***Newcastle v City FA Cup Official Match Thread***

[carl_feedthegoat]

I just love Khus, speed strength heart he’s going to be the best we found a gem

Dias makes mistakes all the fucking time—remember how his shit effort at defending contributed to us conceding against Nottingham Forest? -yet when Khus makes just one slip up ( which is rare ), some fans on here instantly turn him into a scapegoat.
He's been one of our best defenders this season and that's a FACT, showing real quality and composure, but Pep still prefers Dias and Ake, so it's basically guaranteed Khus will start on the bench again against Real Madrid.

[Mase]

Khus is a future City captain.

[PeterParker]

Very pleasantly surprised by the result. Honestly thought we would go out tonight. Proved very wrong yet again and don’t mind at all

Same.
It shows also how much it matters to have a moral edge over another team because of the previous games this season. Same as Chelsea had against us in 2021 when we lost the final.
Must win the Carabao Final and our home game vs Arse.

[PeterParker]

Just seen it, wtf was Savinho doing when it went in?
Did he freeze? Tried to be clever?

[Indianablue]

I just love Khus, speed strength heart he’s going to be the best we found a gem

Dias makes mistakes all the fucking time—remember how his shit effort at defending contributed to us conceding against Nottingham Forest? -yet when Khus makes just one slip up ( which is rare ), some fans on here instantly turn him into a scapegoat.
He's been one of our best defenders this season and that's a FACT, showing real quality and composure, but Pep still prefers Dias and Ake, so it's basically guaranteed Khus will start on the bench again against Real Madrid.

Agree with you and Mase on the strength and character of Khus. He is a machine

[Indianablue]

Just seen it, wtf was Savinho doing when it went in?
Did he freeze? Tried to be clever?

Thought he meant it, but he wasn't too sure it had enough speed to get over the line, which is why he looked to freeze momentarily. Good for him to score. Work on his finishing and he might just turn out ok

[Indianablue]

Watched the game again this morning. Shows how free we are when we dont solely rely on Haaland as our sole goal provider.
Reijnders could easily hsve had a hattrick, and Savio could have got a couple more.
The message is clear for Pep to see. But also how good was it to watch rsther than the slow procession stuff.
Thought all the players did well, even the ones i slag off. Ake, Stones, Nunes .
TRafford wasnt shy to put a boot through it to clear our lines and we were brilliant at closing down.
Only sore point was Joelinton was allowed to stay on the pitch. He is just a thug. Dirtiest player in the PL

[patrickblue]

Just seen it, wtf was Savinho doing when it went in?
Did he freeze? Tried to be clever?

Thought he meant it, but he wasn't too sure it had enough speed to get over the line, which is why he looked to freeze momentarily. Good for him to score. Work on his finishing and he might just turn out ok

TBH, if he actually hit it, it would have ended up like all the rest of his shots, in the stands.

[john@staustell]

Just seen it, wtf was Savinho doing when it went in?
Did he freeze? Tried to be clever?

Thought he meant it, but he wasn't too sure it had enough speed to get over the line, which is why he looked to freeze momentarily. Good for him to score. Work on his finishing and he might just turn out ok

TBH, if he actually hit it, it would have ended up like all the rest of his shots, in the stands.

Nailed on

[dick dastardley]

Khus is a future City captain.

He doesn't speak English very well!! And probably won't speak it very well

[nottsblue]

Khus is a future City captain.

He doesn't speak English very well!! And probably won't speak it very well

Neither did Slippy, Shrek or Gobber

Khus I think is actually a very intelligent young man. He will speak English just fine

And it was a while before we heard Kun speak English to give balance

[Mase]

Khus is a future City captain.

He doesn't speak English very well!! And probably won't speak it very well

He speaks it fine. There's videos of him online speaking English collecting his Player of the Month award

[Wooders]

I imagine Guehi will get the job before long and keep it for some time

[Nickyboy]

Just seen it, wtf was Savinho doing when it went in?
Did he freeze? Tried to be clever?

When you see the slow motion I think it was deliberate. Rather than a wild swing and risk an air shot or blazing it wide.

[Nick]

They've got sunday and monday off. I panicked thinking it was monday and Tuesday

[Bluemoon4610]

Barnes not scored in 10 games and plays us

Where's this stat from? BBC saying Barnes with 6 goals in his last 9 games.

[Mase]

Barnes not scored in 10 games and plays us

Where's this stat from? BBC saying Barnes with 6 goals in his last 9 games.

Darren Fletcher, commentator on the game. Looking on WhoScores it's correct - latest matches are at the bottom of the page -

https://www.whoscored.com/players/331382/show/harvey-barnes

BBC, as usual, talking bollocks.

[Scatman]

Barnes not scored in 10 games and plays us

Where's this stat from? BBC saying Barnes with 6 goals in his last 9 games.

He hasn't scored that many. Could they mean goal involvement or whatever it's called these days? That being said he might not have scored in the previous 10 but two of those were against us and he didn't score in those either.

[Bluemoon4610]

Barnes not scored in 10 games and plays us

Where's this stat from? BBC saying Barnes with 6 goals in his last 9 games.

Darren Fletcher, commentator on the game. Looking on WhoScores it's correct - latest matches are at the bottom of the page -

https://www.whoscored.com/players/331382/show/harvey-barnes

BBC, as usual, talking bollocks.

Cheers Mase. My bad for taking anything that lot say as being accurate or truthful!

[bigblue]

Great result and what a weird season this is turning out to be. Still in all competitions while being extremely inconsistent

City are in all 4 competitions because City are consistent, not inconsistent. Otherwise, all of us would have had a night off.

CL on wednesday, PL still not lost , Carabao, we can only win or lose. FA Cup, Arsenal next at home please.

I don't know how you can watch any 3 City games in a row this season and not conclude that we are wildly inconsistent. And you don't even have to watch 3 games, just watch 3 halves