Match Thread: Stoke v Man City (FA Cup replay)

[TomS]

Going to? I thought we already had. Still, 6th will get us into a cup no one cares about

I care about the Europa League. Some of the Matches last season were really special to me. Anyone who went to the Home leg vs Hamburg will have felt the atmosphere.

Without Googling it, who won it last year? We got so close and I couldn't even be bothered to watch the final. Apart from Liverpool, I couldn't even tell you which English sides are still in it and that's how little it matters to most

Shaktar Donetsk won the Europa league last year they beat Bremen in final..

THX for rubbing in my wound, I needed this on a night like this.... ;-)

[HeyMark]

1 man down 5 mins left santa cruz missing a sitter? We out this cup..

Not what would be described as a siiter, a chance yes, a sitter no!

[ENIAM NAM]

FRANKLY. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

ADE GETTING SENT OFF DIDN'T HELP BUT 3 GAMES AGAINST STOKE AND NOT LOOKED LIKE WINNING ANY OF THEM.

WE WILL DO WELL TO GET ANY EUROPEAN SPOT, NEVER MIND CL.

I DO NOT WANT THIS MAN AT OUR CLUB. LIKE IT OR NOT, SACKING HUGHES IS PROBABLY THE ONLY REAL MISTAKE OUR OWNERS HAVE MADE. AND THE DEPRESSING THING IS THAT IT WAS DOWN TO TWATS, LIKE A FEW PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, WHO EVIDENTLY KNOW FUCK ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL.

YOURS,

PISSED OFF,
MANCHESTER

Sorry but no matter how bad Mancini's doing, it was not a mistake to get rid of a useless Rag like Hughes.

That is exactly the point. You, and other people like you, based your decision on this and nothing to do with the facts!

[Mr Miyagi]

All that has been proven is Mancini's own mantra: the most important thing for a manager is luck.
1) top scorer on family leave
2) Ade sent off with a bad decision that changed the game

Being overly defensive and tactically inept has nothing to do with lack of luck

When we went down to ten men he has played with two strikers, rather than going 441. we have been playing 432

The sending off did change the game and was a harsh sending off.

[dick dastardley]

200mil on players and still cant get to a final, even if we would have beaten stoke we would get hammered by chelski, we have some overpaid players not doing a shift our owners must well and truly think this club is a poison chalice!!
and anyone who thinks we played better than stoke who cost probably the price of lescott need to have a word with themselves!!!!

[Redna]

Supporting City is always gonna be a pain with some enlightments down the golgata.
Bobby is to negative, Hughes was inept. What the other 432 managers we've had since WWII were I've forgotten.
We are not better. Paying 10 times the real value for players sadly doesn't make them 10 times better, rather 2 times worse then their original status. A real good f*cking night to everone and I pity all the faithfulls who made it to Stoke and be stood in the rain watching dire shit. We will win something, properbly a game late May 2011.
CTID!!

[BlueMoonAwoken]

The players loved HUGHES thats the diffrence! you dicks on here that couldnt get over he played for the rags now are seeing the players thinking mancini is a clueless cunt! The players never thought hughes was a clueless cunt but you lot did!

[Bristol Blue]

Roque is a bit crap lol

[halnone]

maybe this is all part of a mancini master plan for the chelsea game.
or maybe not.
fuck mancini. fuck stoke. fuck hughes. fuck the players not giving a shit. fuck the fucking expectations. fuck this mickey mouse cup. fuck chelse cuz theyre gonna put 20 passed us. fuck united for doing better than city. fuck the fucking god damn mother fucking bastard in black.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

FRANKLY. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

ADE GETTING SENT OFF DIDN'T HELP BUT 3 GAMES AGAINST STOKE AND NOT LOOKED LIKE WINNING ANY OF THEM.

WE WILL DO WELL TO GET ANY EUROPEAN SPOT, NEVER MIND CL.

I DO NOT WANT THIS MAN AT OUR CLUB. LIKE IT OR NOT, SACKING HUGHES IS PROBABLY THE ONLY REAL MISTAKE OUR OWNERS HAVE MADE. AND THE DEPRESSING THING IS THAT IT WAS DOWN TO TWATS, LIKE A FEW PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, WHO EVIDENTLY KNOW FUCK ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL.

YOURS,

PISSED OFF,
MANCHESTER

Sorry but no matter how bad Mancini's doing, it was not a mistake to get rid of a useless Rag like Hughes.

you have witnessed us go downhill faster than Franz Klammer and you think the decision to sack hughes was correct! Hmmmm, I think differently.

we are higher in league table and got further in Fa cup than under that rag. Don't start rewriting the history.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Have fun.

[Blue Blood]

why were the suggestions that mancini is the italian pearce dismissed??

It actually feels like i'm watching that pearce team again....

urgh i feel sick.

this is shit.

[Chinners]

The players loved HUGHES thats the diffrence! you dicks on here that couldnt get over he played for the rags now are seeing the players thinking mancini is a clueless cunt! The players never thought hughes was a clueless cunt but you lot did!

