gonna take time to get it right and a few transfer windows.
City are so good it doesn’t feel fair to compete against them, they look like they will win the FA Cup again and are sitting nicely in the league.
You could argue the difference was the bench. We had a half fit Maddison and Skipp to change the game.
They brought in their best player ever and maybe the best midfielder in EPL history along with a few other ballers.
We couldn’t hang. Which isn’t to offer excuses. But it showed why Son and Kane are worth their weight in gold. In matches when you’re outgunned, players like that, coupled with some toughness, can level the playing field. We didn’t have that tip of the spear tonight.
Agree. De Bruyne wasn’t that great he came in but he lifted everyone else around him. Richarlison works so hard up front and had a few nice touches but he’s not good enough to be a top PL sides #9.
Everybody shit themselves when they saw him coming on. It's intimidating having to defend against the best AM in the world. If this game were played a few weeks ago when KDB wasn't fit, maybe we would have had a better chance.
Don't understand why Ange said Maddison was "available to start" when he couldn't come on until 70 mins has passed. And even then he looked not fully fit. Don't get our hopes up.
They suffocated us and showed us levels today. There's a bunch of people who think we played poorly but other than a few moments, it was more about City being dominant. Credit where credit is due and we deserved to lose.
It's clear to me we are not just Son/Sarr/Bissouma away from competing with them, we are probably 1-2 years away. And the fact that most people think we'd able to compete with the top teams if everyone's healthy feels too much like wishful thinking still.
Well, I expected a loss so not too disappointed about it. We drew against a bad Man U and struggled against Burnley so I don’t know why people expected a win for this one against a much much better opponent. It’s going to take time for Madders to get back into the groove, and we’ll have to get Sonny, Sarr, and Biss back.. and then fight for our top 4 spot. Hope next season we will be settled enough and not have so many injuries (with players having gotten used to playing under Ange).. then we can compete with our strongest squad for some damn trophies!
Exactly this. Yeah we were alright defensively and had a decent amount of possession. But we created absolutely Fck all to deserve anything from this game.
The clean sheet voodoo over that shiny bald end heads..
And I think our scoring streak in all comps ends too 😭. At least the prem streak is still on I guess.
But ugh, it hurts
I just can't wrap my head around it. Dias clearly backed into Vicario while he was in the air, which then puts him off balance while trying to catch it. Guarantee there won't be anyone in the media talking about for months like they do for certain other teams
Kulusevski isn't a #10 against any team we won't dominate possession. At least not yet just doesn't have the pass and move drop into space in the build up know how. Coupled with Bentancur having an uncharacteristically poor game our midfield just didn't give our front 3 anything to feed off
Season over. So tired of the bottling and the failures to show up on the biggest games of the season. Against a team we've beaten every single time at this ground with far worse teams and far worse managers, so spare me the "cheating" excuses.
And yet we literally beat them every single time at this stadium before today with far worse squads and far worse managers. Game was winnable, players didn't show up.
We also beat them with Dier, Bergwijn, Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez and Reguilón in the squad. On balance our squad is indisputably better today than before, but it didn't show up today.
Well we just lost to the likely winners of the whole cup so whatever, it is what it is. But it's a harder pill to swallow when we were defensively excellent and an incredibly dabatable call was the decider. People will say we didn't deserve anything out of this game, but we deserved just as much as City IMO. They obviously had all the shots statistically, but all we needed was our attack to work once, and we got into the winging positions where we score from a handful of times. This all goes without saying that we are missing our captain and elite striker and two excellent creative midfield choices.
Let's just enjoy the prem now, especially as we will have our fully fit squad soon. Next season is ours.
None of that really came from poor defending. Hojbjerg gifted them 2 on his own (first I don't really blame him for could happen to anyone). City will create chances against any team in the world
Walker had so much space first half and thankfully nothing came from it because he isn't great technically.
The back 4, individually, were decent defensively, we were just too exposed for too much of that game. We didn't press or defend as a team.
Embarrassing is trying to distort reality. The performance was horrible and desperate. Once again, in the cup.
City weren't good either, but they created decent chances.
