BIG D Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Just for a bit of balance, Foden is a year younger than George Hirst The substitutions killed City tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, sheffield_dave said: Pep’s time at City is up for some serious evaluation. There’s been some failings. The more I think about these two matches against Real, they’ve basically f00ked it up… but will still be called the best team in the world by many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 City play liquid football, but for some reason RM and Liverpool in Europe just are different animals. I know what is meant too about the Liverpool and City teams. In a one off game I always feel Liverpool have the edge over City for some reason.. I hate the scouse, but Klopp has now also got a serious squad, not just 13 or 14 players and I fear they are going to dominate the next 2 or 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 English finals tend to be pants, so I’m not unhappy about this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Sam Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 4 hours ago, owls maniac said: English finals tend to be pants, so I’m not unhappy about this. I agree. City's bench doesn't have depth, grealish hasn't performed and Stirling needs to be moved on. Russian Warship.... Go fxxk yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Hopefully Madrid smash Liverpool in the final. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0742 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 I reckon this will mean city go out and break the bank for Haaland. They needed someone like him last night instead of grealish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorrallOwl17 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 On 13/04/2022 at 09:19, WorrallOwl17 said: Just something about games in the Bernebeu that sparks magic moments. Whether it's for Madrid or against Madrid, there is always magical moments in this ground at the knockout stages of the champions league. Literally drama every year when Madrid make it deep in this competition and it's usually the Bernebeu game that sparks it. Gutting that Liverpool will have had Benfica and Villareal to get to the final. Spozzy gets And again! Every round it's been chaos in the leg in Madrid. PSG, Chelsea, Man City. This team don't even accept defeat do they. Reckon Ancelotti won't start the same team in the final though, Valverde as the third forward doesn't work, and it looks like the Modric/Kroos age is slowly coming to an end. The boy Rodrygo has to start up top with Benzema and Vini, and that Camavinga has to start with Casemiro and one of Kroos/Modric, probably Modric. And even though KDB wasn't his usual self last night, i did say at the time that the sub was very premature, Pep hooked him, Jesus and Mahrez off way too soon, i know hindsight is a wonderful thing but going with Rodri, Gundogan and Fernandinho with quite a while left did seem way too early. Was shocked to see KDB been the first to be brought off. Just hope Madrid turn up in the final and remember it won't be at the Bernebeu in the final! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing Back Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Señor Sam said: I agree. City's bench doesn't have depth, grealish hasn't performed and Stirling needs to be moved on. Soneone needs to have a word with Stirling about how he runs. It's not natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorrallOwl17 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Alb1owl said: Ref’s a bit bent isn’t he Casemiro definitely has some naughty pictures of the ref somewhere doesn't he. Should have got two yellows in first half and comes off in the second off with none hahaha. Either he's got some ******** pics of the ref stored somewhere or the ref was just poo scared of the nutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A47Owl Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 10 hours ago, SiJ said: They've completely lost it tonight...though Real have done this now three times against supposedly better teams. Grealish has been a disaster since he came on. Grealish is biggest waste of money ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sova Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 52 minutes ago, WorrallOwl17 said: Jesus and Mahrez off way too soon Obviously things didn't work out for them, but they were 2 goals clear at the time and Jesus went off with 12 minutes + injury time to go, Mahrez with 5 minutes + injury time to go. They really should have been able to hold out. City were playing pretty well until Real got their first too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 hour ago, 0742 said: I reckon this will mean city go out and break the bank for Haaland. They needed someone like him last night instead of grealish. Agreed I said at the time they should have signed a proper centre forward like Haaland and not Grealish. They already had players in the position like Mahrez, Bernardo silva, Sterling, Foden etc but only Jesus as a striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 At the time I thought Grealish did well in normal time and his misses were unlucky. 10 mins later and they were catastrophic. He did ok though and although overpriced I think he’ll do well at City eventually (a bit like Mahrez has done). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlewood Owl Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 RM seem to play in little spurts and find something when they need it most and have the quality to pull it off. The pass from Modric and finish from Rodrygo against Chelsea was just brilliant and they looked in all sorts of trouble against City in both legs but somehow stayed in the tie. Seem to have their name on it this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightLikeAGirl Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 (edited) I hate both Real Madrid and Liverpool. If only there was a way for both teams to lose. City done goofed but then they always seem to go down the toilet in Europe. I have no idea wtf they were doing buying Grealish. Edited May 5, 2022 by FightLikeAGirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 not seen any european ties for years since it went to BT but caught the last 15 minutes and extra time and it wasnt something i'd want to experience again ........time wasting , players throwing themselves to the floor and and all those substitutions that meant there was very little actual playing time in the second period .....the commentator made it sound like we were watching one of the greatest games ever . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 (edited) Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I really don't understand why so much stock is put into winning the European cups. By that, I mean winning the European Cup is the be all and end all - a season is a disaster if you don't win it. Obviously, it is the most prestigious competition you can win in domestic football but still. If it was a different manager and a different club, then I don't think we would be getting this narrative about failure. At the end of the day, the Champs League is a knockout competition and there is always the chance (like last night) where things suddenly go awry. More than a few instances where a so-so team or a team has lucked their way to victory in the thing - Porto in 2003, Liverpool in 2005, Chelsea in 2012. A few years back Pep won the domestic treble, which was once described by Fergie as impossible...though Liverpool may well do it this season. Still - to label the man a fraud and/or failure is ridiculous imo. Edited May 5, 2022 by SiJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 minute ago, SiJ said: Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I really don't understand why so much stock is put into winning the European cups. By that, I mean winning the European Cup is the be all and end all - a season is a disaster if you don't win it. Obviously, it is the most prestigious competition you can win in domestic football but still.* If it was a different manager and a different club, then I don't think we would be getting this narrative about failure. At the end of the day, the Champs League is a knockout competition and there is always the chance (like last night) where things suddenly go awry. More than a few instances where a so-so team or a team has lucked their way to victory in the thing - Porto in 2003, Liverpool in 2005, Chelsea in 2012. A few years back Pep won the domestic treble, which was once described by Fergie as impossible...though Liverpool may well do it this season. Still - to label the man a fraud and/or failure is ridiculous imo. Should have said club, not domestic* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 I think clubs like Man City and PSG feel they have to win it because of the massive amounts of spending they have undertaken in recent years I can also understand the question marks over PG too, he dropped a massive b*****k with his team selection in the final last year and his subs last night cost City the game in the end Also to say he’s a supposed managerial genius he’s not landed the top prize since he left what was probably the best football team of all time in Barcelona 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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