This

[Mr Miyagi]

why were the suggestions that mancini is the italian pearce dismissed??

Because Mancini has WON (emphasis on won) 3 league titles in Italy. And he has won the cup competition with different clubs. Therefore a proven success, unlike Pearce

[Mase]

The players loved HUGHES thats the diffrence! you dicks on here that couldnt get over he played for the rags now are seeing the players thinking mancini is a clueless cunt! The players never thought hughes was a clueless cunt but you lot did!

I sort of agree with you there mate.

[Blue Since 76]

Not the first time I've felt ashamed to be a City fan, but it's definitely the first time in a long while!

I was never ashamed when we were broke. In the same way that I wouldn't be ashamed if I was a Pompey fan now.

I am starting to be embarrassed about a club which mouths off about winning the Carling Cup when we're not even in the final and does slick videos, but which is bobbins and gutless on the pitch. How about we win something before any mouthpiece at the club says another word. And that includes the players.

[Wonderwall]

FRANKLY. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

ADE GETTING SENT OFF DIDN'T HELP BUT 3 GAMES AGAINST STOKE AND NOT LOOKED LIKE WINNING ANY OF THEM.

WE WILL DO WELL TO GET ANY EUROPEAN SPOT, NEVER MIND CL.

I DO NOT WANT THIS MAN AT OUR CLUB. LIKE IT OR NOT, SACKING HUGHES IS PROBABLY THE ONLY REAL MISTAKE OUR OWNERS HAVE MADE. AND THE DEPRESSING THING IS THAT IT WAS DOWN TO TWATS, LIKE A FEW PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, WHO EVIDENTLY KNOW FUCK ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL.

YOURS,

PISSED OFF,
MANCHESTER

Sorry but no matter how bad Mancini's doing, it was not a mistake to get rid of a useless Rag like Hughes.

you have witnessed us go downhill faster than Franz Klammer and you think the decision to sack hughes was correct! Hmmmm, I think differently.

we are higher in league table and got further in Fa cup than under that rag. Don't start rewriting the history.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Have fun.

Oh dear, Good luck mate cause you are going to need it after this pile of fucking SHITE! Not surprised you are disappearing.

[halnone]

at least we didnt lose to leeds... :-D

[Mike J]

FRANKLY. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

ADE GETTING SENT OFF DIDN'T HELP BUT 3 GAMES AGAINST STOKE AND NOT LOOKED LIKE WINNING ANY OF THEM.

WE WILL DO WELL TO GET ANY EUROPEAN SPOT, NEVER MIND CL.

I DO NOT WANT THIS MAN AT OUR CLUB. LIKE IT OR NOT, SACKING HUGHES IS PROBABLY THE ONLY REAL MISTAKE OUR OWNERS HAVE MADE. AND THE DEPRESSING THING IS THAT IT WAS DOWN TO TWATS, LIKE A FEW PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, WHO EVIDENTLY KNOW FUCK ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL.

YOURS,

PISSED OFF,
MANCHESTER

Sorry but no matter how bad Mancini's doing, it was not a mistake to get rid of a useless Rag like Hughes.

you have witnessed us go downhill faster than Franz Klammer and you think the decision to sack hughes was correct! Hmmmm, I think differently.

we are higher in league table and got further in Fa cup than under that rag. Don't start rewriting the history.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Have fun.

i never liked hughes, but do you think we would be where we are in the league had mancini been here from the off using the tactics he does and sending out the defensive teams he does?

[xavi6]

FRANKLY. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

ADE GETTING SENT OFF DIDN'T HELP BUT 3 GAMES AGAINST STOKE AND NOT LOOKED LIKE WINNING ANY OF THEM.

WE WILL DO WELL TO GET ANY EUROPEAN SPOT, NEVER MIND CL.

I DO NOT WANT THIS MAN AT OUR CLUB. LIKE IT OR NOT, SACKING HUGHES IS PROBABLY THE ONLY REAL MISTAKE OUR OWNERS HAVE MADE. AND THE DEPRESSING THING IS THAT IT WAS DOWN TO TWATS, LIKE A FEW PEOPLE ON THIS SITE, WHO EVIDENTLY KNOW FUCK ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL.

YOURS,

PISSED OFF,
MANCHESTER

Sorry but no matter how bad Mancini's doing, it was not a mistake to get rid of a useless Rag like Hughes.

you have witnessed us go downhill faster than Franz Klammer and you think the decision to sack hughes was correct! Hmmmm, I think differently.

we are higher in league table and got further in Fa cup than under that rag. Don't start rewriting the history.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Have fun.

And the award for disingenuous comment of the year goes to.......

[dick dastardley]

why were the suggestions that mancini is the italian pearce dismissed??

Because Mancini has WON (emphasis on won) 3 league titles in Italy. And he has won the cup competition with different clubs. Therefore a proven success, unlike Pearce

italy aint the prem!!!!
were playing shite football simple as