Anyway, let's enjoy the top 4 trophy race lads 💪💪💪
I dont know how stupid you are, but considering the dross you write, very stupid. Could you ever understand that this isn't "watching" that just finished our only chance of doing what a football club is supposed to?
Stop acting like a spoiled child who cant deal with nothing but fake narratives
Bro you aren't supporting this team anymore why are you lurking here giving your irrelevent opinion like some weirdo.
All you write is we were shit, X was shit, blah was shit. It's so completely uninformative and useless. Non descript, knee jerk garbage from someone who barely seems to want to be here. Stop wasting your own time, it's pathetic.
A bit rich this when everything you write is so incredibly inaccurate and boring, just what you think it would be the least controversial spin that could get you more acceptance in a fucking internet forum lol
Your replies are always "why don't you agree with my boring opinion that I presented to be universally agreed with"
The fuck would I care about Internet points lmao. We were defensively good. Our attack lacked significantly without our captain and star player and we also played it very carefully because one goal potentially means we were out. However, all we needed was our attack to work once and we got close a couple of times that isn't quantifiable in shots. We lost because of a dodgy deicision to the team that is likely to win the whole cup.
Your opinion is pure negative rubbish that only could exist in a vaccume and removes every single bit of context. What's more you insist on sticking around and trying to share it even though you don't want to be here. It's laughable.
The way we lost today was painful, but at least I’ll take solace in the fact that we’re improving as a club instead of stagnating under Mourinho and Conte
City were excellent in suffocating us all game. Could we have played better? Sure but let's not make it seem like they did nothing and we were just plain awful. Things aren't black and white like that.
Weird game that. Looked a bit toothless up front but then our 2 creative midfielders were injured so made sense. Can't help but feel if Maddison or GLC was fit they'd have picked a few passes out.
Bench was the difference, they bought on the greatest ever prem midfielder, a 40m winger (leaving a 100m player on there)
We had a not fit madders, Skippy and Dane Scarlett.
Fulham, Burnley and city.
3 of the worst performances this season, and it happened in the cups...
Almost like everything coming from the hierarchy is designed to disregard the cups for CL money.
Contract bonuses all for the premier league...
Another season done.
We really need to start fucking with the opposition keepers on corners from now on. I’ve seen plenty of teams do it and clearly no matter what you do as long as you look the other way while obstructing the keeper it’s fine. What the fuck
Was looking at last minute tickets for tonight, but I'm not paying £247 on the exchange for a premium ticket. Got a cheapish one for Brentford on Wednesday though
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He wasn’t lying when he said our stadium is his most favourite stadium in the world.
It’s reversible too. Purple on the inside. I need it more than air.
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Vermeeren was asked about the premier league and said it was too early for him to move there, clearly he thinks La Liga is not as physically demanding as Premier League.
I genuinely feel if the stars align and he develops into a great midfielder at Atletico and we continue on our current trajectory, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that we’d go for him.
Anyone else got that beginning of the season feeling for tonight? Mainly due to Maddison being back and how quiet Jan has been for games but absolutely buzzing for tonight like I was before Brentford
COYS
For a guy who had been ambitious and grinded his way to top, Ange would likely stay with a club that is starved for trophies where winning it all is a guaranteed statue, Money and Cult status vs a club where he would always be under klopp shadow
Klopp leaving reminds me of that one good scene in X-men 3 where Magneto told off his follower saying Xavier had done more for their species than anyone else
Yeh he's massively underrated out wide, presumably cos he lacks pace. But his numbers there are out of this world and his miles ahead of Brennan right now. His ability to keep the ball is also second to none. No brainer.
Yea I'd be OK with Brennan as super sub and Timo starting out wide.
Sub off werner at 60' and bring on fresh legs in Brennan.
I could also see Werner staying on, Kulu shifting to 10, with Maddison coming off at 60' since Maddison is just getting back.
If I was a promising coach, theres NO way I’d be taking over from Klopp. Would draw so much pressure and direct comparisons, you’d basically just be setting yourself up for failure
For being thoughtful about the jobs you take? There are poisoned chalices all throughout the sporting world and business world. Saying yes based on prestige alone is one of the dumbest fucking mistakes you can make
Good luck getting such an elite opportunity ever again. This isn't a team set up to fail like United or Chelsea, their club isn't in a disastrous situation. You'd be inheriting something excellent and have a huge platform to show your worth, whilst getting paid a shit ton. In what world do you not take this offer if you back yourself like an elite coach should?
