***spurs v city cl 1/4 final official match thread***

[Hutch's Shoulder]

Can't be arsed going through the thread but is Sergio getting almighty grief like Mahrez did when miised at Klanfield?

If he scores we get a fantastic result , now its looking very iffy!

No one has missed more Champions League penalties than Aguero in the last decade.

For such a world class striker, that's embarrassing if true.

One of the decade’s very best strikers, but an average penalty taker. I never have the feeling of confidence I had with Yaya.

[Hazy2]

If walker wasn't so quick, he would be nowhere near this team. He gives the ball away so much and makes so many unforced errors, is prone to fuck up majorly too, is constantly out of position.... However he has pace.

Not a fan this season, not a patch on the walker of last season. I would put Danilo ahead of him but he wasn't even in the squad last night.

Pep messed up with his line up last night and his in game management was appalling. He is the best manager out there but he isn't above criticism.

Yet if Aguero scores we likely win it and Pep is hailed as a genius for not taking risks and coming away with the lead and an away goal, fine lines.

We didn't win and more crucially we didn't score and when you don't score in the 1st leg you are up against it- as WW says , hes not beyond criticism and deserves all the shite he is getting today.

What irks me is some fans still defend him when he does fuck up !

Who's defending him? I'm just pointing out there's fine lines between success and failure at this level.

0-0 would have been glass half full tbf, however I back us v Spurs, but lets see its HT. The train back from Euston Rags-ville zone. Peps dealing with the quad people need to bear that in mind, we must be fooked with the games. As for Delph, feck me seeing that back it is school boy again with him!

[Hazy2]

0-1 Half time, I am not worried the 2nd leg was always when this got decided. We have learned from the disaster at Liverpool last year 2 holders in MF, not SURE WE HAVE SEEN THAT OFTEN, NOT a great watch but if Kun buries the pen job done Fucking ell some of the knee jerks on here are shocking, shameful. I am with 2 blues who never post anything anywhere and they read the thread over breakfast. ONE OF THEM HAS CLOSE TO CHOKED LAUGHING AT IT I KID YOU NOT!!!!!!!!!!! What a stadium BTW.

hopefully our top brass will also have been impressed and will look to make some upgrades at the etihad

Marseille style end of the ground should be our South stand mission. Add some cladding job done, funny how a modern stadium like our looks old v Spurs +acoustics are spot on. Not the shitty cladding.

[carl_feedthegoat]

If walker wasn't so quick, he would be nowhere near this team. He gives the ball away so much and makes so many unforced errors, is prone to fuck up majorly too, is constantly out of position.... However he has pace.

Not a fan this season, not a patch on the walker of last season. I would put Danilo ahead of him but he wasn't even in the squad last night.

Pep messed up with his line up last night and his in game management was appalling. He is the best manager out there but he isn't above criticism.

Yet if Aguero scores we likely win it and Pep is hailed as a genius for not taking risks and coming away with the lead and an away goal, fine lines.

We didn't win and more crucially we didn't score and when you don't score in the 1st leg you are up against it- as WW says , hes not beyond criticism and deserves all the shite he is getting today.

What irks me is some fans still defend him when he does fuck up !

Who's defending him? I'm just pointing out there's fine lines between success and failure at this level.

Wasn't a dig at you - it was a dig at fans like Hazy and City64.

[Hazy2]

If walker wasn't so quick, he would be nowhere near this team. He gives the ball away so much and makes so many unforced errors, is prone to fuck up majorly too, is constantly out of position.... However he has pace.

Not a fan this season, not a patch on the walker of last season. I would put Danilo ahead of him but he wasn't even in the squad last night.

Pep messed up with his line up last night and his in game management was appalling. He is the best manager out there but he isn't above criticism.

Yet if Aguero scores we likely win it and Pep is hailed as a genius for not taking risks and coming away with the lead and an away goal, fine lines.

We didn't win and more crucially we didn't score and when you don't score in the 1st leg you are up against it- as WW says , hes not beyond criticism and deserves all the shite he is getting today.

What irks me is some fans still defend him when he does fuck up !

Who's defending him? I'm just pointing out there's fine lines between success and failure at this level.

