If someone fires a gunshot in a crowded room and it hit's no one, would that be dangerous?Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
If Nani hadn't have seen it coming and hopped out of the way he could well have been missing for the rest of the season. The only reason Kompany got the ball was because of Nani's instincts for self preservation.
Those sorts of tackles have no place in the game, no coach would advocate them and no player should indulge in them.
depends whether it's shooting blanks
I agree there's no place for two footed tackles but red was a bit over the top, If Nani jumped over the tackle when/if he saw it why didn't he protest.
Now this is a red card tackle ouch!....http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc7...a-10-feb_sport
Brandon Leedepends whether it's shooting blanks
Agreed. I've never felt so calm after losing a match.
We certainly have the moral victory today if the not the one on the pitch
Your not bloody wrong there, " sorry, there was an error with an internet connection" Come on ITV sort it out, it was the same problem in the semi final last year and at the rugby world cup.Seems like the web coverage is the same as their tv, a bag o'shite.
Agreed. I've never felt so calm after losing a match.
We certainly have the moral victory today if the not the one on the pitch
The Heathens.....glad to see you're not dwelling on the fact that after being 3-0 up at half-time, you ended up hanging on by the skin of our teeth against 10 men, with baconface out-manoeuvred tactically by Mancini and your star new signing being a player brought out of retirement who gave more balls away than Santa Claus in Christmas week.
If it hadn't been for the very questionable sending off, you'd now be out of the cup. You failed to score and conceded two goals against 10 men in the second half. At times it looked like we had the extra player. If you can't see the writing on the wall for United you are wilfully blind my friend. Tick Tock matey.
Yep, you're definitely calm about it Danbert
I understand your frustration at only challenging for one of the big 3 cups so if you feel you need some Kompany, feel 3-2 pop round.
I've already said that I was disappointed we didn't KILL the game (remember those 3 goals we scored without reply in the first half?) but we did what we needed to do to get the win. All this with a massively injury depleted team (we could easily field a Premier League standard XI with our injured players) so disappointed yes, but not as much as the Bottlers.
How long until you're out of the title race? Tick Tock
Last edited by TheHeathens; 09-01-2012 at 08:22 AM.
... and if City want to be known as plucky losers (like you seem to be advocating) then that's fine with me.
Bring on Liverpool!
Those that say the sending of is questionable are wrong. Two footed lunge, out of control, off the ground, potential ankle breaking challenge. For the likes of Peter Reid to say they didn't see anything wrong with it is barking mad.
If it had made contact with Nani he wouldn't have finished the game and he only missed because Nani hopped out of the challenge.
To make the assertion that but for the sending off, Utd would have been beaten cannot be substantiated at all. Whilst it was 11v11 it was 0-1 to Utd after all.
0-3 at half time, Utd made a couple of errors that lead to the first and second goals. Ferdinand is a decent sub now, no better. The Goalkeeping situation isn't sorted out either, but then you don't just replace a VDS overnight as they found out with Schmeichel a few years ago.
It wasn't really a case of City played themselves back in to the game, as Utd allowed them back in to the game.
At 2-3, Ok a couple of nervy moments with the ball bouncing around in the box, but no real threat.
Then there was the Valencia penalty that wasn't given that would have put it out of reach.
I thought it was a bit of a messy game.
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