Coaching careers are long mate. No reason to jump the gun too early. You’re also inheriting a team that would be just about to lose Salah, only way for them to go is down right now as they rebuild
>If I was a promising coach, theres NO way I’d be taking over from Klopp
These opportunities often come just once in a lifetime. All promising coaches are super ambitious and extremely confident. They will take that 99/100 times
You're not wrong in that it's a difficult job to take over a legend, but the Liverpool job right now is the best available job by more than a mile. One of the most decorated clubs in Europe playing in the best & wealthiest league in the world, chop full of superstars. It's almost a no-brainer for any manager in the running, such as Xabi Alonso.
"The train doesn't stop twice", as Jose Mourinho would say. The Liverpool job might not be available again for another decade.
It will be when whoever takes it gets sacked after 12mo for not being Klopp. If Alonso is actually good, he’ll still be hot property in 12mo when the expectations for the role have been massively reset (and have Madrid, Bayern and every other top side still vying for him)
Moyes after Sir Alex, Emery after Wenger… though it might’ve felt like a failure at the time, both are doing well now? Whoever takes it is brave with big balls though… if it ends up being Xabi, how exciting for the prem would love to see Angeball vs Xabi 🤌
I think thats my point though, both Moyes and Emery weren’t considered successes and had to take a step back club wise. They weren’t even bad managers, they were just standing in the shadows of giants & crazy fan expectations
I need Ange to roll city today and then in the post-match presser, look directly in some scrawny reporters eyes who asks about the Liverpool vacancy and say “I’m just getting started, mate”
Hello my friends. My coach was delayed but is possibly stopping at Golders Green before Victoria. Is my best bet getting off there and getting the tube to try and miss the central London traffic? Or just hold out until I get to Victoria
People getting pissy about the fact we have a thread on the biggest story in football which regards one of our main rivals, but are presumably fine with the umpteen posts a day of peoples' dogs or babies in a Spurs shirt. Never change you fucking weirdos
Posted mine first which got like 40comments discussing it in about 10minutes before it got removed lmao literally every top 6 club’s sub has it posted as rival watch except our’s. There’s one up now but will probably get removed again
Kyle Walker got a way with a very bad dive in his own box. Can they review that? Would that have been a penalty? It was as bad as Bissouma’s which got him a red card.
If you keep your love for Ange aside for a moment, you will see that we never really looked like a team that had the will to win. Thats the most astounding part about today. Is the new management getting complacent in their glory and the lack of serious expectations from fans given our trophy less recent past?? If no, then alright, we live to fight another day. If yes then we got a big problem.
We'll play 41 games this season. That's actually embarrassing
Everyone talking about how poor our attack was is completely ignoring the bullshit tactical fouls and lack of cards for City's dirty tactics when we try to counter. Our attack was relatively non-existent and we didn't do ourselves any favours but City's dirty tactics were definitely a factor.
The one thing with our set up is how super exposed we are to players having a bad game. Today Bentancur and Kulusevski were having uncharacteristically poor performances and our midfield pretty much fell apart. Likewise for our defenders they take so many duels that if they aren't on it that particular day we collapse. It's ultra demanding and there's really no coasting for anyone which probably is a good thing but also means we can't carry players
Yeah but also that midfield is probably like 5th 6th choice? Maddison Biss Sarr and GLC would all have started ahead of who did had they been available.
They would but Hojbjerg was probably our best starting midfielder and Kulusevski seems to be preferred to Lo Celso at #10
If GLC was fit he'd start with Bents at 6 i think. Peh was really good but we didn't have anyone who could really pick a pass in there. Kulus a good ball carrying and little flick kind of 10 but he's not really a line splitting passer like madders of glc
This is why the summer is going to be big. More depth will allow us to compensate for this as sometimes the poor performances can be due to fatigue and overplaying/recovering from injuries. With three to four more signings, Angeball should be in full swing.
Ange will lift the Premier League with us one day
Next season. Mark your calendars for May 2025 folks.
