[Albion] The best team won today but...

[Javeaseagull]

Apart from the fact it’s the following Tuesday of course.

Oh! Der!

 

[Javeaseagull]

Erm. Are you going to tell him or shall I?

Probably had enough to drink! G'night.

 

[SollysLeftFoot]

Third gear, Bollocks, we kept them in that gear.

This.

They were rattled, we dominated for large spells of the 2nd half, we made them defend. It was just a shame the first 5 minutes went the way they did. We squared up to them in the 2nd half and showed no fear.

Play like that more often and we'll be fine in the league.

 

[PTC Gull]

Still don't know how Murray didn't score and I've seen the replays! Incredible defending by Laporte (I think).

It was Laporte. They even had a smile at each other whilst lining up for the corner.

 

[Ernest]

I must have seen a different game , we never had them rattled and City could easily have got another 1 near the end

 

[Gazwag]

I must have seen a different game , we never had them rattled and City could easily have got another 1 near the end

So why didn't they

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Haven't seen the VAR incident yet.

How bad was it?

 

[Ernest]

So why didn't they

Because Sterling shot straight at Ryan

 

[ferring seagull]

I am glad we gave it a go. Well done to the players and thank you for the Wembley experience.

I agree, our second half performance was very encouraging but yes ' the better team won '

 

[London Irish]

No. We fizzled out of the match big time. City were saving themselves for Tuesday night against Tottenham in the Champions League.

They were so poor. What an opportunity wasted.

Yes I agree. There were some moments in the second half when we pressed them higher up the pitch and they started hitting aimless long balls ... but then we retreated back in our half and time elapsed very quickly. We weren’t brave today albeit we were solid

 

[London Irish]

Erm. Are you going to tell him or shall I?

Fair play it takes Murray much longer to recover

 

[tigertim68]

I must have seen a different game , we never had them rattled and City could easily have got another 1 near the end

You are dick , the first 20 mins of the second half , it was all Brighton

 

[Ernest]

You are dick , the first 20 mins of the second half , it was all Brighton

And how many shots did we have or saves did Ederson make in that period

 

[nicko31]

Proud of the lads we gave it a good go against one of the top teams in Europe

 

[Grombleton]

All those talented footballers and it was Knocky who got Man of the Match.

Had a couple of City fans following me and my friends as we made our way down from the stadium...they genuinely believed that Knocky didn't deserve it. Clueless morons.

Very proud of the team today. Only the one chance where we could/should have scored (props to Laporte for his defending) but we did very very well. No-one embarrassed themselves out there.


Also: Anyone spot the trouble outside shortly afterwards? Walked past it but didn't know if it escalated from handbags, even with a load of the rozzers rushing towards it.

 

[southstandandy]

Well I for one had a great day out. My ticket never arrived but thanks to Mark and Kath who gave me one of theirs I was able to go.

Thought it was an excellent performance against arguably one of the best teams in Europe. I did fear a mauling after the early goal but was impressed how we gave it a go and even managed a shot on target near the end. Not sure about the red/yellow card debate and will need to see it again on TV but I thought we matched them pretty well. If we can find that elusive attacking midfielder and a decent striker for next season I do feel we can improve. Tactics will need to change to be more offensive but I wasn't expecting us to do this today as we'd probably been torn apart.

Feeling proud of the lads tonight and proud of 2 fans who came to my rescue regarding the ticket issue. Roll on Saturday and 3points vs Bournemouth.

 

[AmexRuislip]

And how many shots did we have or saves did Ederson make in that period

Were you looking in a mirror

 

[Invicta]

Gave it a decent go in the 2nd half. Now let's take this and get 4 to 6 pts in next 2 games.

 

[Gazwag]

Haven't seen the VAR incident yet.

How bad was it?

Cheated Swansea due to no VAR in the quarter final, VAR cheated us in the semi final, top 6 clubs will clearly always get the decisions even with VAR

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[Uh_huh_him]

Cheated Swansea due to no VAR in the quarter final, VAR cheated us in the semi final, top 6 clubs will clearly always get the decisions even with VAR

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Yeah


worse than Duffy's against Palace.
Ali clearly isn't a diving muppet looking to get players sent off.