Wasn't a dig at you - it was a dig at fans like Hazy and City64.

We are all fans with an opinion. We are not Pep !

[Saul Goodman]

Who knew that losing Zinchenko could have such a high likelihood of derailing the season.

Delph gash yet again. at fault for the goal. Ederson should've saved it too.

Pep rightly viewing this as a 180 minute match and tried to balance that with the Palace one coming up and the crazy fixture schedule.

Your understanding of the realities of the game continues to astonish me. Son's finish was text book, a close-range, hard shot under the keeper, Eddy never had a chance.

So hostile. Ederson shouldve saved it. Right at him and not too close. He was caught off guard and thought Son would bend it and go high

[Saul Goodman]

Gundogan should be our #1 penalty taker

[City64]

If walker wasn't so quick, he would be nowhere near this team. He gives the ball away so much and makes so many unforced errors, is prone to fuck up majorly too, is constantly out of position.... However he has pace.

Not a fan this season, not a patch on the walker of last season. I would put Danilo ahead of him but he wasn't even in the squad last night.

Pep messed up with his line up last night and his in game management was appalling. He is the best manager out there but he isn't above criticism.

Yet if Aguero scores we likely win it and Pep is hailed as a genius for not taking risks and coming away with the lead and an away goal, fine lines.

We didn't win and more crucially we didn't score and when you don't score in the 1st leg you are up against it- as WW says , hes not beyond criticism and deserves all the shite he is getting today.

What irks me is some fans still defend him when he does fuck up !

Who's defending him? I'm just pointing out there's fine lines between success and failure at this level.

Wasn't a dig at you - it was a dig at fans like Hazy and City64.

What about fine lines if we smash Spurs 4 or 5 nil at the Etihad next week ? All the whinging cunts are going to look a bit silly aren't they ? Aguero,s missed penalty was more crucial last night than Peps team selection , 1-1 would have been fantastic and all the whinging cunts would have to whinge about something else . Pivotal PL weekend ahead pretty sure Pep had one eye on that and has fresh world class players to select , imagine being in the position of Spurs losing there main man Harry Kane for the season with so much at stake ? Just my opinion btw

[City64]

Who knew that losing Zinchenko could have such a high likelihood of derailing the season.

Delph gash yet again. at fault for the goal. Ederson should've saved it too.

Pep rightly viewing this as a 180 minute match and tried to balance that with the Palace one coming up and the crazy fixture schedule.

Your understanding of the realities of the game continues to astonish me. Son's finish was text book, a close-range, hard shot under the keeper, Eddy never had a chance.

So hostile. Ederson shouldve saved it. Right at him and not too close. He was caught off guard and thought Son would bend it and go high

Biggest fucking whinging pessimistic cunt on here ^^^^^^^ even more so than Carl and that takes some doing !!!

[carl_feedthegoat]

All this whatifery bollocks...the fact is, Aguero missed the fucking penalty and Delph once again (Thats 5 out of 6 matches we have lost with him starting in the first 11.....true fuckign story ) fucked up left and right and only a manager with brain fart would have put him in the starting line up.

Lots of us SLAGGED off the team before we kicked off as it was a shite fuckign team he put out.....so fuck the whatiffery bollocks..we were proven right....we were fuckign shit.

[Dimples]

Who knew that losing Zinchenko could have such a high likelihood of derailing the season.

Delph gash yet again. at fault for the goal. Ederson should've saved it too.

Pep rightly viewing this as a 180 minute match and tried to balance that with the Palace one coming up and the crazy fixture schedule.

Your understanding of the realities of the game continues to astonish me. Son's finish was text book, a close-range, hard shot under the keeper, Eddy never had a chance.

So hostile. Ederson shouldve saved it. Right at him and not too close. He was caught off guard and thought Son would bend it and go high

Biggest fucking whinging pessimistic cunt on here ^^^^^^^ even more so than Carl and that takes some doing !!!

Ed is not to blame for Son's goal.
Son was very close to Ed, hit it hard, low and very close to Ed's body (so he could not dive).
Talk to any forward's coach, that is exactly how you should hit a shot to give a goalie the least possible chance of saving the shot.
Son did everything right, Ed did nothing wrong.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Who knew that losing Zinchenko could have such a high likelihood of derailing the season.