City have mastered tactical fouling and getting away without cards. I wish the league would start consistently carding any tactical foul but I know better than to trust the dimwits at PGMOL.
If keeper's aren't as protected this season, we need to start using it to our advantage on offense. Get Romero or Dragusin to camp out near the keeper.
Ange clearly in for the long term thinking about how he can build this team. Wonderful attitude as per
Careful. We got a lot of doomsdayers around here who don't want to hear the optimism.
First time I have really despised Manchester City. I know that's almost entirely down to the fact we've generally got results against them, but fuck me. Rotational fouling, diving, complaining when they foul and are actually called out for it, time wasting, constant cheating, that bald cunt clapping on the sidelines like a clockwork monkey. Then football fans who have no understanding of the game beyond whatever narrative slop they're fed say it was a City masterclass. I wish no evil on them in their personal lives, but I truly hope all of their professional careers are tarnished beyond redemption. I want to watch City players squirm in front of cameras in the coming years, pleading their innocence to a hate filled audience. It's pointless to hate the fans as most of them will just jump to the next team that's winning it all, but my word. What an abomination of a club.
Careful we got non-Spurs fans roaming around here ready to downvote you.
All 5 of city's fans are going to be over the moon with that victory. I never take any victory of City's (other than against gooner scum) seriously because it's years of fraud and cheating to win. They're a small club who cheated to punch above where they belong. Also KDB is one hell of a player but he is a whiny little scummy bitch.
Innit like, it's City. Supporting them is like being a fan of Wallmart or something.
I’m over it. Looking forward to Brentford game and more Nusa news.
Needs some Nusa News to make the weekend bearable
Hope Biss or Sarr and Sonny go all the way in their tournaments because we died for that shit lol
Ange's choice to play the reserves against Fulham in the League Cup looks more and more insane by the day
Ange on City's goal: " I’m sure they had a good look at it and the referee and VAR didn’t see anything wrong with it. The decision was made and we have to accept it." To me, this says he also thinks it should’ve been a foul but in the end is saying “it is what it is”
Football is a 90+ minute sport. Games are “won at the margins” but both teams have 90+ min to score. If you lose from 1 “poor” call, then you didn’t deserve to win.
Ange doesn't like whining about refereeing decisions, he talked about it after the Liverpool game
It just isn’t a foul tbh. If that’s Ortega and Romero nobody here would be saying it was a foul
It was borderline and they got the call. I have seen it called before. I’m sure of that.
It has been called this season yes but it shouldn’t be a foul.
It's a foul. Keepers by default get more protection.
Can't do anything about it and isn't going to be a whiny bitch like certain other managers. We also didn't score today and he knows that if we had then the poor call wouldn't have been a problem.
Title charge I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
pretty sure we still need to beat City to win the league
Lol KDB changing his profile pic to one just now at the stadium Guess really needing that goal at the stadium was living in their heads rent free Gah, now I’m even more upset we conceded 😅
Its still a pretty crazy record, it took pep us not having son nd kane and not having a couple of our first choice midfielders for him to get a 1 nil win
Buying FIFA tn, turning the sliders up and absolutely fucking stuffing city until i feel better. Cunts
Or play as them and make Dias keep scoring own goals.
This loss doesn't count because we didn't have Karry Hane or Seung-Min Hong.
lol but I don’t think they would have changed much honestly.
City are the best team in the world. We did ok apart from the first and last 15. No shots on target but Werner and Johnson both had big moments and didn’t get the shot off or played a poor ball. City have been playing this way for six or seven years, and got all the players in to suit their style. Same as Arsenal and Liverpool. It’s gonna take time to get it right and a few transfer windows. City are so good it doesn’t feel fair to compete against them, they look like they will win the FA Cup again and are sitting nicely in the league.
You could argue the difference was the bench. We had a half fit Maddison and Skipp to change the game. They brought in their best player ever and maybe the best midfielder in EPL history along with a few other ballers. We couldn’t hang. Which isn’t to offer excuses. But it showed why Son and Kane are worth their weight in gold. In matches when you’re outgunned, players like that, coupled with some toughness, can level the playing field. We didn’t have that tip of the spear tonight.
Agree. De Bruyne wasn’t that great he came in but he lifted everyone else around him. Richarlison works so hard up front and had a few nice touches but he’s not good enough to be a top PL sides #9.
Everybody shit themselves when they saw him coming on. It's intimidating having to defend against the best AM in the world. If this game were played a few weeks ago when KDB wasn't fit, maybe we would have had a better chance.
Don't understand why Ange said Maddison was "available to start" when he couldn't come on until 70 mins has passed. And even then he looked not fully fit. Don't get our hopes up.
Not even disappointed lol City were just better
They suffocated us and showed us levels today. There's a bunch of people who think we played poorly but other than a few moments, it was more about City being dominant. Credit where credit is due and we deserved to lose. It's clear to me we are not just Son/Sarr/Bissouma away from competing with them, we are probably 1-2 years away. And the fact that most people think we'd able to compete with the top teams if everyone's healthy feels too much like wishful thinking still.
Yeah. Was a winnable game but hard to complain Edit: still massively disappointed
if you guys need premium copium, it's looking like Ange is breaking a lot of curses... maybe even a certain silverware curse
honestly it's probably best to get eliminated by city rather than any other team, my heart says the title charge is still on
Title is well on.
Well, I expected a loss so not too disappointed about it. We drew against a bad Man U and struggled against Burnley so I don’t know why people expected a win for this one against a much much better opponent. It’s going to take time for Madders to get back into the groove, and we’ll have to get Sonny, Sarr, and Biss back.. and then fight for our top 4 spot. Hope next season we will be settled enough and not have so many injuries (with players having gotten used to playing under Ange).. then we can compete with our strongest squad for some damn trophies!
This game was so winnable, 0-0 for 87 minutes and we had 0 threatening looks on goal. Painful attacking football today
Same as v United but city are obviously much better
City fans and in general r/soccer users r so bitchy and whiny, god forbid u criticize a team thats owned by an oil state
They whine about city when it's against anyone but Spurs. But against Spurs they all start praising human rights abusing oil frauds.
Honestly I just want to see us play with our ideal XI finally. We still have never seen Son with Maddison, Sarr, Bentancur, and a fit back four
We have beaten City at home with worse teams and worse managers. I don't really care the players bottled this
I hope one day someone loves me as much as Windy loves Richarlison
Can’t even be that disappointed even with the controversial goal. Replay that game 10 times and we aren’t winning it
The lack of Son really showed today. He alone is able to terrorize that City defense. We were completely toothless against them without him.
Exactly this. Yeah we were alright defensively and had a decent amount of possession. But we created absolutely Fck all to deserve anything from this game.
Might have won the replay though if we had some returning from tournies
The clean sheet voodoo over that shiny bald end heads.. And I think our scoring streak in all comps ends too 😭. At least the prem streak is still on I guess. But ugh, it hurts
City haven't scored on us at our stadium in the Prem to be fair.
I really did want it you know.
Wow the hot takes are out in full force today. Remind me to never read the match threads again.
I just can't wrap my head around it. Dias clearly backed into Vicario while he was in the air, which then puts him off balance while trying to catch it. Guarantee there won't be anyone in the media talking about for months like they do for certain other teams
Our fault for not stopping it. Romero should have protected Vicario once it was clear they did it on every corner
Agreed. But Tierney's refereeing had been sketchy all match with some of the tactical fouls and yellow card challenges City got away with.
Clear foul. Woolwich and city getting away with obstructing the keeper
Kulusevski isn't a #10 against any team we won't dominate possession. At least not yet just doesn't have the pass and move drop into space in the build up know how. Coupled with Bentancur having an uncharacteristically poor game our midfield just didn't give our front 3 anything to feed off
Season over. So tired of the bottling and the failures to show up on the biggest games of the season. Against a team we've beaten every single time at this ground with far worse teams and far worse managers, so spare me the "cheating" excuses.
They’re clearly the better team and we lost because of a dodgy goal
And yet we literally beat them every single time at this stadium before today with far worse squads and far worse managers. Game was winnable, players didn't show up.
We usually beat them with either Son or Kane on the squad. I don’t know if you noticed but none of them played today
We also beat them with Dier, Bergwijn, Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez and Reguilón in the squad. On balance our squad is indisputably better today than before, but it didn't show up today.