Delph gash yet again. at fault for the goal. Ederson should've saved it too.

Pep rightly viewing this as a 180 minute match and tried to balance that with the Palace one coming up and the crazy fixture schedule.

Your understanding of the realities of the game continues to astonish me. Son's finish was text book, a close-range, hard shot under the keeper, Eddy never had a chance.

So hostile. Ederson shouldve saved it. Right at him and not too close. He was caught off guard and thought Son would bend it and go high

Biggest fucking whinging pessimistic cunt on here ^^^^^^^ even more so than Carl and that takes some doing !!!

Ed is not to blame for Son's goal.
Son was very close to Ed, hit it hard, low and very close to Ed's body (so he could not dive).
Talk to any forward's coach, that is exactly how you should hit a shot to give a goalie the least possible chance of saving the shot.
Son did everything right, Ed did nothing wrong.

Ed injured his hip because fuckign Delph gave the ball away which in turn forced Ed to collide with one of their players and make the save.

Fucking Delph cost us yesterdays game...hes fuckign shit and I have no idea why he keeps on playing for us.

[Blue Philistine]

He did switch off when he thought Son ran the ball out of play.. Then put a half-hearted effort into closing down the shot. I think he could have done more, so will he. Mendy and Zinch can't find fitness quick enough for me. Wouldn't be arsed if Delph and Mahrez didn't start another game this season.

I thought Ed jumped into Otamendi when reaching the ball, then landed heavily on his hip?

[carl_feedthegoat]

I thought Ed jumped into Otamendi when reaching the ball, then landed heavily on his hip?

Thats right ,he did, and it was all caused by fuckign Delph fuckign up.

Fuck me - I'm still fuckign spewing about yesterday.

[Blue Philistine]

I thought Ed jumped into Otamendi when reaching the ball, then landed heavily on his hip?

Thats right ,he did, and it was all caused by fuckign Delph fuckign up.

Fuck me - I'm still fuckign spewing about yesterday.

You and me both!! The sooner we can get back to winning ways the sooner I can stop worrying about football and my blood pressure!

You're right about Delph on every count, but I do still like the Yarkshire sicknote.

[Saul Goodman]

Biggest fucking whinging pessimistic cunt on here ^^^^^^^ even more so than Carl and that takes some doing !!!

Im not sure what Ive done rile you up like this. Sorry about that. Im very optimistic; we will beat Spurs at home next week and progress.

Relax my man. We're in the same side here. Save the rage for the assholes on the other side of Manchester

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Gundogan should be our #1 penalty taker

Agree, I've never seen him take a bad one.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Disclaimer: this is not a defence of Pep's selection, just offering some thoughts on why he went with Mahrez over Sane.

Perhaps he looked at what happened in our last two quarter finals and decided the best approach was caution, particularly after last season with us being more or less dead and buried after the first leg.

This approach worked at Anfield earlier in the season so Pep trusts that we can do the same at Spurs.

Mahrez, despite his shortcomings offers more control, retains possession better than Sane, it also seems Pep still doesn't trust Sane in the big games and I would suggest that's down to a lack of focus, not workshy just head in the clouds sometimes that can leave us exposed.

I fully expect Sane to start the home leg as we throw caution to the wind and go balls out attack against them.

[mr_nool]

Disclaimer: this is not a defence of Pep's selection, just offering some thoughts on why he went with Mahrez over Sane.

Perhaps he looked at what happened in our last two quarter finals and decided the best approach was caution, particularly after last season with us being more or less dead and buried after the first leg.

This approach worked at Anfield earlier in the season so Pep trusts that we can do the same at Spurs.

Mahrez, despite his shortcomings offers more control, retains possession better than Sane, it also seems Pep still doesn't trust Sane in the big games and I would suggest that's down to a lack of focus, not workshy just head in the clouds sometimes that can leave us exposed.

I fully expect Sane to start the home leg as we throw caution to the wind and go balls out attack against them.

The problem is that we can't really throw caution in the wind since one goal for them has such a huge impact.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

I still believe we can Noolie, we're more than capable of putting 3/4 past this Spurs side at home, as we showed last season.