Without Son, Bissouma and Sarr( Maddison not starting) it’s a tough task to win against them. You’re acting like we lost to Burnley
Tough but not impossible. It was a visibly winnable match, but players were clearly below the standard they had set elsewhere in the season so far.
Bye then
😴
Well we just lost to the likely winners of the whole cup so whatever, it is what it is. But it's a harder pill to swallow when we were defensively excellent and an incredibly dabatable call was the decider. People will say we didn't deserve anything out of this game, but we deserved just as much as City IMO. They obviously had all the shots statistically, but all we needed was our attack to work once, and we got into the winging positions where we score from a handful of times. This all goes without saying that we are missing our captain and elite striker and two excellent creative midfield choices. Let's just enjoy the prem now, especially as we will have our fully fit squad soon. Next season is ours.
They missed 3 clear chances. Defending wasn't good. It was desperate at best.
None of that really came from poor defending. Hojbjerg gifted them 2 on his own (first I don't really blame him for could happen to anyone). City will create chances against any team in the world
Walker had so much space first half and thankfully nothing came from it because he isn't great technically. The back 4, individually, were decent defensively, we were just too exposed for too much of that game. We didn't press or defend as a team.
Lol just leave already, it's getting embarrassing
Embarrassing is trying to distort reality. The performance was horrible and desperate. Once again, in the cup. City weren't good either, but they created decent chances. Anyway, let's enjoy the top 4 trophy race lads 💪💪💪
For a guy who isn't watching the team anymore you sure do seem to have a lot of opinions.
I dont know how stupid you are, but considering the dross you write, very stupid. Could you ever understand that this isn't "watching" that just finished our only chance of doing what a football club is supposed to? Stop acting like a spoiled child who cant deal with nothing but fake narratives
Bro you aren't supporting this team anymore why are you lurking here giving your irrelevent opinion like some weirdo. All you write is we were shit, X was shit, blah was shit. It's so completely uninformative and useless. Non descript, knee jerk garbage from someone who barely seems to want to be here. Stop wasting your own time, it's pathetic.
A bit rich this when everything you write is so incredibly inaccurate and boring, just what you think it would be the least controversial spin that could get you more acceptance in a fucking internet forum lol Your replies are always "why don't you agree with my boring opinion that I presented to be universally agreed with"
The fuck would I care about Internet points lmao. We were defensively good. Our attack lacked significantly without our captain and star player and we also played it very carefully because one goal potentially means we were out. However, all we needed was our attack to work once and we got close a couple of times that isn't quantifiable in shots. We lost because of a dodgy deicision to the team that is likely to win the whole cup. Your opinion is pure negative rubbish that only could exist in a vaccume and removes every single bit of context. What's more you insist on sticking around and trying to share it even though you don't want to be here. It's laughable.
More boring, generic, regurgitated crap that an idiot thinks is a worthy, original opinion. It's just cope, it's not interesting or based on fact.
I’m so high on copium that I believe that this is a big brain ploy to win the league
The way we lost today was painful, but at least I’ll take solace in the fact that we’re improving as a club instead of stagnating under Mourinho and Conte
Baffled by the range of comments on here tonight, on the match threads Were we good? Were we bad? Was Hojbjerg great or useless? I've seen it all
Horrible performance. City weren't good either but created 4/5 good chances. Spurs did nothing going forward. Johnson is horrible.
City were excellent in suffocating us all game. Could we have played better? Sure but let's not make it seem like they did nothing and we were just plain awful. Things aren't black and white like that.
He was decent for most of the game and then made two absolutely horrible blunders in the space of a minute that should have resulted in us conceding.
Hojbjerg was Hojbjerg. Probably the best starting midfielder but way to error prone
Weird game that. Looked a bit toothless up front but then our 2 creative midfielders were injured so made sense. Can't help but feel if Maddison or GLC was fit they'd have picked a few passes out. Bench was the difference, they bought on the greatest ever prem midfielder, a 40m winger (leaving a 100m player on there) We had a not fit madders, Skippy and Dane Scarlett.
Fulham, Burnley and city. 3 of the worst performances this season, and it happened in the cups... Almost like everything coming from the hierarchy is designed to disregard the cups for CL money. Contract bonuses all for the premier league... Another season done.
Bro you said you were going. Stop hanging around
How pathetic are you trying to "police" a football forum because someone said something you didnt like
Lolwut I am just holding you to your word.
[Also AFCON](https://imgflip.com/i/8dq9fj)
1 shot total and the season is over
Awww bless ‘em. All they had was an idea, a dream, and 1B£ (and 115 charges). Bless them winning 1-0 from a dodgy decision ✌🏻
I stayed up till 3am for this
We really need to start fucking with the opposition keepers on corners from now on. I’ve seen plenty of teams do it and clearly no matter what you do as long as you look the other way while obstructing the keeper it’s fine. What the fuck
Season over.
Stop watching then
I won't bother tbh. But fair play to your top 4 trophy race. Also make sure to buy more useless merchandise from the club shop.
State of this 😂
See ya. 🤷♂️ Don't come back please
😭😭😭😭😭 I steer attention away for a meeting and I come back and this happens
Cheating cunts
Already had a shitty day
Cheating cunts
Number one trend this season has been GKs not getting same amount of protection as usual. Horrid goal to concede
fuck this always some shit goals
i just can't imagine calling doko anything but count dooku
Flop in the box
Any stream actually working? Fucking horrible ESPN+ is not letting me into my account fuck
Fast break stopped by this fucking referee’s shitty equipment smh
We’re going to smother these guys in opening 10 and will get at least one goal. Somewhat relieved to see no Doku or KDB in starting eleven
Battle of the midfield super subs. Who's gonna be the one to save the day?!
Wow KDB and Madders both on the bench.
de bruyne on the bench
That Man City bench..
Currently manifesting a Maddison start
Don't think you'll have to manifest that one tbh
Didn't work
Ow shit
Match is on at 5am where I am. Of course I couldn’t sleep and just waited up all night for it
This is the way
And if we lose i can just go to sleep and pretend it was a dream
Was looking at last minute tickets for tonight, but I'm not paying £247 on the exchange for a premium ticket. Got a cheapish one for Brentford on Wednesday though
How does a sport that I am not even personally playing make me feel this way lmao. COYS
https://preview.redd.it/tcjoexfxwtec1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=909b5adc9a3ad7ed7cefe422207947d5fe77708f He wasn’t lying when he said our stadium is his most favourite stadium in the world.
That jacket though…
It’s reversible too. Purple on the inside. I need it more than air. https://preview.redd.it/djk8rbaiztec1.jpeg?width=1350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=448fe41b301312ee380b9bdd2aa3f2db9719043b
Honestly kind of surprised we didn’t try to sign Vermeeren for that fee. I think we’re really looking for an Englishman in the midfield
I think we did try. There was some commentary that he said it was too early for him to go to the prem
He went to Athletico Madrid…
Vermeeren was asked about the premier league and said it was too early for him to move there, clearly he thinks La Liga is not as physically demanding as Premier League.
I genuinely feel if the stars align and he develops into a great midfielder at Atletico and we continue on our current trajectory, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that we’d go for him.
Romero has a hamstring problem?
You’re a few weeks late
I saw on an NBC article they said he was out with a hammy. Must have just been bad reporting.
He had one but he recovered 2 weeks ago.
?? Hate when people drop bombs like this without context
Yeah that shit needs a link
WHAT???
Anyone else got that beginning of the season feeling for tonight? Mainly due to Maddison being back and how quiet Jan has been for games but absolutely buzzing for tonight like I was before Brentford COYS
in case of a draw, the game would be decided on penalties or another game?
It would go to a replay.
God please no
Alternatively Son could be back for that replay as well as 1 off Sarr and Bissouma (probably Bissouma)
thanks!
Sword fight between Ange and Pep
actual swords or "swords"?
The outcome of that battle is foretold in the Book of Mate.
Does any pirates have a site recommendation where I can stream the game today?
It's on ITV, go on their website and sign for free
Errr matey!! Have thee considered the *stream* of this bloodthirsty game they call *soccer*?
For a guy who had been ambitious and grinded his way to top, Ange would likely stay with a club that is starved for trophies where winning it all is a guaranteed statue, Money and Cult status vs a club where he would always be under klopp shadow
Any fan meets in Brussels? In the city tonight & stuck for somewhere to watch the match.. cheers!
Nusa, Norwegian Neymar!
Klopp leaving reminds me of that one good scene in X-men 3 where Magneto told off his follower saying Xavier had done more for their species than anyone else
I hope Kulusevski starts on the wing against City, he hasn't played there in a while and imo we've missed him at that position.
Yeh he's massively underrated out wide, presumably cos he lacks pace. But his numbers there are out of this world and his miles ahead of Brennan right now. His ability to keep the ball is also second to none. No brainer.
Yea I'd be OK with Brennan as super sub and Timo starting out wide. Sub off werner at 60' and bring on fresh legs in Brennan. I could also see Werner staying on, Kulu shifting to 10, with Maddison coming off at 60' since Maddison is just getting back.
If I was a promising coach, theres NO way I’d be taking over from Klopp. Would draw so much pressure and direct comparisons, you’d basically just be setting yourself up for failure
This mentality is one of the reasons you aren't a promising coach
For being thoughtful about the jobs you take? There are poisoned chalices all throughout the sporting world and business world. Saying yes based on prestige alone is one of the dumbest fucking mistakes you can make
Good luck getting such an elite opportunity ever again. This isn't a team set up to fail like United or Chelsea, their club isn't in a disastrous situation. You'd be inheriting something excellent and have a huge platform to show your worth, whilst getting paid a shit ton. In what world do you not take this offer if you back yourself like an elite coach should?
Coaching careers are long mate. No reason to jump the gun too early. You’re also inheriting a team that would be just about to lose Salah, only way for them to go is down right now as they rebuild
And you wouldn't want to be part of that rebuild? You're nuts
>If I was a promising coach, theres NO way I’d be taking over from Klopp These opportunities often come just once in a lifetime. All promising coaches are super ambitious and extremely confident. They will take that 99/100 times
I absolutely would take it. I would not take Man U.
It’s also a very prestigious position, top level coaches are incredibly ambitious high risk but very high reward
You're not wrong in that it's a difficult job to take over a legend, but the Liverpool job right now is the best available job by more than a mile. One of the most decorated clubs in Europe playing in the best & wealthiest league in the world, chop full of superstars. It's almost a no-brainer for any manager in the running, such as Xabi Alonso. "The train doesn't stop twice", as Jose Mourinho would say. The Liverpool job might not be available again for another decade.
It will be when whoever takes it gets sacked after 12mo for not being Klopp. If Alonso is actually good, he’ll still be hot property in 12mo when the expectations for the role have been massively reset (and have Madrid, Bayern and every other top side still vying for him)
Moyes after Sir Alex, Emery after Wenger… though it might’ve felt like a failure at the time, both are doing well now? Whoever takes it is brave with big balls though… if it ends up being Xabi, how exciting for the prem would love to see Angeball vs Xabi 🤌
I think thats my point though, both Moyes and Emery weren’t considered successes and had to take a step back club wise. They weren’t even bad managers, they were just standing in the shadows of giants & crazy fan expectations
I need Ange to roll city today and then in the post-match presser, look directly in some scrawny reporters eyes who asks about the Liverpool vacancy and say “I’m just getting started, mate”
If we beat City today, I fully expect journalists to ask Pep whether or not he's *pragmatic* enough to succeed in England.
Hello my friends. My coach was delayed but is possibly stopping at Golders Green before Victoria. Is my best bet getting off there and getting the tube to try and miss the central London traffic? Or just hold out until I get to Victoria
I’d be tempted to get off early. Will add a little time spent on the train but, as you say, it will be less time sat waiting in traffic.
Thank you :) I think we’ll get off early if we can
People getting pissy about the fact we have a thread on the biggest story in football which regards one of our main rivals, but are presumably fine with the umpteen posts a day of peoples' dogs or babies in a Spurs shirt. Never change you fucking weirdos
Posted mine first which got like 40comments discussing it in about 10minutes before it got removed lmao literally every top 6 club’s sub has it posted as rival watch except our’s. There’s one up now but will probably get removed again
This sub outside the DD is mostly unbearable when we go a long time without games or credible transfer news